The College of Education Welcomes New Tenure-Line Faculty for 2008-2009
Released: 8/21/08
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The College of Education is pleased to welcome three new tenure-line faculty members to the department of educational policy and leadership in fall of 2008, Dr. Francesca Lopez, Dr. Doris Walker-Dalhouse, and Dr. Leigh van den Kieboom.
Originally from El Paso, Texas, Dr. Francesca Lopez earned her undergraduate degree in Liberal Arts from Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio. She obtained her master’s in counseling from the University of Texas at El Paso and her doctorate in educational psychology at the University of Arizona. This fall, will be teaching the Psychology of Human Development to undergraduate students and Advanced Inquiry Methods to graduate students in the curriculum and instruction program. Dr. Lopez brings a variety of strengths to the department, particularly with regard to her background in quantitative research. Her current research has focused primarily on the scholastic competence and academic achievement of English language learners in different language acquisition programs, norming methods for individually-administered tests, and reading and writing curriculum-based measurement. She was a Funded Participant for the National Center for Education Statistics’ National Assessment of Progress Monitoring (NAEP) and Database Use for Research and Policy Analysis during the summer of 2008. Francesca will serve as an Editorial Review Board Member for the Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment beginning in January of 2009. Dr. Lopez has been married for 14 years and has three children: Anni, 1, Diego, 6, and Javier, 8.
The EDPL faculty also welcomes Dr. Doris Walker-Dalhouse, who will be teaching Reading, Language Arts, or Children’s Literature 1 for the College’s undergraduate elementary teacher education students. Dr. Walker-Dalhouse was previously on faculty at the Minnesota State University-Moorhead. She has been the recipient of multiple awards, including the International Reading Association’s Celebrate Literacy Award. She currently serves on the National Reading Conference Board of Directors and is Co-Chair of the Membership Committee of the College Reading Association. Her research interests include sociocultural aspects of reading, multicultural children’s literature, African-American children’s literacy and refugee children’s literacy. Her most recent research has focused on preservice teachers' attitudes toward teaching ethnically and culturally diverse learners, primarily African-American students and Sudanese refugees. Dr. Walker-Dalhouse is married and has two adult children, Yanick and Jean-Pierre. In her free time, she enjoys reading, writing and shopping.
Dr. Leigh van den Kieboom taught elementary students in grades one through six as a public school classroom teacher and mathematics resource specialist for twelve years prior to joining the Marquette University faculty as an adjunct instructor in 2000. Since that time, she has taught numerous courses in the College of Education, including Teaching in the Middle School, Theories of Learning, and the Elementary and Middle School Mathematics Field Experiences. She has also been instrumental in coordinating the department’s assessment efforts. She earned her Ph. D. at Marquette University in Educational Policy and Leadership with a specialization in Mathematics Education in 2008. She also holds a B.A. in Elementary Education and M.S. in Educational Leadership from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Her current research focuses on the way pre-service teachers develop and use mathematical knowledge for teaching. Leigh’s husband, Jan, shares her passion for working with college students. Jan is an architect who specializes in working with undergraduates to design student unions. They have two sons, Pieter (age 12) and Willem (age 10). In their spare time, they enjoy spending family time sailing on Lake Michigan.
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