CEHD New Faculty Appointments
Dr. Alagaraja will receive her Ph.D. in Educational Administration and Human Resource Development from Texas A&M University, College Station this August. She received her M.S. in Human Resource Development from Texas A&M in 2002. Dr. Alagaraja also has a M.A. in Personnel Management and Industrial Relations from Rajagiri College of Social Sciences, Kalamassery, Kochi, India. Some of her research interests include theory building in human resource management and human resource development disciplines, human impact of modern working practices and e-learning. |
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Maxine has been an educator for over 35 years. She has experience as a classroom/resource teacher, grant writer, curriculum specialist, ELL specialist, director of an after school program and a product consultant and trainer for educational publishing companies. Maxine joined the CEHD in 2009 as a Middle and Secondary Placement Coordinator with the Office of Educator Development and Clinical Practice. She holds endorsements in ESL, Supervision and Instruction and received an M.A. in Foreign Language Education at Ohio State University. |
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Claudia as over 30 years of experience as an educator. She has been an instructor for the EDTP 324 Science Methods course at the CEHD since 2009. She has worked in the Bullitt County, Fayette County and Jefferson County school systems. She was the Director of Environmental Education studies at the Blackacre Conservatory before joining the CEHD. She received her M.S. in Elementary Education from the University of Louisville, holds a Reading Specialist Certification and an elementary teaching certificate. |
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Gregory will complete his Ph.D. program in Educational Leadership and Organizational Development with a concentration in Sport Administration at UofL in summer 2010. He received a M.A. in Sport Administration at Central Michigan University in 2007. Gregory has been working with the SPAD program at UofL since 2007. His research interests include sports marketing, spectator support, athletes’ use of Twitter, and procedural and governance repercussions within interscholastic sports. |
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Marion is scheduled to complete his Ph.D. in Educational Leadership and Organizational Development with a concentration in Sport Administration in spring 2010. He received his MBA in Finance at the University of Kentucky. Marion has been teaching courses for the SPAD program and ELFH department since 2008. His research interests include licensing of sports leagues and the NCAA, sponsorship conflicts of interest, spectator support and Twitter in sports. |
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Saori will complete her Ph.D. in Exercise Science with a concentration in Biomechanics at the University of Kentucky in August. She received a M.S. in Kinesiology and Recreation from Illinois State University in 2005. Saori has been working as a research assistant since 2005 and teaching course at UK since 2006. She has extensive clinical experience as an athletic trainer and has presented at several conferences. |
Meera Alagaraja
Maxine Elliott
Claudia George
Gregory Greenhalgh
Marion Hambrick
Saori Hanaki-Martin|
Debi was a K-12 teacher for 23 years and has taught at the university level for five years. She was also an associate principal at South Oldham Middle School before joining UofL full-time. She received Principalship Certification from the University of Louisville, and a Rank I in Special Education, LBD, from Eastern Kentucky University. Debi also received a second master’s degree in Secondary Education at Union College. |
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Dr. Sherretz has been with the CEHD as an instructor in the Early Childhood program and works with CEHD teacher education students at J.B. Atkinson Academy for Excellence. She received her Ed.D. in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in Instructional Improvement from Georgia Southern University in 2006. She received her M.A. in Education with an emphasis in Reading from Southwest Missouri State University in 1994. Her research interests include mindfulness, teaching dispositions and integrating technology in education. |
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Dr. Shuck received his Ph.D. in Adult Education and Human Resource Development from Florida International University in 2010. He received a M.S. in Counseling and Student Affairs from Western Kentucky University in 2005. Dr. Shuck has worked in the public and private sector in the area of human resources and career development for several years. He also taught courses in instructional design, adult teaching methods, and individual learning and adult education at Florida International University. |
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Jason is currently working on his Ph.D. in Educational Leadership and Organizational Development with a concentration in Sport Administration at the University of Louisville. He received a M.S. in Sport Administration from UofL in 2007. Jason has been with the SPAD program as a graduate teaching assistant since 2008. He will begin teaching SPAD undergraduate classes this fall semester. Jason had also worked at Bellarmine University and with the Louisville Bats before joining UofL full-time. |
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Dr. Straub received her Ph.D. in Educational Counseling and Student Development at the University of Louisville. She was previously the director of a large scale technical assistance center for the U. S. Department of Education’s Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools. Some of her work/research interests include finding solutions to campus substance abuse and violence, helping practitioners design and execute effective, efficient prevention efforts, e.g., assisted the University of Maryland team develop a successful proposal (2007-09) to investigate health providers’ involvement with focused attention and a Web-based intervention to reduce drinking for sanctioned students. |
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Dr. Vidoni received her Ph.D. in Physical Education Teacher Education from The Ohio State University in 2005. She received her M.A. in Education from the University of Nebraska in 2002. Dr. Vidoni was an assistant professor at Ball State University’s School of Physical Education, Sport and Exercise Science before joining the CEHD. Her research interests include investigation of the effects of group contingencies on students’ active/effort behaviors, fair play instruction during middle school physical education and promotion of physical activity during early childhood. |
Debi Phillips
Christine Sherretz
Brad Shuck
Jason Simmons
Betty Straub
Carla Vidoni