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Rising Stars

The College of Education Graduate Programs initiated the Rising Stars Program in 2009.  This program assists all tenure-track assistant professors in their journey toward tenure.  Each assistant professor is assigned a mentor based on either scholarly interest in a topic or research methodology. In order to accomplish the matching of the mentor, each faculty member in the COE submitted his/her research interests and endeavors. 

Each Rising Star will receive special, targeted professional development related to research and publishing, a COE mentor for research, and a certificate of participation.
 
There are four scheduled professional development sessions. The first session will be a luncheon for getting acquainted. The remaining sessions will consist of (a) learning from successful faculty members from other Texas universities about their tenure journey, (b) conversing with journal editors, and (c) developing an action plan for scholarship with the mentor.

A list of the current Rising Stars and Mentors are listed below.

2011-2012 COE Rising Stars	Mentors for the Rising Stars Program
Dr. Burcu Ates	Dr. Yvonne Garza
Dr. Yasmine Butler	Dr. Judith Nelson
Dr. Jennifer Crispin	Dr. Teri Lesesne
Dr. Lindsay Dennis	Dr. Mary Nichter
Dr. Jennifer Didier	Dr. Fred Lunenburg
Dr. Karla Eidson	Dr. Rebecca Robles-Pina
Dr. Matthew Fuller	Dr. Timothy Jones
Dr. Allison Glave	Dr. George Moore
Dr. Amanda Healey	Dr. Richard Watts
Dr. Charlene Henderson	Dr. Diana Nabors
Dr. Sally Heineke	Dr. Barbara Polnick
Dr. Hye –Suk Lee Park	Dr. Melinda Miller
Dr. Karin Perry	Dr. Barbara Greybeck
Dr. Chad Rose	Dr. Tony Onwuegbuzie
Dr. Susan Skidmore	Dr. Tony Onwuegbuzie
Dr. Nancy Stockall	Dr. Melinda Miller
Mr. Jeffrey Sullivan	Dr. Yvonne Garza

 

Previous Rising Stars and Mentors

Dr. Valerie Sharon, Rising Star and Dr. Barbara Polnick, Mentor

 

2010-2011 COE Rising Stars	Mentors for the Rising Stars Program
Dr. Luanna Zellner	Dr. Debra Price
Dr. Matthew Wagner	Dr. Richard Watts
Dr. Jose Santiago	Dr. Richard Watts
Dr. Hannah Gerber	Dr. Teri Lesene
Dr. Sheila Joyner	Dr. John Slate
Dr. Teresa Hughes	Dr. Mary Nichter
Dr. Valerie Sharon	Dr. Barbara Polnick
Dr. Jessica Rueter	Dr. Sharon Lynch
Dr. Mary Petron	Dr. Rebecca Robles-Pina
Dr. Lindsey Dennis	Dr. Alice Fisher
Dr. Sally Heineke	Dr. Barbara Polnick
Dr. Hye-Suk Lee Park	Dr. Melinda Miller
Dr. Chad Rose	Dr. Tony Onwuegbuzie
Dr. Jennifer Crispin	Dr. Teri Lesene
Ms. Allison Glave	Dr. Alice Fisher
Dr. Jennifer Jeansonne	Dr. Fred Lunenburg
Dr. Amanda Healey	Dr. Richard Watts
Dr. Karla Eidson	Dr. Rebecca Robles-Pina
Dr. Carlene Henderson	Dr. Diana Nabors
Dr. Nancy Stockall	Dr. Melinda Miller

 

 

2009-2010 COE Rising Stars

 

Ms. Dixie Carwile
Dr. Donna Cox
Dr. Hannah Gerber
Dr. Ivy Hseih
Dr. Teresa Hughes
Dr. James Hynes
Dr. Sheila Joyner
Dr. Robert Maninger
Dr. Cynthia Martinez-Garcia
Dr. Lautrice Nickson
Dr. Mary Petron
Dr. Jessica Rueter
Dr. Jose Santiago
Dr. Sheryl Serres
Ms. Valerie Sharon
Dr. Matthew Wagner
Dr. Joan Williams
Dr. Luanna Zellner

Mentors for Rising Stars Program 2009-2010

Dr. Rebecca Bustamante
Dr. Stacey Edmonson
Dr. Shirley Johnson
Dr. Teri Lesesne
Dr. Fred Lunenburg
Dr. Sharon Lynch
Dr. Barbara Polnick
Dr. Debbie Price
Dr. Dianne Reed
Dr. Mary Robbins
Dr. Rebecca Robles-Piña
Dr. Cindy Simpson
Dr. John Slate
Dr. Richard Watts