Betty J. Young
 Professor
Education

 

University of Rhode Island
School of Education
Kingston, RI   02881
 

(401) 874-4150  
byoung@uri.edu
Professional Preparation:
  Ph.D. 1988   Education    University of California, Los Angeles
      Major: Administration, Curriculum, and Teaching Studies
      Minor: Economics of Education
    Cognate Field:
 		 Management of Human Resources and Labor
 
  M.Ed. 1982   Education          University of California, Los Angeles
 
  B.S.Ed.
 		 1969
 		   Special Education          Northern Illinois University
 
Appointments:
  2004-present   Co-Director, Ph.D. Program (URI and Rhode Island College)
  2001-present   Professor, Education, University of Rhode Island
  1995-2001   Associate Professor, Education
      University of Rhode Island
  1989-1995   Assistant Professor, Education
      University of Rhode Island
  1987-1989   Lecturer / Field Coordinator, Graduate School of Education
      University of California, Los Angeles
  1986-87   Computer Instructor;  Graduate School of Education
      University of California, Los Angeles
  1985-87   Research Assistant for the Dean, Graduate School of Education
      University of California, Los Angeles
 

1982-85
1982-86

   Teacher/Bilingual Program Coordinator
Math and Science, Grades 6, 7 and 8
     

Bret Harte Preparatory Intermediate School
Los Angeles Unified School District
  1978-81   Mathematics Curriculum Coordinator
     

Main Street Elementary School
Los Angeles Unified School District
  1969-81   Teacher
     

Kindergarten, Grades 2-3, 6;  Intermediate/Upper EMR;  Gifted
Main Street Elementary School
Los Angeles Unified School District
 
Closely Related Publications:
 

Young, B.J. & Lee, S. (2005). The effects of a kit-based science curriculum and intensive science professional development on elementary student science achievement.  Journal of Science Education & Technology.

Young, B. J.  (2001).  Computer technology profiles of 1003 award-winning educators.  Journal of Technology Studies, XXVII(2), 115-119.

Hicks, S.J.   &  Young, B.J.   (2001).  The Internet Academy and beyond. Journal of Technology and Teacher Education,  9(1), 63-72.

Young, B.J.  (2000).  Gender differences in student attitudes toward computers.  Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 33(2), 204-216.

Young, B.J.  & Bartel, V.  (1996). Change in teacher education:  There are dragons to slay.  The Teacher Educator, 31(3),  202-216.

Bartel, V. & Young, B. J.  (1993).  Redesigning teacher education:  Lessons from a school-university collaboration.  Education, 114(1), 85-91.

Young, B.J. & Kellogg, T.   (1993).  Science Preparation and Attitudes of Pre-Service Elementary Teachers.  Science Education, 77(3). 279-291.
 
Other Selected Publications:
 

Valdez, A.,  Young, B.J.,  & S.J. Hicks.  (2000). Preservice teacher stories:  Content and context.  Teacher Education Quarterly, 27(1),39-58.

Young, B.J.  (1995).  Career plans and work perceptions of pre-service       teachers.  Teaching and Teacher Education, 11(3), 281-292.
 
Synergistic Activities:
  1998-2003   Evaluator, Experiential Digital Signal Processing Lab. NSF CCLI Project.
      Collaborates with faculty (Swasik, P.  Beaudreaux-Bartels, G., Kumaresan, Ramdas, & Sun, Ying) from Electrical and Computer Engineering department at URI.
  1998-2004   Evaluator, Multidisciplinary Science and Engineering Learning Communities.  NSF CCLI Project.
      Collaborates with faculty from computer science (Peckham, J.), womens’ studies (Stein, K. & Hughes, D.), chemical engineering (Rivero, M.), psychology (Harlow, L.) and computer and electrical engineering (Beaudreaux-Bartels, G.).
  1998-2005   Principal Investigator, Guiding Education in Mathematics and Science Network (GEMS-NET).
      National Science Foundation LSC Grant.  Awarded  $1.4 million. 
Collaborates with four Co-PIs including soil scientist (Gorres, J.), biological oceanographer (Sullivan-Watts, B.) & geological oceanographer (Pockalny, R), and school assistant superintendent (Fitzsimmons, B).  Project works with 550 K-8 teachers in seven school districts and includes over 60 URI science mentors who work with teachers.
  1997-2000   Evaluator, Women and Scientific Literacy grant.  Association of American Colleges and Universities.
  1997   Co-PI with Kniseley, G. (Rhode Island College).  GEMS-NET/KITES Connection.
      National Science Foundation Supplemental grant to connect two LSC proojects in Rhode Island. Awarded $50,000.
  1996   Principal Investigator, Gender Equity Component--SMART Teachers in Technology Project.
      NSF grant with URI (Kellogg, T.)/RI Department of Education (Fiske, W.).
Awarded $ 20,000 to provide gender issues training for RI Teachers in Technology.
  1996   Co-PI with Hicks, S.J. InterNet Academy.
      NSF grant to provide technology training for pre-service teachers and supervising inservice teachers under SMART project (T. Kellogg & W. Fiske), P.I.’s Awarded  $11,250.
 
Collaborators & Other Affliations
 

Barbara Sullivan Watts (URI, Graduate School of Oceanography)

Robert Pockalny  (URI, Graduate School of Oceanography)

Josef Gorres (URI, Natural Resources Sciences)

Joan Peckham (URI, Computer Science)

John King  (URI, Graduate School of Oceanography)

Gloria F. Boudreaux-Bartels (URI, Electrical Engineering)

Mercedes Rivero, (URI, Chemical Engineering)

Macgregor Kniseley (Rhode Island College)

Sandy Jean Hicks (URI, School of Education)

Lisa Harlow (URI, Psychology)

Donna Hughes (URI, Women’s Studies)

Karen Stein (URI, Women’s Studies & English)

Peter Swasik (URI, Electrical Engineering)

Ramdas Kumaresan (URI, Electrical Engineering)

YingSun (URI, Electrical Engineering)

Manbir Sodhi, (URI, Industrial Engineering)

Minsuk Shim (URI, Education)

Paul de Mesquita (URI, Psychology)
 
Graduate Advisors
 

Lewis Solmon, Senior Vice –President, Milken Family Foundation, formerly Dean, Graduate School of Education, University of California, Los Angeles

James Catterall, professor, Graduate School of Education, University of California, Los Angeles

Abraham Kaplan, professor, Graduate School of Management, University of California, LA

Jack McDonough, professor, Graduate School of Management, University of California, LA
 
Major Advisor (5 doctoral; 19 master's field studies)
 

Judy Paolucci, PhD. Thesis, Narragansett School District, Narragansett, RI

Laurie Center, Ph.D. Thesis, Moses Brown School, Providence, RI

Sharon Lee, Ph.D. Thesis, Exeter/West Greenwich High School, RI