Directory

Expertise: Education/English 

Interests/Hobbies: Music, Travel, Reading, Community Service

Expertise: Foreign Language Pedagogy

Interests/Hobbies: Canoeing, Kayaking, Gardening, Cooking

Research Interest: Second language acquisition, French-English translation, and foreign language and ESL pedagogy

Expertise: Missouri History, U.S. History, Baseball and American Culture, History Education 

Interests/Hobbies: Going to baseball games, Reading, The Joseph Baldwin Academy

Research Interest: Missouri history is my primary focus of research, along with Truman Administration and the history of baseball.  Finally, I am working on a classroom history curriculum with former U.S. Secretary of Education William Bennett.  Our work can be viewed at www.roadmaptolastbesthope.com

Expertise: Elementary Education

Korean Mathematics Website: http://koreanmathematics.truman.edu
Eisenhower Workshop Modules: http://eisenhowermathematics.truman.edu/ 

Personal Website: http://www2.truman.edu/j~grow/

Research Interest: Asian primary mathematics curricula.  I am developing gecKo mathematics, the English translations of the Korean national mathematics curriculum for grades 1-6.

Biography: Grew up in southern California and attended elementary school in San Gabriel, CA, went to junior high in Compton, and high school in Long Beach.  In 1976 moved to San Jose, CA.  In 1977 married Susan Hammar.  We have four sons: Jonathan, Jason, Daniel and Andrew.  In 2005 Susan, Andrew and I moved to Kirksville leaving the older three to continue their college education in CA. 

Research Interest:  Biblical archaeology

Expertise: Secondary Education/Science

Research Interest: Area of secondary science teaching. Specifically how science teachers are treating important current topics such as evolution and global climate change.

Research Interest: Urban education

Expertise: Special Education, University/School Partnerships, Action Research 

Interests/Hobbies: Soccer Dad, Biking, Reading, Fishing

Research Interest: University and school partnerships including professional development schools and validated inclusive teaching strategies.

Expertise: Mathematics

Research Interest: Algebra, Mathematics education

Expertise: Counselor Education, Psychological Testing, Measurement, Evaluation, Research Design, Statistics 

Interests/Hobbies: Spending Time with Wife and Son, Traveling, Cooking, Reading

Research Interest: Assesment and diagnosis of children and adolescents, grief, loss and bereavement, professional issue in psychology, school counselor training and forensic psychology

Expertise: Foreign Language (Spanish)

Research Interest: Chicana (Mexican-American women) writers, specifically poets, and the literature of the border.

Expertise: Educational Psychology 

Course Webpage: http://www2.truman.edu/~ed27/mainpage.html

Research Interest: Constructivism, creativity, teacher effectiveness

Expertise: Gifted, Middle School, Adolescence, Curriculum and Instruction, Professional Development

Interests/Hobbies: Traveling, reading, logic puzzles, art projects

Research Interest: Teacher training and professional development, gifted education, and adolescents

Expertise: Elementary Education, School Counseling, Addictions Counseling, Working with Family Systems, Character Education, Working with Special Needs Populations 

Interests/Hobbies: Reading, Music, Motorcycle Riding, Spending Time with Friends and Family, Traveling, Bibliotherapy, Character Educator, Special Needs Populations

Research Interest: Working with at-risk student populations, counseling, mental health issues and children, and teaching diverse student populations

Expertise: Measurement and Evaluation 

Expertise: Elementary Education 

Interests/Hobbies: Reading, Antiquing, Planting

Research Interest: K-6 teacher: retention, attrition, commitment, job satisfaction, efficacy (personal and general)

Expertise: Special Education, Public School Administration, Gifted/Talented

Interests/Hobbies: Grandchildren, Fishing, Gardening, Scrapbooking, Cooking

Research Interest: Writing in place and issues in rural education

Expertise: Reading, Curriculum, and Instruction 

Interests/Hobbies: Reading, Quilting, Cross-Stitch, Piano, Dogs

Research Interest: Children's literature, particularly controversial children's books

Research Interest: Strategy instruction for mathematics and reading, behavior and classroom management, culturally relevant pedagogy, curriculum-based measurement

Personal Website: http://www.angelfire.com/music6/trimborn/

Research Interest: Lincoln and the music of the Civil War

Biography: Wynne Wilbur is originally from Manhattan, Kansas. She received her BA, Art Education, Magna Cum Laude, from Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kansas. After receiving her MA in Art (ceramics) from Emporia (KS) State University, she had a career for many years as a teacher in the public schools in Kansas. In 1998 she went to the University of Florida where she received her MFA in Art (ceramics). She has been teaching at Truman State University since 2002.

Recent shows include the 2008 Strictly Functional XVI, Lancaster, PA; the Yunomi Invitational, Iowa City, IA, and shows with the Strecker-Nelson Gallery, Manhattan, KS.Recent images have been published in 500 Plates and Chargers (Lark Books), Making Marks: Discovering the Ceramic Surface, and the Penland Glaze Book.

 Research Interest: Making vessels in terra cotta with a traditional majolica glazed (white opaque glaze with a colorful decoration) surface

Research Interest: Currently working on a book length study of school violence and the psychology of school shootings. Also edits a journal "Monsters and the Monstrous: Myths and Metaphors of Enduring Evil" which provides an academic forum to discuss monsters, both real and imagined.