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 Scholarships, Grants, and Awards Recipients

Anna Tracey  |  Bernardo Ramos Ebeo  |  Beta Chi II  |  Daniel W. Fullmer-Janet Ishikawa-Fullmer  |  Dist. Pi Lambda Thetan   |   Dist. Student Scholar  
Ella Victoria Dobbs  |  Excellence in Education  |  Georgia Sachs Adams Leadership Fund   |  Graduate Student Scholar   |  Hawaii Area Chapter Scholarship 
Janet Ishikawa-David Fullmer  |  Janyce Yoshizawa   |  Kathleen McCann  |  Lillian and Henry Barry  |  Nadeen Burkeholder Williams  |  Outstanding Area Chapter
Outstanding Campus Chapter  |  Outstanding Faculty Advisor  |   Research Grants  |   Scepter and Key  |  Student Support  |  Sylvia and Arlo Vopni
Thelma Jean Brown  |  Tobin Sorenson

 

Anna Tracey Memorial Award  
1999 Judy Methvin Greater Fort Worth
1997 Dale Avers Iota
1993 Helen Foster James Beta Beta
1985 Marguerite Cross Spokane Field
1983 Linda M. Wright Beta Lambda
1981 Marie M. Feidler Grand Forks

 

Bernardo Ramos Ebeo Naval Architecture and Marine
Engineering Excellence in Teaching Award and Scholarship
2007 Erickson Sta. Ana  
2007 Mary Grace Mendoza  
2006 Erickson Sta. Ana  
2006 Mary Grace Mendoza  
2006 Erickson Tolentino  
2005 Mary Grace Mendoza  
2005 Erickson Tolentino  
2004 Erickson Tolentino  
2003 Erickson Tolentino  
2002 Erickson Tolentino  

 

Beta Chi II Scholarship
2007 Heather Turner  
2006 Kim Larsen  
2005 Danielle Muhlenbruch  
2004 Brian Bastil  
2003 Lona Ozrek  
2002 Margaret Peterson  
2001 Stacey Heppt  
2000 Dana Hurley  

 

Beta Chi II Scholarship
2007 Heather Turner  
2006 Kim Larsen  
2005 Danielle Muhlenbruch  
2004 Brian Bastil  
2003 Lona Ozrek  
2002 Margaret Peterson  
2001 Stacey Heppt  
2000 Dana Hurley  

 

Dr. Daniel W. Fullmer and Dr. Janet Ishikawa-Fullmer Scholarship
2007 Shih-Ming Shih  
2005 Myoung Ah Lee  

 

Distinguished Pi Lambda Thetan Award
2007 Janet Ishikawa-Fullmer Hawaii
2005 Frances Shimotsu Beta Zeta and Virginia
2003 Virgie Binford Virginia
2001 Sally Thomas Alpha Iota
1999 Gary Clabaugh Philadelphia
1997 M. Frances Klein Member at Large
1995 Selma Hughes Alpha Sigma
  Marjorie Souers Fort Wayne
1993 Helen Diamond Orange County and Alpha Psi
1991 Jean Alberti Member at Large
1985 Miriam M. Bryan Rho and Georgia
1983 M. Virginia Biggy Alpha Gamma and Gamma Eta
1981 Helen M. Walker Alpha Iota
1980 Georgia Sach Adams Pasadena and Sigma
1979 Alice H. Hayden Zeta

 

Distinguished Student Scholar Award
2007 Scott Horn Member at Large
2005 Ashley Curtis Alpha Alpha
2003 Rachel Daien Member at Large
2001 Rachel MacRae Non-member
1999 Mark Andrew Tyler Member at Large
1997 Nathan Hurtado Alpha
1995 Jennifer Herman Gamma Tau
1993 Karen Swinehart Gamma Chi
1991 Susan L. Hall Gamma Delta

         

Ella Victoria Dobbs Award
1995 Vivian S.P. Shim Ing Hawaii
1991 Rita Silverman Westchester
1989 Ann E. Bachtel Los Angeles
1985 Mary Helen White Pelton Grand Forks
1979 Anne Y. Zimmer Detroit
1977 Esther Boulton Black Alpha Iota
1975 Lois N. Nelson Alpha Delta
1973 Anabel P. Newman Iota
1971 Margaret J. Heins Alpha Xi
1969 Barbara G. Godfrey Alpha
1967 Verna J. Dauterive Sigma
1965 Constance Frick Irwin Theta

 

Excellence in Education Award
2007 Herbert Walberg
2005 Deborah Meier
2003 none
2001 Betty Edwards
1999 Nel Noddings
1997 David Elkind
1995 Eugene Lang
1993 Joel Barker
Stephen Covey
1991 Edward Zigler
1989 Barbara S. Uehling
1987 Elliot Eisner
1985 Mary Hatwood Futrell
1983 Ernest L. Boyer
1981 Joan Ganz Cooney
1980 Edwin W. Martin
1979 Shirley Chisholm

 

Georgia Sachs Adams Leadership Fund
2007 Alpha Alpha  
2007 Epsilon  
2007 Gamma Chi  

 

Graduate Student Scholar Award
2005 Audra Skukauskaite Santa Barbara Area
2003 Laurie Elizabeth Sonnier Alpha
2001 Yvonne Bui Member at Large
1999 Stephanie A. Epp Member at Large
1997 Katherine A. Smith Non-member
1995 Jane Holmberg Epsilon
1993 Tamarah M. Ashton-Coombs Beta Beta

 

Hawaii Area Chapter Scholarship
2007 Carolina Cariaga-Camacho  
2006 Talia Salizar  

 

Janet Ishikawa – Daniel Fullmer Scholarship
2006 Hannah Tavares Non-member
2006 Rebecca Cheema Non-member
2005 Frances W. Siu Alpha Psi
2003 Andrew Colin Grauer Member at Large

 

Janyce Yoshizawa Excellence in Classroom Teaching Award
2008 Amy S. Cozart Member at Large
2005 Kathleen Mucha Non-member
2004 Karen Tarsi Non-member
2003 Cherith Mundy Member at Large
2001 Paula Fischer Non-member
2000 Deborah West Georgia Area

 

Kathleen McCann-Pi Lambda Theta Scholarship
2007 Lisa Valdez  
2006 Erin Armijo  
2005 Analisa Madrid  
2004 Brian Vineyard  
2003 Barry Alan Lambson  
2002 Angela D. Wilcox  
2001 Angela D. Wilcox  
2000 Nicole A. Vigil  
1999 Michael Costello  

 

Lillian and Henry Barry Award
2005 Rachel Richardson Member at Large
2003 Eileen Wotanowski Non-member
1999 Mildred McFarland Cleveland
1995 Pearl M. Yamashita Hawaii
1991 San Jose Chapter
1989 Winifred Morrison Alpha Nu
1987 Dolores Konczal Santa Barbara
1985 Mary Jeanette Martz Alpha Iota
1983 Betty R. Schultze Beta Xi
1981 Beulah Hedahl Grand Forks

 

Nadeen Burkeholder Williams Music Scholarship
2008 Becky Morrison Member at Large
2007 Rochelle Hume Member at Large
Kathy Robison Member at Large
2006 Danielle M Cullen Member at Large
Sara Chandler Trotman Womack Member at Large
2005 Janet Duguay Kirsten Member at Large
Joseph Underwood Member at Large
2004 Theresa M. Stricker Member at Large
2003 Cherith Mundy Member at Large
Susan Helmkamp Gamma Iota
Katherine Banucci-Smith Non-member
2001 Rebecca A. Miller Non-member
2000 Brenda Wheat Psi
1999 Karen Hope Member at Large

 

Outstanding Area Chapter Award
2007 Sacramento
2005 Virginia
2003 None
2001 Long Beach
1999 Hawaii
1997 Hawaii
1991 Westchester
1989 Los Angeles
1987 Santa Barbara
1985 Greater Milwaukee
1983 Philippines
1981 Detroit

 

Outstanding Campus Chapter Award
2007 None
2005 None
2003 None
2001 Delta Zeta
1999 Rho
1997 None
1995 Rho
1993 Gamma Gamma
1991 Gamma Gamma
1987 Gamma Delta
1985 Beta Omicron
1983  Beta Xi
1981 Beta Xi
1979 Iota

 

Outstanding Faculty Adviser Award
2005 Barbara Martin Palmer Gamma Tau
2003 Helen Hasewaga Beta Zeta
2001 Marion Turkish Beta Chi
1999 Jack  Conklin Gamma Mu
1997 Betty Burchett Alpha
1995 Beatrice Furner Theta
1993 Charlotte Miller Gamma Gamma
1991 Claudia Crump Gamma Delta
1987 Mildred E. Kersh Zeta
1985 Diane Vukovich Beta Lambda
1983 Judith Meagher Beta Sigma
1981 J. Richard Chambers Alpha Gamma
1979 Ruth S. Kiehm Beta Zeta

 

Research Grants
2008 Paula A. Hartman Member-At-Large The Effect of Collaboration on the Retention of Beginning Elementary, Secondary, and Special Education Teachers
Chung-Kai Huang Member-At-Large Evaluating Computer-Mediated Communication in the EFL Writing Class: An Implementation of Blog and Wiki
2007 Francine Falk-Ross Gamma Pi Oral Language Activities for Vocabulary Building in Reading Programs
Janice Showler Philadelphia Area Constructing Scaffolds to Support Literacy Achievement of First-Year Students: Building the Gap between High School and University Expectations
Jean Kohl Member at Large Constructing Scaffolds to Support Literacy Achievement of First-Year Students: Building the Gap between High School and University Expectations
Vicki L. Baker Member at Large Professional Identity Development Among Business PhD Students: A Social Network Perspective
Archie R. Wortham Member at Large Paternal Involvement in the Education of Children: How African-American & Hispanic Fathers Communicated with their Sons about the Value of Education
2006 Carol Lauritzen Member at Large Misreading Young Readers?: Comparing the Results of Two Literacy Assessment Measures
Denise G. Meister Alpha Kappa Veteran Teachers' Perceptions of Engagement and Effectiveness
Leah E. Robinson Member at Large The Effects of Two Instructional Climates on the Acquisition of Object Control Skills and Engagement Rates in Young Children
Jeong-il Cho Theta Bullying Among Students with Behavior Disorders and Their Peers
Janet Duguay Kirsten Member at Large Pre-Kindergarten Music Education Standards Study
Suk Hyang Lee Member at Large The Impact of Curriculum Augmentations on Access to the General Curriculum of Youth with Intellectual and Learning Disabilities
2005 Paula Hartman Member at Large Comparing Math Word Problem-solving Behaviors of Students with an Intrinsic Processing Disorder in Math and Students with Low Math Achievement
Kerri Ullucci Member at Large Learning to See: The Development of Race Consciousness in White Teachers
Mary-Lou Breitborde Gamma Upsilon The Heart of the Community: Lessons from the One-Room School
Warren C. Hope Member at Large African American Principals in the Era of Segregation, 1940-1970
Rebecca Swanson Gehrke Member at Large Introduction Support for Special Educators
Karen J. Theiss Member at Large The Effects of an Academic Potential Program on Student Retention
Dana Saito-Stehberger Member at Large The Development of English Communication Skills in Online ESL Courses
Carol VanderSchee Member at Large Governing Risky Lives:  Discourses on School Health, Educational Effectiveness and Youth At-Risk
2004 Judy A. Leavell Member at Large Review of Reading Fluency Research
Brett J. Holt Member at Large Differences Between Figurative and Literal Skill Cues on Motor Performance
Shereen Abdel Kader Alpha Kappa Teachers’ Recognition of Creative Behaviors in Young Children
Darla A. Calvet Member at Large From Roads Scholars to Road Warriors: A Study of Adjunct Faculty Union Leaders
Lori Dira-Smolleck Alpha Kappa Preservice Teachers' Self-efficacy in Regard to the Teaching of Science as Inquiry
Mary C. Markowitz Member at Large Issues of Self-disclosure Among Faculty of Colleges of Education
Vail Matsumoto Beta Zeta The Hidden School:  Exploring the Culture of High Risk Students
Ingrad Smith Gamma Alpha Conflict Management for Elementary School Teachers and Administrators:  Combating the Growing Phenomenon of Violence in Kindergarten Students
Kathryn L. Bauserman Alpha Tau Using Literature to Enhance Diversity in a Preschool Setting
Vanessa Camilleri Rho Healing the Inner-city Child:  Creative Arts Therapies With At-risk Children
Julia K. VanderMolen Member at Large Importance and Frequency of Job Tasks Performed by Career Preparation System Administrators
2003 Jean Slobodzian Member at Large The Integration of Deaf and Non-Deaf Students in a Public Elementary School Program

Yih-Jiun Shen

Alpha Kappa Discovering Play Therapy in the School of Texas
Inez Friedman-Lipetz Eta Dramatic Play with Fairy Tales and Impact on Vocabulary
Josefa Ben-Arieh Member at Large A Comparative Study of Joint Action Routines (JARs) and Discrete Trail Training (DTT)
Joanne Turk Klossner Member at Large Becoming’ an Athletic Trainer:  A Clinical Case Study of Second-Year Students
Francine Falk-Ross Gamma Pi

Language and Literacy Relationships in Struggling Readers

Rachel Anne Brown Epsilon Administrative Perspectives on the Distribution of Online High School Learning Opportunities: A Case Study
Karin Huttsell Fort Wayne Can the Iditarod Increase Fluency and Comprehension
Sue E. Mutchler Member at Large Factors Influencing Teacher Commitment in High-Poverty Public Schools
Delinda VanGarderen Member at Large An Examination of Special Education Teachers Instructional Practices for Solving Mathematical Word Problems
Karen Meade Theta The Effects of Inquiry and Technology Instruction on Student Learning in an Undergraduate Chemistry Course
Darbi J. Haynes-Lawrence Member at Large Early Intervention Providers:  Perceptions of Teen Mothers “at risk” for Abuse & Neglect
Deborah L.J. MacKinnon Member at Large No Lei at Graduation?  A Study of the Attendance, Achievement and Developmental Assets of Pacific Island Students in Washington State
Gayle A. Hutchens Iota Academic Motivation and Resilience
Laura A. Trujillo-Ball Member at Large The Social Construction of Identity and the Ways That Those Social Constructions Affect Mexican American Females in Public School Leadership
2002 Kathryn L. Bauserman  Alpha Tau Phonological Awareness, Print Concepts, and Technology
Rose Chepyator Alpha Beta A Dying Trend:  Keiyo Women Education Their Daughters to be Indigenous Doctors
Christine K. Conley Member at Large Principal Behaviors that Encourage Teachers to Stay in the Profession: Perceptions of K-8 Teachers in their Second to Fifth Year of Teaching       
Jennifer Kulik Member at Large Community Building, Socialization, and the Theatre
Kaye Otten Member at Large An Analysis of a Classwide Self-Management Approach to Improve the Behavior of Elementary Students with Severe Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
Janet S. Richards  Member at Large Teacher Contract Language Impact on Inclusion of Special Education in General Education
Francine Falk-Ross  Gamma Pi Language and Literacy Relationships in Struggling Readers
Rachel Anne Brown  Epsilon Administrative Perspectives on the Distribution of Online High School Learning Opportunities: A Case Study
Karin Huttsell  Fort Wayne Can the Iditarod Increase Fluency and Comprehension
Sue E. Mutchler  Member at Large Factors Influencing Teacher Commitment in High-Poverty Public Schools
Delinda VanGarderen  Member at Large An Examination of Special Education Teachers Instruction on Student Learning in an Undergraduate Chemistry Course
Karen Meade  Theta The Effects of Inquiry and Technology Instruction on Student Learning in an Undergraduate Chemistry Course
Darbi J. Haynes-Lawrence  Member at Large Early Intervention Providers:  Perceptions of Teen Mothers "at risk" for Abuse & Neglect
Deborah L. J. MacKinnon  Member at Large No Lei at Graduation? A Study of the Attendance, Achievement and Developmental Assets of Pacific Island Students in Washington State
Gayle A. Hutchens  Iota Academic Motivation and Resilience
Laura A. Trujillo-Ball Member at Large The Social Construction of Identity and the Ways That Those Social Constructions Affect Mexican American Females in Public School Leadership
2001 Jennifer B. Ganz Member at Large Collateral Effects of the Picture Exchange Communication System on the Speech of Preschool-Aged Children with Autism
Motoko Akibo Alpha Kappa Japan and the U.S.: The Effects of Academic Competition on Violence
Monica Gordon Pershey Gamma Epsilon Analysis of Narrative Writings of Grade Four and Six African American Students
Yih-Jiun (Jean) Shen  Alpha Kappa Play Therapy With Earthquake Traumatized Chinese Children
Lisa M. Stucky Iota Helping Kids ‘Get on the Ball’: A Study Using Swiss Therapy Balls to Increase Attention and Improve Performance in all Children in an Elementary Classroom
2000

Denise G. Meister

Alpha Kappa From Preservice to Inservice Teaching: Beginning Teachers’ Concerns
Gail Thompson Alpha Iota Insights Into Public Schools: Listening to African-American High School Seniors
David A. Zera Beta Sigma State of Connecticut Public School Assessment Practices for Identification of Disability
1999 Gail Thompson Alpha Iota The Literacy Club
Sharon Toomey Clark Gamma Mu and Alpha Iota Putting a Gloss on Your Irish: A Particular Case of Language Learning
Rea Kirk Member at Large A Study of the Use of a Private Chat Room to Increase Reflective Thinking in Preservice Teachers
Allison Lew Santa Barbara Entwining Strands of Leadership in Two Innovative Learning Movements: A Qualitative Study of
Accelerated Learning and Brain-Compatible Learning Pathfinders
Denise G. Meister Alpha Kappa  Making the Transition From Pre-Service Teaching: Beginning Teachers’ Perceptions
Etta Miller Greater Fort Worth Peeking into Science Classrooms: Inquiry Learning or Textbook Based?                                         
1998 none --- ---
1997 Marietta Giovannelli Gamma Phi The Relationship of Reflective Thinking in Teaching and Effective Teaching
Jepkorir Chepyator-Thompson  Alpha Beta Children’s Understanding of Chance and Probability and Use of Strategies in Playing Traditional Games
Tamarah Ashton Beta Beta Enhancing the Reading Skills of Students with Learning Disabilities Through Hypermedia-Based Children’s Reading Skills Programs 
 Veronica Getskow Santa Barbara The Older Adult Student and Community College Programs
Barbara S. Poole Beta Sigma Financial Decision Making:  An Experiential Model
1996 Barbara Glaeser Gamma Chi From Separate Strands to Woven Cloth:  Weaving Students with Reading Difficulties into the Fabric of the Inclusive Classroom for Reading Instruction
Sherry L. Haehl Gamma Nu Characteristics Common to Adult Students Who Are Likely to Benefit from Distance Education Courses
Peggy Treece Myles Toledo The School Counselor’s Preparation for and Roles in Special Education
Audrey Ricker Alpha Alpha Effects of Media on Upper-Middle-Class Children of Middle-School Age:  A Qualitative Study
Twyla Daniel Greater Fort Worth A Descriptive Analysis of Literacy Events and Discourse Occurring in Mexican Public Elementary Schools
Lori A. Norton-Meier Iota Parents as Researchers:  Learning from our Children
 Henrietta M. Pranger Beta Sigma Development of Cognitive Complexity in Collegiate and Extra-Collegiate Settings
Rena F. Subotnik Beta Xi Tracking the Next Generation of the Scientific Elite:  A Longitudinal and Comparative Study of Male and Female National Level Competition Winners in Science
 Sister Rita Marie Schmitz Beta Xi  Multicultural Education

                                                                                                                                                                                

Scepter and Key Award
2007 Jean Gould Wright Detroit
2005 Barbara Wynne Sorenson Greater Los Angeles and Alpha Delta
2003 Jean Alberti Member at Large
2001 Frances F. Shimotsu Beta Zeta and Virginia Area
1999 Janice C. Bizzari Iota
1997 Jeanne Wickham Greater Fort Worth and Alpha Sigma
1995 Betty Ward Alpha Sigma
1993 Thelma Brown Ft. Wayne
1991 Dell Baca Miera Alpha Mu
1989 Ruth Boynton Santa Barbara

 

Student Support Scholarship
2007 Erin Doherty Delta Epsilon
Lynn Gerhard Member at Large
Elyse Holovak Member at Large
Jody Nissen Member at Large
Kimberly Silveira Gamma Upsilon
2006 Kathryn Harmon    Member at Large
Kathryn Staggs Member at Large
Lisa Rodriguez Member at Large
Mervin Chisholm Alpha Tau
Deanna Winslow Member at Large
Kathryn Loverock Gamma Tau
2005 Ruby Cain     Fort Wayne Area
Mary Diehlmann Member at Large
Sarah Esposito Member at Large
Shannon Fitzgerald Member at Large
Karen Henspeter Member at Large
Fermin Jaramillo Member at Large
Rosetta Reiser Toledo Area
Amberleigh Slaven Alpha 
Sunny Westbrook Member at Large
Susanna Whitworth Member at Large
2004 Alicia D. Brown     Delta Delta
Danielle A. Cutler Member at Large
Jacqueline M. Keeney Member at Large
June H. Kim Member at Large
Kyle A. Morris Member at Large
JoeyLynn Paquette Member at Large
Rhonda N. Ronzheimer Member at Large