Faculty Highlights
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Honors
At the Early Childhood Conference on July 19, 2025, a standout moment captured the attention of more than 240 attendees: Dr. Pam Evanshen was honored with the Dr. Rebecca Isbell Award for Outstanding Contributions to Early Childhood Education. Congratulations to Dr. Evanshen on this well-earned honor. Her work continues to shape the future of early childhood education in powerful and lasting ways. Dr. Christy Isbell Weems honors her mother, Dr. Rebecca Isbell at our Summer conference. A passionate and beloved former faculty member. Dr. Isbell inspired many people in the region as a professor in the ETSU Early Childhood Program, former chair of the Center of Excellence in Early Childhood Development and Learning, author, and internationally renowned speaker. Our Summer 2025 Early Childhood Conference theme “Live, Laugh, Love” represents her always heart filled and joyful demeanor.
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Board Members
NAECTE Board including Dr. Facun-Granadozo and Dr. Evanshen.
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Presentations
Dr. Broderick co-present at the Association for Constructivist Teaching Conference in Boulder, CO in October. Left to right: Dr. Seong Bock Hong, Dr. Geralyn Yu, and Dr. Broderick
Dr. Broderick, with co-presenter Dr. Seong Bock Hong following their presentation at the NAEYC Conference in Anaheim in November. Former PhD graduate (2020), Dr. Randa Dunlap, asked them to share a photo opportunity as she attended their session.-
Hybrid Cohort Spring 2024
During the hybrid PhD cohort gathering in March 2024 students met the graduate faculty in a speed dating format where they learned different aspects of qualitative research from faculty.
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Hybrid Cohort Spring 2024
During the spring 2024 on-campus weekend in March doctoral students met with Dr. Facun-Granadozo (left) and Dr. Evanshen (right). The two collaborated to offer experiences with qualitative coding processes related to interviews of early childhood leaders. The collaboration extends the learning from the ECED 7812 Early Childhood Qualitative Research and ECED 6620 Leadership, Admin, and Supervision in Early Childhood.
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Promotion
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Congratulations to Dr. Atiles and Dr. Lange for their promotion to Professor, and to Dr. Facun-Granadozo for her promotion to Associate Professor.
Dr. Facun-Granadozo is 5th from left, Dr. Lange is 5th from right, and Dr. Atiles is 2nd from right.
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Gilbreath Literacy Conference
The Gilbreath Literacy Conference was a great success this summer (2023).
The Gilbreath Team included Early Childhood faculty and students: Dr. Kathryn Sharp (left), Dr. Ruth Facun-Granadozo (3rd from left), Maria Dias (4th from left), and Angela Shelton (3re from right).Keynote speakers were Lester Laminack and Sarah Cooper. Also
pictured are Gilbreath Team members Renee Polson, Brittany Gray,
and LaShay Wood.-
Conferences
Many Early Childhood faculty and students presented at the annual Narional Association for the Education of Young Childrren (NAEYC) and National Association for Early Childhood Teacher Educators (NAECTE) conferences in Nashville in November 2024.
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Keynote Presentation
Congratulations to Dr. Malkus, for her keynote presentation at the Association for Constructivist Teaching conference in Boone in October 2023. Her talk, From Algorithms to Imagination: Crafting a Constructivist Learning Voyage with AI, was very current with highlights about the value of AI when used with intention.
Also, news from the pandemic that we want to keep available is the link below to where you can find the bedtime storie being read by many volunteers during the long period of isolation.
Link to SAYC Facebook Page where you can view the bedtime videos.