External Funding 2007
Kara Brown
The Politics of Preschool: Bilingual Education Possibilities and Problems in Estonian Kindergartens
Research Grant for Emerging Scholars, Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies (2007/2008)
$2,000
Kara Brown
Integration & Community: The Undoing of a Segregated Education System in Estonia
Research Incentive Grant College of Education, University of South Carolina (2007-2008)
$4,888
William Brown, Ana Lòpez-De Fede and Herman Knopf
Preparation of Early Childhood Special Education Personnel
Office of Special Education Programs of the U. S. Department of Education (2007-2011)
$786,620
William Brown
Evaluation of the Four-Year-Old Pre-Kindergarten Expansion
South Carolina Education Oversight Committee (2006-2008)
$417,765
William Brown and Herman Knopf
Technical Assistance Project for South Carolina Personnel Who Work with Preschool Children with Developmental Delays: Preschool Assessment and Child Outcomes
Office of Exceptional Children of the South Carolina Department of Education (2004-2008)
$284,488
William Brown, Kathleen Marshall, Mitch Yell
The University of South Carolina (USC) Doctoral Training Program in Special Education: Promoting the Translation of Research into Practice with Children with Disabilities
Office of Special Education Programs of the U. S. Department of Education (2002-2008)
$796,995
Christine Christle
Personnel Development Collaboration: Training and Recruiting Special Education Teachers to Coach Student Teachers
South Carolina Department of Education
$10,0000.00
Christine Christle
Effects of a Corrective Reading Program on the Reading Abilities, Academic Grades, Attitudes, and Behaviors of Youth Attending Alternative Schools in South Carolina
University of South Carolina
$17,000
Christine DiStefano, R W. Kamphaus
Development and Validation of Behavioral Screeners and Behavioral Classification System for Early Identification and Intervention for Emotional and Behavioral Problems in Elementary School Children (2006 – 2009)
Funding Agency: Institute of Education Sciences
$941,141 (USC subcontract amount: $206,738)
Erik Drasgow, Mitch Yell
Preparing Future Teachers of Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders to Conduct Functional Behavioral Assessments and to Implement Effective Behavior Invention Plans That Include Antecedent Academic Interventions
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (2004-2007)
$780,480
Erik Drasgow, Mitchell L. Yell, and Steven Liu, Insoo Oh
Developing a Tool to Assess the Quality of Individualized Education Programs for Students with Disabilities
U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Educational Sciences (2006-2009)
$264,715
David Feldon, Timmerman, Stephen Thompson, Jed Lyons, Michelle Maher
The Role of Graduate Student Teaching Experiences in the Development of Scientific Research Skills
National Science Foundation (2007)
$705,327
David Feldon, Timmerman, Showman
Improving STEM Retention through Instruction: Leveraging Faculty Expertise
National Science Foundation (2007)
$699,625
David Feldon
Efficiency Metrics in the Evaluation of Simulation Task Performance
University of South Carolina
$17,000
Donna Gibson, Colette T. Dollarhide, Leah J. McCallum
Non-tenured, Assistant Professors: The New Look of Leadership in Counseling
Chi Sigma Iota International Counseling Honor Society
$500
Robert Johnson, Diane Monrad
Evaluation of ImPACT: Year 3
Richland School District II (2004-2007)
$160,000 annually for 3 years
Diane Monrad, Robert Johnson
Evaluation of the South Carolina Reading First Initiative
South Carolina Department of Education (2003-2008)
$286,000 annually for 5 years
Louise Jennings
Educational practices for a critical democracy: Examining radical democratic schooling practices in Belo Horizonte, Brazil
USC Women’s Studies Josephine Abney Fellowship
$5,000
Louise Jennings
The Social and Economic Impact of Latino Immigration in South Carolina
South Carolina Commission for Minority Affairs
$70,000
Craig Kridel
Black High School Study
Spencer Foundation (2007-9)
$37,352.00
Steven Liu
Teachers’ Job Satisfaction and Teacher Turnover
Spencer Foundation. Fund amount
$39,447
Alisa Lowrey, Karen Pettus
Postsecondary Program for Students with Intellectual Disabilities Grant
National Down Syndrome/Charleston Transition Council Grant (2007)
$151,000 over three years
Kathleen Marshall, Joe Sutton, Janie Hodge, Susan Gurganus
Project CREATE: Centers for the Re-Education and Advancement of Teachers in Special Education
State of South Carolina, Department of Education, Office of Exceptional Children (2003-present)
$44,488 for the 2007-2008 academic year
Catherine Packer, Michelle Jay, Tambra Jackson
African American Women Junior Faculty Peer Mentoring Project
College of Education, University of South Carolina
$5,000
Catherine Packer, Michelle Jay, Tambra Jackson
Meta-reflection and Critical Dialogue as Tools for Mentoring African American Women Faculty
Technology Grant funded by the College of Education at The University of South Carolina
$1,730
Catherine Packer
An Inquiry-Based Social Justice Course
Center for Teaching Excellence at The University of South Carolina
$3,500
Catherine Packer
An Investigation of Factors that Promote the Development of Vocal and Active Social Justice Agents in School Counseling
Southern Association for Counselor Education and Supervision
$500
Catherine Packer
A Preliminary Investigation of Factors that Promote the Development of Vocal and Active social Justice Agents in Education
Pi Lambda Theta, International Honor Society and Professional Association in Education
$1,410
Mitch Yell, Kathleen J. Marshall, Erik Drasgow, Michael A. Seaman
South Carolina State Improvement Grant
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (2002-2007)
$6,500,000
Mitch Yell, Michael Rozalski
Project STAR: A survey of Department’s of Education policies regarding state-level timeout and physical restraint policies
Department of Public Instruction for the State of Wisconsin
$8,0000