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Professor Vice Provost for Undergraduate Studies Professor, College of Education and Human Services |
| Dept: | Curriculum & Foundations |
| Office: | MC 107A |
| Phone: | 216-687-3924, 216-687-3924 |
| Email: | R.SUTTON@csuohio.edu |
| Web: | http://www.csuohio.edu/offices/undergraduatestudies/ |
| Address: | 2121 Euclid Ave. MC 107A, Cleveland, OH 44115 |
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| Education: | ||||||||
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Ph.D., Human Development, Pennsylvania State University, 1984
M.S., Educational Psychology, University of Illinois, 1981 | ||||||||
| Brief Bio: | ||
| After four years of teaching high school mathematics in New Zealand, Dr. Sutton attended graduate school and earned her Ph.D. from Pennsylvania State University in Human Development. She joined the CSU faculty in 1983 and since that time has taught pre-service and in service undergraduates and graduate students educational technology and educational psychology. She has received several University awards for her teaching and has conducted numerous workshops for teachers in North East Ohio.
Dr. Sutton published a number research articles on teacher development as well as equity issues in mathematics, technology, and assessment. More recent interests were focused in two areas: teaching educational psychology and teachers' emotions. Recent publications can be found in Social Psychology of Education, Educational Psychology Review, Journal of Teacher Education, and an edited volume, Emotions and Education. In January 2004, Dr. Sutton was appointed Director of Assessment for the University. In this position she was responsible for coordinating the student learning assessment for all graduate and undergraduate programs as well as student support programs. In August 2007, Dr. Sutton was appointed Vice Provost for Undergraduate Studies. The division coordinated offices and functions from academic and student service areas in order to create a campus culture that coordinates student services with the academic mission of the University. In January 1, 2011, the responsibilities were modified to include the Center for Teaching Excellence,new faculty orientation as well as partnerships and off campus programs. Consequently, the title changed to Vice Provost of Academic Programs. | ||
| Honors and Awards: | ||
| 2005 Merit Award for Research
2001 Merit Award for Teaching 1999-2000 Master Teaching in Residence 1997-8 Merit Pay award for Teaching Excellence 1995 University Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award. | ||
| Research Interests: | ||
| Teachers' emotions and emotion regulation;
Assessment Academic Success of Low Income, FirstGeneration students | ||
| Teaching Areas: | ||
| Educational Psychology - Undergraduate and Graduate levels. | ||
| Professional Affiliations: | ||
| American Association of Higher Education
American Educational Research Association, Special Interest Groups: Teaching Educational Psychology, Motivation, Research on Women in Education, Middle Level Education, Management and discipline. American Psychological Association American Psychological Society American Association of University Women | ||
| Professional Experience: | ||
| 2011 - present. Vice Provost for Academic Programs. Responsibilities include General Education and Undergraduate Curriculum, Honors Program, Exploratory Advising, TRIO, Tutoring and Academic Support, Learning Communities(Title III grants), off-campus programs, and faculty development(including Center for Teaching Excellence and new faculty orientation)
2007-2010. Vice Provost for Undergraduate Studies. Responsibilities include General Education and Undergraduate Curriculum, Honors Program, Exploratory Advising, TRIO, Tutoring and Academic Support, Student Life, The Center for Health and Wellness (including Health Clinic, Counseling and Testing Services, and Disability Services), SERV (Support Education for Returning Veterans) and the Women's Center. 2004-2007. Director of Assessment. Cleveland State University. Duties include planning, implementing, monitoring and reporting assessment activities for all degree programs and student services. 1998-present Professor, Department of Curriculum and Foundations, Cleveland State University. Duties include teaching classes in life-span development and learning, educational psychology, educational research, supervising doctoral students, mentoring junior faculty. 1989-97 Associate Professor, Department of Curriculum and Foundations, Cleveland State University. Duties included teaching classes in life-span development and learning, educational psychology, educational research, adult development, and adolescent development. 1983-89 Assistant Professor, Department of Curriculum and Foundations, Cleveland State University. Duties included teaching classes in computer uses in education, life-span development, educational research, and psychological foundations; assisting faculty with research and data analysis. 1984-1988 Coordinator, Computers and Education Program, College of Education, Cleveland State University. 1989-90 Duties included developing and coordinating an l8-credit specialization in computer uses in education, buying hardware and software, and supervising computer lab assistants. 1977 Research Associate, Education Department, Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand. Duties included observational research on a study exploring the relationships among motivation, achievement and behavior. 1976 Research Assistant, Department of Social Welfare, Wellington, New Zealand. Duties included survey research on social welfare issues. 197l-75 Public School Mathematics Teacher, New Zealand. Duties included teaching mathematics to junior high and high school levels. | ||
| University Service: | ||
| 2006-7
Chair, Admissions and Standards Committee, Member of Academic Steering Committee Assessment Council member Title III Advisory Committee Chair, Program Review Commitee for DBA Center for Excellence in Teaching Advisory Committee Chair, Search committee for Educational Psychology Assistant Professor 2005-6 Chair, Admissions and Standards Committee, Member of Academic Steering Committee Assessment Council member Center for Excellence in Teaching Advisory Committee Program review commiteee for PhD. in Urban Education 2004-5 Presidential Commission on Learning Environment COEHS: Ad hoc Student Evaluation on Teaching COEHS: Coordinator for Ph.D. L & D track 2003-4 Presidential Commission on the Learning Environment COEHS: Graduate Affairs COEHS: PRC (up until December 2004) COEHS Ad Hoc committee on student evaluation on teaching (from April 2004 - ) | ||
| Professional Service: | ||
| Editorial Board, Teaching Educational Psychology (2005 - 2010)
Reviewer for Journals: Teaching and Teacher Education, Social Psychology of Education, Anxiety, Stress & Coping, Educational Psychology Review (2005-present) Invited panel of the National Assessment Governing Board (2005). AERA Special Interest Group, Teaching Educational Psychology, Membership chair 2003-4, President 2004-5. Ohio Department of Education Task Force for Under represented populations (2003) | ||
| Community Service: | ||
| Higher Educational Compact of Greater Cleveland Cleveland (2011-present)
Universal Pre-K Policy Advisory Group (2006-7) Steering Committee for Educational Research Exchange( 2004-7) Series of 3 workshops on "The reluctant learner" in Parma middle school (9/03; 11/03; 1/04). | ||
| Research Grants: | ||
| McNamara, K., Hollinger, C. L., & Sutton, R. E. (2002). Planning Interventions for Children with Reading Problems. CSU Presidents Initiative Fund, $60,000
Horowitz, R. A., Kilburg, J., & Sutton, R. E. (2002-3). RRENT: Recruiting, Retaining and Educating Professional New Teacher. CUSC Teacher-Researcher Grants, $10,000 Sutton, R. E., & Conway, P. (1999-2001). Anger and frustration in middle school teachers: A diary study. Established full-time faculty research development program, Cleveland State University, $4419. Grant coordinator (1999-2000). Support Group for the Board for standards. Ohio State Department of Education, $30,000. Grant coordinator (1995-9). PRAXIS III pilot program. Ohio State Department of Education $40,000 per year for four years. Sutton, R. E. & Fleming E. (1987-8) Logo for Equity: Training Middle School Teachers, Ohio Board of Regents, $46,000. | ||