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• Ed.D. University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia (1991)
  Curriculum: Major- Social Studies
  Minors- Psychological Foundations and Instructional Technology.

• M.Ed. University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia (1980)
  Major: Social Science Education
  Minors- Economics and Political Science.
  

• B.S. Ed. University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia (1975) Cum Laude
  Major- Social Science Education
  Areas of concentration-United States History and Geography.

• 1992-Present:  Associate Professor of Teacher Education and Educational Leadership, Director of Center for Economic Education, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia. Duties: teach courses in curriculum and instruction, education foundations, and history to undergraduate and graduate students, supervise student teachers, administer and fund raise for the state council for economic education, provide materials and give in-service classes in economic education, advise undergraduate and graduate students, and serve on university and college committees.

• 1986-1992: Assistant Professor of Social Studies Education, Director of Center for Economic Education, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia.
  

• 1982-1986: Graduate Instructor and Assistant Director of the Center for Economic Education, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia. Duties: supervised field experience and student teachers, served as teaching assistant in one class a semester, taught in-service classes, wrote course and curriculum materials for use in the public schools prepared reports of summer institutes, and assisted in the start of the five-year teacher education program.
  

• 1982 (January-August):  Margin Analyst, E.F.Hutton, Atlanta, Georgia. Duties:  supervised the margin accounts of five offices in the Southeast.
  

• 1978-1981:  Social Studies Teacher, Brenau Academy, Gainesville, Georgia. Duties: taught all the social studies courses (expanded the curriculum from four to eight classes) at a small (100 students), private all female prep school and was advisor to the student government.
  

• 1977-1978 Social Studies Teacher, Lamar County Comprehensive High School, Barnesville, Georgia.  Duties:  taught Consumer Economics and Government.
   

• 1976-1977 Warehouseman, Norrell, Atlanta, Georgia. Duties: worked as a warehouseman for a temporary job agency.

• 1975-1976 Social Studies Teacher, Greene County High School, Greensboro, Georgia.  Duties:  taught Georgia History and Geography. 
  1996-2002 (Summer): Taught Curriculum and Instruction and Educational Foundation courses.

• 1987-91, 1993-1994 (Summer): Director, American Capitalism Seminar, a 6 hour graduate course for teachers, supervisors, and administrators to learn about basic economic concepts and how the business world operates.

• 1992 (Summer): Taught Social Studies courses in both summer sessions.

• 1985 (Summer): Instructor for the Federal Forum of the Presidential Classroom Program, Washington, D.C. The Federal Forum brings teachers from all over the United States to observe and study the workings of the national government.

• 1985 and 1986 (Summer):  Assistant Director of the Economic Institute for Classroom Teachers, a course to aid teachers, supervisors, and curriculum coordinators in teaching economic facts and concepts.

• 1983,1984, 1985, and 1986 (Summer):  Assistant Director of the Taft Seminar for Teachers, a course for teachers, librarians, and administrators in the knowledge and working of practical politics.

• 1988-Present:  Executive Director of the West Virginia Council on Economic Education. In this position I have recruited a President for the state council, prepared a state program, and helped raise a budget of $22,000.

• April 2003-August 2003: Member of the state textbook adoption committee for the social studies.  Judged the various texts submitted against the state CSO’s.

• July 2001-Jauary. 2003: Member of State Education Committee to revise the objectives and test items for social studies portion of the West Virginia specific test to replace the Stanford 9 test..

• December 2000-January 2003:  Member of State Education Committee to rewrite the K-12 curriculum in Social Studies for the state of West Virginia.

• 1996:  Member of State Education Committee to rewrite the K-12 curriculum in Social Studies for the state of West Virginia.

• November 94-November 1996:  Past-President of West Virginia Council for the Social Studies. In this position I advised the officers of the WVCSS.

• October 1992-November 1994: President of West Virginia Council for the Social Studies. In this position I was responsible for directing the policies and programs of the WVCSS.

• September 1989-October 1992: President-elect of West Virginia Council for the Social Studies. In this position I was responsible for planning and staging the annual conference of the state organization. The 1990 meeting, “Continuity and Change,” was held in Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia, October 5-6. The 1991 meeting, “Prospective: Social Studies for the 1990’s,” was held in Lewisburg, West Virginia, September 27-28. The 1992 meeting, “Directions in Social Studies Education: Which Ways?” was held in Parkersburg, West Virginia, Oct. 23-24. 

• October 1991-May 1992: Member of State Education Committee that revised objectives and test items for the West Virginia Social Studies Content Specialization Test.

• June 1989-September 1991: Member of Publications Committee of the National Association of Economic Educators.

• May 1989-December1990: Member of State Education Committee to rewrite the K-12 curriculum in Social Studies for the state of West Virginia.

• Phi Delta Kappa
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• National Council for the Social Studies
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• National Association of Economic Educators
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• West Virginia Council for the Social Studies
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• Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development

• Arneson, Neil, and O’Brien, Joseph. Freedom of Press or Libel? The Colonial Case of John Peter Zenger. Richmond: Virginia Institute for Law and Citizenship Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University, 1985. 3lpp.

• Vandelly, James E.; and Wrzos, Chester.

• It’s Your Choice.. .Or Is It? Interdisciplinary Teacher/Student

• Materials in Economics and Energy. Richmond: Virginia Division of

• Energy, 1985. 110pp.

Presentations

• “Mercantilism – The Forgotten Explanation.” Presented at the Northeast Regional Conference on the Social Studies, Boston, Massachusetts, March 12, 2002.

• “Doing the Stock Market Game.” Presented at the Annual Conference of the West Virginia Council for the Social Studies, Huntington, West Virginia, September 17, 1999.

• “Teaching Economics Using Economics At Work.” A special requested presentation at the Northeast Regional Conference on the Social Studies conducted at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, March 18, 1998.

• “The Politics of Writing a State Curriculum.” Presented at the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) annual meeting, Cincinnati, Ohio, November 23, 1997.

• “Teaching Economics Using Economics At Work.” Presented at the Annual Conference of the West Virginia Council for the Social Studies, Snowshoe, West Virginia, October 3, 1997.

• “Economic Geography in a U.S. History Class.” Presented at the Northeast Regional Conference on the Social Studies, Boston, Massachusetts, March 5, 1997.

• “Writing a State Curriculum for all the Content Areas.” Presented at the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) annual meeting, Washington, DC, November 25, 1995.

• “War and Philosophy: An Economic Approach to U.S. History.” Presented at the Northeast Regional Conference on the Social Studies, Hartford, Connecticut, March 14, 1996 and at Annual Conference of the West Virginia Council for the Social Studies, Charleston, West Virginia, October 11, 1996.

• “Teaching the Myth of Laissez Faire in 19th Century America.” Presented at the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) annual meeting, Chicago, Illinois, November 11, 1995.

• “Labor and Unions the Forgotten Community of Economic Education.” Presented at the Northeast Regional Conference on the Social Studies, Boston, Massachusetts, March 9, 1995.

• "Doing the Stock Market Game.” Presented at the Annual Conference of the West Virginia Council for the Social Studies, Bluefield, West Virginia, November 4, 1994.

• “The Myth of Laissez Faire in 19th Century America.” Presented at the Northeast Regional Conference on the Social Studies, Boston, Massachusetts, March 24, 1994.

• “A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned - How Children Learn to Save.” Presented at the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) annual meeting, Nashville, Tennessee, November, 21. 1993.

• “World Trade in the Middle School - How to do It!” Presented at the Northeast Regional Conference on the Social Studies, Boston, Massachusetts, March 5, 1993.

• “Teaching Economics with the Stock Market Game.” Presented at the Annual Conference of the West Virginia Council for the Social Studies, Parkersburg, West Virginia, October 23, 1992.

• “TV Commercials and Teaching Economics - Learning the Hidden Way.” Presented at the Northeast Regional Conference on the Social Studies, Hartford, Connecticut, March 13, 1992.

• Using Taxes in US. History.” Presented at the Annual Conference of the West Virginia Council for the Social Studies, Lewisburg, West Virginia, September 27, 1991.

• “Energy and Economics - The Visible and Hidden Costs of Energy.” Presented at the Northeast Regional Conference on the Social Studies, Boston, Massachusetts, March 15, 1991.

•  “Using Understanding Taxes.” Presented at the Annual Conference of the West Virginia Council for the Social Studies, Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia, October 6, 1990.

•  “Spending and Savings, Earning and Learning - A Five Year Old Learns About Economics.” Presented at the Northeast Regional Conference on the Social Studies, Boston, Massachusetts, March 16, 1990.

• “A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned.” Presented at the West Virginia Association for Young Children Conference, Huntington, West Virginia, October 14, 1989.

• “The Constitution and Law Related Education.” Presented at the Annual Conference of the West

• Virginia Council for the Social Studies, Jackson’s Mill, West Virginia, September 30, 1989.

• “A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned - How a 5—year Old Learns to Save.” Presented at the Southern Association on Children Under Six (SACUS) Annual Conference, Richmond, Virginia, April 15, 1989.

• “What is International Trade and Why Should I Care?” Presented at the Northeast Regional
  Conference on the Social Studies, Boston, Massachusetts, March 9, 1989.

• “How to Chose Quality Software.” Presented at the Annual Conference of the West Virginia Council for the Social Studies, Jackson’s Mill, West Virginia, October 1, 1988.

• “Ways to Improve Community/School Cooperation Through Economic Education.” Presented at the Northeast Regional Conference on the Social Studies, Hartford, Connecticut, March 12, 1988. Also presented at the Southeast Regional Social Studies Conference, Nashville, Tennessee, March 25, 1988.

• “Energy and Economics.” Presented at a workshop for teachers on Economics and Politics, Abingdon, Virginia, August 10, 1987.

• “Software and the Teacher--How to Select Material That Reflects What You Are Doing in the Classroom.” Presented at the Southeast Regional Council for the Social Studies Conference, Savannah, Georgia, March 27, 1987.

• “Textbooks and Sectionalism: The Role of Texts and Early Schools in Creating a Better Union.” Presented at the Northeast Regional Conference on the Social Studies, Boston, Massachusetts, March 6, 1987.

• “Ways to Improve Community/School Cooperation Through Economic Education.” Presented at the CADRE Eastern/Southern Regional Seminar, Huntington, West Virginia, November 12, 1986.

• “The Challenge of Teaching Economics.” Presented at the RESA II and Southwestern Economic Education Foundation Meeting, Huntington, West Virginia, October 2, 1986.

• “Teaching and Learning Social Issues: A Historical Perspective.” Presented at the Southeast Regional Social Studies Conference, Charleston, South Carolina, April 12, 1986.

• “Freedom of Press or Libel?” Presented at the Northeast Regional Conference for the Social Studies, Boston, Massachusetts, March 8, 1986.

• “Using Role Plays and Primary Source Documents to Teach Historical Issues.” Presented at the First Amendment Throughout History, Norfolk, Virginia, January 24, 1986.

• “An Alternative Approach to Social Studies: A Conceptual Based Curriculum.” Presented at the National Council for the Social Studies (NOSS) annual meeting, Chicago, Illinois, November 25, 1985.

• “Freedom of Press or Libel?: A Role Play of the Zenger Trial.” Presented at the First Amendment Throughout History, Roanoke, Virginia, November 9, 1985.

• “Decision-making: When Constitutional Rights Clash.” Presented at the Constitution in the Computer Age, Richmond, Virginia, April 27, 1985.

• “Integrating Science/Social Studies: The Economics of Energy.” Presented at the Southeast Regional Conference of NCSS, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 31, 1984. Also presented at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference of NCSS, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 18, 1984.

• “Applications for the Microcomputer in the Social Studies Classroom.” Presented at the Middle States Council for the Social Studies, Baltimore, Maryland, April 22, 1983.

• “Making Social Science Enjoyable Through the Microcomputer.” Presented at the Southeast Regional Conference of the NCSS, Jacksonville, Florida, March 26, 1983.

• “Integrating the Teaching of American History and American Literature in the 11th Grade.” Presented at the Conference of the Georgia Association of Independent Schools, Atlanta, Georgia, November 9, 1981.

• News interviews about economic education programs in the schools.

• Virginia Public Television - Explained different ways a computer could be use in a social studies classroom in a major segment of one of six episodes of The Teacher and the Computer.

• One of two people selected from West Virginia to develop and evaluate the Economics at Work curriculum package for the Agency for Instructional Technology, Bloomington, Indiana, July 14-17, 1994.

• One of two people selected from West Virginia to develop and evaluate the Taxes Through History curriculum package for the Agency for Instructional Technology, San Antonio, Texas, Feb. 22-25, 1990.

• One of two people selected from West Virginia to develop and evaluate the Understanding Taxes curriculum package for the Agency for Instructional Technology, Memphis, Tennessee, July 30-Aug. 2, 1987.

• 2001: National Symposium for the Stock Market Game, Philadelphia, PA. 

• 2000:  National Symposium for the Stock Market Game, San Diego, CA.  2000.

• 1999:  National Symposium for the Stock Market Game, Phoenix, AZ. 

• 1995:  National Symposium for the Stock Market Game, Atlanta, GA.

• 1994:  National Symposium for the Stock Market Game, Minneapolis, MN.

• West Virginia Council for the Social Studies Annual Meeting, Pipestem, WV, Mar. 1-2, 2002.

• West Virginia Council for the Social Studies Annual Meeting, Flatwoods, WV, Oct. 6-7, 2000.

• National Council on Economic Education Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, Sept. 18-20, 1997.

• National Council on Economic Education Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX, Sept. 28-30, 1995.

• National Council on Economic Education Annual Meeting, Williamsburg, VA, Sept. 28 - Oct.1, 1994.

• West Virginia Council for the Social Studies Annual Meeting, Wheeling, WV, Oct. 29-30, 1993. (Presided as president.)

• National Council on Economic Education Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, WI, Oct. 7—9, 1993.

• National Council on Economic Education Annual Meeting, St. Petersburg, FL, Oct. 3-6, 1992.

• Joint Council on Economic Education Annual Meeting, Louisville, KY, Oct. 9—13, 1991.

• Joint Council on Economic Education Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, Oct. 4—7, 1989.

• Joint Council on Economic Education Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO, Oct. 13-16, 1988.

• American Agricultural Economics Association Meeting, Knoxville, TN, July, 29-30, 1988.

• National Association for the Education of Young Children Meeting, Chicago, IL, Nov. 11-14, 987.

• Joint Council on Economic Education Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, Oct. 3-7, 1987.

• Joint Council on Economic Education Annual Meeting, Hilton Head, SC, October 16—19, 1986.

• West Virginia Council for the Social Studies Annual Meeting, Jackson’s Mill, WV, Oct. 3-4, 1986 and Oct. 9-10, 1987.

• National Council for the Social Studies Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, Nov. 15-19, 1984.

• National Council for the Social Studies Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, Nov. 26-29, 1980.

• 1996:  Special Recognition from the National Council for the Social Studies for presenting at a regional conference outside of your region for 10years – for presentations done at the Northeast Regional Conference on the Social Studies. Received check for $500 for the West Virginia Council on Economic Education for success with the Stock Market Game from the Securities Industries Foundation for Economic Education.

• 1992: Tenured and promoted to Associate Professor

• 1988 Special Recognition for Performance in the Field of Education, Marshall University College of Education.

• 1984:  National Award for Energy Innovation-Special Recognition, for the It’s Your Choice.. .Or Is It? materials. One of only 38 such projects singled out for special recognition by Secretary of Energy Donald Hodel. Governor's Energy Award for Outstanding Project, Commonwealth of Virginia, for the It's Your Choice……Or Is It? materials. Chosen STAR Teacher from Brenau Academy

• University Courses Taught
  Schools in a Diverse Society
  History of Education in the United States -Graduate
  Educational Psychology
  West Virginia History
  Elementary Social Studies Methods
  Classroom Management in Secondary and Middle Schools - Graduate and Undergraduate
  Senior Seminar in Social Studies Education
  Secondary & Middle School Social Studies Methods
  Social Studies for the Elementary School
  Readings in the Social Studies - Graduate
  American Capitalism Seminar - Graduate
  Special Topics in the Social Studies - Graduate
  The U.S. Civil War - Graduate & Undergraduat
  Problems of a Multicultural Society
  World Civilization:  Twentieth Century World
  Physical Geography for Teachers
  Cultural Geography for Teachers
  Introduction to Geography

• Other Duties
  Lobbied for Economic Education legislation in Congress
  Presentations to businesspeople and organizations
  Organized fund-raisers
  Public Relations work for the Economics
  Produced videotapes for use in the public schools
  Assistant in computer lab
  Worked in Education School TV production studio
  Worked in Audio-Visual production lab
  

• Master’s Project: “The Effect of Primary Source Materials on Attitudes Toward American History.” A study of the effects of the use of primary source materials on a student’s perception of American History.

• Dissertation: Education and Slavery, Sectionalism and Union:  The Role Textbooks and Schools, 1800 to 1860.A study of textbooks and curricular material and their effects on sectionalism before the Civil War

• Educational computing

• Conceptual learning

• Discovery teaching

• Perceptual learning

• Human development

• Role of textbooks

• Social Studies Curriculum

• Grant ($3000) from the Securities Industries Foundation for Economic Education to run the Stock Market Game in West Virginia schools in 2001-2002.

• Grant ($5000) from the Securities Industries Foundation for Economic Education to run the Stock Market Game in West Virginia schools in 2000-2001.

• Grant ($4000) from the Securities Industries Foundation for Economic Education to run the Stock Market Game in West Virginia schools in 1999-2000.

• Grant ($3500) from the Securities Industries Foundation for Economic Education to run the Stock Market Game in West Virginia schools in 1998-1999.

• Grant ($3250) from the Securities Industries Foundation for Economic Education to run the Stock Market Game in West Virginia schools in 1997-1998.

• Grant ($7000) from Ashland Oil Inc. to distribute the Mini-Economy curricular materials in West Virginia schools in 1996—1997.

• Grant ($3000) from the Securities Industries Foundation for Economic Education to run the Stock Market Game in West Virginia schools in 1996—1997.

• Grant ($2750) from the Securities Industries Foundation for Economic Education to run the Stock Market Game in West Virginia schools in 1995—1996.

• Grant ($2500) from the Securities Industries Foundation for Economic Education to run the Stock Market Game in West Virginia schools in 1994—1995.

• Grant ($2000) from the Securities Industries Foundation for Economic Education to run the Stock Market Game in West Virginia schools in 1993—1994.

• Grant ($5000) from the Securities Industries Foundation for Economic Education to run the Stock Market Game in West Virginia schools in 1992-1993.

• Grant ($1000) from the Joint Council on Economic Education for workshop for teachers held February 8, 1988 on use of the Understanding Taxes curriculum package at University.

• Grant ($20,000) from the Taft Institute for Two-Party Government to conduct a Taft Seminar for Teachers held in the summer of 1988 at Marshall University.