College of Education and Human Development
Welcome to Ten New Faculty Members
August 29, 2014
Mark R. Ginsberg, dean of the College of Education and Human Development, announced last week the appointment of ten new faculty members.
"I am delighted to welcome this outstanding group to George Mason University," said Ginsberg. "They each show a commitment to the academic and professional success of students and to pursuing research of consequence that benefits our community and the world.”
The new faculty represent four of the college's nine divisions. The division directors are part of the leadership team for the college and its two schools, the Graduate School of Education and the School of Recreation, Health, and Tourism.
Divison of Advanced Professional Teacher Development and International Education
Director: Professor Beverly Shaklee
Courtney Baker
Courtney Baker joins the Graduate School of Education as assistant professor in the Mathematics Education Leadership program. She holds a PhD in Education with specializations in mathematics education leadership and in teaching and teacher education from George Mason University.
Baker has worked as the mathematics resource teacher at Virginia Run Elementary in Centreville, Virginia, and served as a mathematics content professional development facilitator for Fairfax County Public Schools. She has taught George Mason University graduate courses on teaching elementary math in international schools, mathematics methods for the elementary classroom, and assessing mathematics learning and modeling mathematics in the primary grades.
Baker most recently presented her research on The Impact of Beliefs and Background on a First Year Teacher’s Problem Solving Skills at AERA 2013.
Division of Child, Family, and Community Engagement
Professor Julie Kidd
Carley Fisher-Maltese
Carley Fisher-Maltese joins the Graduate School of Education as an assistant professor in the Early Childhood Education program. She received her PhD in Education at Rutgers University. Fisher-Maltese has recently worked at the University of Maryland College Park as a university supervisor for early childhood education program interns.
Fisher-Maltese taught elementary school for seven years and has a special interest in how gardens can be incorporated into educational programs. She has published and presented on the subject, and also collaboratively developed and implemented garden-based elementary curriculum across content areas at Dutch Neck Elementary School in West Windsor, New Jersey. She also served as regional coordinator for K-6 schools in central New Jersey for Grow Healthy: A USDA Team Nutrition Initiative, which incorporated nutrition and physical activity in elementary schools through garden-focused lessons and activities with an aim to promote overall wellness in children.
Lynette Henry
Lynette Henry
Lynette Henry joins the Graduate School of Education as assistant professor in the Counseling and Development program. She received her PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision at the University of South Florida. Henry taught counseling courses at USF and also spent a summer as faculty associate at Johns Hopkins University, teaching Career/Life Development and Planning and Introduction to Clinical Mental Health Counseling. She has been a college and career counselor at Hillsborough High School and a school counselor at Just Elementary School, both in Tampa, Florida.
Henry has published two book chapters on school-family-community partnerships (College Access; Collaborative Evaluation), as well as three articles in refereed journals, and given numerous conference presentations and invited talks. In addition, she is the recipient of the 2013 We Deliver Miracles Award, presented by the superintendent of the School District of Hillsborough County and Hillsborough Education Foundation for going above and beyond for schoolchildren and the community.
Dana Shin
Dana Shin
Dana Shin joins the Graduate School of Education as assistant professor in the Early Childhood Education program. Shin received her EdD at George Washington University and is a consultant for the State of Virginia's Early Literacy Mentor Coach program.
As a doctoral research assistant at George Washington University, she was awarded a fellowship for her research on professional development. She has worked in the field and also worked as the School Liaison Officer and the Training and Curriculum Specialist for Child, Youth, and School Services at the U.S. military base in Seoul, Korea. She has published her work in professional journals and given presentations at national conferences.
Divison of Sport, Recreation, and Tourism
Director: Professor Russ Brayley
Tina Jones
Tina Jones joins the School of Recreation, Health, and Tourism as a full-time instructor in the Hospitality, Tourism and Events Management program. She has taught several courses at George Mason since 2006, including Introduction to Events Management, Wedding Planning and Management, Practicum, Senior Seminar/Career Preparation, and TOUR 490: Internship.
Jones has an MS in Management from the University of Maryland University College and a BS in Recreation with an emphasis in program planning from the University of Maryland. She has worked for the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission and earned nine performance recognition awards for recreational programming and the VIP Professional Award. In 2013, Jones received the Fairfax County Athletic Council's "Champions of Character" award, which honors volunteers who have demonstrated extraordinary service in the sports community while modeling trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring, and citizenship.
Jacqueline McDowell
Jacqueline McDowell joins the School of Recreation, Health, and Tourism as an assistant professor in the Sport Management program. She was previously assistant professor in the Department of Recreation, Sport, and Tourism at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She has a PhD in Kinesiology with an emphasis in sport management from Texas A&M University.
McDowell’s research focuses on issues of diversity and inclusion in sport and recreation organizations, with a particular emphasis on investigating and developing strategies and programs that can be implemented to remove barriers to participation. McDowell is on the executive committee for the North American Society of Sport Management (member-at-large) and editorial board for the Sport Management Education Journal and the Journal of Amateur Sport. She has published numerous book chapters and journal articles, and serves as an ad hoc reviewer for European Sport Management Quarterly, International Journal of Sport Management, Journal of Sport Management, and Journal of Intercollegiate Sport.
John Moore
John Moore
John Moore joins the School of Recreation, Health, and Tourism as an instructor in the Hospitality Management program. Moore holds an MS in Urban Affairs with a concentration in housing economics from Virginia Tech University and a BS in History and Education from Old Dominion University.
He brings with him the experience of a very successful career with Marriott International. Moore most recently held the position of Senior Vice President of Full-Service Franchising, North America, leading all full-service Marriott International hotel brands in the United States and Canada, including the JW Marriott, Renaissance, Marriott, and Autograph Brands. He has also served as general manager of the World Trade Center’s 1,300-room hotel complex and market manager for eight hotels in the state of New Jersey.
Divison of Special Education and disAbility Research
Director: Associate Professor Pamela Baker
Sarah Pinkelman
Sarah Pinkelman
Sarah Pinkelman joins the Graduate School of Education as assistant professor in the Special Education program. She holds a PhD in Special Education from the University of Oregon, with specializations in positive behavioral interventions and supports, applied behavior analysis, early childhood special education, and instructional design. Dr. Pinkelman is also a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA).
She has taught graduate and undergraduate courses at Pacific University as an adjunct professor and worked under a variety of federally funded grant projects at the University of Oregon. Her research interests include social emotional development in early childhood and elementary, prevention and treatment of problem behavior, interventions for students requiring tertiary/intensive supports, online service delivery and training, staff and parent training, and implementation of evidence-based practice in schools.
Peggy Weiss
Peggy Weiss joins the Graduate School of Education as a tenure track assistant professor in the Special Education program. She holds a PhD in Special Education from the University of Virginia, and has been a term assistant professor and API coordinator here at Mason for three years.
Her research and writing have focused on co-teaching, postsecondary transition, and instructional strategies for adolescents with high incidence disabilities. Before pursuing her doctorate, Weiss taught students with high incidence disabilities at the college, high school, and middle school levels.
Office of Accreditation and Program Improvement
Associate Dean: Professor Stephen White
Jeff Davis
Jeff Davis joins the College of Education and Human Development as the director of Clinical Practice as well as coordinator of the Virginia Center for Excellence in Teaching (VCET), which began last spring under the leadership of VCET Director Betty Sturtevant. He will be working with valuable school division partners as well as future cohorts of outstanding teacher leaders throughout Virginia.
Davis holds a master's degree in Elementary Education from Wilmington University and a BS from James Madison University. He has worked in education for nearly two decades, serving as a tutor, teacher, and principal since 1996. His last principal assignment was opening Bunker Hill Elementary in Middletown, Delaware in 2009, leading the school through four straight years of growth in school climate measures and all academic subjects.
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