Scott W. Brown |
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Project Director
Teachers for a New Era
249 Glenbrook Road Unit-2064
University of Connecticut
Storrs, Connecticut 06269-2064
Gentry Room 233
Phone: 860-486-0181
Fax: 860-486-8325
Email: scott.brown@uconn.edu
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Dr. Scott W. Brown is a Professor of Educational Psychology at the Neag School of Education at the University of Connecticut. He received his B.A. in psychology from Boston University, his M.S in psychology from Montana State University, and his Ph.D. in psychology from Syracuse University. He has published three books/monographs on issues related to educational psychology, and published over 90 refereed journal articles and book chapters in the field of educational psychology, educational technology, learning and cognition. He has presented over 200 papers at professional conferences. He has been a visiting professor at Utah State University and Victoria University (Wellington, New Zealand). In over 20 years of service at the University of Connecticut he has held positions as the Director of the Bureau of Educational Research and Service, and the department head for Educational Psychology. He has been awarded over $7.0 million in federal, state and private grants.
Dr. Brown' s Vita (.doc) |
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Jeffrey Crouse |
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Budget Coordinator
249 Glenbrook Road Unit 2064, Room 342B
Storrs, CT 06269-2064
Phone: (860) 486-1443
Fax: (860) 486-0210
Email: jeffrey.crouse@uconn.edu
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Jeff Crouse is the Finance Director for the Neag School of Education at the University of Connecticut . He received an M.A. from the University of Connecticut in Higher Education Administration/Student Affairs, his B.S from Southern New Hampshire University (formally New Hampshire College ) in Business Administration and an Associate degree in Accounting from Asnuntuck Community College. Previously he worked at the University of Connecticut Health Center for 17 years before starting here in 2001. At the Health Center he held various roles starting in University Physicians as an account, the Dental Deans office as a Finance Manager and the Central Budget Department as the Finance Manager for Clinical Budgets. |
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Program Assistant
Teachers for a New Era
249 Glenbrook Road Unit-2064
University of Connecticut
Storrs, Connecticut 06269-2064
Gentry Room 231
Phone: 860-486-1407
Fax: 860-486-3510
Email: d.maneggia@uconn.edu |
| Donalyn Maneggia is the Program Assistant for the TNE Project. Donalyn graduated from Eastern Connecticut State University with a B.A. in Business Administration and a minor in Economics. |
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Mary Yakimowski |
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Assessment Director
249 Glenbrook Road Unit-2064
University of Connecticut
Storrs, Connecticut 06269-2064
Gentry Room ?
Phone: 860-486-3813
Fax: 860-486-3510
Email: mary.yakimowski-srebnick@uconn.edu |
Dr. Mary E. Yakimowski is the Director of Assessment and Association Professor-in-Residence for the University of Connecticut 's Neag's School of Education . She has a joint position with the Educational Psychology and Educational Leadership Departments and is proud to work with the Teachers for New Era. She has her doctorate in Educational Psychology and has certifications in school psychology, intermediate administration, and school superintendent. Previously she worked for the Council of Chief State School Officers in Washington , DC as Director of Assessments and for Baltimore City School District 's Division of Research, Evaluation, Assessment, and Accountability as Chief of Educational Accountability. She is immediate past vice president of the American Educational Research Association; past president of the National Association of Test Directors, Directors of Research and Evaluation, and Connecticut Testing Network; a member of various Boards and Committees, including the Joint Committee on Testing Practices (JCTP); and has presented to numerous groups including, interestingly, the retired scientists from NASA, on topics including student assessment, reform, and urban education. She has been the recipient of more than a dozen national and state awards for reports in areas such as enrollment projections, assessment training materials, strategic planning, and reporting of test results. In the forward written by the State Superintendent of Schools in Connecticut, her co-authored CASCD book with on aligning state assessment programs with district practices in curriculum, instruction, professional development, and assessment, the State Superintendent recommended that the book should be "required reading of all educators across Connecticut". Dr. Yakimowski' s Vita (.doc) |
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Huiying (Cathy) Zhang |
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Database Coordinator
Teachers for a New Era
249 Glenbrook Road Unit-2064
University of Connecticut
Storrs, Connecticut 06269-2064
Gentry Room 229
Phone: 860-486-2913
Fax: 860-486-3510
E-mail: cathy.zhang@uconn.edu |
| Huiying (Cathy) Zhang received her B.S. in Engineering Mechanics from Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and her M.S. in Computational Science from Radford University in Virginia. She worked as a database programmer for Virginia Economic Bridge from 1999 to 2000, and worked as a Programmer/Analyst for Educational Financial Services Inc. from 2001 to 2002.
Cathy' s Vita (pdf) |
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