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December 2011 > Alumni
In Brief
Donald Evans, Ed.D., JDP/LEEP '10, has been appointed superintendent of the Hayward Unified School District. Evans last post was as assistant superintendent of secondary schools in Compton Unified School District. He previously was with Oakland Unified, where he oversaw elementary schools.
Hayward and Compton both have significant numbers of economically disadvantaged students. Hayward Board President Lisa Brunner said that Evans has demonstrated that he is concerned with meeting the needs of all students. Evans brought in advanced courses at Compton high schools, Brunner said, and the district has been able to retain music programs through all grades. In addition, Brunner said that through Evans' efforts, Compton schools have seen reductions in truancy and expulsion rates, while teacher retention and the number of English learners becoming proficient have increased. She said the district hopes to have Evans on the job by Nov. 1.Adena Young, Ph.D. School Psychology '10, was named interim director of the Academic Talent Development Program (ATDP). She replaced Nina Gabelko who held the position for 24 years. Young did post-doctoral work for ATDP on mathematics learning and metacognition with GSE professors Alan Schoenfeld and Frank Worrell prior to being named interim director.
Carmen Martinez-Calderon, Ph.D. SCS '10, with her advisor, Patricia Baquedano-Lopez, received third place in the 2012 American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education(AAHHE) and Educational Testing Services Outstanding Dissertation Competition for her dissertation, "Out of the Shadows: An Inquiry into the Lives of Undocumented Latino AB540 Students."
Gerald Colvin, Ph.D. QME '73, has pursued his interest in Industrial and Organizational Psychology as a consultant and teacher. His doctoral thesis was an application of a paradigm from the field of Industrial Psychology in which managerial behavior criteria could be utilized to evaluate teaching behavior. He lives with his wife, Nancy, in Daly City and remains an enthusiastic Golden Bears fan.
Jessica Zacher Pandya, M.A. '00, Ph.D. LLSC '05, an associate professor at CSU Long Beach, recently published her new book, Overtested: How High-Stakes Accountability Fails English Language Learners (Teachers College Press). The book explores how the day-to-day dynamics of the classroom are affected by high-stakes testing and the pressures students and teachers experience and internalize as a result. Zacher-Pandya presents and analyzes classroom observations, student work and test scores, as well as interviews with students and teachers. Chapters address key debates such as how to measure proficiency, the validity of various language assessment tools, the overuse of assessment, and the risks and benefits of teaching language arts to English language learners.
Doctoral student Paula Argentieri was a keynote speaker at Enliven 2011, a symposium to launch The Leadership Institute for the Future of Education (LIFE), a national organization started by former students of Education 190 -- the core class for education minors, which Argentieri led as graduate student instructor and coordinator for 14 semesters.
Fittje Obert, Ph.D. '82, has completed more than 100 paintings and 200 exhibition quality photographs since retiring eight years ago. They have been exhibited in four local museums and galleries. Her son, Benjamin, is Masters' student in Finance at Tulane University.
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