Faculty of Education Education News Spring / Summer 2012 Page 23
Sean Lessard
Sean is currently a doctoral candidate in elementary education at the University of Alberta where his dissertation research is a narrative inquiry into the stories of Aboriginal Youth and Families in an Urban School Setting . He is the recipient of the Provost ’ s Graduate Scholarship along with numerous other awards . Sean received his M . Ed . in educational psychology from the U of A in 2010 , his B . Ed , also from U of A in 2000 with a major in social studies and a minor in Native studies . He began his education program in ITEP at the U of S in 1998 . Currently , Sean is the Aboriginal Education consultant with the Edmonton Public School Board , and also an Educational Consultant with the Montreal Lake Cree Nation in Saskatchewan , which is Sean ’ s home community . Sean has extensive K-12 classroom teaching experience in Edmonton and Saskatoon , and has presented his work at provincial , national and international conferences . He has also co-taught graduate courses in elementary education at the U of A , including Life in the Elementary Classroom and Narrative Inquiries with Children , Youth and Families . Sean will be joining us January 1 st , 2013 and will make significant contributions to our Elementary Program and Core Studies offerings .
Jenn de Lugt
Jenn is an experienced and published teacher and scholar and plans to defend her dissertation this year . Her dissertation explores how appropriate reading intervention strategies may be used to ameliorate emotional and behavioural disorders in children . She has been fully supported at the Master ’ s and Doctoral level by SSHRC Fellowships . She has a Bachelor of Science from Trent and a Master of Science from the University of Alberta . Her B . Ed ., M . Ed ., and Ph . D . have all been at Queen ’ s University over the past decade . She has been a Graduate Teaching Fellow at Queen ’ s , teaching courses on “ Children and Youth with Exceptionalities ” and supervising pre-service teachers in the field . She has been a research associate , and is the principal investigator on a SSHRC funded community outreach project . She has experience teaching in public schools and working with students with behaviour exceptionalities , autism spectrum disorder , and developmental and behavioural disorders . She is a prolific writer with half a dozen refereed publications as first author and another half dozen as co-author . Jenn is a great addition to our Faculty .
Tatum Cruise
Tatum accepted an Academic Advisor position and started in the Student Program Centre on Wednesday August 15 th . Tatum comes to us from the Faculty of Arts where she has been an Academic Advisor for the past 8 years and prior to her time in Arts she worked at Luther and Campion College .
New Faculty Administrator : Rochelle Fenwick
Rochelle has 10 years of experience at the U of R ( including her recent position as Program Advisor in the Faculty of Education , Student Program Centre ) and a Business Administration degree with many courses in finance and human resources . She knows and appreciates the culture , operations , and the individuals in this Faculty .
Amber Fitz-Gerald is taking on the role of Financial Assistant in the General Office during Lindsay Perez ’ s leave .