COLLEGE PARK, MD (February, 2016) The University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA) honored the late Dr. Hanne Mawhinney at its annual conference by naming its Outstanding Service Award for her and by sponsoring a special session to celebrate her major contributions to the fields of education policy and comparative education. The conference was held November 20-23, 2015 in San Diego, California.
An associate professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning, Policy and Leadership, Dr. Mawhinney earned her Ph.D. at the University of Ottawa. Her research examined education leadership, accountability issues, critical feminist theory, and school-community collaboration. She was a nationally recognized scholar of policy implementation and organizational change.
Dr. Mawhinney made many important contributions to UCEA. She represented the organization in Washington, D.C., serving as a member of its publications committee, and presented over 35 papers at UCEA conferences. In 2011, UCEA bestowed her with a service award for her work on the Education Leadership Constituent Council (ELCC) Standards for School and District Leadership.
Dr. Betty Malen, who organized the special event in Dr. Mawhinney’s honor, received UCEA’s Jay P. Scribner Mentor Award at the conference. This award recognizes professors who have made substantial contributions to the development of the next generation of scholars by mentoring graduate students and new professors, particularly people of color.
The University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA) is a nonprofit corporation whose members are major research universities in the United States and Canada.
Click here to watch a video of the special session, “A Tribute to Hanne Mawhinney.”
Dr. Betty Malen is a professor of education policy in the Department of Teaching and Learning, Policy and Leadership. A former public school administrator, she received her Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota and held faculty positions at the University of Utah and the University of Washington before coming to Maryland in 1994. Dr. Malen’s research brings the discipline of political science to the examination of education problems. She is currently focusing on "reconstitution" reforms and on shifts in the balance of power between state and local units of the education system. She teaches courses in research methods as well as in education politics, policy, and leadership.
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