Dr. William HenkWilliam Henk, Ed.D.

Title

Dean,

College of Education

Office 128, Schroeder Complex
Phone 414-288-7376
   

Degrees Held

  • Ed.D., West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV,1982

  • M.A., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, 1976

  • B.S., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, 1975

Research Interests

  • Affective influences on literacy including reader and writer self-perceptions, motivation, and attitudes

  • Middle level literacy instruction and assessment

  • Neuropsychology and reading

Recent Publications/Presentations

2008

Henk, W. A. (2008).  Innovative models for Catholic school renewal: A reflection.  In The Carnegie Conversation on Catholic Education. Alliance for Catholic Education Press University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN. 84-85. (With Mary Diez and Martin Scanlan)

2007

“Deans United:  Creating Local Synergy Between K-12 Urban Education and the Teacher Education Landscape.”   American Association of  Colleges of Teacher Education, New York, February 2007  (Paper Co-Author with A. Thurman and L. Post).

2006

Henk, W. A.  (2006).  Responding to Revise and Resubmit invitations:  Beating the odds for literacy publishing.  In S. Wepner & L. Gambrell, Writing for literacy publications.  Newark, DE:  International Reading Association, 130-149.

Melnick, S. A., & Henk, W. A.  (2006).  Researchers at the gate: Factors influencing districts’ right of entry decisions.   Educational Administration Quarterly, 42(4), 652-661

2005

"Communicating, Enhancing, and Documenting Best Practices in Reading and Writing Instruction through Literacy Observation Frameworks." Annual University of Wisconsin Reading Research Symposium, Madison , WI , June 18, 2005.

Mallette, M., Henk, W. A., Waggoner, J., & DeLaney, C.  (2005).  What matters most?  A survey of accomplished middle level educators’ beliefs and values about literacy.  Action in Teacher Education, 27(2) 33-42.

“Validation of a Reading Self-Perception Scale for Use in Secondary Grades.”  American Educational Research Association, Montreal, April 2005 (Paper Co-Author with S. Melnick).

2004

Henk, W. A., & Mallette, M. H. (2004). The influence of Accelerated Reader on the affective literacy orientations of students in intermediate grades. Journal of Literacy Research, 36 (1), 73-84.

Henk, W. A., & McKenna, M. C.  (2004).  Developing affective instrumentation for use in literacy research.  In Duke, N. K., & Mallette, M. H.  (Eds.)  Literacy research methods.   New York: Guilford Press, 197-226.

Miles, P. A., Stegle, K. W., Hubbs, K. G., Henk, W. A., & Mallette, M. H.  (2004).  A whole class support model for early literacy:  The Anna Plan.  The Reading Teacher, 58, 318–327.

"Creating Synergy Across Different Methods of Literacy Research." Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego , CA , April 2004.


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