Outside of Work...

Contrary to popular belief, academics don't have a lot of free time. Between teaching (and preparing to teach), grading papers, advising students, directing programs, doing research, serving in committees, attending (and sometimes planning) events and conferences, doing work-related service within and outside the university, and a host of other things, hobbies and even family time sometimes suffer from lack of attention. However... I am fortunate to have a family that continually reminds me there are more important things to do than work (which may be easier to believe once I get tenure!).

The Latest News: Searching for a new Dean for our School; two (2!) open faculty positions in Education; Tech Awards events

1. The School of Education, Counseling Psychology, and Pastoral Ministries is looking for a new Dean. Information is available at the School's website (click here). I am serving on the search committee, so feel free to contact me with questions or recommendations.
2. The Department of Education has hired two new faculty members: Dr. Lisa Goldstein (currently at the University of Texas at Austin) and Dr. Marco Bravo (currently at San Francisco State). They will join our department as full-time faculty in the Fall quarter 2008. Check the department's website in the fall for additional information on these two wonderful new colleagues.
3. I've been fortunate to travel quite a bit (and yet my total comes up to only 12% of the world!). Check out this site to create your own map of visited countries.
   create your own visited countries map
4. I'm trying out a service called Twitter. Go this page to see if I got it work on my site.