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Naomi Proett

Naomi Proett

Administrative Assistant

College of Education
Spokane campus
Center for Clinical Research and Simulation 228
412 E. Spokane Falls Blvd.
Spokane, WA 99210-2131

509-358-7614
naomi.konis@wsu.edu

Naomi Proett provides secretarial support to the Washington State University College of Education academic director and faculty on the Spokane campus.  She oversees unit budgets, fiscal processes, and general office operations. She also makes travel arrangements and coordinates events and training.

C. Brandon Chapman

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Brandon Chapman

Director of Marketing and Communications
College of Education
Pullman campus
Cleveland hall 153
pullman, WA  99164

509-335-6850
b.chapman@wsu.edu

Brandon Chapman joined the College of Education in August, 2013. He helps share the great things accomplished at the College of Education. Perhaps it’s leading research. Perhaps it’s scholarly publications. Maybe it’s a great story about a faculty, staff member, or student. Whatever the case, it’s Brandon’s job to get the word out there, to both internal and external sources. He oversees the college’s website, media efforts, news releases, podcast, video podcast, social media, photography, and videography.

His committees at WSU include the MLK Committee, the Corporate Engagement Council, and the System Strategic Planners Council.

Brandon has 20+ years experience in marketing and communications, including with the Department of Early Learning, various local radio stations and TV stations, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, and Sports Illustrated. He most recently headed PR and media relations efforts for Longview Fibre Paper and Packaging.

He spent two seasons (2006 and 2007) as a professional baseball play-by-play broadcaster.

Brandon received his master’s degree in broadcast journalism from Syracuse University’s prestigious S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.

Before that, he earned his B.A. from WSU’s Edward R. Murrow School of Communication (he double majored in Spanish). He was a sports editor at The Daily Evergreen, and took an active role with both Cable 8 and KUGR. He was a WSU Community College President’s Award recipient. He won the Murrow Award in 2004, as well as winning the first ever Keith Jackson Award for excellence in sports broadcasting for a student.

In the spirit of giving back, at WSU Brandon began teaching a sports play-by-play course for Murrow College in Spring 2019. He’s also taught Audio Storytelling and Introducting to Broadcast Equipment (COMJOUR 150). . Currently, he is the KUGR (student radio) faculty advisor. Additionally, he is the KUGR Sports professional advisor. Within the community, he served on the Pullman City Council between 2018-2021 and is an active Kiwanis member.

He received his associate’s degree in Radio/TV from Centralia College.

Brandon and his wife of 23+ years, Sarah, have four sons: Sterling (19); Hyrum (17); Jonah (14); James (12).

Katherine C. Rodela, Ph.D.

Katherine Rodela smiling at camera

Katherine C. Rodela, Ph.D.

Chair, Department of Educational Leadership and Sport Management
Associate Professor, Educational Leadership
Vancouver Campus, VUB 317
14204 NE Salmon Creek Avenue
Vancouver, WA  98686

 

Phone: 360-546-9676
Email: katherine.rodela@wsu.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Welcome to Katherine Rodela’s faculty page

I’m a faculty member in the Educational Leadership Program. I teach courses related to equity, social justice leadership, and inclusion of diverse communities, families, and students in K-12 schools, in WSU’s Administrative Credential, Masters, and Doctoral Programs.

My research agenda centers around the concept of leadership for equity and justice. As third-generation Mexican American and first-generation college student, I am committed to being a community-engaged scholar, whose work advances educational equity and culturally responsive education for marginalized communities, particularly low-income communities of color across the educational PK-20 pipeline. My focus on leadership for equity and diversity inspires three lines of qualitative research: (1) diversifying the educational leadership pathways in PK-12 education, (2) developing equity-focused school and district leaders, and (3) uplifting and centering the leadership of marginalized families and communities.

I am a graduate of Stanford University’s Graduate School of Education. I received a BA in Philosophy and History at Seattle University. I am a former Fulbright Scholar and worked on research project studying the civic engagement and leadership impacts of a childhood nutrition program in Peru. Before earning my Ph.D., I taught Spanish and Service Learning at an urban high school in Oregon.

Currently, I am engaged in these two research projects:

Diversifying the educational leadership pathways in PK-12 education:  Using CRT and LatCrit counterstorytelling methods (Solorzano & Yosso, 2002), I study the experiences and pathways of leaders of color across work positions, regions, and cultures. My work in this area first began with research with Latinx leaders and preservice teachers of color, and resulted in several publications. I also received the first George Brain and Gay Selby Faculty Award in Educational Leadership from WSU. This award helped fund continued research on the experiences and administrative pathways of leaders of color across races and cultures in the Pacific Northwest, which began in Fall 2020 and continues to today.

Uplifting and centering the leadership of marginalized families and communities: In various publications, I explore the voices, advocacy, and expertise of parents, families, and communities of color as legitimate, powerful educational leaders who can address systemic injustices in schools and districts. My scholarship in this area includes ethnographic examinations of Latinx immigrant parents’ leadership development and Latinx community advocacy, and critical literature reviews and conceptual work on expanding the boundaries of who counts as “educational leadership” to include youth, parent, family, and community leaders. My research in this strand seeks to support educational administrators to work with (rather than simply for) youth, families and communities in authentic partnerships.

This work also inspired leadership and outreach in the local SW Washington community. In partnership with Diana Avalos Leos, Director and Founder of Latino Leadership Northwest (formerly the Clark County Latino Youth Conference), we established the SW Washington Latino Parent Leadership Institute. We worked with a diverse group of school and parent leaders to offer parent education and leadership workshops to Spanish-speaking parents in the SW Washington and Portland Metro Area. Together with Ms. Avalos Leos, I studied the impacts of this program on Latinx parent engagement and leadership for equity in schools. We successfully ran two sessions of our workshops in Vancouver Public Schools (Fall 2016) and Woodland Public Schools (Spring 2017). Recently we engaged former participants in a study of their families’ experiences and children’s schooling during the COVID-19 pandemic. Informed by our findings, we hope to relaunch in later 2022 so all families feel comfortable attending in-person workshops. For more information about the project, please visit our Facebook Page.

Links to published articles

Note to educators, researchers, and graduate students: Many of the links below require a journal subscription to access the article. If you are a PK-12 educator or unable to access through your library, I’m always happy to share these articles directly. Feel free to email me at katherine.rodela@wsu.edu or connect via Research Gate!

Rodela, K., & Bertrand, M. (2021). Collective Visioning for Equity: Centering Youth, Family, and Community Leaders in Schoolwide Visioning Processes. Peabody Journal of Education, 96(4), 465-482.

Rodela, K., Rodriguez-Mojica, C., & Cochrun, A.* (2021). ‘You guys are bilingual aren’t you?’ Latinx educational leadership pathways in the New Latinx Diaspora. International Journal of Leadership in Education, 24(1), 84-107. doi:10.1080/13603124.2019.1566577

Rodela, K. & Rodriguez-Mojica, C. (2020). Equity Leadership Informed by Community Cultural Wealth: Counterstories of Latinx School Administrators. Educational Administration Quarterly, 56(2), 289-320. doi:10.1177/0013161X19847513

Rodela, K., Cochrun, A.*, Haines, D.*, & Journey, S.A.* (2020). Tiptoeing Around the Elephant in the Room: Discreet Activism For Social Justice in Conservative School Communities Following the 2016 Presidential Election. Journal of Education Human Resources (formerly Journal of School Public Relations), 38(1), 8-34.

Fernández, E. & Rodela, K. (2020). “Hay poder en numeros”: Understanding the development of a collectivist Latinx parent identity and conscientização amid an anti-immigrant climate. Teachers College Record, 122(8), 1-40.

Rodriguez-Mojica, C., Rodela, K., Ott, C.* (2020). “I didn’t wanna believe it was a race issue”: Student Teaching Experiences of Preservice Teachers of Color. The Urban Review, 52, 435-457. doi:10.1007/s11256-019-00546-x

Rodela, K., & Fernández, E. (2019). A Latina Mother on T.V.: Challenges of Intragroup Advocacy for Equity in a Latinx Community. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 32(10), 1270-1288. doi:10.1080/09518398.2019.1659445

Kruse, S. &, Rodela, K. (2019). When Hate Comes to Campus: Campus Readiness for Conflict, Safety, and Student Voice. Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 22(3), 85-97.

Brooks, M.D., & Rodela, K. (2018). Why Am I in Reading Intervention? A Dual-Analysis of Entry and Exit Criteria. The High School Journal, 102(1), 72-93. doi:10.1353/hsj.2018.0020

Rodela, K., & Bertrand, M. (2018). Special Issue Introduction: Rethinking Educational Leadership in the Margins: Youth, Parent, and Community Leadership for Equity and Social Justice. Journal of Research in Leadership Education, 13(1), 3-9.

Bertrand, M., & Rodela, K. (2018). A framework for re-thinking educational leadership in the margins: implications for social justice leadership preparation. Journal of Research on Leadership Education, 13(1), 10-37. [Special Issue: “Rethinking Educational Leadership in the Margins: Youth, Parent, and Community Leadership for Equity and Social Justice”].

Kruse, S., Rodela, K., Huggins, K. (2018). Messy Messages and Making Sense Across Complex Contexts: A Regional Network of Superintendents Confronting Equity. Journal of School Leadership, 28(1), 82-109.

Vossoughi, S. & Rodela, K. (2018). Rewriting class, culture, colonialism, and the “culture of poverty”: Ethnographic work by Eleanor Leacock, 1959-1980. [Special Issue: “Beyond the Culture of Poverty”]. Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education. Advanced online publication. doi:10.1080/15595692.2017.1421534

Rodela, K., & Tobin, J. (2017). On Anna’s Terms: Supporting a Student’s Gender Transition in Elementary School. Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 20(4), 42-57.

Rodela, K. (2016). Undocumented Educational Leadership: The Development of Latina Mothers into Emergent Social Justice Leaders [Special Issue: “Latina/os and a Spirit of Dedication and Commitment Towards the Community]. National FORUM of Applied Educational Research Journal, 29(1&2), 21-33.

Gomez, K., Gomez, L., Rodela, K., Horton, E., Cunningham, J., Ambrocio, R. (2015). Embedding Language Support in Developmental Mathematics Lessons: Exploring the Value of Design as Professional Development for Community College Mathematics Instructors. Journal of Teacher Education, 55(5), 450-465.

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Marcus Poppen

Marcus Poppen, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Special Education
Pullman Campus
Cleveland Hall 358
Pullman, WA  99164

509-335-6363
marcus.poppen@wsu.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Research Interests

Dr. Poppen’s research and scholarship is broadly focused on supporting career development and transition outcomes for youth and young adults with disabilities. His interests include understanding the unique paths of career development for youth and young adults with disabilities, including those involved in the juvenile justice system, foster care system, and/or living with mental health concerns; collaborative school-based transition programs that are designed to facilitate the coordination and delivery of per-employment transition services; post-secondary education programs for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities; and, program evaluation and capacity building efforts that support data-based decision making.

Teaching and Professional Interests

Dr. Poppen’s teaching interests are in Special Education. His professional interests include program evaluation, research, and implementation sciences.

Selected Publications

  • Poppen, M., Whittenburg, H., Bruno, L., Sheridan-Stiefel, K., & McMahon, D. (2021). Evaluation of the Coordination and Delivery of Pre-Employment Transition Services in Washington State. Submitted to Washington Division of Vocational Rehabilitation.
  • Gotch, C., Poppen, M., Razo, J., & Modderman, S. (2021). Examination of teacher formative assessment self-efficacy development across a professional learning experience. Teacher Development.
  • McMahon, D., Hirschfelder, K., Poppen, M., Whittenburg, H., & Bruno, L. (2021). WSU ROAR and ROAR Online! Program Description and COVID-19 Response. Rural Special Education Quarterly. Advanced online publication.
  • Lombardi, A., Rifenbark, G., Poppen, M., Reardon, K., Mazzotti, V. L., Morningstar, M. E., Rowe, D. A., & Raley, S. (2021). Development and validation of the Secondary Transition Fidelity Assessment. Assessment for Effective Intervention. Advanced online publication.
  • Mazzotti, V.I, Rowe, D. A., Kwiatek, S., Voggt, A., Chang, W., Fowler, C., Poppen, M., Sinclair, J., & Test, D. (2021). Secondary transition predictors of post-school success: An update to the field. Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 40(1), 47-64.
  • Poppen, M., & Alsalamah, A. (2020). Evaluation of School-Based Pre-Employment Transition Services in Washington State. Submitted to Washington Division of Vocational Rehabilitation.
  • Scheef, A., Thapa, E., Lerum, E., & Poppen, M. (2020). The impact of an inclusive post-secondary course on pre-service teachers. Journal of Special Education Apprenticeship, 19(1), 1-11.
  • Barrio, B., Carbonneau, K., Poppen, M., Miller, D., Dunn, M., Hsiao, Y. (2019). Theory to Practice: Implementation Achievements and Challenges of Response to Intervention in a Rural District. Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, 11(1), 125-160.
  • Poppen, M., & Alverson, C. (2018) Policies and practice: A review of legislation affecting transition services for individuals with disabilities. In B. Hughes, C. Johnson & B. Taga (Eds.). New Directions for Adult & Continuing Education, Support and Transitions for Adults with Special Needs, 2018 (160), 63-76.
  • Scheef, A., Barrio, B., Poppen, M., McMahon, D., & Miller, D. (2018). Exploring barriers for facilitating work experience opportunities for students with intellectual disabilities enrolled in post-secondary education programs. Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability.
  • Poppen, M., Lindstrom, L., Unruh, D., Khurana, A., & Bullis, M. (2017). Preparing youth with disabilities for employment: An analysis of vocational rehabilitation case services data. Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 46, 209-224. doi:10.3233/JVR-160857
  • Lind, J., Poppen, M., & Murray, C. (2017). An intervention to promote positive teacher-student relationships and self-determination among adolescents with emotional disturbance. Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 40, 186-191.
  • Scheef, A., Barrio, B., & Poppen, M. (2017). Developing partnerships with businesses to support job training for youth with disabilities in Singapore. Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 40, 156-164.
  • Mazzotti, V.I, Rowe, D. A., Sinclair, J., Poppen, M., & Woods, W. (November 2016). Predictors of post-school success: A systematic review of NLTS-2 secondary analyses. Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 38, 196-215.
  • Poppen, M., Sinclair, J., Hirano, K., Lindstrom, L., & Unruh, D. (May 2016). Perceptions of mental health concerns for secondary students with disabilities during transition to adulthood. Education and Treatment of Children, 39, 221-241.
  • Lindstrom, L., Harwick, R., Poppen, M., & Doren, B. (2012) Gender gaps: Career development for young women with disabilities, Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 35(2), 108-117.

Education Background

  • Ph.D., Special Education, University of Oregon (2014)
  • M.S., Special Education, University of Oregon (2012)
  • B.A., Family and Human Services, University of Oregon (2007)

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John Lupinacci

Johnny Lupinacci

Associate Professor

Cultural Studies and Social Thought in Education
WSU Pullman – Cleveland 340
WSU Spokane

509-335-6838

View WSU Faculty Profile from October 09, 2020

About Dr. Lupinacci

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Research Interests

John Lupinacci’s research focuses on how people, specifically educators, learn to both identify and examine destructive habits of modern human culture.  His work proposes that, through education, teachers can be leaders in confronting dominant assumptions about existing as individuals separate from and superior to the greater ecological systems to which we belong. He explains:

“As agents of change, we all have both the capacity and the responsibility to make an ethical choice to examine and challenge how dominant Western cultural ways of thinking have isolated us from recognizing the relationships that make up our ecological existence.”

Areas of Expertise

  • Social Media
  • Social Justice
  • Scholar activism
  • EcoJustice
  • Podcasting

Teaching/Professional Interests

Dr. Lupinacci teaches pre-service teachers and graduate students in the Cultural Studies and Social Thought in Education (CSSTE) program using an approach that advocates for the development of scholar-activist educators.  He has taught at the secondary level in Detroit and is co-author of the book EcoJustice Education: Toward Diverse, Democratic, and Sustainable Communities. His experiences as a high school math and science teacher, an outdoor environmental educator, and a community activist all contribute to examining the relationships between schools and the reproduction of the cultural roots of social suffering and environmental degradation.

Awards/Honors

  • 2017 WERA Annual Research Award, Washington Educational Research Association and Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction.
  • Faculty Fellowship for Community Engagement 2017 with Center for Civic Engagement, Washington State University.
  • Provost Leadership Academy 2016 at Washington State University.
  • CPED Writing Fellowship – Social Justice 2016 with Carnegie Project on the Educational Doctorate (CPED).
  • Imagine Tomorrow Scholar Award Recipient with Alaska Airlines
  • AESA Critics’ Choice Award 2011 for EcoJustice Education: Toward Diverse, Democratic, and Sustainable Communities

Simon Licen

Medium shot of Simon Licen over a generic sports/recreation background

Simon Licen

Associate Professor, Department of
Educational Leadership and Sport Management
Pullman campus
Cleveland Hall 261
Pullman, WA  99164-2136

+1-509-335-2154
simon.licen@wsu.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Research interests

Simon Ličen’s (LEE-chen) studies mediated communication and sport in changing societies. His primary research interests include mass communication and sport, the negotiation of identity through the media, and the media in international, post-socialist and post-colonial societies. Between 2012 and 2016, he was member of the Board of Directors of the International Association for Communication and Sport. He also has research and publishing experience in social media and public relations, as well as sociology, kinesiology, governance, politics, sustainability and event management as they pertain to sport..

Teaching and professional interests

At Washington State University, Dr. Ličen has taught undergraduate courses in Sport Communication and Sport in American Society, as well as a graduate course in Mass Communication in Sport Management. Since 2015, he has been a visiting lecturer at Beijing Sport University (China) where he teaches a course in Sports Journalism. In fall 2020, he was Visiting Associate Professor at the Faculty of Tourism Studies of the University of Primorska in Slovenia. In 2022, he was named Senior Research Fellow of the Center for International Sport Communication and Diplomacy Studies at Beijing Foreign Studies University in China. Before joining Washington State University, he taught at the University of Ljubljana (Slovenia). He held guest lectures at the University of Alabama, University of Memphis, Lewis & Clark State College, Beijing Sport University (China), University of Ljubljana (Slovenia), and University of Primorska (Slovenia). Among other, he also served as the Director of Media and Communications of a WTA Tour (women’s professional tennis) event, was a member of the UNESCO Slovenian National Commission, and contributed to the organization of several editions of the Ljubljana Marathon and the U20 European Basketball Championship for Men. In 2019, he sat on the program committee for the 2019 Play the Game conference.

Research Presentations
  • “Sports reporting in the East and West: ISPS 2021 in China and the US,” presented at the Play the Game conference in Odense, Denmark, in June 2022. Watch (22:39 onward).
  • “Impact and Legacy of Major Sports Events: Findings From the 2013 EuroBasket,” presented at the Sport Management Research Meetings at Washington State University, October 25, 2017. Watch.
Media Appearances

Dr. Ličen is frequently interviewed, quoted, cited, and referenced by media all across the globe. Here is just a sampling of some places you can find his name:

  • Guest correspondent for Večer newspaper. Read more (in Slovenian).
  • Interviewed by Radio Slovenia on sport, racism and politics in the United States. Listen (in Slovenian).
  • Interviewed by Radio Capodistria on sport, racism and politics in the United States. Listen (in Italian).
  • Interviewed by Radio Capodistria on soccer, the United States, and the FIFA World Cup. Listen (in Italian).
  • Interviewed by Radio Capodistria on American perceptions of the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang. Listen (in Italian).
  • Op-Ed in Huffington Post. Read more.
  • Interviewed by Radio Slovenija on media coverage of sports. Listen (in Slovenian).
  • Quoted by Radio Capodistria, an Italian-Slovenian radio station, on expectations from the Rio 2016 Olympics. Read more.
  • Interviewed by Radio Slovenija on sport, media, and capital ahead of the Rio Olympics. Listen (in Slovenian).
  • Interviewed by WalletHub ahead of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio. Read more.
  • Quoted by RTVSLO.si in connection to an international study on the Olympics. Read more.
  • Interviewed by TV Koper-Capodistria, a Slovenian TV station. Watch (31:54 onward).
  • Interviewed in Jalka, an Estonian football (soccer) monthly. Read more.
  • Quoted by The Guardian. Read more.
  • Interviewed by Pacific Standard Magazine. Read more.
  • Quoted by Washington State Magazine. Read more.
Selected recent publications

Ličen, S. & Mir, M. (2024). King of the flying hill: TV broadcasts of ski jumping events in Planica, Slovenia. In Solberg, H.A., Swart-Arries, K., & Storm, R. (Eds.), Research Handbook on Major Sporting Events (pp. 285-299). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. Read it!

Ličen, S. (2023). Sport, media and business in Southeast Europe in the 21st century: Recommendations for professionals and scholars. In Dašić, D. (Ed.), Sporticopedia (pp. 23-35). Belgrade: Faculty of Sport. Read it!

Ličen, S., Frandsen, K., Horky, T., Onwumechili, C., & Wei, W. (2022). Rediscovering mediatizaton of sport. Communication & Sport, 10(5), 795-810. Read it!

Ličen, S., Antunovic, D., & Bartoluci, S. (2022). A Public Service? Mediatization of the Olympic Games in Croatia and Slovenia. Published online before print at Communication & Sport, 10(5), 931-950. Read it!

Ličen, S. & Jedlicka, S. (2022). Sustainable development principles in U.S. sport management graduate programs. Sport, Education & Society, 27(1), 99-112. Read it!

Ličen, S. (2021). More than fun and games: How the world will look at American sports—and America—after Covid-19. In Billings, A.C., Wenner, L., & Hardin, M. (Eds.), American Sport in the Shadow of a Pandemic: Communicative Insights (pp. 31-46). Pieterlen and Bern, Switzerland: Peter Lang. Click here.

Ličen, S. & Jedlicka, S. (2021). Governance of Professional Sport Beyond the U.S. In Ruihley, B.J. & Li, B. (Eds.), Administration and Governance in a Global Sport Economy (pp. 229-246). Dubuque, IA: Kendall-Hunt. Click here.

Ličen, S. (2020). Bailouts and tax breaks: Slovenian Olympic Committee’s communication during Covid-19. In P. M. Pedersen, B. J. Ruihley, & B. Li (Eds.), Sport and the pandemic: Perspectives on Covid-19’s impact on the sport industry (pp. 137-145). London: Routledge. Click here.

Kustec, S. & Ličen, S. (2020). Sport and welfare in Central and Eastern European countries. In Martelli, S., Testa, A., & Porro, N. (Eds.). Sport, Welfare and Social Policy in the European Union (pp. 132-142). London: Routledge. Read it!

Ličen, S. & Bejek, B. (2019). Slovenian Daily Newspaper Coverage of Women’s Sports in 2015. Družboslovne Razprave, 92, 7-33. Read it!

Ličen, S. (2019). Influence of hosting a major sports event on patriotic attitudes: The EuroBasket 2013 competition in Slovenia. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 54(3), 361-383. Read it!

Jakubowska, H. & Ličen, S. (2019). The role of mass media in the reproduction of gendered national identity: Polish coverage of women’s and men’s basketball championships. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 54(3), 302-324. Read it!

Brown, K., Ličen, S., Billings, A.C., & Devlin, M. B. (2017). Envisioning Slovenia, Telecast from Brazil: Relationships Between National Identity and Slovenian Viewership of the 2016 Rio Summer Olympic Games. International Journal of Sport Communication, 10(4), 487-507. Read it!

Ličen, S., Lončar, M., Delorme, N., Horky, T., & Jakubowska, H. (2017). International newspaper coverage of the 2013 EuroBasket for men. Communication & Sport, 5(4), 448-470. Read it!

Ličen, S. (2017). Sport as international communication. In Billings, A. C. (Ed.), Defining Sport Communication (pp. 209-222). London: Routledge.

Ličen, S. & Cole, A. N. (2017). Public perception of social impacts of the 2013 EuroBasket for men. International Journal of Sport Management, 18(1), 89-115. Read the abstract!

Educational background

Ph.D., University of Ljubljana, Journalism/Social Sciences, 2011

B.A., University of Ljubljana, Journalism, 2005

Chris Lebens

Chris Lebens at Martin Stadium.

Chris Lebens

Assistant Professor (Career Track)
Sport Management
Pullman campus
Cleveland Hall 272

509-335-2157
chris.lebens@wsu.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Chris Lebens is a clinical assistant professor assigned to teach SpMgt 377- Legal Aspects of Sport, SpMgt 489- Sport Event Management, as well as SpMgt 577- Law and Risk Management in Sport for the graduate program.

Mr. Lebens received his bachelor’s degree in radio/TV/digital media production, and his juris doctor from the University of Idaho. He has a master’s degree in Sport Management from WSU and more than eight years experience in sport management, working with Division 1 college athletics. He also has more than 10 years experience in large event planning and management and is an extremely active volunteer in the community. His research areas are legal in nature, focusing on risk management in sport, constitutional law, and contract law.

Leslie Hall

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Leslie Hall

Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Teaching and Learning
Slokane campus
Center for Clinical Research and Simulation 213
PO box 1495
Spokane, WA  99210-1495

509-358-7546
ldhall@wsu.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Research interests

Leslie Hall’s research interests include educational technology professional development for K-12 teachers and teacher education faculty. She is working on a video game to aid Supiaq-Alutiiq youth to learn their native language.

Teaching/professional interests

Dr. Hall is the coordinator for the Spokane Master in Teaching program, and teaches in the Cultural Studies and Social Thought in Education graduate program. She is interested in media literacy, technology and culture, and technology in the classroom. Hall spent 13 years teaching elementary school in Mabton, Wash., and six years teaching graduate and undergraduate courses in educational technology and media literacy at the University of New Mexico.

Service interests

SERVICE INTERESTS

Dr. Hall was elected to the College of Education Faculty Affairs Committee (CEFAC), to represent non-tenure track faculty in non-Pullman campuses, with the appointment to begin Jan. 1, 2016.

Recent accomplishments

  • Hall, Leslie & Sanderville, James (2009). United Sugpiaq Alutiiq (USA) video game: Preserving traditional knowledge, culture, and language. Educational Technology. 49(6), 20-24.
  • Hall, Leslie & Campbell, Anne (September 2007). Online resources and instructional strategies for  K-8 ELL teachers and students. Learning and Leading with Technology.
  • Hall, Leslie (2006). Modeling technology integration for preservice teachers: A PT3 case study. Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education [Online serial], 6(4). Available: http://www.citejournal.org/vol6/iss4/currentpractice/article1.cfm
  • Hall, Leslie & Hudson, Roxanne (2006). Cross-curricular connections: Video production in a K-8 teacher preparation program. Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education [Online serial], 6(3).
  • Hall, Leslie, Fisher, Clint, Musanti, Sandra & Halquist, Don (2006).  Professional development in teacher education: What can we learn from PT3? TechTrends, 50(3), 25-31.
  • Hall, Leslie (2006). Media literacy for educators: Fostering subversive allies. Journal of Democracy in Education, 16(1), 13-15.

Educational background

  • Ph.D. Ohio State University, 1996
  • M.A. Education, Instructional Design and Technology, Ohio State University, 1995
  • K-12 Teaching Certification, University of Washington, Seattle, 1977

Joy Egbert

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Joy Egbert

Regents Professor

Multilingual Learners and
Education Technology
Pullman campus
Cleveland Hall 346
Pullman, WA  99164

509-335-7277
jegbert@wsu.edu

Research interests

Joy Egbert conducts research on task engagement, particularly as it affects teacher education, multilingual learners, and technology use. Her theoretical framework is task engagement.

Teaching/professional interests

Dr. Egbert teaches courses in multilingual learners, foundations of education research, academic writing, media production, education technology, and computer-assisted language learning. Egbert is especially interested in language learning and technology use, specifically computer-assisted language learning (CALL). Egbert has taught ESL pre-kindergarten through adult, and she is certified K-12 in Idaho and WA state for computers and ESL, and at the secondary level for English and Russian.

Recent accomplishments

  • XR Development Lab Director, 2022 –
  • Task Engagement across the Disciplines (forthcoming, Routledge/edited with P. Panday-Shukla)

Current projects

  • Expanding/supporting the XR Development Lab.
  • Refining a cross-cultural model of task engagement.

Educational background

  • Ph.D. Higher Education Teaching, University of Arizona, 1993
  • M.A. English as a Second Language, University of Arizona, 1986
  • B.A. Russian and East European Area Studies, University of Illinois, 1984

Eric J. Johnson

Eric Johnson

Associate Dean of Equity and Inclusion for Faculty and Staff Development, College of Education
Professor
Multilingual Education
Tri-Cities Campus
Floyd 207W
2710 Crimson way
Richland, WA  99354

509-372-7304
e.johnson@wsu.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Research Interests

Eric Johnson’s research focus is on ethnographic approaches to multilingual and dual language education programs and language policies in public schools.  His interests include language policy and planning, the application of policy as practice, immigrant communities, parent and community engagement, and multilingual and dual language education.

Teaching/Professional Interests

Dr. Johnson teaches undergraduate and graduate courses related to bilingual education and English as a second language, including the theoretical foundations of bilingual and ESL education, methods and materials for bilingual/ESL education, bilingual education methods across content areas, sociolinguistics, diversity in education, and language, literacy, and culture.

Multimedia Publications

Books

Selected Publications

Awards

  • 2022 – Sahlin Faculty Excellence Award for Outreach and Engagement, Washington State University.
  • 2020 – Faculty Excellence Award in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Washington State University College of Education.
  • 2017 – Senior Scholar Reviewer Award, Bilingual Research Journal (premier journal for the National Association of Bilingual Education). Recognizes a senior scholar who “volunteers their time above and beyond the call of duty to the BRJ.”
  • 2016 – Outstanding Teaching Award, Washington State University Tri-Cities. “In honor and recognition of significant contributions and success in teaching.”
  • 2013 – Faculty Diversity Award, Washington State University. “Recognizes distinctive and outstanding teaching, research, and/or service/outreach that advance diversity.”
  • 2013 – Martin Luther King Jr. Distinguished Service Award, Washington State University. “Recognizes extraordinary contributions toward continuing the work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the promotion of human rights and social justice.”
  • 2012 – Award for Collaboration and Networking, Washington State University Tri-Cities, College of Education.
  • 2011 – Faculty Excellence Award in Teaching, Washington State University, College of Education.

Grants

  • 2020 – Senior Personnel, Co-Researcher: Reducing barriers to educational justice in Washington state. Washington Education Association. PIs: Dr. Manka Varghese, Marge Plecki, & Ana Elfers, University of Washington. Amount: $265,000. 
  • 2016 – Co-PI: Creating a pathway to nursing: Community alliance for health workforce diversity. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Health Resources and Services Administration. Grant Role: Data collection, reporting, and program coordination for ESL and learning services.  Co-investigators: Debra Nogueras, Lori Brown, & Janet Katz. Amount: $349,187.
  • 2016 – PI: Developing a funds of knowledge inventory to enhance classroom practice. Washington State University, Berry Family Fellowship. Amount: $12,500.
  • 2015 – PI: Crossing the border: Documenting immigrant student experiences to enhance classroom instruction. Washington State University College of Education Faculty Funding Award. Amount: $5000.
  • 2013 – Co-PI: Bridging Community Literacy Practices and Funds of Knowledge in the Classroom. Washington State University College of Education Faculty Funding Award, co-investigator: Dr. Sarah Newcomer, Amount: $9000.
  • 2012 – PI: Interpretation and use of research evidence for bilingual education policy and practice. William T. Grant Foundation: Officer’s Research Grant. Co-investigator: Dr. David C. Johnson. Amount: $25,000.
  • 2011 – Co-PI: Interpretation and implementation of dual language education policy in Washington schools. Washington State University New Faculty Seed Grant Program. Co-investigator: Dr. David C. Johnson, Amount: $5,343.
  • 2011 – Co-PI: Dual language education policy and practice in Washington state. Washington State University College of Education Faculty Funding Award, co-investigator: Dr. David C. Johnson, Amount: $8882.
  • 2008 – Co-PI: Educational leadership and language policies in Washington school districts with high language-minority student populations. Washington State University College of Education Faculty Funding Award. Co-investigator: Dr. Michele Acker-Hocevar, Amount: $6000.