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Dr. Mary Nelle Brunson

Abbreviated Vitae

Assistant Professor
Department of Elementary Education
mbrunson@sfasu.edu

Ed.D. University of North Texas, 2002 Early Childhood
M. Ed. Stephen F. Austin State University, 1978 Early Childhood
B.A. Stephen F. Austin State University, 1970 Elementary Education

Non-Refereed Publications

Brunson, M. (In press). Advocacy for children. In G. S. Morrison, Early childhood education today (10th ed.). New Jersey: Pearson Education Inc.

Brunson, M. (2005). Instructor's manual to accompany fundamentals of early childhood education (4th ed.) G. Morrison. New Jersey: Pearson Education Inc.

Brunson, M. (2005). Companion web site supplemental materials to accompany fundamentals of early childhood education (4th ed.) G. Morrison. New Jersey: Pearson Education Inc.

Brunson, M. (2004). 10 steps to advocacy. In G. S. Morrison, Early childhood education today (9th ed., chap. 1, pp. 14-15). New Jersey: Pearson Education Inc.

Brunson, M. (2004). Instructor's manual to accompany early childhood education today, (9th ed.) G. Morrison. New Jersey: Pearson Education Inc.

Brunson, M. (2004). Student study guide to accompany early childhood education today (9th ed.) G. Morrison. New Jersey: Pearson Education Inc.

Brunson, M. (2004). Companion web site materials to accompany early childhood education today (9th ed.), G. Morrison. New Jersey: Pearson Education Inc.

Brunson, M. (2003). Instructor's manual to accompany fundamentals of early childhood education (3rd ed.) G. Morrison. New Jersey: Pearson Education Inc.

Brunson, M. (2003). Student study guide to accompany fundamentals of early childhood education (3rd ed.) G. Morrison. New Jersey: Pearson Education Inc.

Brunson, M. (2002). Instructor's manual to accompany early childhood education today (8th ed.) G. Morrison. New Jersey: Pearson Education Inc.

Brunson, M. (2002). Student study guide to accompany early childhood education
today (8th ed.) G. Morrison. New Jersey: Pearson Education Inc.

Brunson, M. (2002). Companion web site materials to accompany early childhood education today (8th ed.) G. Morrison. New Jersey: Pearson Education Inc.

Presentations

Jacobson, J., Pattillo, J., Brunson, M., Jephson, M. (February, 2005). Public school/university charter school collaboration. Symposium conducted at the 2005 Annual Convention of the Association for Childhood Education International, Washington, D.C.

Brunson, M. (November, 2002). Speaking up and speaking out: What does it take to prepare early childhood professionals to advocate for children and families? Symposium conducted at the 2002 Annual Conference of the National Association of Early Childhood Teacher Educators, New York.

Brunson, M. & Powers, J. (November, 2002). Circles of influence: What do we do to prepare professionals to advocate for children, families, and the profession? Research Symposium conducted at the 2002 Annual Conference of the National Association for the Education of Young Children. New York.

Brunson, M. & Morrison, G. (February, 2003). Advocating for children and families: What do we need to know and be able to do? Research Symposium conducted at the Southwest Educational Research Association 2003 Annual Meeting. San Antonio, Texas.

Brunson, M. & Morrison, G. (January, 2003). Advocacy in the classroom: What does it take to prepare early childhood professionals to advocate for children and families? Paper presented at the 2003 Educational Research Exchange, University of North Texas. Denton, Texas.

Brunson, M. & Boatman, V. (February, 2002). Preparing early childhood preprofessionals to advocate for children and families. Research Symposium conducted at the Southwest Educational Research Association Annual Meeting. San Antonio, Texas.

Jacobson, J., Pattillo, J., Brunson, M., Jephson, M.,& Hagan, L. (October, 2004). Developing and sustaining a successful public school district/university charter collaboration. Symposium conducted at the CSOTTE Fall Teacher Conference. Galveston, Texas.

Brunson, M. (December, 2004). Guiding young children's behavior through class meetings. Paper presented at the Velma E. Schmidt Fall Conference. Denton, Texas.

Brunson, M. (December, 2000). Teaching with the brain in mind. Paper presented at the Velma E. Schmidt Fall Conference. Denton, Texas.

Service Activities

University
2000-Present Teacher Education Council
2004-Present Faculty Senate
2004 Search Committee for Academic Advising Center Director
2004 Soccer Team Recruitment Advisor
2000 College of Education Dean Search Committee
2000 NCATE Site Visit Committee

College
2004-Present NCATE Standard 2-Assessment Committee, Chair
2003 Academic Advisory Council
2003 Advisory Board, Center for Professional Development and Teaching
2000 TAIR Conference Executive Board
1998-2002 Governance Council, NISD/SFASU Charter School

Department
2000-Present Departmental Advising, Graduate and Undergraduate
2000-Present Administered all Elementary Education Graduate Comprehensive Exams
2000-Present Early Childhood Advisory Board
2005 Graduate Thesis Committee
2003 Graduate Thesis Committee
2002 Committee to Reorganize the EC-4 Internships
2002 Spoke at a TSEA Meeting- "Elementary Education Internship Program"
2001 Teacher Interview Committee for the NISD/SFASU Charter School, Chair
2001 Hosted the University of Houston Charter School Teachers and Principal giving a tour and overview of the NISD/SFASU constructivist curriculum
2000 Mentored 20 early childhood students to prepare them for ECH ExCET Exam
2000 Spoke to Early Childhood Organization Club Meeting-"Parental Involvement"
2000 Guest Lecturer for ECH doctoral class, Issues in Early Childhood Education UNT, Denton

Community
2000-2003 Nacogdoches Head Start Policy Council
2002 Interviewed by Robbie Goodrich for Daily Sentinel article on the success of the NISD/SFASU Charter School
2002 Appeared on the Inside NISD-TV Show topic, "The NISD/SFASU Fine Arts Curriculum".
2001 Made PowerPoint presentation to the Chamber of Commerce Leadership Nacogdoches Class "The NISD/SFASU Collaborative Charter School"
2001 Appeared on the Inside NISD-TV Show topic, "The NISD/SFASU Constructivist Program".
2000 Nacogdoches Head Start Speaker "Team Building"

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