TSUS honors Jean Andrews <\/p>\n
10\/1\/2008 <\/p>\n
Jean Andrews, professor of deaf studies and deaf education at Lamar
\nUniversity, is one of three faculty members in The Texas State
\nUniversity System to be honored as a 2008 regents\u2019 professor. <\/p>\n
The system\u2019s board of regents bestowed the honor, which recognizes
\n\u201cexceptional and outstanding\u201d professors who have achieved
\nexcellence in teaching, research and publication, and community
\nservice, demonstrating, in performance of their duties, an unwavering
\ndedication to their students, universities and communities. <\/p>\n
Andrews has been a member of the Lamar faculty since 1988 and is a
\nrecipient of the university\u2019s three top honors \u2013 university
\nprofessor, university scholar and distinguished faculty lecturer \u2013
\nas well as the prestigious statewide Piper professorship. She is
\ncoordinator of Lamar\u2019s graduate programs in deaf education. <\/p>\n
The office of regents\u2019 professor is a lifetime designation,
\nhonoring tenured faculty members who have been acknowledged by their
\npeers and students as exceptional and recommended by his or her
\nuniversity president, the system chancellor and directors of the TSUS
\nFoundation. Andrews received the regents\u2019 professor medallion, a
\n$5,000 award \u201cand the gratitude and admiration of the board of
\nregents.\u201d <\/p>\n
Other 2008 regents\u2019 professors are Paul Ruffin, professor of
\nEnglish at Sam Houston State University, and Max Warshauer, professor
\nof mathematics at Texas State University-San Marcos. The system
\ncomprises eight universities and colleges. <\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve enjoyed studying, teaching and writing about language,
\nliteracy and deaf studies issues with students and colleagues at
\nLamar,\u201d Andrews said. \u201cI\u2019d like to thank my husband, Jim Phelan,
\nand my Lamar colleagues, especially those in the Department of Deaf
\nStudies\/Deaf Education, for their support.\u201d <\/p>\n
Andrews has achieved excellence by her work through the undergraduate
\nand graduate programs at Lamar University, according to a regents\u2019
\nresolution, \u201chelping to raise the prominence of the program in deaf
\nstudies and deaf education to a national level.\u201d <\/p>\n
She has trained deaf-education teachers who are employed all over the
\nUnited States, including Puerto Rico, and worked with her colleagues
\nto develop the only program in the U.S. that trains Hispanic teachers
\nof the deaf. She has also worked with students now in administrative
\npositions at universities and special-education programs in Saudi
\nArabia and China. <\/p>\n
The resolution also cites Andrews\u2019 linguistic and psycholinguistic
\nresearch in developing bilingual methods for teaching English literacy
\nto deaf children who communicate primarily in American Sign Language,
\nas well as her authorship of numerous publications, including books
\nfor children such as the \u201cFlying Fingers\u201d anthology, the adventure
\nseries of a young hero and his friends who solve mysteries while they
\nwork out conflicts that arise between the hearing and Deaf cultures,
\nas well as CD-ROM software featuring literacy materials in three
\nlanguages for deaf children (ASL, English and Spanish). She has
\nco-authored with psychologists two textbooks that examine
\npsychological, educational and sociological aspects of deaf people.
\nOne textbook has been translated into Chinese. <\/p>\n
\u201cDr. Andrews\u2019 advocacy for access and support services for deaf
\nstudents; her innovative use of multimedia technology in the
\nclassroom; and her service to the community as a member and president
\nof the governing board of the Texas School for the Deaf in Austin have
\nmade her an exemplary teacher, scholar, mentor and community
\nleader,\u201d according to the resolution. <\/p>\n
Andrews earned her bachelor\u2019s degree in English language and
\nliterature from Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.,
\nmaster of education degree in deaf education from McDaniel College
\n(formerly Western Maryland College) and doctor of philosophy in speech
\nand hearing science from the University of Illinois in
\nChampaign-Urbana, Ill. <\/p>\n
Source: http:\/\/www.lamar.edu\/newsevents\/news\/207_6972.htm<\/p>\n
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TSUS honors Jean Andrews 10\/1\/2008 Jean Andrews, professor of deaf studies and deaf education at Lamar University, is one of three faculty members in The Texas State University System to be honored as a 2008 regents\u2019 professor. The system\u2019s board…<\/p>\n