Faculty Achievement Recognition
The 2007 Honorees
Faculty Achievement Recognition
The 2007 Honorees
Mary T. Brownell
(submitted with Paul Sindelar)
Professor
Department of Special Education, College of Education
1990
Degrees earned:
Ph. D., Special Education, University of Kansas, 1990
M.A., Music Therapy, Texas Women's University, 1982
B.A., Music Therapy, Music Education, Duquesne University, 1979
During the past six years, Professors Mary Brownell and Paul Sindelar have received more than $7 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Education to study issues related to teacher preparation and teacher quality. As two leading scholars in this area, their work has had a significant influence during the past decade in shaping federal and state policy regarding criteria to determine how such teachers should be prepared and if a teacher is highly qualified. Much of their research has been done as part of the federally funded Center on Personnel Studies in Special Education (COPSSE), which was funded for more than $4 million by the U.S. Department of Education in 2000 with Brownell and Sindelar as co-directors. The COPSSE included the participation of other universities (e.g., John Hopkins University and Vanderbilt University) and engaged federal and state policymakers and agencies in the crafting of a research agenda for teacher education. The research of Brownell and Sindelar will continue to significantly contribute to teacher preparation in the coming years.
