The IU School of Education celebrated three faculty members who are retiring at the end of this semester, honoring their many years of dedication to their students and research. We thank Barbara Dennis, Lynn Gilman, and Mary McMullen for their contributions to the education world and wish them well as they close one chapter and begin another.
Dennis is a Professor in Applied Psychology in Education and Research Methodology. Her work focused on critical participatory ethnographies to study core theoretical and practical methodological concepts such as participation, validity, and ethics. As an activist and a scholar, Dennis has been engaged with communities who fight against social injustice and work toward the futures of liberation.
Gilman is a Clinical Associate Professor and Director of the Counseling and Wellness Clinic. Her work was centered on the training and supervision of graduate students in counseling psychology, with teaching, research, and professional affiliations focused on competency-based training and supervision of counseling students.
McMullen is a Professor of Early Childhood Education in Curriculum Studies, where she’s been a part of the faculty since 1993. Prior to this, she was a teacher and then an early childhood program director. Her primary research and teaching interests involved factors that influence the healthy overall growth, development, learning, and well-being of young children.
