June 15, 2001 UNT Inhouse publication: Bulletin board

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CAROL HAGEN, director of the Child Development Laboratory, presented "From Theory to Everyday Practice: Welcoming Children of Diverse Family Cultures Into Early Childhood Programs" at the National Association for the Education of Young Children conference, Nov. 9-12 in Atlanta.

ROBIN K. HENSON, assistant professor of technology and cognition, presented "Student-Organized College of Education: ‘Education Research Exchanges' From the Student and Former Student Perspective," "Characterizing Measurement Error in Test Scores Across Studies: A Tutorial on Conducting ‘Reliability Generalization' Analyses" and "A Confirmatory Factor Analysis of a New Measure of Teacher Efficacy: Ohio State Teacher Efficacy Scale" at the American Education Research Association conference, April 9-15 in Seattle.

TOMMIE LAWHON, professor of counseling, development and higher education, wrote an article titled "Teacher Preparation: Encouraging Friendships Between Children" that was published in the most recent Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, vol. 22, no. 2.

ALEXANDRA LEAVELL, associate professor of teacher education and administration, and DIANE ALLEN, associate dean of the College of Education and associate professor of teacher educaiton and administration, presented a paper titled "An Investigation of the Impact of Portfolio Use in Undergraduate Literary Courses on Portfolio Use by New Teachers" at the International Reading Association conference, April 30 in New Orleans. The paper is the result of the Elva Knight Grant Award presented to Leavell and Allen.
RUTHANN A. MASARACCHIA, director of women's studies and professor of biological sciences, participated as a review member of the National Science Foundation Panel on Gender Equity in Science, Math, Engineering and Technology, May 10-11 in Arlington, Va. The panel evaluated applications for $22 million in grant funds dedicated to programs that enhance girls' and women's success in science education.

CAROL SIMPSON, assistant professor of library and information sciences, and JO MONAHAN, UNT librarian, wrote an article titled "An Embarrassment of Riches: Choosing an Online Periodical Database" that was published in The Book Report, May/June 2001.

JEANNE TUNKS, assistant professor of teacher education and administration, presented "The Impact of Effective Teaming on Student Understanding of Verdi's Opera La Traviata" and "The Qualitative Research Archive as an Enabling Technology: Increased Validity Claims for Pooling Data From Two Arts-Based Educational Projects" at the American Education Research Association conference, April 9-15 in Seattle.

TANDRA TYLER-WOOD, associate professor of technology and cognition, and JANE PEMBERTON and MARK MORTENSEN, assistant professors of technology and cognition, were awarded nearly $1 million by the National Science Foundation for a project titled "Bringing Up Girls in Science." The project will provide educational experiences in an outdoor learning lab for fourth- and fifth-grade girls to increase their interest in the environmental sciences.

An article by ROBERT WALLACE, professor of materials science, appears in the June 2001 issue of Semiconductor International, online at www.semiconductor.net. The article is titled "Exploring the Limits of Gate Dielectric Scaling."

THEODORE FARRIS, assistant professor of marketing, wrote an article about indicators for renewed growth in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex that appears in the June 1 Fort Worth Business Press.

JOHN HIPPLE, associate professor of counseling, development and higher education and senior staff counselor at the Counseling and Testing Center, and KRIS CHESKY, director of research and education at the Texas Center for Music and Medicine, discuss use of drugs by professional musicians to calm their nerves in an article published in the June 4 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

KENNETH LAVENDER, curator of UNT's Rare Book and Texana collections, discusses his lecture topic (the preservation of books and documents) for a fund-raising seminar to benefit the Bayless-Selby House in the June 4 Denton Record-Chronicle.

ADRIAN LEWIS, associate professor of history, comments on a recent poll by the Scripps Howard Center concerning Texans' views on the military and foreign policy in the May 20 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

BERNARD WEINSTEIN, professor of applied economics and director of the University Center for Economic Development and Research, was interviewed May 31 by MSNBC/CNBC about the "technology industry meltdown" in Austin and discusses wage decreases in the Austin area in the May 22 Austin American-Statesman. In the May 24 Denton Record-Chronicle, he comments on recent census numbers that show changes in Denton County's population demographics. He discusses the rise in unemployment rolls in the Denton area and a growing concern for the economy in the May 27 Denton Record-Chronicle.

JARED HAZLETON, dean of the College of Business Administration, received the United Way's Red Feather Society Award May 24 at a meeting of the United Way of Denton County. The national award recognizes Hazleton's efforts to map out the future for United Way groups throughout Texas. Hazleton, who served as chair, vice chair and director of the United Way of Texas from 1993 to 1998, performed numerous surveys to lay out an economic growth plan for the group and also played a key role in starting many of the United Way affiliates throughout the state. Currently, he serves on the regional planning council for United Way of America, the national service and training center supporting all of the affiliates. He is also on the board of directors for the United Way of Denton County.

MERL E BONNEY, 98, of Boulder, Colo., Professor Emeritus of psychology, died May 29. He served on the North Texas faculty from 1935 to 1979.

When he arrived at North Texas, the school offered only one course in psychology, through the College of Education. Bonney, the sole psychology professor, taught just seven students his first semester. Under his leadership, that one course grew to a full department. He was instrumental in establishing such courses as child psychology, statistics and abnormal psychology, and he created a master's program in 1948.

Bonney received his bachelor's degree from Willamette University, his master's degree from Stanford University and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. He was one of the first researchers in the nation to hypothesize that children play not just to imitate adults but to express their feelings. In the 1970s, theories like his led to the creation of play therapy, in which children use play to express their feelings about a traumatic situation.

Bonney published five psychology books and more than 60 journal articles. He served as president of the Texas Psychological Association in 1951-52 and was also a member of the American Psychological Association, the Southwestern Psychological Association and the Society of Psychological Study of Social Issues. An endowed lectureship in psychology was established in his name in 1986 and was elevated to a visiting professorship in 1995.

Survivors include a son, Lewis Bonney of Long Beach, Calif.; a daughter, Carol Bonney of Lakewood, Colo.; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services were held June 3 at Saint Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Boulder, Colo.

GEORGE C. COPP, 88, of Denton, Professor Emeritus of mathematics, died May 28 at Denton Community Hospital. He was on the faculty at North Texas from 1950 until his retirement in 1977.

He received his bachelor's and master's degrees from UNT and his doctorate from the University of Texas at Austin. He served in the Army Air Corps for three years, and in 1945 he served on the advisory committee on aeronautics for the U.S. government. He was the sponsor of the mathematics honor society at North Texas, a member of the American Mathematics Society and the Mathematical Association of America and an honorary member of the Girl Scouts.

Survivors include his wife, Daisy Copp of Denton; two daughters, Alice Copp Harrington of Fairfax, Va., and Betty Copp Lee of Eastland; one son, George Mark Copp of Denton; one sister, Dora Opal Copp of Denton; two grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

Services were held May 30 at Roselawn Memorial Park.

ERNEST FLEMMING CRYSTLE, 62, of Denton, assistant professor of foreign languages and literatures, died May 25 at Denton Community Hospital. He began working at North Texas in September 1964.

Crystle received a bachelor's degree from West Chester State College and a master's degree from Penn State. He had served as the undergraduate adviser in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures since 1990 and taught the department's intensive French course for the last 25 years. He was a member of the National Education Association, among other professional organizations.

In 1989, the UNT Student Association gave Crystle the 'Fessor Graham Award, the highest honor bestowed by the student body, for outstanding and unselfish service to students. In 1993 he was selected as a "Top Prof" by the Mortar Board honor society.

Survivors include his two brothers, James Crystle of Orlando, Fla., and Jack Crystle of Claymont, Del.; and one sister, Betty Kohl of Absecon, N.J.

Services were held May 29 at the First United Methodist Church.

ROBERT H. and JIMMIE G. NOBLES of Denton have created an endowment to enhance the public school component of the Elm Fork Education Center at UNT. The center, located at the Environmental Education, Science and Technology Building, has the primary purpose of creating, coordinating and delivering environmental and health education programs for the public. Proceeds from the endowment will create scholarships and stipends to benefit UNT students in biology, environmental science and elementary education.

See a full listing of events at www.unt.edu/events

Reception for Mike Conduff, New Denton City Manager. 4:30-6 p.m. June 18, Wooten Hall, Room 111. Hosted by the Department of Public Administration, Pi Alpha Alpha and MPA Alumni in the City of Denton.

World History Institute. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. June 19-23. Call 565-3484 for information.
Sam Ivie: Painting and Drawing. 8 a.m.-6 p.m. June 25-July 13, Union Gallery. Reception, 3-5 p.m. June 25.

Independence Day. University closed July 4.