School of Education Newsletter Fall 2022

NEW FACULTY MEMBERS Dr. Angela Axelrod, Assistant Professor, School Psychology : Dr. Axelrod spent 20 years working as a school psychologist and Pupil Services Director in Iowa, Nebraska, and Wisconsin and is licensed as a private practice school psychologist. A native of Iowa, she earned her Ed.S. and Ph.D. from Indiana University Bloomington. Dr. Molly Welch Deal, Assistant Professor, School Counseling: Dr. Welch Deal has been a high school counselor, mental health consultant for Head Start, and adjunct faculty member in the Psychology Department at UW-Stout. Her research interests include trauma-informed care, culturally responsive practices, gender equality, and positive psychology. She earned her M.S. in School Counseling from UW-Stout and her Ph.D. in Clinical and Counseling Psychology from University of St. Thomas. Dr. Riley Drake, Assistant Professor, School Counseling: Dr. Drake is a former elementary school counselor and during that time she initiated and co-led grassroots organizing in her school-community. Riley’s research focuses on educational justice and explores how educators honor and struggle alongside young people, families, and community organizers for liberation. She earned her M.S. in School Counseling from Drake University and her Ph.D. in Social and Cultural Studies of Education at Iowa State University. We also welcomed Jackie Giedd , Lecturer in Special Education, and Casey Norton , Lecturer in Early Childhood Education. STUDENT SCHOLARS Erin O’Brien , Applied Mathematics and Computer Science – Math Education, is one of three 2019 Stout Scholars who received a $5,000 scholarship renewable for up to four years, for a total value of $20,000. The scholarship is awarded based on incoming first-year students’ GPA, ACT score, class rank, and an interview. Erin is the center on the UW-Stout women’s basketball team and studied in Budapest, Hungary in summer 2021. UW-Stout’s Tau Chapter of Phi Upsilon Omicron , an Honor Society in Family and Consumer Sciences and Related Fields, received several recognitions over the summer. The chapter received the Professional Project Region 1 Award for their project supporting area educators by creating gifts of gratitude and helping prepare materials during the 2021-2022 school year. Five chapter members were also awarded scholarships from the national organization for the 2022-2023 school year. The recipients are: • Peyton Bork, Family & Consumer Sciences Education, Geraldine Clewell Scholarship, $1,350 • Ciara DeLozier, Early Childhood Education, Forthun/ Rust Scholarship, $2,200 • Lindsey Fick, Early Childhood Education major, Phyllis S. Howe Scholarship, $5,800 • Korin Hall, Early Childhood Education, Closs/Parnitzke/ Clarke Scholarship, $1,000 • Alexis Setzer, Family & Consumer Sciences Education Margaret Jerome Sampson Scholarship, $5,950

Dr. Sharon Hansen, School Counseling faculty, presenting at the student teaching seminar September 14.

Dr. Angela Axelrod

Dr. Riley Drake

Ciara DeLozier

Korin Hall