PRESENTATION INFORMATION:
The 2006 Annual Scholarship
and Awards Dinner, "A Celebration of Education
in Oklahoma" recognized students, faculty and honorees
for their service and contributions to the field
of education. Special honorees for 2006
included Sandra O'Brien, Charlotte A. Jones, Jean
McCasland, Timonthy A. Laubach, and William H.
Gates Sr., education advocate and co-chairman of
the
Bill
and Melinda
Gates Foundation.
Dr. Kathleen Rager received the Junior Faculty
Award.
Dr. Rager is an
assistant professor in the
Department
of
Educational
Leadership and Policy Studies. She holds
a doctoral degree from Kansas State University
in Philosophy in Adult and Continuing Education.
She
joined the faculty of the College of Education
Fall 2001. Dr. Rager is a past recipient of the
Junior Faculty Research Program Award and
in 2004 was awarded by her colleagues in the Department
of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
that
department's Valued Colleague Award.
Dr. Rager's current research is centered on self-directed
learning. Her study of the independent learning
experiences
of women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer
has resulted in five publications in leading adult
education journals, including the highly competitive
Adult and Higher Education Quarterly, Educational
Researcher
and the International Journal of Lifelong Education.
In nominating Dr. Rager for this award, one colleague
succinctly noted that she was "the definition of
the emergent scholar" and that her research "is
making an impact nationally."
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