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Research interests among faculty in the Department of Education include urban studies, history of education, peak performance, teacher education, literacy, creativity and adolescent development. Faculty members are dedicated to teaching students and furthering research in their areas of expertise.
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| John McCarthy Professor of Mathematics (http://news-info.wustl.edu/sb/page/normal/574.html) John McCarthy's field is a kind of analysis called operator theory, which he defines as the study of matrices in infinite dimensional space. It is most directly linked to quantum mechanics, a physics theory involving elementary particles such as the electron that predicts the outcomes of physical ... Expertise: mathematics, pure mathematics, operator theory, quantum mechanics Direct contact: (314) 935-6753 / mccarthy@wustl.edu |
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| John Baugh Director of African and African American Studies (http://news-info.wustl.edu/sb/page/normal/691.html)
John Baugh, Ph.D., a well-known African-American linguist and education expert, is the inaugural holder of an Arts & Sciences endowed professorship named in honor of prominent civil rights attorney and emerita trustee Margaret Bush Wilson. Baugh, author of Beyond Ebonics: Linguistic Pride and Racial ... Direct contact: (314) 935-5690 / jbaugh@wustl.edu |
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| Alan Glass Director of Student Health and Counseling (http://news-info.wustl.edu/sb/page/normal/613.html)
Dr. Glass joined the staff of Student Health and Counseling in January, 2004. A graduate of the University of Minnesota Medical School, he completed a pediatric residency at Cincinnati Children's Hospital. He practiced emergency medicine for several years before entering the field of college heath. ... Expertise: student health, men's health, sexual health, leadership education, mental health Direct contact: (314) 935-9626 / alan_glass@aismail.wustl.edu |
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| Bob Wiltenburg Dean of University College in Arts & Sciences (http://news-info.wustl.edu/sb/page/normal/263.html) Expertise: adult education, continuing education, liberal arts, poets, Ben Jonson, English composition, John Milton, … Direct contact: (314) 935-4806 / rewilten@artsci.wustl.edu |
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| Robert Koff Director, Center for Advanced Learning (http://news-info.wustl.edu/sb/page/normal/646.html) Robert Koff is the director of the Educational Skills Initiative in the office of the vice chancellor for students, which is an initiative that focuses on ways to expand the intellectual interests and educational skills of undergraduates with a focus on incoming freshmen. He is an expert in the challenges ... Expertise: education, school reform, No Child Left Behind, standardized tests, school boards Direct contact: (314) 935-5946 / rkoff@wustl.edu |
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| Tracing origins Technique traces origins of disease genes in mixed races (http://news-info.wustl.edu/tips/page/normal/11482.html) April 8, 2008 -- A team of researchers from Washington University in St. Louis that includes Alan R. Templeton and the Israeli Institute of Technology (Technion) in Haifa has developed a technique to detect the ancestry of disease genes in hybrid, or mixed, human populations. The technique, called expected mutual information (EMI), determines how a set of DNA markers is likely to show the ancestral origin of locations on each chromosome. |
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| Try to remember Practicing information retrieval is key to memory retention, study finds (http://news-info.wustl.edu/tips/page/normal/11091.html) Feb. 15, 2008 -- Learning something once, like the fact that "berg" means "mountain" in German, and studying it over and over again may do little to help you remember it in the future. The key to future recall, suggests a new study from Washington University in St. Louis, is how often over time you actively practice retrieving that information from memory. |
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| Hit those books Resolving to go back to school? WUSTL dean offers tips for success (http://news-info.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/10752.html) Dec. 28, 2007 --
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| Give a leg up
The Times Education Supplement (London UK) April 25, 2008 -- So you thought testing was just assessment and either neutral or actively harmful to learning? Well, think again. New research from the U.S. suggests that, far from being a recipe for a blighted childhood, repeated testing is one of the best ways to learn. The active retrieval of facts from the memory that occurs during testing is far more helpful for consolidating knowledge than passive studying. This research was conducted by Purdue's Jeffrey Karpicke and WUSTL psychology professor Henry Roediger. |
| Extracurriculars That Count
BusinessWeek.com Feb. 26, 2008 -- Nanette Tarbouni, WUSTL undergraduate admissions director, talks about the importance of extracurriculars in undergraduate applications. |
| The New Theology
Chicago Tribune magazine Jan. 22, 2008 -- The Chicago Tribune magazine story on the conflict between Darwin and theology. Ursula Goodenough professor of biology comments on the conflict. |
| Evolution Book Sees No Science-Religion Gap
The New York Times and 6 others Jan. 4, 2008 -- In 1984 and again in 1999, the National Academy of Sciences, the nation's most eminent scientific organization, produced books on the evidence supporting the theory of evolution and arguing against the introduction of creationism or other religious alternatives in public school science classes. Barbara A. Schaal, a vice president of the academy and an evolutionary biologist at WUSTL, comments on the third volume recently published. |
| Houston area schools don't expect ruling to have major impact
Houston Chronicle July 2, 2007 -- School leaders in the Houston area said Thursday they're not expecting a shake-up in how they assign students to campuses after a Supreme Court decision that limits the use of race. WUSTL law professor Samuel Bagenstos comments on the ruling. |
| No Ideas? You're Not Alone
U.S. News & World Report June 11, 2007 -- Conventional wisdom has it that breakthrough ideas come only from the minds of geniuses. Edison, Tolkien, Darwin -- history's biggest brains are responsible for its biggest innovations. Many companies are organized with this idea in mind. But creativity isn't a solitary affair -- and it's not the exclusive domain of the brilliant and gifted. In fact, research shows that people working in groups are far more innovative than previously thought. WUSTL education and psychology professor Keith Sawyer offers advice on what businesses can do to take advantage of their employees' creativity. |
| College and universities find it difficult to enforce a line between a parent's involvement and interference
Houston Chronicle Aug. 22, 2006 -- Cell phones, meanwhile, have allowed parents to stay more connected than before.Some educators expressed concern about the frequent contact, saying it could stunt self-reliance. But many students do not seem to mind when parents call professors to justify grades or intervene in roommate disputes. "I think part of growing up is learning how to solve problems on your own," Karen Levin Coburn, assistant vice chancellor for students at Washington University in St. Louis and co-author of Letting Go: A Parents' Guide to Understanding the College Years. |
| How To Raise A Smarter Child
Forbes.com July 26, 2006 -- Article looks at how parents can raise a smarter child. It was once thought that intelligence was completely determined by genetics, but it turns out that isn't true. The environment a child is raised in and whom a child is raised by play huge roles in determining how smart and socially adept he or she will be. WUSTL pediatrics and genetics professor Jonathan Gitlin comments. |
| Education: you're in — and so are Mom and Dad
Newsweek March 21, 2006 -- Parents, faced with huge tuition hikes, have begun keeping a closer eye on the investment in their child's future. This, in turn, has spurred colleges to pay more attention to the people who will be footing the bill. Princeton invites parents to join alums now in Congress for receptions. Elon University, in Elon, N.C., sends parents their own acceptance letters. And Washington University in St. Louis has parents of current students send letters to parents of prospectives. |
| The hidden secrets of the creative mind
Time Magazine Jan. 11, 2006 -- What is creativity? Where does it come from? The workings of the creative mind have been subjected to intense scrutiny over the past 25 years by an army of researchers in psychology, sociology, anthropology and neuroscience. But no one has a better overview of this mysterious mental process than WUSTL psychologist and education professor R. Keith Sawyer, author of the new book Explaining Creativity: The Science of Human Innovation. In a Time interview, Sawyer shares some of his findings and suggests ways in which we can enhance our creativity not just in art, science or business but in everyday life. |
| Summit lists ways to strengthen science
Science Magazine Dec. 23, 2005 -- In an unusual show of unity, 50 business, academic, and legislative leaders came to Washington, D.C., last week to proclaim what they believe is obvious: The United States should be paying more attention to science and engineering. But although there was a rousing consensus on the need to improve teaching, graduate more science majors, and boost spending on research and translating the results to the workplace, there was mostly silence on how these changes might come about and who would pay for them. WUSTL chancellor Mark Wrighton, who is a member of the National Science Board, which oversees the National Science Foundation, agrees that universities should focus on nurturing budding scientists. WUSTL has decided to make research opportunities for undergraduates a priority. |
| Harvard, for less: Extension courses' new allure
New York Times and 3 others Nov. 18, 2005 -- Story on the growing number of students attending extension and continuing education programs -- especially at prestigious universities such as Harvard. These programs have long served midcareer adults and people with some previous college credit. But schools that accept younger students say interest is increasing, driven largely by economic considerations. WUSTL University College Dean Robert Wiltenburg comments. |
| WUSTL program looks to educate bright, international minds
Associated Press, Chronicle of Higher Education and 13 others Oct. 20, 2005 -- WUSTL announced it is joining with 15 Asian universities on a new global education and research program, the McDonnell International Scholars Academy. The school has received a $10 million endowment commitment from John F. McDonnell, retired chairman of McDonnell Douglas Corp., and the JSM Charitable Trust founded by McDonnell's father, the late aerospace pioneer James S. McDonnell. The academy will enroll exceptional graduate and professional students from the partner schools across all graduate disciplines. About 20 scholars will begin work at the academy next fall. While the first students are from Asia, the school envisions others will come from throughout much of the world. |
| Drug Companies Woo Medical Students: Study
Forbes.com and 4 others Sept. 15, 2005 -- When a doctor prescribes a particular drug, it can sometimes be due to the influence of drug company promotions, and that influence begins in medical school, a new study in JAMA contends. The marketing by pharmaceutical companies to students begins even before students enter medical school. Students haven't been taught how to handle this marketing, the study author says, and he believes that medical schools have a responsibility to educate their students about these promotional influences. WUSTL medical school student Leana Wen, president of the American Medical Student Association, agreed that the influence of drug companies needs to be curbed. |
| China's lust for business learning
The Financial Express (Bangladesh) Aug. 5, 2005 -- It was almost unimaginable 25 years ago that China, the nemesis of the capitalist world, would embrace American-style management education. But today it is doing so with a gusto that puts the western world to shame. While US business schools are reporting falling applications for their MBA programs, partly as a result of competition from overseas and a tight labor market, students in China are beating at the doors of the top courses. Fudan runs programs with the WUSTL Olin School, the Norwegian School of Management and Hong Kong University. |
| How to keep those kids in class? Pay them.
Christian Science Monitor July 29, 2005 -- Article on the growing use of incentive programs to boost test scores, GPAs, and student attendance in high schools. WUSTL education professor Garrett Duncan comments. |
| Young techies reboot careers as work goes elsewhere
St. Louis Post-Dispatch and 1 others July 6, 2005 -- Article on the future of high tech jobs iin America and how some college students are rebooting their career goals which reflects a subtle but potentially significant industry shift. WUSTL engineering career services director Amanda Matheu comments. |
| Students return to class, this time as consultants for urban schools
Wall Street Journal June 15, 2005 -- MBA students at Columbia University have taken on one of the most daunting of management challenges -- not General Motors, not Morgan Stanley, not American International Group. Their classroom for the spring semester was New York City's mammoth public-school system, which serves 1.1 million children with decidedly mixed results. Columbia isn't the first business school to tackle urban schools. WUSTL business school dean Stuart Greenbaum created a program in the late 1990s to share graduate students and undergraduates with local public schools. He says he hasn't always found it an easy sell. |
| Deep Thought, Quantified
Chronicle of Higher Education May 18, 2005 -- A rise in the rankings can be as much a boon to a department's mood as it is to its bottom line. After WUSTL hired three prominent philosophers and climbed from outside the top 50 to No. 36 last year, graduate applications to the philosophy program skyrocketed. For this coming fall, applications are up by more than 70 percent. |
| For medical schools, minorities are the star recruits
New York Times Oct. 13, 2004 -- Many medical schools are adopting special recruiting techniques in an effort to increase the racial diversity of their classes. Will Ross, the School of Medicine's associate dean for diversity programs, comments about our program. |
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Education Department receives NSF teaching grant (http://record.wustl.edu/2002/09-27-02/teachinggrant.html)
Sept. 2002 - The Department of Education in Arts & Sciences has been awarded a $10 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to create the St. Louis Center for Inquiry in Science Teaching and Learning (CISTL) at the University. As one of only 10 NSF-funded centers for learning and teaching, CISTL will serve as a national model, improving science education through research and researched practice.
From cereal boxes, to graffiti, to historical fiction, literacy education expert says the more kids read the better (http://news-info.wustl.edu/tips/2002/culture-living/summer_reading.html)
June 2002 - For most kids, school's out for the summer. And for many of their parents, the two words they'll hear most often during the next few months are: "I'm bored!" So what can parents do to keep their kids busy and, at the same time, give them a head start on school next fall? Encourage them to read, says a literacy education expert at Washington University in St. Louis.
Finding educational toys is not hard; key is keeping child's age in mind (http://news-info.wustl.edu/tips/2002/culture-living/holiday_toys.html)
Nov. 2002 - Finding the perfect holiday gift for everyone on your list can be a difficult task. It can be especially tough for parents of young children. Toys are the obvious choice, but with so many out there, how do parents choose the right ones for their children, and is it possible for toys to have some educational benefit as well? R. Keith Sawyer, Ph.D., assistant professor of education in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, offers advice to parents worried about making the right toy choice for their children.
Field trips can help keep your child's mind actively engaged while on winter break (http://news-info.wustl.edu/tips/2002/culture-living/holiday_trip.html)
Nov. 2002 - After a long semester of studying, doing homework and taking tests, many children like to spend their holiday break sleeping in, watching television or playing on their computers. And while it's good for children to relax and take it easy, having a few weeks of down time doesn't necessarily mean kids can't learn something in the process, says Donna M. Gardner, Ph.D., adjunct assistant professor of education in Arts & Sciences and teacher certification coordinator at Washington University in St. Louis. Gardner suggests that taking your children on an educational field trip or two during their long winter break might be the perfect solution.
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