Spring, 2015 - Commission of Professors of Adult Education

COMMISSION OF PROFESSORS OF ADULT EDUCATION
CPAE
Editor: Claudette Peterson
North Dakota State University
Designer: Sandra Kerka
Spring 2015 ~ Vol. 18 ~ No. 1
Greetings from the Chair
This is my first year as the Chair of the CPAE, and it is an engaging learning experience. My experiences as Chair do not qualify as “transformative,” but they are
“insightful” and evolving as I learn the nuances of this organization. I am pleased
to share my learning journey with a talented and involved Executive Committee
(EC) and other volunteers working on behalf of the commission. I thank Professors
Ed Taylor and Cathy Hansman, who cochaired the CPAE Standards Committee. A
draft of the revised standards was approved by the membership during our annual
meeting in November. This draft has been updated, and it will soon be made available to the membership. Members of the CPAE EC are currently involved in planning the SIG and plenary sessions for the annual CPAE Fall Conference in Oklahoma City, OK. You should have already received the call for SIG proposals. Please
respond to this call by sending a proposal to the appropriate SIG chair. The CPAE
membership list is also being updated, and we are considering linking a directory
of adult education programs to the CPAE website. Lastly, given the changes being
proposed for the AAACE website, the CPAE website will likely undergo revisions. I
am working with AAACE and the CPAE EC to determine what changes will be in the
best interests of the organization.
Why is your academic program relevant to the economic needs of our state?
This question of relevance to the economic needs of the citizens of the state is challenging and complex. However,
trends in higher education (HE) show that technology innovation, new delivery systems, and budget challenges (i.e.,
completely online degree classes, programs, and degrees; the increased presence of for-profit HE institutions; increasing tuition costs and challenges to college affordability; increasing regulations from federal and state government and
administrative bloat to deal with the new regulations; challenges seeking to eliminate faculty tenure and the presence
of fewer tenure-track faculty lines; and others) are changing the landscape and markets of most HE institutions. In Wisconsin where spring is still a rumor, these issues have become front-page news since the governor proposed a potentially crippling $300 million cut to the University System budget. The intent of the cut is to dramatically shrink the size
of HE (by either shrinking or closing irrelevant programs, majors, departments, schools, and campuses) and to refocus
HE to better meet the presumed economic needs of the state.
The HE budget challenge is immediate and pressing to our state, but it is not
unique to Wisconsin. As other states and the federal government grapple
with the future of HE, adult education program faculty will likely be compelled to demonstrate their economic relevance to decision makers. In her
second and final year as Chair of the CPAE, Professor Libby Tisdell reported
the results from a survey of 226 adult education faculty that could be used
to assist decision makers to better understand our relevance. She found
that adult education programs in her survey strongly emphasized content
focused on adult learning and development; introduction to the nature,
function, and scope of adult education; and program planning and implementation processes. However, the programs only “somewhat” emphasized
adult education policy issues, technology, and issues of globalization. These
observations both complement and contrast with the findings of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) 2013 Postsecondary International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) report.
Observing how social, economic, and technological trends have impacted
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Announcements
Deaths
Publications
Upcoming Conferences
Calls for Conference Papers
Calls for Manuscripts
Awards
CPAE Leadership
CPAE
Program Announcements
A Western Washington University program in the Department of Health and Community Studies in Woodring College
of Education is now called, as of the 2014–15 academic
year, Adult and Higher Education. Please see the website
for additional information about the program (https://wce.
wwu.edu/ahe/adult-and-higher-education) and student
testimonials (https://wce.wwu.edu/ahe/adult-and-highereducation).
The students accepted to the Occupational and Adult
Education PhD track at North Dakota State University can
now select to enroll in a dual program with a joint degree in
Gerontology. For more information please check the website
at http://www.ndsu.edu/education/education_doctoral_
programs/ or contact claudette.peterson@ndsu.edu.
Position Announcements
Joellen Coryell has joined Susan Imel and Jovita RossGordon as co-editor-in-chief of New Directions for Adult and
Continuing Education.
Kathleen P. King, a professor of adult and higher education, has accepted a new position at University of Central
Florida. She will be leaving Tampa and moving 2 hours east
to Orlando, FL. You may reach Kathy at drkpking@gmail.com
until a new university e-mail is established.
Gabriele Strohschen became SIG Popular Education Chair
and a board member of the WeLEARN group. Learn more at
http://welearnwomen.org/
Christy Rhodes joined the East Carolina University faculty
as assistant professor of adult education last fall.
Adult Education Quarterly is pleased to announce that John
Holst, associate professor of leadership, policy and administration at St. Thomas University, will be the new book review
editor starting September 1, 2015. AEQ gives Lisa Merriweather, assistant professor at UNC Charlotte, a special
word of gratitude for her excellent service as the outgoing
book review editor.
AEQ is also pleased to announce that Geleana Alston, assistant professor of adult education at North Carolina A&T
State University is the social media coordinator. This newly
created position is designed to expand awareness of AEQ
and increase engagement with readers and the adult education community.
Dominique T. Chlup is currently enjoying every moment
of her leave of absence from Texas A&M University. She
is appreciating being the president, owner, and chief
creative officer of Inspiring the Creative Within™, LLC. She
now spends her time offering workshops and coaching
her clients in how to recover their creative academic souls
and helping them to develop stress-free habits of writing.
During her leave of absence, she’d love to stay connected
with all of you! Feel free to reach her directly at hello@
inspiringthecreativewithin.com or connect with her through
her website www.inspiringthecreativewithin.com.
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Recognition of Deceased Colleagues
Rae Rohfield
Dr. Jeffrey A. Ritchey 1963–2014
Rae Rohfeld passed away March 22, 2015 in Syracuse, NY.
Rae was associate professor of adult education at Syracuse
University from 1988–1993. She later taught at Florida
International University and was a professor and administrator at Empire State College. While at Syracuse, Rae made
contributions as a scholar of adult education history and
encouraged the study of history by hosting conferences
on history of adult education and by encouraging adult
educators to use the collections in the Syracuse University
Libraries. She was a good colleague who made important
contributions in helping us to understand our past as a field
of study and practice.
Jeffrey A. Ritchey, age 51, associate professor of adult and
community education, Indiana University of Pennsylvania,
passed away on November 24, 2014 after losing his battle
with cancer. Jeff earned his doctorate in adult education
from Penn State in 2000. Prior to joining the faculty at IUP,
Jeff served in a number of positions. He was the director of
youth & young adult ministries at his church. At the same
time he also taught online through the Penn State World
Campus in the adult education graduate program. Prior to
that, he worked for the Office of Graduate Fellowships &
Awards at Penn State. Jeff was the coeditor of the PAACE
Journal of Lifelong Learning and for the Research Digest
Column in the COABE Journal of Research and Practice for
Adult Literacy, Secondary, and Basic Education. In addition,
he served as a manuscript reviewer for many other publications including the Journal of the Asian Society for International Relations and Public Affairs, International Journal
of Business Applications, Journal of Religion and Popular
Culture, Adult Education Quarterly, and the Journal of Communications Media.
Edgar John Boone
Edgar John Boone, 84, of Raleigh, died on February 26,
2015. As many of you know, he was the founder of the
Adult Education and Community College Program at North
Carolina State University. His legacy was a significant one,
including the many students he taught and graduated, his
work with education outreach and community development
through community colleges and agricultural extension, and
his efforts to bring knowledgeable leadership to community colleges and adult education agencies. As noted in his
obituary, he was known for teaching “Booneology”—adult
education programming—and had contributed a number
of books on his model. He was also a key supporter of the
International Adult and Continuing Education Hall of Fame
and continued to be a strong supporter of the field of adult
and continuing education after his retirement.
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Publications
Articles
Boucouvalas, M., & Morris, L. (2014). On MOOCS and
beyond. Campus Wide Information Systems: The
International Journal of Information and Learning
Technology, 31(4), 203–207. Special Issue: Digital
Uptake in Higher Education, Guest Editor: G.S.
Anderson.
Bruton, S. V., & Rachal, J. R. (2015). Education journal
editors’ perspectives on self-plagiarism. Journal of
Academic Ethics, 13(1), 13–25. DOI:10.1007/s10805014-9224-0
Coryell, J. E., & Murray, K. (2014). Adult learning and
doctoral student research forum participation: Insights
into the nature of professional participatory experience.
International Journal of Doctoral Studies, 9, 309–327.
Dentith, A., Wright, R. R., & Coryell, J. E. (2015). Those
“mean girls and their friends”: Bullies and mob rule in
the academy. Adult Learning, 28–34.
Glowacki-Dudka, M., & Murray, J. (2015). Ten strategies
to encourage a sustainable interorganizational
collaborative culture. Submitted to New Horizons in
Adult Education and Human Resource Development,
27(1), 3–14. DOI: 10.1002/nha3.20089
Grenier, R. S., & Dudzinska-Przesmitzki, D. (In preview,
March 2015). A conceptual model for eliciting
mental models using a composite methodology.
Human Resource Development Review.
doi:10.1177/1534484315575966
Hansman, C. A., & McAtee, K. A. (2014). Faculty
development opportunities: Peer coaching, learning
communities, and mentoring. Journal of Education &
Human Development, 3(1), 71–84. ISSN: 2334-296X
(Print), 2334-2978 (Online).
Kerekes, J., & King, K. P. (2015, Feb.). Creating dynamic
problem solvers while learning part-whole concepts:
Young children using manipulatives for math learning.
Mathitudes: An Online Journal for Mathematics
Educators, 1(11), 1–17. Retrieved from http://www.
coe.fau.edu/CentersAndPrograms/mathitudes/
20141216kKerekesKing211158pmFinalforpub.pdf
King, K. P., Norstrand, L., & Leos, J. (2015). Navigating the
academic developmental maze: New possibilities for
mentoring international graduate and doctoral students
through the USA. International Journal of Adult and
Vocational Education and Technology, 6(1), 1–17.
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Nguyen, S. R., & Coryell, J. E. (2015). Flipping the script in
study abroad participation: The influence of popular
culture and social networks on perceptions and motives.
Journal of International Students, 5(1), 23–37.
Rachal, J. R. (in press). Reflections on the Lindeman legacy
(English language original of the Italian language
Foreword to E. Marescotti’s Italian translation of E.
Lindeman’s The Meaning of Adult Education [2013]).
PAACE Journal of Lifelong Learning.
Sedivy-Benton, A., Strohschen, G., Cavazos, N., & BodenMcGill, C.J . (2015). Good ol’ boys, mean girls, and
tyrants: A phenomenological study of the lived
experiences and survival strategies of bullied women
adult educators. Adult Learning, 26(1), 35–41.
Wright, M., & Hill, L. H. (2015). Academic incivility among
health sciences faculty. Adult Learning, 26(1), 14–20.
DOI: 10.1177/1045159514558410
Yang, K.-H. (2015). Participant reflexivity in community-based
participatory research: Insights from reflexive interview,
dialogical narrative analysis, and video ethnography.
Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology,
Online first. doi: 10.1002/casp.2227
Book Chapters
Boden-McGill, C. J., Cavazos, N., Kakas, M., & Noble,
D. (2014). Seeing oneself in the other: A model for
intercultural competence in education. In J. Gourlay
& G. Strohschen (Eds.), Building barriers and bridges:
Interculturalism in the 21st century (pp. 71–83). Oxford,
UK: Inter-Disciplinary Press.
Boshier, R. (2015) Learning from the Moa: The challenge of
Maori language revitalization in Aotearoa/New Zealand.
In J. W. Jacob, S. Y. Cheng, & M. Porter (Eds.), Indigenous
education: Language, culture and identity (pp. 207–
226). Dordrecht: Springer.
Boshier, R. (2015). From Marx to market. In S. Roche (Ed.),
The role of universities in promoting lifelong learning.
Hamburg: UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning.
Hansman, C. A. (2014). Mentoring in graduate education:
Curriculum for transformative learning. In V. Wang & V.
Bryan (Eds.), Andragogical and pedagogical methods for
curriculum development (pp. 101–117). Charlotte, NC:
Information Age Publishing.
CPAE
Publications
Hansman, C. A. (2014). Navigators on the research
path: Teaching and mentoring student qualitative
researchers. In V. Wang (Ed.), Handbook of research on
scholarly publishing and research methods (pp. 155–
179). Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
Grenier, R. S., & Germain, M. L. (2014). Expertise
through the HRD lens: Research trends and practical
implications. In N. E. Chalofsky, T. S. Rocco, & M.
L. Morris (Eds.), The handbook of human resource
development. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
Springer, S. B., Lopez, O., Eichler, M., Lasker-Scott, T., &
Boden-McGill, C. J. (2015). Negotiating experience and
theory: Piloting cornerstone and capstone courses to
build a sustainable future for interdisciplinary graduate
degree programs. In J. K. Holtz, S. B. Springer, & C. J.
Boden-McGill (Eds.), Developing sustainable futures
for adult learners. Charlotte, NC: Information Age
Publishing.
Strohschen, G. (2014). Developing transnational education
programs: A blended shore education approach. In S.
Mukerji (Ed.), Handbook of research on transnational
higher education management (pp. 512–525). Hershey,
PA: IGI-Global.
Strohschen, G. (2015). Critical problem-posing: Removing
veils in literacy education for gender empowerment.
D. W. Ntiri & K. P. King (Eds.), In Literacy as gendered
discourse: Engaging the voices of women in global
societies. A volume in Adult Education Special Topics:
Theory, Research, and Practice in Lifelong Learning.
Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing, Inc.
Books
Bierema, L. L. (2014). Organization development: An
action research approach. San Diego, CA: Bridgepoint
Education, Inc. published via the Thuze platform
https://www.thuze.com/etextbooks.html
Brockett, R. G. (2015). Teaching adults: A practical guide for
new teachers. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Gourlay, J., & Strohschen, G. (2014). Building barriers
and bridges: Interculturalism in the 21st Century.
Inter-disciplinary Net Research Project Series.
Witney, UK: Inter-Disciplinary Press. https://www.
interdisciplinarypress.net/online-store/ebooks/
diversity-and-recognition/building-barriers-and-bridgesinterculturalism-in-the-21st-century
Holtz, J. K., Springer, S.B ., & Boden-McGill, C. J. (Eds.).
(2015). Building sustainable futures for adult learners.
Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
Imel, S., & Bersch, G. (2014). (Eds.). No small lives:
Handbook of North American early women contributors
to adult education, 1925–1950. Charlotte, NC:
Information Age Publisher.
St. Clair, R. (2015). Creating courses for adults: Design
for learning. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. ISBN: 9781118438978
Wang, V. C. X. (Ed.). (2014). Handbook of research on
adult and community health education: Tools, trends,
and methodologies. Hershey, PA: Information Science
Reference.
Wang, V. C. X. (Ed.). (2014). Handbook of research on
education and technology in a changing society.
Hershey, PA: Information Science Reference.
Wang, V. C. X. (Ed.). (2015). Handbook of research on
scholarly publishing and research methods. Hershey,
PA: Information Science Reference.
Wang, V. C. X. (Ed.). (2014). International education and the
next-generation workforce: Competition in the global
economy. Hershey, PA: Information Science Reference.
Wang, V. C. X., & Bran, C. V. (Eds.). (2014). Andragogical
and pedagogical methods for curriculum and program
development. Hershey, PA: Information Science
Reference.
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Book Announcment
Imel, S., & Bersch, G. T. (Eds.). (2015). No small lives:
Handbook of North American early women adult
educators, 1925–1950. Charlotte, NC: Information Age
Publishing.
No Small Lives: Handbook of North American Early Women
Adult Educators, 1925–1950 contains the stories of 26
North American women who were active in the field of
adult education in the 25 years covered by the book. The
volume is designed to restore women to their rightful place
in the history of adult education in North America. “No
Small Lives” was added to the title to reflect the lives of the
women. The appendix includes short biographies of women
who were active during the period but were not included in
the book.
CONTENTS: Foreword, M. Carolyn Clark Preface, Editors
PART I: HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
Searching for the Women in a Defeminized Past: American
Adult Education Between the Wars by Amy D Rose
Adult Education History and the Issue of Gender: Stepping
Back to Move Forward by Jane M Hugo
PART II: PROFILES OF 26 WOMEN
Lucy Wilcox Adams: Proponent of Discussion-Based Adult
Education by Susan Imel
Don’t Shush Me!—Nora Bateson, Activist Librarian by Sue
Adams
Nannie Helen Burroughs: Religious Leader, Educator, Activist by Opal Easter-Smith
Maestra Maravillosa: Fabiola Cabeza de Baca Gilbert by
Rosalie C. Otero
Olive Dame Campbell: An Appalachian Social Activist and
Adult Educator by Carol E. Kasworm
Jessie Allen Charters: “Giving the Best We Know to Mothers
and Fathers” by Constance E. Wanstreet
Jean Carter Ogden—These Things We’ve Tried: Democracy
and Adult Education by Susan J. Barcinas
Eve Chappell: A Fine Italian Hand by Susan Imel
Mary L. Ely: Dedicated Adult Educator by Gretchen T. Bersch
Dorothy Canfield Fisher: Strengthening Democracy Through
Adult Learning by Charlene A. Sexton
Mary Parker Follett: A Paradox of Adult Learner and Educator by Vivian W. Mott
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Waking Up the World: Mae C. Hawes and Adult Education by
Lisa R. Merriweather
Maria L. Hernández: An Untiring Fighter by Sylvia Fuentes
Dorothy V. Hewitt: Pioneer and Founder of the Boston Center for Adult Education by Mary Alice Wolf
Ruth Kotinsky: Glancing Back, Reaching Forward by Norma
Nerstrom
“Education for Living”: Roberta Campbell Lawson by Marilyn
McKinley Parrish
Florence Mary O’Neill: Her Own Path Through the Newfoundland Wilderness by Katherine McManus
Bonaro Wilkinson Overstreet: Adult Education for an Educated Citizenry by Yvonne K. Rappaport and Marcie Boucouvalas
Elizabeth Peratrovich: The Right to Education by Diane E.
Benson (Lxeis’)
Virginia Estelle Randolph and the Jeanes Teachers by Bernadine S. Chapman
Harriett Rouillard: “The Stamp of Its Editor” on the CAAE’s
Food for Thought by Leona M. English
“Whistling in the Dark”: The Adult Education Work of Prison
Arts Teacher Amy Paddon Row by Dominique T. Chlup
Dorothy Rowden: Tireless Editor, Writer, and Advocate by
Lisa M. Baumgartner
Hilda “Jane” Worthington Smith: Pioneer in Women Workers’ Education by Gretchen T. Bersch
Moranda Smith: From Tobacco Plant Worker, to Local
Union Organizer, to First African American Woman to Head
a Southern Regional Union by Jovita M. Ross-Gordon and
Geleana Drew Alston
The Vision and Pedagogical Sensibility of Isabel Wilson:
Giving Credit Where Credit Is Due by Shauna Butterwick and
Jonathan B. Fisher
PART III: CONCLUSION
Women, Gender Politics, and Adult Education in the Contemporary World: Leaning in to “Progress” by Juanita
Johnson-Bailey and Elizabeth J. Tisdell
Themes Across the Women’s Lives by Susan Imel and
Gretchen T. Bersch
Appendix A: Other Notable Women From 1925 to 1950 by
Carole L. Lund. About the Editors. About the Contributors.
CPAE
Upcoming Conferences
Calls for Conference Papers
21st Annual Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed
Conference, June 11–14, 2015, Education Department
of Columbia College, Chicago, Illinois
Call for Proposals Commission of Professors of Adult
Education Conference Special Interest Group (SIG)
Sessions, November 19-20, 2015
Details at http://ptoweb.org/conference/
Submission deadline: May 1, 2015; Selection notification:
July 1, 2015
The 64th AAACE Annual Conference, November 17–20,
Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel,
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
The conference theme is “Evolutions and Revolutions in
Adult Learning.” Continuing a long-standing tradition, the
Commission on International Adult Education (CIAE) will host
a preconference November 15–17, and the Commission of
Professors of Adult Education (CPAE) co-conference will be
held November 19–20. A partnership event, the Research
to Practice (R2P) Conference in Adult Higher Education,
November 15–17, will be hosted by the University of Central
Oklahoma. AAACE hosts the International Hall of Fame
induction ceremony on November 18. Find ongoing conference updates at http://aaace.org/2015-conference.
Annual Conference of the Canadian Association
for the Study of Adult Education (CASAE/ACÉÉA),
Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada,
June 9–11, 2015
This year will feature a special collaboration between
CASAE/ACÉÉA and ICAE, and we strongly encourage all
delegates to our conference to stay on for the ICAE Assembly, which will immediately follow on June 11–13. Delegates
who register for both the CASAE/ACÉÉA conference and ICAE
Assembly will benefit from a cost-saving arrangement. For
further information about the 2015 CASAE Conference, visit
the CASAE/ACÉÉA website at www.casae-aceea.ca.
Submission form: https://docs.google.com/
forms/d/1uoxLFGGIq0WLCK-00hm6m9gUfFkGAnL32XMGCP-CcCs/viewform
You are invited to submit a proposal for SIG Sessions at this
year’s Commission of Professors of Adult Education (CPAE)
conference, held in conjunction with the AAACE Annual
Conference in Oklahoma City, OK. The CPAE Conference will
begin in the afternoon on Thursday, November 19, 2015
with the SIG Sessions scheduled on Thursday afternoon or
Friday morning during the conference. Graduate students
are encouraged to participate.
Find a description of each SIG at http://cpae.memberclicks.
net/sigs.
If you would like to propose a session for consideration,
please submit a 250-word proposal abstract and complete
the online form. A proposed session may include a panel of
colleagues with short presentations and a period of discussion or other individual or multiple presenter formats. Your
submission should
• Include 250-word proposal abstract
• Present a clearly identified perspective related to the
SIG Indicate how this perspective may be useful in adult
education theory and/or practice
• Identify how it contributes to our professional discourse
at CPAE
• Describe the proposed presentation, content, and degree
of audience participation
• List the name and contact information of all presenters
(the selection will not be a blind review process).
Each SIG will take place during a 1-hour session timeframe.
In most cases, there will be two presentations during the SIG
session; plan your proposal with this in mind. SIG chairs may
combine ideas and proposals from presenters for the final
content and format of the session.
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Calls for Manuscripts/Journal
Announcements
WeLEARN
The WeLEARN group is looking for women writers for their
upcoming book. See WOMEN”S PERSPECTIVES on their
website: http://welearnwomen.org/
PAACE
The PAACE Journal of Lifelong Learning is seeking manuscripts for refereed and theory-to-practice (nonrefereed)
articles. The journal is also seeking individuals to serve on
the Editorial Review Board. Please contact Gary Dean at
gjdean@iup.edu for more information.
Journal of Research and Practice For
Adult Literacy, Secondary, and Basic
Education
Please consider submitting articles (research, practitionerbased and personal viewpoints) to the Journal of Research
and Practice For Adult Literacy, Secondary, and Basic
Education. Published by The Commission on Adult Basic
Education (COABE) and Rutgers University, the journal aims
to advance the adult basic education field by facilitating the
exchange of research, ideas, and consideration of experiences. The journal seeks to publish research of all types,
critical essays, philosophical and theoretical pieces, and
other scholarly work of relevance to individuals in the adult
basic education and literacy field. Specific guidelines for authors and steps for submission can be found at http://www.
coabe.org/html/abeljournal.html. If you have any questions,
please contact one of the co-editors: Amy D. Rose, Alisa
Belzer, or Heather Brown at journal@coabe.org.
Adult Education Quarterly
Connect with Adult Education Quarterly (AEQ) to stay
updated about the journal. For more information, please
contact the Social Media Coordinator, Geleana Drew Alston
at gdalston@ncat.edu.
• Visit the journal website at http://aeq.sagepub.com
• Follow AEQ on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AEQjournal
• Like AEQ on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/
AdultEducationQuarterly
• Connect with AEQ on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.
com/groups/Adult-Education-Quarterly-JournalResearch-6950599?home=&gid=6950599&trk=an
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Awards
and Honors
C. Amelia Davis, Department of Curriculum, Foundations,
and Reading at Georgia Southern University, was the winner
of the CPAE 2014 Early Career Award.
Dr. Allan Quigley, EdD was awarded the inaugural Life Time
Achievement Award by the Canadian Professors of Adult
Education Association at their annual conference last May.
This award recognizes a lifetime of outstanding achievement
in practice, policy, research, and publishing. It was awarded
to Allan for his more than 40 years of work dedicated to
adult literacy and basic education. A Canadian, Allan taught
adult literacy and helped establish colleges in both Alberta
and Saskatchewan; was the director of GED/ABE/ESL
with the government of Saskatchewan in the 1980s; and,
having his taken doctorate at Northern Illinois University in
1984–1985, he joined Penn State’s Adult Education faculty
in 1987 where he was active in CPAE and many national
and state adult education/literacy associations. He moved
to St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia in 1997 and
since “retired” back to Saskatchewan where he is actively
consulting in adult literacy. Allan invites readers to visit
the Saskatchewan Action Research Network website—a
professional development movement he helped establish
and currently manages—at http://sites.stfx.ca/adult_
education_graduate_studies/people. You can contact Allan
at aquigley@stfx.ca.
Sharan Merriam and Laura Bierama have won the Frandson
Award for Literature from the University Professional
Continuing Education Association for their book, Adult
Learning: Linking Theory and Practice, 2014, Jossey-Bass.
This book also won the best book of the year award from the
Academy of Human Resource Development (AHRD).
Victor C. X. Wang, Florida Atlantic University Fellow of Peace,
Justice and Human Rights 2014–2016, is being nominated
and considered for Scholar of the Year (2015), at Florida
Atlantic University.
2014–2015
leadership
CPAE
Executive Committee
Greetings from the Chair— continued from p. 1
Chair & AAACE Commissioner: Larry Martin, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, lmartin@uwm.edu
the employment-related skills of current and future workers, this report included the literacy and technology skills
assessments of the adult populations of 22 countries.
It found that the proficiency scores of U.S. adults (ages
16–65) were significantly below average in literacy, numeracy, and problem solving in technology-rich environments. It
thereby places adult education programs in a central position to affect the nature and strength of the delivery system
that will ultimately be responsible to assisting adult learners to navigate the complexities of our technology enriched
global world.
Secretary-Treasurer (2013–2015): Royce Ann Collins, Kansas
State University, racollin@k-state.edu
If asked, “why is your program relevant to the economic
needs of our state” is your adult education program
prepared to construct an evidence-based justification that
will justify its existence? I look forward to continuing this
conversation on May 20 at our semiannual meeting during
the AERC in Manhattan, KS.
Larry Martin, Ph.D., CPAE Chair, 2014–2016
Professor and Chair
Department of Administrative Leadership
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
E-mail: lmartin@uwm.edu
Past Chair: Elizabeth Tisdell, Penn State University-Harrisburg,
ejt11@psu.edu
Members At-Large:
Joann S. Olson (2014–2016), University of Houston Victoria,
olsonJ@uhv.edu
Elizabeth Roumell (2014–2016), North Dakota State University,
Elizabeth.Roumell@ndsu.edu
Claudette Peterson (2013–2015), North Dakota State University,
Claudette.Peterson@ndsu.edu
C. Amelia Davis (2013–2015), Georgia Southern University,
adavis@georgiasouthern.edu
Membership Chair: Qi Sun, University of Wyoming, qsun@uwyo.
edu
Comaintainer of CPAE Website: Jim Berger, Western Kentucky
University, jim.berger@wku.edu
Comaintainer of CPAE Website: Lori Risley, University of Central
Oklahoma, lrisley1@uco.edu
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