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Vanessa Siddle Walker to speak at 23rd annual Benjamin E. Mays Lecture Vanessa Siddle Walker, Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Educational Studies at Emory University, will speak at the 23rd annual Benjamin E. Mays Lecture on Oct. 26, 2011, at 6:30 p.m. in the Georgia State University Speakers Auditorium (44 Courtland St., Atlanta).
Hosted by the Alonzo A. Crim Center for Urban Educational Excellence, this event is free and open to the public. A reception will also be held from 5-6:16 p.m. The theme for this year's lecture is, "Reaching Back and Moving Forward: Sustaining Our Vision for Excellence in Urban Schooling." The annual Benjamin E. Mays Memorial Lecture Series, which began in 1989, is intended to encourage the discussion of issues facing urban educational leaders through a series of symposia, conferences and lectures. This program not only honors the memory of Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, but also promotes his philosophy of excellence in the education of those typically least well served by the larger society. To read more about Walker and the Mays Lecture, click here.
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Upcoming Events in the College of Education
23rd annual Benjamin E. Mays Lecture
Oct. 26, 2011
6:30 p.m.
Georgia State University
Speakers Auditorium
44 Courtland St.
Atlanta, GA 30303
Vanessa Siddle Walker, Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Educational Studies at Emory University, will speak at the 23rd annual Benjamin E. Mays Lecture on Oct. 26, 2011, at 6:30 p.m. in the Georgia State University Speakers Auditorium (44 Courtland St., Atlanta). A reception will also be held from 5-6:15 p.m.
Walker was the 2000 recipient of the prestigious Grawmeyer Award for Education and was named a Fellow in the American Educational Research Association (AERA) in 2009. Her research focuses on the schooling of African American children in the segregated South. She is best known for a series of manuscripts on the segregated schooling of African American children in the South that have appeared in journals such as the Harvard Educational Review, Review of Education Research and the American Educational Research Journal.
For additional information, click here.
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Research Wednesdays Speaker Series Oct. 26, 2011 12 p.m.
 College of Education, room 103030 Pryor Street
Atlanta, GA 30303
Presenter: Craig Frisby Topic: "Test session behavior, multidimensional scaling applications and measurement of critical thinking"
Craig Frisby is an associate professor in the Educational, School and Counseling Psychology Department in the College of Education at the University of Missouri. He received his Ph.D. in school psychology from the University of California-Berkeley (1987), and his M.S. in educational psychology (1980) and B.M.E. in music education (1979) from Indiana University-Bloomington.
Research Wednesdays is held every Wednesday of the month. A light lunch will be provided to those who confirm their attendance to Erin Whitney in the COE's Educational Research Bureau at (404) 413-8090 or ewhitney@gsu.edu. For more information about Carroll or the Research Wednesdays Speaker Series, click here.
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It expires on Dec. 31, 2011, and the donation must come directly from the IRA administrator.
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