Congratulations to the following faculty who earned tenure and
promotion to associate professor.
Dr. Maggie Berg
Dr. Maggie Berg is a member of the School of Teacher Education faculty.
She completed her Master’s of Arts from the University of Missouri in English
with a focus in writing, and her Teacher Education program at the University
of Texas at El Paso in English as a Second Language and Bilingual Education.
Both her Bachelor of Arts and Doctorate of Philosophy were taken from the
University of Kansas with the latter focused on Literacy and Linguistics. Dr.
Berg’s research interests include disciplinary literacy, integration of content
and language, bi/multi-lingualism and schooling, teacher education, discourse
analysis, teens and youth culture. Her latest manuscript examines teacher
professional development for linguistic sensitivity in disciplines and the
impact on their students’ writing. UNC students have described Dr. Berg’s
instructional style as “passionate, enthusiastic, and intense.” Dr. Berg has
taught at the secondary and tertiary levels in four different countries,
including Russia where she met her husband. Currently, she enjoys improving
her own Russian while working with her 6-year-old daughter who attends a
Russian immersion program.
Congratulations to Dr. Berg.
Dr. Trent L. Lalonde
Congratulations too to Dr. Trent Lalonde—a faculty member in the
Department of Applied Statistics and Research Methods. Dr. Lalonde’s
educational background includes a BS in Mathematics and Physics from
Clarkson University, an MA in Mathematics from the University of WisconsinMadison, and a PhD in Statistics from Arizona State University. His research
interests include modeling multilevel longitudinal data with non-continuous
responses, and his most recent manuscript, GMM logistic regression model for
longitudinal data with time-dependent covariates and extended classifications,
has recently appeared in Statistics in Medicine.
Since beginning at UNC in the fall of 2009, Dr. Lalonde has successfully
directed the dissertation research of five ASRM PhD graduates, and has taken
numerous ASRM graduate students to regional or national conferences for
presentations. His research has been supported by five internal funding
awards, and he has published nine papers. Recently Dr. Lalonde was elected
chair of the Applied Public Health Statistics section of APHA. He is also chair
of the Faculty Research and Publications Board and is collaborating with the
Education Innovation Institute.
Dr. Christy M. Moroye
Dr. Christy Moroye came to the School of Teacher Education in 2012
from a faculty position at the University of Iowa. Her BA in English with a
minor in Philosophy is from the University of New Mexico and her MA in
Curriculum and Instruction, with an emphasis in urban education, is from the
University of Denver. Also at DU she completed her PhD in Curriculum and
Instruction, with an emphasis in teacher education and curriculum studies.
Dr. Moroye’s dissertation, Greening our future: The practices of ecologically
minded teachers was awarded the AERA Curriculum Studies Outstanding
Dissertation in 2008. Last semester she took her students to School in the
Woods where they explored ways in which the outdoors can be an integrating
context for education.
Dr. Moroye’s research interests include ecological and aesthetic
perspectives of K-12 teaching and learning. A recent publication in Teachers
College Record is titled “Finding the balance between process and product
through perceptual lesson planning”.
She is the Associate Editor for
Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue and is currently researching K-12 teachers’
approaches to curriculum planning.
Dr. Moroye has taken a leadership role in the UNC-School of Mines
collaboration to prepare science and math teachers.
Most importantly, Christy loves to spend time outdoors with her family
and dogs. She is mother to an energetic and creative seven year old, Jackson,
who can’t wait to attend UNC!
Congratulations to Dr. Moroye.
Dr. Jennifer Murdock
Dr. Jennifer Murdock is a member of the Department of Applied
Psychology and Counselor Education. She has a 2007 Ph.D. in Counselor
Education from the University of Wyoming and BA and MA from Chadron
State College. Her research interests include community-engaged scholarship
with graduate students, college student career transitions, online learning,
and the use of creative instructional strategies in counselor training. A recent
publication titled Understanding the impact of career values on career
satisfaction: Utilizing card sorts in career counseling was published in the
Career Planning and Adult Development Journal. She earned 11 internal and
two external grants to support her research.
Dr. Murdock is a member of the UNC Committee on Community and
Civic Engagement, a Faculty in Residence at Career Services, and co-chair of
the Faculty Advisory Committee on University 101. She holds five professional
credentials including Licensed Professional Counselor and National Certified
Counselor. She was nominated as one of two national presidential candidates
in the election for the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision.
If Dr. Murdock looks especially happy it is not because she has received
tenure and promotion, rather it is because she got married about two weeks
ago!
Double congratulations Dr. Murdock.
Dr. Suzette Youngs
Dr. Suzette Youngs, from the School of Teacher Education, teaches
graduate and undergraduate courses in children’s literature, technology and
literacy integration, reading and writing methods, and teacher research. She
received her Ph.D. from the University of Nevada Reno and her MEd and BA
from State University of New York @ Oswego.
Dr. Youngs is the co-author of several Heinemann titles including:
Writing Without Boundaries: What’s Possible When Students Combine Genres,
Around the Reading Workshop in 180 Days and More Advanced Lessons in
Comprehension. Scholarly interests in several topics including digital and
visual literacy and multimodal compositions have resulted in publications in
Reading Teacher, Language Arts, and The Journal of Children’s Literature. She
is Editor of the Colorado Reading Journal.
Dr. Youngs is the co-creator and advisor to the UNC Literacy Council
bringing
literacy
engagement
to
the
community
and
professional
development to UNC teacher candidates. Her passion for helping teachers
implement reading and writing digital workshops in their classrooms is
driven by her 15 plus years of classroom experience and her extensive work
with school teachers in Colorado and across the country.
In her free time Dr. Youngs enjoys snowmobiling and camping with her
husband and two daughters and she escapes with a good book whenever
possible.
Congratulations to Dr. Youngs.
The following faculty members earned promotion to full professor
Dr. Heather Helm
Beginning her UNC career in 2004, Dr. Heather Helm is today
congratulated for her promotion to Professor in the Department of Applied
Psychology and Counselor Education. She received both her Master’s and
Doctoral degrees in Counselor Education and Supervision from the University
of Mississippi. Her research interests include, supervision of play therapy
outcome and processes, vicarious trauma, disenfranchised grief and loss, and
clinical supervision. This summer Dr. Helm participated in a research
collaboration between UNC and Mile High United Way on educational
outcomes of foster care youth. The title of Heather’s most recent publication,
in the Journal of Mental Health Counseling is: Examining the effect of therapist,
work, and supportive factors on vicarious traumatization. She has over 25
juried publications and over 50 juried professional presentations.
Dr. Helm has a substantial record of significant leadership in service
including currently serving as department chair, member of the IRB, recent
chair of the Association of Counselor Education and Supervision national
conference, Co-Editor of the Journal of Counselor Education and Supervision,
and numerous national leadership positions with the Association of Play
Therapy. She has received college and university level teaching awards and
earned national recognition through the Association of Play Therapy’s service
award.
Dr. Helm has ridden in the Colorado MS150 for the last 7 years.
Dr. Tracy Gershwin Mueller
Dr. Tracy Mueller earned promotion to full Professor in the School of
Special Education. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses and
coordinates the Intervention Specialist MA program. She is a doctoral level
board certified behavior analyst and a Colorado trained mediator. She has a
B.S. in Elementary and Special Education, M.A. in Curriculum and Instruction,
another M.A. in Special Education, and a Ph.D. from the University of
California, Santa Barbara, in Special Education, Disabilities, and Risk Studies,
with an emphasis in family studies.
Specializing in interventions for children and youth with challenging
behaviors, family-school partnerships, special education law, conflict
prevention, and alternative dispute resolution, Dr. Mueller’s scholarly work is
composed of 14 juried articles, 2 book chapters, 2 manuals for teachers, 7
online modules, and 43 juried presentations. Her most recent publication:
Fathers’ Experiences with Special Education: The Overlooked Voice is published
in Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities. Since coming to
UNC in 2004 Dr. Mueller has received 7 internal grants and 2 Colorado
Department of Education grants.
Dr. Mueller has taken leadership roles in both the state and national
Council for Children with Behavior Disorders. Currently she is collaborating
with the Colorado Department of Education to build a continuum of dispute
resolution options for school districts.
Dr. Mueller is an avid marathoner!
Dr. Vilma (Betty) Cardona
Dr. Cardona, an Associate Professor in the Department of Applied
Psychology and Counselor Education, earned tenure. Originally from
Guatemala, her educational background includes a B.S. in Psychology, M.A. in
Clinical Psychology, and a PhD in Counselor Education & Supervision from the
University of Wyoming. Dr. Cardona’s research interests are: Globalization of
the Counseling Profession and Multicultural Counseling. Her most recent
publication Challenges and Diversity Issues Working with Multilingual and
Bilingual Couples and Families: Implications for Counseling is published in the
Family Journal.
Her area of expertise and her post-doctoral training are in
Couple and Family Counseling.
Dr. Cardona came to UNC in the fall of 2008 and to date has earned 15
internal grants to support her research. She has 11 publications and 25 juried
professional presentations in the US and internationally. Last summer, she
accepted an invitation from the president of the Indian Counseling Association
to travel to India where she provided training and conducted research in the
topic of Attachment and Family Counseling.
Dr. Cardona has shown
substantial leadership on the CEBS Diversity and Equity Council.
Congratulations to Dr. Cardona.