The MSERA mentors are experienced, generally long-term members of the organization who volunteer their expertise to graduate student and newer members of the organization who may wish to seek advice on any phase of their own research, evaluation or development efforts. Below are listed the current mentors with contact information. Feel free to get in touch with the member(s) whose area(s) of expertise most closely match with your area of interest. This service was an outgrowth of a committee chaired initially by Carolyn Reeves-Kazelskis. Currently, Linda Morse serves as chair of the mentors group. At the annual meetings, there are typically two sessions set aside for students and anyone else interested in meeting with and getting suggestions from mentors.
Mentor |
Area(s) of expertise |
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| Judy Boser | Survey research, teacher preparation, evaluation | Boser@utk.edu |
| Harry Bowman | Research design, quantitative data analysis, evaluation, instrument development | bowmanh@council.org |
| Nola Christenberry | Counselor supervision, counseling program development, adolescent suicide. | nolac@cox-internet.com |
| Bill Deaton | Statistical analysis, measurement, research design | deatonsummit@aol.com |
| Larry Daniel | Research methodology, leadership, educational accountability | ldaniel@unf.edu |
| Jeffrey Gorrell | Educational psychology, evaluation | jgorrell@gmu.edu |
| Gerald Halpin | Statistics | gehalpin@auburn.edu |
| Glennelle Halpin | Educational psychology | ghalpin@auburn.edu |
| Clifford Hofwolt | Attitudes, science education | Clifford.hofwolt@vanderbilt.edu |
| Carolyn Reeves Kazelskis | Literacy, reading, attitudes, teacher education | Carolyn.reeves@usm.edu |
| Richard Kazelskis | Research, statistics, measurement | Richard.Kazelskis@usm.edu |
| Rob Kennedy | Research, statistics, educational technology | rlkennedy@uams.edu |
| Jimmy Lindsey | Special education, learning disability, reading technology | jlindsey@cox.net |
| Carl R. Martray | Cognition, achievement motivation, behavior management | Martray_cr@mercer.edu |
| Walter Mathews | Administration in higher education | Wmathews13@lycos.com |
| James E. McLean | Research methods, statistics, measurement, accountability, action research | Jmclean@bamaed.ua.edu |
| David Morse | Measurement applications, statistics, evaluation, creativity/giftedness | dmorse@ra.msstate.edu |
| Linda Morse | Educational psychology, research | lmorse@colled.msstate.edu |
| William A. Person | Classroom interaction, non-verbal communication, problems of secondary education, pupil attitudes toward standardized testing | person@grad.msstate.edu
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| Ava Pugh | Science education, elementary education, learning styles/multiple intelligence | apugh@ulm.edu |
| Qaisar Sultana | Special education law, special education teacher preparation/quality/ retention, teaching effectiveness | Qaisar.sultana@eku.edu |
Note: We do have photographs of several of the mentors, but many are camera-shy and feel that it's what's inside that counts.