Associate Professor of Practice L. Penny Rosenblum just returned from a trip to the Middle East, where she presented at the Doha Early Intervention Conference for Children with Visual Impairments or Multiple Impairments. She did four sessions: Braille literacy, print literacy, activities of daily living, and a workshop on social skills. She was one of five presenters from the United States. Here's more about the conference.

She also spoke at Alhosn University in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates about instructional strategies for students with visual impairments in the general education classroom.

Professor Luis C. Moll received the Palmer O. Johnson Memorial Award from the American Educational Research Association. The award represents the highest quality of academic scholarship published in one of three AERA peer-reviewed journals during the 2010 volume year. His article, "Mobilizing Culture, Language, and Educational Practices: Fulfilling the Promises of Mendez and Brown," was published in Educational Researcher. Focusing on educational equity, Moll documents the 1946 Mendez v. Westminster case, a precursor to Brown v. Board of Education. He includes the sociocultural context of the case and educational conditions of the Latino community at the time, and then uses his analysis of the case as a backdrop to speak to the need for broad alliances.

Associate Professor Leisy Wyman was recently awarded tenure and promotion from assistant professor.