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Wang honored by AERA
The American Educational Research Association (AERA) has bestowed one of its top awards to X. Christine Wang, assistant professor of learning and instruction in the Graduate School of Education.
Wang has received the 2007 AERA Division C Jan Hawkins Award for Early Career Contributions to Humanistic Research and Scholarship in Learning Technologies.
The award recognizes scholars who are engaged in research, combined with practice and advocacy, that explores and demonstrates new ways to think about technologies in contexts of learning and education, and uses innovative research techniques to understand the impact of those technologies. Jan Hawkins (1952-99) was a developmental psychologist with a cognitive, cultural and social-interactionist orientation who was known for her humanistic conceptions of using technology in K-12 learning environments.
Wang joined the UB faculty in 2003. Her primary research interests include young children's learning and collaboration in technology-rich environments, sociocultural research and early childhood education in international contexts. She also is interested in qualitative research methods, especially in the use of video ethnography.
Wang is associate editor of Early Education and Development. She was selected to be co-guest editor of the 2006 special issue on early education and development of "Technology in Early Childhood Education." She currently is guest-editing a special issue of Childhood Education entitled "Re-examining Diversity Issues in Early Childhood Education."
Wang has helped to develop several new projects that focus on integrating technology into young children's classrooms. These include "Peer Mentoring at Computers," "Digital Photo Journals in a K/1 Classroom" and "Scaffolding Young Children's Reflection through PowerPoint Presentations." She has published several peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters, and has presented her work at national and international conferences.
Summer Dance Program to be held
The Department of Theatre and Dance is offering a Summer Dance Program July 23 through Aug. 9 for studio members, UB students and community members.
Intermediate/advanced level master classes will be held from 6-7:30 p.m. Ballet classes will be held on Mondays, modern dance on Tuesdays, African on Wednesdays and jazz on Thursdays. Tap classes will be offered from 7:45-8:45 p.m. on Thursdays.
All classes will take place in room B82, the Department of Theatre and Dance's dance studio in the Center for the Arts, North Campus. Department faculty and guest artists will teach the classes.
The cost ranges from $8 for a single class to $96 for 12 classes. Participants may register at the door. No cash will be accepted as payment; only checks will be taken. Participants must be at least 16 years of age.
For more information, contact Karen Georger at 645-6898, ext. 1339, or at kgeorger@buffalo.edu, or Shelley Hain at 645-6898, ext. 1339, or at hain@buffalo.edu.