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Student and Alumni Awards 2007
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Contact Special Education Joseph R. Pearson Hall, Rm. 521 1122 West Campus Rd. University of Kansas Lawrence, KS 66045 3101 phone: (785) 864-0556 Related Info Sailor receives 2007 Distinguished Research Award from the Arc Ann Turnbull receives 2007-08 Higuchi award for visionary research Turnbull and Turnbull named Beach Distinguished Professors Schiefelbusch honored with Special Education 2007 Field Leadership Award Deshler recognized at national benefit with achievement award Chaffin inspires Budig lecture audience to change education |
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Rashida Banerjee is the first KU student to receive the J. David Sexton Doctoral Student Award, which is presented by the Council for Exceptional Children Division for Early Childhood. She was honored at the annual DEC conference held Oct. 25-28 in Niagara Falls, Ontario in Canada. Banerjee was nominated for the award by her program advisor, Eva Horn.
Nina Zuna, August 2007 doctoral graduate, received the 2007 American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Student Award. Zuna’s advisors were Ann and Rud Turnbull. Zuna is also featured in the University’s “Women of Distinction” calendar. 
Amy Scheuermann, who also graduated from the doctoral program in 2006 and is now an assistant professor at Bowling Green State University, won the 2007 Council for Learning Disabilities Outstanding Researcher Award for her dissertation, The Effects of the Explicit Inquiry Routine on the Performance of Students with Learning Disabilities on One-Variable Equations. Scheuermann is the second consecutive KU graduate to receive the award. Her advisors were Don Deshler and Jean Schumaker.
The Council for Exceptional Children Division on Developmental Disabilities honored Sheila Smith, doctoral student in autism spectrum disorders, with the 2007 Herbert J. Prehm Student Presentation Award. Smith’s advisor is Brenda Myles. 
Doctoral student Maya Israel was selected for the 2007-2008 Doctoral Student Internship, presented by the Higher Education Consortium for Special Education (HECSE). Her advisor is Chriss Walther-Thomas. 
Joo Young Hong, a Master’s student in the deaf education program, received the 2007 P.E.O. International Peace Scholarship, which helps international women pursue graduate studies in the United States. Hong's advisor is Sally Roberts.