Bill Text: GA HR1374 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Bennett deMarrais, Kathleen P.; commend
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-02-09 - House Read and Adopted [HR1374 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-HR1374-Introduced.html
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House
Resolution 1374
By:
Representative Drenner of the
86th
A
RESOLUTION
Recognizing
and commending Kathleen P. Bennett deMarrais; and for other
purposes.
WHEREAS,
Kathleen P. Bennett deMarrais has held numerous academic positions at the
University of Georgia, including Head of the Department of Social Science
Education from 2001 to 2004; Interim Associate Dean for Students, Curriculum,
and Accreditation from 2004 to 2005; Associate Dean for Academic Programs from
2005 to 2009; and Professor of Qualitative Research Program in the Department of
Lifelong Education, Administration, and Policy since 1999; and
WHEREAS,
she received a doctorate in Social Foundations of Education from the University
of Cincinnati in 1986; and
WHEREAS,
prior to her professorship at the University of Georgia, she taught at several
universities, including Northern Arizona University, the University of
Tennessee, and the University of Alaska; and
WHEREAS,
she was awarded the University of Georgia Senior Teaching Fellow and the
University of Georgia Teaching Academy in 2011, President of the American
Educational Studies Association in 2004, and the department nominee for Northern
Arizona University Teacher Scholar Award in 1999, among numerous other honors;
and
WHEREAS,
Ms. Bennett deMarrais is currently serving as a chair and member of the doctoral
committee and served as a thesis committee member and qualitative research
methodologist; and
WHEREAS,
she has authored and co-authored several books, including
Qualitative
pedagogy,
Qualitative research
methods: Learning through experience,
Foundation for
research: Methods of inquiry in education and the social
sciences, and
Educating young
adolescent girls;
and
WHEREAS, her passion for uplifting the lives of others through education and her unique gift of writing and publishing academic articles, books, and journals is acknowledged by the State of Georgia; and
WHEREAS, her passion for uplifting the lives of others through education and her unique gift of writing and publishing academic articles, books, and journals is acknowledged by the State of Georgia; and
WHEREAS,
in recognition of her contributions to the State of Georgia, it is abundantly
fitting and proper for this body to honor the extraordinary commitment and
accomplishments of this outstanding individual.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of
this body heartily and gratefully commend Kathleen P. Bennett deMarrais for her
over four decades of sacrifice, foresight, accomplishment, and contributions on
behalf of education in Georgia and for the positive influence she has had upon
the lives and futures of countless people in this state.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized
and directed to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to Kathleen P.
Bennett deMarrais.
