The 60th Annual Meeting

Ba= ton Rouge, February 1 & 2, 2008=

Sponsored by The Nicholls State College of Educatio= n &Hosted by the

LS= U College of Education

SEPES 2008 CONFERENCE

PROGRAM

HOSTED BY LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY

AND NICHOLLS STATE UNIVERST= IY

FRIDAY, FEBRU= ARY 1^st ^{=
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On-Site Regis= tration/Continental Breakfast: 8:00 – 10:30

Conference Welcome/Opening Remarks, 8:30

Peabody Hall Room 225

Jayne Fleener, Dean        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;          Deborah Bordelon, Dean

College of Education        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;        Col= lege of Education

Louisiana State University            =             &nb= sp;         &nbs= p;             = Nicholls State University

CONCURRENT SE= SSION I, 9:00-10:15

Peabody Hall Room 219

What in the World is Going On? Or Developing a Framework to Teach Global Perspectives to Pre-Service Teachers

E. Sybil Durand, Louisiana State University<= /span>

The Fall and Rise of the Public in Public Education: From Hannah Arendt to Jürgen Habermas."

Tony Carusi, Georgia State University

Peabody Hall Room 218

With Discipline and Justice for All?<= /span>=

Ellizabeth Hendrix, Missouri Western State University

Power, Culture, and Globalization in Language Education

Sikharim Majundar, University of Alabama

Marxiology: A Materiality Explication=

Long Tran, Clermont College

Peabody Hall Room 120

Panel Presentation:

School, Family and Resources: Compounding Factor= s in Achievement

Courtney Phillips, So= uthern University

Jules Amougou, Southe= rn University

Robert Douglas, Southern University

Peabody Hall Room 310

Learner-Centered Theories, Cognitive Flexibility Theory and Cognitive Shifting in Teaching Research Education in the Library=

Melissa Goldsmith, Nicholls State University

Text Matters: The Role of Classroom Literature in Fostering Reading<= /st1:City> Engagement

Beth K. Dawkins, University of North Carolina

Authenticity in Learning: Developi= ng Communities of Practice Through Communities of Learning

Daniel L. Eiland, Louisiana State University

CONCURRENT SESSION II, 10:30-11:45

Peabody Hall Room 225=

Humanization in Education: Moral Imperatives for a Sustainable Future

Theresa Richardson, Ball State

Is God a Democrat? A Christian Evaluation of John Dewey’s Views on the Purpose of Schooling

Claudiu Cimpean, Baylor University

Domain Theory: Implications for Mo= ral Education in China

Guangyuan Hu, University of Alabama<= /span>

Peabody Hall Room 219

John Dewey and Feminist Pragmatism

Mary Burke Givens, University of Alabama

Othering Women and Experience in the Classroom: Exploring Dr. Seuss’s Daisy-Head Maysie with Cixous and Kristeva=

Hillary Prockow, Louisiana State University

Peabody Hall Room 218

Toward a Writerly Conception of Online Courses: A Critical [Re]figuration of Interaction

Robert Gray, University of South Alabama & Stephen Tomlinson, = University of Alabama

History and Education Mining the G= ap: Historically Black Colleges as Centers of Excellence for Engaging Dispariti= es in Race and Wealth

Roland Mitchell, Louisiana State University

Peabody Hall Room 120

Old Age and Friendship: A Deweyan Perspective

Joe L. Green, Louisia= na State University-Shreveport

Experience the Ultimate John Dewey Philosophy

Ursula Goldsmith, Louisiana State University

Peabody Hall Room 310

Panel Presentation:

Fear as Motivation in Educational Policy

Larry Johnson, Univer= sity of South Florida-St. Petersburg

Kristie Dowling, Univ= ersity of South Florida-St. Petersbur= g

Deanna Michael, University of South Florida-St. Petersburg

LUNCH, 11:45-1:00

CONCURRENT SE= SSION III, 1:15-2:30

Peabody Hall Room 225

Memory, Experience and Pragmatism: The Case of J= ane Addams

Petra Hendry, Louisiana State University

Toward a Pragmatic and Ethically Defensible Patr= iotism

Andrew N. McKnight, University of Alabama-Birmingham

Peabody Hall Room 219

Enlightenment Thought and the Establishment of Historically Black Colleges and Universities: The Pinnacle of American Exceptionalism or Dreams Deferred

Courtney Phillips, So= uthern University

Liberal Republicans and Educational Reform: Elli= ot Richardson and the National Defense Education Act

Wayne Urban, University of Alabama

Peabody Hall Room 218

Panel Presentation:

Expanding the Opportunity= : Promoting Transfer from Community Colleges to Four Year Colleges and Universities

Leslie Craigo, CUNY-B= orough of Manhattan Community College

Yolanda Medina, CUNY-= Borough of Manhattan Community College

Alyse Hachey, CUNY-Borough of M= anhattan Community College

Peabody Hall Room 120

Teachers Reading Tests as Texts: A Critique of t= he Epistemic Naivete of Contemporary Testing Policy

Becky M. Atkinson, University of Alabama

Pragmatic Approaches to Educational Research

Chad Lykins, Vanderbilt University

The Political and Philosophical Pr= ofiles of Teacher Education Students in Texas

Brian K. Leavell, Texas Women’s University

Peabody Hall Room 310

Coping with Cultural Wars<= /p>
James J. Van Patten, = University of Arkansas

Teacher Desegregation in the South, 1960-1973: Constructing a Notion of Equality of Educational Opp= ortunity

Barbara J. Shircliffe, University of S= outh Florida

CONCURRENT SE= SSION IV, 2:45-4:00

Peabody Hall Room 225

Panel Presentation:

Cementing Standards and Corporate Education in Architecture: A Foucauldian Analysis of a Move and a Building

John Petrovic, University of Alabama

Aaron Kuntz, Universi= ty of Alabama

Stephen Tomlinson, University of Alabama

Nirmala Erevelles, University of Alabama

Peabody Hall Room 219

What’s Your Name? Who’s Your Momma? = The Qualitative Determinant of Identity for Many

Marianne Fry, Louisiana State University

Imagining Another Life: The Place of Creativity in Cultural Understanding and Language Acquisition

Clydia Forehand, Tulsa, Oklahoma = Public Schools

Emerson & Nietzsche: Education= & Self Becoming=

David J. Roof, University of Illinois

Peabody Hall Room 218

The Impact of<= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> Community on School Reform<= o:p>

Lisa J. Scott, CUNY-Queens

Dare the Teachers Learn to Dare? An Inquiry into the Civic Consequences of Teacher Neutrality=

Jessica Vivirito, Northern Illino= is University

Empathy: A Difficult Journey Through Public Education in 2008=

Mary Woodard Bevel, Webster University

Peabody Hall Room 120

C. S. Peirce On the P= ragmatic Incommensurability of Movement in the Physical and Social Worlds=

Charles Rudder, University of Alabama

Can Education be Attained Otherwise than by Expe= rience?

Greg Seals, College of Staten Island/CUNY

Peabody Hall Room 310

Deconstructing Third Space Dialogues: Habermas, = Bhabha and Freire as Inquiry Methodology

Lynn Clark, Universit= y of Louisiana-Monroe

Home and the Pressures of Heteronormativity in <= st1:place w:st=3D"on">Baldwin’s Giovanni’s Room

Bruce Parker, Louisiana State University

SPECIAL SESSI= ON, 4:15-5:15
Peabody Hall Room 225

Sixty Years o= f SEPES: A Retrospective

Joe Green, Louisiana = State University-Shreveport

Robert Sherman, University of Florida

Wayne Urban, University of Alabama

James Van Patten, University of Arkansas

PRESIDENTIAL = ADDRESS, 5:30-6:30

Peabody Hall Room 225

The Value of Pacifism, Just War Theory, and Activism = to a Democratic
Education

Eric Sheffield, Missouri State University

Banquet at the LSU Faculty Club Seating to begin at 7:00

SATURDAY, FEB= RUARY 2^nd

On-Site Regis= tration/Continental Breakfast: 8:30 – 9:30=

CONCURRENT SE= SSION IV, 9:00-10:15

Peabody Hall Room 225

Ethics, Inquiry and Practical Reasoning: Towards= a Critical Pedagogy for Situational Understanding

J. A. McKernan, East Carolina University

“Refugees,” “Evacuees,” = and the Third World-ing of New Orl= eans

Karin H. deGravelles, Louisiana= State University

Peabody Hall Room 219

Neuroethics and the Continuity of Educational Experience

Inna Semetsky, University of Newcastle

Democratic Education: A Beautiful Daimon in a So= mewhat Hideous World

Randy Hewitt, University of Central<= /st1:City> Florida

Peabody Hall Room 218

Martin Heidegger: Truth, Technology, and Eduatio= n

Jie Yu, Louisiana<= /span> State University

Television Aga= inst Democracy: Dewey, Habermas, and the Rise of Big Media=

Dennis Attick, Georgia State University

Peabody Hall Room 310

Curriculum and Human Nature, Asking a Better Que= stion

James S. Kaminsky, Auburn University & Sean A. Forbes, Aub= urn University

Agentic Knowing and Ecological Thinking in Schoo= ls: Epistemic Location and the Politics of Scientific Management and Accountabi= lity

Deron Boyles, Georgia State University

CONCURRENT SE= SSION V, 10:30-11:45=

Peabody Hall Room 225

School-as-Community in Reflexive Modernity: The Rhetoric Reality Divide

Marina Basu, Louisiana State University

Participating in the definition of= Equal Educational Opportunity: What does it me= an in the Black Belt?

Sharon D. Streeter, University of Alabama & Jo= hn E. Petrovic, University of Alabama

Peabody Hall Room 219=

Equality of Educational O= pportunity: From World War II to No Child Left Behind

E. V. Johanningmeier,= University of South Florida

Separation or Segregation: High School Students Analyze Unitary Status-inspired Restructuring

Kathleen M. Kinslow, University of Alabama

What can a Nineteenth Century “Race Man” Say to Education Today? Re-Introducing Dr. Dubois to Twenty-First Century Education

Roland Mitchell, Louisiana State University

Peabody Hall Room 218

Carpentry is Intellectual Work=

Robert R. Sherman, University of Florida

Negotiating Meaning in Context: How First Year Composition Students Construct and Reconstruct Knowledge through Classroom Discourse

Christy Foreman, Texa= s A & M University-Commerce

Emphasizing Research Strategies Using NosichR= 17;s Theories of Fundamental and Powerful Concepts

Anthony J. Fonseca, Nicholls State University

Peabody Hall Room 120

Panel Presentation:

No One Paradigm can Liberate= : Building Links between Critical Pedagogy, Critical Race Theory & Afrocentricity

Qiana Cutts, Georgia State University

Corrie Davis, Georgia State University

Bettina Love, Georgia State University

Peabody Hall Room 310

Looking at “Connections” in a Discon= nected World

Janis Pardue Hill, Louisiana<= /span> Tech & Amy M. Hill, = Louisiana State University

Philosophy as a Conversation Stopper: Philosophy’s Conflict with Freedom in Rorty’s Neo-Pragmatism

Kevin R. McClain, University of North Carolina-Greensboro

SEPES Business Meeting: 12:00

Finally, we would like= to thank all of those involved in setting up the conference (Dr. Stephen S. Triche-Program Chair, Dr. Jacqueline Bach-the LSU Conference Liaison, The L= SU College of Education, Dean Jayne Fleener, and Dora Ann Parrino, The Nicholls State University College of Educat= ion and Dean Deborah Bordelon).