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• Ph.D.: Ohio University (1998)
  Major: Reading Education and Higher Education Administration

• M.Ed.: Marshall University (1975)
  Major: Reading Education

• M.S.P.H.:  University of North Carolina (1966)
  Master of Science in Public Health (Environ. Science and Engineering)

• B.S.:  Virginia Polytechnic (1964)
  Major: Biological Science Institute

• 1980-Present: Marshall University

• 1978-1980: Cabell County Public Schools, Reading Teacher

• 1975-1978: Ohio University, Teaching Associate in Reading Education

• 1974-1975: Administrative Assistant Dean COEHS

• 1966-1973: Hargrave Military Academy, Biology and General Science
  Teacher; Headmaster of Junior School

• 2001-Present: COEHS Graduate Committee

• 2002-Present: MU Alumni Advisory Board

• 2002-Present: EPPAC Member

• 1999-Present: Reading Education Program, Coordinator

• 1999-Present: June Harless Center for Rural Education, Director

• 1989-1991: Personnel Committee, Chair

• 1988-Present: Standards Committee, Chair

• 1993-1999: Master of Arts in Teaching Program, Coordinator
  (Alternative Certification Program)

• 1992-1993, 1995-1998:Planning and Review Committee, Chair; Member

• 1989-1991: Grant Liaison, COEHS

• 1980-Present: Advisor, undergraduate and graduate students

• 1995-1998: Rural Net Initiative  

• International Reading Association

• West Virginia Reading Council

• Cabell County Reading Council

• Phi Delta Kappa

• Kappa Delta Pi

• Omicron Delta Kappa

• Consultant, Cabell County Schools, Lincoln County Schools, Mason County Schools,
  Mingo County Schools, Wayne County Schools, Pendleton County Schools:
  Reading Education
  Science Education
  Leadership Seminars

• Community Involvement Initiatives

• Chair, Search Committee for Cabell County Superintendent

• Host of “Voices From The Village” weekly radio broadcast; focuses on positive
  contributions on the lives of people

• Director, June Harless Center for Rural Educational Research and Development
  West Virginia Commission on International Education, member

• Author and recipient of Governor’s Drug-Free Communities Program Grants for Eagles’ Nest; Voices From the Village (radio show); Key To Your Heart: 1991-97

• Report on Eagles’ Nest Program: Being At-Risk in West Virginia; Evaluating the evolving Eagles’ Nest Program, 1995

• Co-Author of Education First: Our Future Depends On It – Innovative Grant for Mingo County Schools, 1996

• Development of Rural Satellite Family Learning Centers: Leadership Training for Community Teams

• Consultant for Institute for Responsive Education, Boston, MA.

• Community Initiative to improve schools
  1993-95 Atenville Elementary, Lincoln County
  1995-98 Atenville Elementary, Ferrellsburg Elementary, Harts High High School, Lincoln County

• Consultant for Total Village Project – “Empowerment Zone” Initiative by the City of Huntington and Cabell County Public Schools

• Community Initiative to improve schools for at-risk students, 1995-1998

• Director, Project E.A.S.T. (Exemplary Approaches to Science Teaching) 1988-89

• Development of exemplary elementary science curriculum and teaching strategies focused on the improvement of science scores/grades.

• Director, Rural Science Institutes/Initiatives

• Dwight Eisenhower Mathematics/Science Education Act (Higher Education Funding) 1993-Present

• Initiatives focused on the improvement of mathematics and science scores/grades of students in Southern West Virginia elementary and secondary schools.

• Director, Family Learning Center Project
  1991-1999

• Determination of impact of collaborative efforts of higher education, public schools, business community, local agencies on academic achievement

• Director, West Virginia Economic Education Project
  Funded by Governor’s Office of Community and Industrial Development

• Development of exemplary activities for utilization in economic education classes in West Virginia
   

• Assisted in the development of the Program Improvement Review process for reviewing public school science and mathematics programs. This project was a collaborative effort among the West Virginia Department of Education, Appalachian Rural Systemic Initiative, Regional Educational Service Agency, II, and Marshall University. The process involves observing in classrooms, conducting interviews with major stakeholders (principals, teachers, parents, and students), writing a comprehensive report including recommendations for improving science and mathematics curriculum, instruction, organization, and assessment.
  
• Submitted two articles for publication:
  
  “Parent and Community Involvement in Rural Schools”
  ERIC Digest, June, 1997
  Appalachian Education Laboratory
  
  2. “Leadership for Student Achievement: Eagles’ Nest Program”
  Updating School Board Policies, August/September, 1998
  National Education Policy Network, National School Boards Association
  
• Consultant in the Development of a handbook, Life Through Choice (Handbook for drug- free lifestyles)
  
• Funded by the Governor’s Drug-Free Communities Program
  
• Co-author of the West Virginia Informal Reading Inventory (All-K-3 schools)
  
• Co-author of the Comprehensive Plan for West Virginia RESA Projects.

• A study to evaluate the impact of implementing a total community involvement program into the educational process of a K-12 curriculum. (Lincoln, Wayne & Cabell Counties).

• A study to determine the effects of opportunity and community on early adolescent pregnancy in Appalachia (collaboration with Dr. Robert Bickel, “Opportunity, Community, and Early Adolescent Pregnancy in an Appalachian State” submitted to Adolescence)

• A study to determine the effects of Head Start programs in West Virginia (collaboration with Dr. Robert Bickel, “Achievement, Social Skills, and Health: The Absence of Head Start Effects in a West Virginia Sample” submitted to Educational Foundations)

• Co-Author; A study to determine impact of “No Child Left Behind Program on Appalachian Poor School Districts,” Journal of Appalachian Studies.

• Co-author; A study to determine the gender effects of reading achievement in poor school districts. Education Policy Analysis Archives.

   

• State Chaplain, Gideons, State of West Virginia

• Director of Award Winning Science Program – Project E.A.S.T.

• Recipient of Leaders of Learning Award, 1989-90

• Member of the Agriculture Hall of Fame

• Soil Conservation Farmer of the Year, Guyan Soil Conservation District

• Friend to Education Award, Lincoln County Schools

• Commendation for Eastern Community College for Rural Education

• Minister, Cyrus Baptist Church, 1982-1992, Wayne County Interim

• Minister, Milton Baptist Church, 1993 (5 months), Milton, WV

• Minister of Outreach, Church In The Valley January, 1994-1995, Milton, WV

• Interim Minister, Church In The Valley January, 1995-May 1995, Milton, WV

• Minister, Church In The Valley May, 1995-Present, Milton, WV