Allison helps create philanthropic and volunteer engagement opportunities for alumni and friends of the Washington State University College of Education and helps the college reach its fundraising goals. Allison coordinates the annual giving and stewardship process and manages events which support the college’s mission and fundraising goals. She oversees the College of Education scholarships and scholarship awards process.
509-335-4593
scott.landis@wsu.edu
Dr. Landis’ research focuses primarily on lower extremity injury risk prediction methods in active female populations, particularly ACL injury. His goal is to determine the most accurate method or combination of methods to identify those at risk of injury. Dr. Landis’ second research area involves the clinical applications of manual therapies.
Dr. Landis teaches courses in Athletic Training and Kinesiology
Dr. Landis is actively involved in the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) and the regional North West Athletic Trainers’ Association (NWATA).
509-335-8401
cihan.demir@wsu.edu
Cihan Demir is a doctoral student in the Educational Psychology program at Washington State University. In his research, he is interested in applying the following methodologies: Computerized Adaptive Testing (CAT), Item Response Theory (IRT), and Meta-Analysis.
Cihan is originally from Turkey. After receiving his B.S. and M.Ed degree in Division of Philosophy Group Education, he taught philosophy, psychology and sociology classes in a high school in Turkey for three years. He then received a scholarship from the Turkish Ministry of Education, allowing him to come to the U.S. to pursue an additional Master’s degree, followed by a Ph.D in the same program.
509-335-6850
kathryn.merrick@wsu.edu
Katie Merrick provides a student perspective to the marketing and communications team at the College of Education. She helps create social media posts, write weekly news articles, and share the many different stories of the College of Education.
Katie is currently working towards a B.A. in strategic communication from WSU’s Edward R. Murrow College of Communication. She is an active member of the WSU chapter of the Association for Women in Communications and currently serves as vice president of the club. She also works as a campus representative for Pearson Education.
Katie is a third generation WSU student and the granddaughter of a College of Education graduate.
What she lacks in professional experience she makes up for in enthusiasm. Education has always been important to her and she hopes to use this passion to share the great accomplishments of the College of Education.
Katie plans to graduate in May 2019.
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Research shows that if students are engaged in learning activities they will learn better. We want to help English language students and teachers in both ESL and EFL contexts learn and teach more effectively, and you can help us by completing this survey about your own teaching or ask your students to complete it about their learning. The student and teacher versions of the survey have been translated into 10 languages so that you can choose a suitable version and answer the questions or guide your students to answer the questions as completely and specifically as possible. The findings of this study will lead to a learning model that could potentially benefit English language learners worldwide. In addition, the engagement principles discovered through this research may be adopted in other learning contexts for creating a more effective teaching/learning environment.
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PULLMAN, Wash. – A former ESPN and Seattle Times reporter will discuss how to make sports accessible to all children.
Tom Farrey will be the guest lecturer on Oct. 20 at 4:00 p.m. in Chinook Student Center 150 in Pullman as part of Washington State University’s Gordon-Enberg Professional Series in Sport Studies.
Farrey is the executive director of the Sports & Society program for the Aspen Institute, an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C. The program engages leaders and stakeholders to address challenges at the intersection of sports and society.
In his lecture, “How to Get a Game On,” he will examine the current landscape of youth sport, now a $15 billion industry dominated by travel teams. He will also discuss ways to sustain children’s interest in physical activity and share lessons on the creation of a movement that addresses a complex social problem in communities.
“Depending on who you talk to, young athletes today are either coddled or burned out,” said Scott Jedlicka, an assistant professor in the College of Education’s Sport Management program. “Tom Farrey’s work transcends that debate by instead emphasizing access to sport opportunities and habitual, lifelong physical activity as the central concerns of youth sport programs.”
Jedlicka said the lecture will appeal to athletes, coaches, parents, and youth sport administrators.
“It will also be geared toward people who are simply committed to helping young people succeed, even outside of sport,” Jedlicka said. “It will be a very inspiring way to kick off Homecoming Weekend in Pullman.”
Farrey’s 2008 book “Game On: The All American Race to Make Champions of Our Children” started a movement that culminated in the creation of Aspen Institute’s Project Play, an initiative that provides stakeholders with tools and opportunities to make sport accessible to all children, regardless of zip code or ability.
Hundreds of organizations, from grassroots providers to foundations to professional leagues, have used Project Play’s framework of eight strategies for the eight sectors touching the lives of children to introduce programs or shape their youth strategies.
Farrey’s broadcasting work earned him the 2014 Alfred I. duPont/Columbia University Award, the 2013 Edward R. Murrow Award, and two Emmy Awards. His reports have appeared on “Outside the Lines,” “SportsCenter,” “E:60,” “Good Morning America,” “ABC World News Tonight,” and “This Week.”
The Carol E. Gordon and Mary Lou Enberg Endowed Professional Series in Sport Studies is an annual public event that features sport industry experts sharing perspectives on their career experiences in an effort to inspire insight and foster dialogue about both recent and longstanding issues in sport.
The event is made possible by the Sport Management program in the College of Education, in cooperation with University Recreation and the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication.
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Contact: Scott Jedlicka – 509-335-0117 – Scott.Jedlicka@wsu.edu
Academic Focus: Special Education
Hometown: Shoreline, Washington
Year: Junior
Why do you want to become a teacher?
I like being a role model and I have always worked with kids from babysitting to working at a summer camp to just being at home. I am the oldest child so it is great to have my younger siblings look up to me. It is also great when you realize what an impact that you have had on the kids that you work with which I have seen through working at the summer camp. I want to be able to impact my students in such a positive way that they have no choice but to look back and remember my positive influence on them and their peers.
What are you most passionate about when it comes to being a teacher?
I want to be someone that my students can turn to when they feel as if they have no one else because I had that and it made life quite a bit easier.
What or who inspired you to become a teacher?
My 5th grade teacher was always someone that I could turn to when things got difficult. She has had my younger siblings and has constantly been a huge support for my family. Now that I am in college, she is still keeping in touch with me and supporting me on my journey to become a teacher. I want to be that person for my students.