2008–2009

Professional Standards and Ethics Committee

Charges:

1. Conduct impartial investigations of possible breaches of the IRA Code of Ethics as directed by the Board and make recommendations to the Board.

2. Serve as advisor to IRA's representatives to the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), conduct program reviews, and present an NCATE training symposium at the IRA annual convention. (An additional list of program reviewers will assist with the reviews.)

Diane Kern, Co-Chair
University of Rhode Island
School of Education
708 Chafee Hall
Kingston, RI 02881
Email

Debra A. Miller, Co-Chair
McDaniel College
Academic Hall 267
2 College Hl
Westminster, MD 21157-4303
damiller@mcdaniel.edu

Patricia A. Edwards, Board Liaison
Michigan State University
Lansing, MI, United States

Joyce C. Armstrong
Kings College
Wilkes Barre, PA, United States

Susan M. Blair-Larsen
The College of New Jersey
Ewing, NJ, United States

Margaret-Mary Sulentic Dowell
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA, United States

Sherry K. Kragler
University of South Florida
Lakeland, FL, United States

Hanfu Mi
State University of New York College at Oneonta
Oneonta, NY, United States

Sharon M. Peck
SUNY Geneseo
Geneseo, NY, United States

Carole Rhodes
Queens College, CUNY
Rockville Centre, NY, United States

Angela S. Rutherford
Oxford, MS, United States

Kathleen J. Sanders,
Fort Hays State University
Russell, KS, United States

Nancy L. Witherell
Bridgewater State College
Raynham, MA, United States

Gail Keating, Ex Officio
Research & Policy
International Reading Association
Newark, DE, United States

Mark Mullen, Ex Officio
Deputy Executive Director
International Reading Association
Newark, DE, United States

Cathy M. Roller, Ex Officio
Director, Research & Policy
International Reading Association
Washington, DC, United States

Michael Shaw, Ex Officio
St. Thomas Aquina's College
Sparkill, NY, United States

William E. Smith, Ex Officio
Ohio University
Athens, OH, United States<