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 Jovita Ross-Gordon, Ed.D. Professor, Director, Education Ph.D. Program Coordinator, MA in Developmental and Adult Education | Program: Developmental and Adult Education E-mail: jross-gordon@txstate.edu Phone: (512) 245-8084 Mail: 601 University Drive ASB South 310 San Marcos, TX 78666 |
Ed.D., University of Georgia, Athens, GA. Adult Education
M. A., Northwestern University, Evanston, IL. Learning Disabilities
B.S., Northwestern University. Speech and Language Pathology
Courses Taught:
ED 7525 - Teaching Adults
ED 7513 - Adult Learning and Professional Development
EDP 5382 Foundations of Adult Education
EDP 5321 - Adult Learning and Development
ED 7511 - Theory into Practice
ED 7111- Collaborative Inquiry
EDP 5391 Research Seminar
EDP 5378 Adult Learning Disabilities
EDP 5371- Teaching Learning Strategies and Critical Thinking
EDP 5365 Administration of Developmental and Adult Education
EDA 6352 The School as the Center of Inquiry
Research & Writing Interests:
Adult Learning and Development
Instruction of Adults
Diversity and Equity in Adult Education (specific emphases on race/ethnicity and gender, disability)
Adult Higher Education
Selected Publications:
Ross-Gordon, J. M. (2007). SuperVision (7th ed). Boston , Allyn & Bacon
Ross-Gordon, J. M. (2005). The adult learner of color: An overlooked college student population. The Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 53 (2), 2-11.
Ross-Gordon, J. M., Plotts, C., Noble, J., & Wells, R. (2003) Assessment of adult learning disabilities: Multiple perspectives. Adult Basic Education: An Interdisciplinary Journal for Adult Literacy Educators 13 (3), 131-145.(Joint with junior faculty member, former graduate assistant, and former undergraduate research assistant)
Ross-Gordon, J. M. (Ed.) (2002) Contemporary Viewpoints on Teaching Adults. New Directions in Continuing Education Series, No. 93, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Ross-Gordon, J. M. & Brown-Haywood, F. (2000). Keys to college success as seen through the eyes of African-American Adult Students. Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 48(3), 14-23.
Ross-Gordon, J. M. (1999). Gender and development. In C. Clark and R. Caffarella, Update on Adult Development, New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Ross-Gordon, J M. (1998). Investigating the needs, concerns and utilization of services reported by minority adults at “ Eastern University.” Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 46 (3), 21-33.
Ferry, N. M. & Ross-Gordon, J. M. (1998). An Inquiry into Schon’s Epistemology of Practice. Exploring links between experience and reflective practice. Adult Education Quarterly, 48 (2), 98-112
Recent Professional Leadership Activities:
Co-Editor-in-Chief ( with Susan Imel, Ohio State University), New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education sourcebook series, Jossey-Bass (May, 2003 to date)
Member, American Association for Adult and Continuing Education Nominations Committee, 2006 to date
Editorial Board Adult Education Quarterly 1998 to date
Chair, Commission of Professors of Adult Education, 2000-2002 (Chair-elect 1999-2000)
Okes Research Award Committee, American Association for Adult and Continuing Education, 2001
Member, Selection Committee, Houle Publication Award, American Association for Adult and Continuing Education, 1998