University of South Florida

USF Graduate School
Thank Your Professor Submissions:

Professor's Name	What Individuals are Saying About Them
Professor/Instructor Cheryl A. Paul	Thank you for making our practicum experience this summer so enjoyable. i feel that we all grew as clinicians and learned so much from your guidance. I feel fortunate to have had the opportunity to work with such a wonderful fellow SLP's and have your guidance, albeit for a short time. You were amazing!
Professor/Instructor Rosemary Closson	Dr. Closson, I have appreciated your advice, your warmth and your enthusiasm since I stepped foot into the door of our department. You take the time to ensure that the students' best interests come first and you are not afraid to be candid with your students so they don't make mistakes. It is a joy to have you in Adult, Continuing and Higher Education. We are better because of it.
Professor/Instructor Liliana Rodriguez-Campos	Liliana, it goes without saying how much of a joy ae you in my life. You have helped me to learn and receive great gratification from our work in evaluation. I have learned so much about myself and how to use an appreciative perspective to POSITIVELY view the world. Here we are 5 classes later and better for it! Thank you for all you have done. You are a blessing to my life and the lives of those you touch.
Professor/Instructor Robert Dedrick	Thank you for challenging us to be better students while leaving us room to grow and become the researchers we are intended to be.
Professor/Instructor Waynne James	Dr. James, I have appreciated meeting you and having you as a professor during my time in the doctoral program. It has been great to not only get to know you, but to also have someone that is clear and honest about the road to Jerico. Thanks so much for all you do.
Professor/Instructor William H. Young	Dr. Young, thanks for all you do to keep us going in this program. The time you have taken to help us learn the way has made a difference in the lives of all of us in the program. We appreicate you. Thank you for keeping us first and for staying grounded.
Professor/Instructor Dr.Arslan Huseyin	Dr.Arslan is an excellent teacher.Very supportive and helpful. I am very proud to be his student.
Professor/Instructor Dr. Elaine Howes	I want to thank Dr. Howes first of all for allowing me to enter the MAT Science Education program. My undergrad GPA wasn't quite what it should have been. With my work experience, she realized that I had potential and felt that I would be an asset to the school system and so agreed to have me apply for the program. I've never been so excited and proud of myself for having been able to continue my education by being allowed into this program. I've learned so much from my other professors as well as from Dr. Howes. She's a very down to earth person who provides so much feedback on all assignments showing you how to improve your teaching and writing strategies.
Professor/Instructor Mary Lou Morton	You consistently demonstrate the ideals you expect and demand from others.
Professor/Instructor Stephen E. Saddow	Dr. Saddow has helped me immensely with many aspects of three degrees, bachelors through Ph.D. He has facilitated many trips to study abroad at national laboratories in Germany and Italy. He taught me not just how to get the job done, but to do it wisely.
Professor/Instructor Heide Castaneda	I want to thank my professor for being an excellent supervisor. She provided support and guidance with true enthusiasm throughout my research and thesis write-up. I learned a lot from her. I am very thankful to her.
Professor/Instructor Valerie Janesick	This professor inspired me. Not only did I find her delivery of instruction intriguing, I also found her confidence admirable. She was very supportive not only in discussing our qualitative projects, but mentoring us on the doctoral process. She encouraged me to read, by exposing me to some amazing literature. I enjoyed taking her classes.
Professor/Instructor Joan Kaywell	Joan Kaywell has been my mentor, idol, and friend since 1989 when I began the USF COE. She lives through me in every minute of interaction in the education of a child. She taught me how to teach, think and how to love through teaching. She is my hero!
Professor/Instructor Paul Terry	I wish they could make you the Superintendent of the Nation! Dr. Terry- All kidding put to the side- I appreciate your mastery in education. I was excited to learn in your classes. You gave me an opportunity to earn an A in your class and do it creatively. Thank you so much! Robin Ruiz 2009
Professor/Instructor Dr. Frank McKinzie	Professors come in many flavors - You are the Best of the Best! You brought to class the traditional and technical understanding of Education. You not only showed me ethics you taught me ethics becuase of who you are. You introduced me to Jonathan Kosel and helped me understand that we have a lot to be thankul for in Florida unlike other states that are less fortunate. I realize what a huge responsibility education leadership is. Thanks for helping me get there! Robin Ruiz
Professor/Instructor Xiaomei Jiang, Ph.D.	My advisor has been the single most influence in my life for the last two years, and has brought out the best in me with her kind words of encouragement, appreciation, and wisdom. Under Dr. Jiang's guidance and advice, I have been published in a top level physics journal, won second place in a graduate level poster competition, was a semifinalist in an international competition sponsored by the Department of Energy, and was chosen for a featured article in the USF magazine (see Jan 2009). This was all in the past year. Also, Dr. Jiang has gone above and beyond the role of advisor with such acts as taking me to the hospital when I had to have surgery, and making sure I followed the doctors instructions before and after the procedure that was done. This included phone calls and visits outside of school hours, which I'm sure took time away from her family. She is truly an inspiring, intelligent, caring person, and I'm very fortunate for having known her and for her being my advisor. As I persue my PhD. in physics. I feel very confident that when it is time for me to graduate and leave USF, I will be well prepared as a physicist entering the work force, and a better person, all due to being Dr. Jiang's student.
Professor/Instructor Kathleen de la Pena McCook, Ph.D.	I want to thank Dr. McCook for an excellent course and for the high standards she sets for her students. She encouraged each of us to publish work we did for the class which gave me the courage to submit an article I wrote for publication. I would never have done so without her encouragement. Thank you, Dr. McCook!
Professor/Instructor Edward Kissi, Ph.D.	I would like to thank Dr. Kissi for his dedication in improving my writing skills. There are two African proverbs which express the wealth of knowledge that I learned in the African Historiography class. Having a good discussion is like having riches. African Proverb Knowledge is like a garden: If it is not cultivated, it cannot be harvested. African Proverb Thank You, Professor Kissi.
Professor/Instructor Wei Zhu, Ph.D.	Dr Zhu has been an inspiration in this program. She has always made herself available throughout my enrollment in the program. Dr. Zhu's patience and kindness have helped me when times were tough. Dr. Zhu's immense knowledge has opened a new world to me. Thank you.
Professor/Instructor Camilla Vasquez, Ph.D.	Dr. Vasquez has been an inspiration in and out of the classroom. Every student should be so fortunate to be blessed with a professor of this caliber. She is a pillar of strength and wisdom, kind, professional and always available to her students. Thank you
Professor/Instructor Kathleen de la Pena McCook, Ph.D.	Dr. McCook is the most inspiring professor I have had at USF. She puts all her energy into her teaching and lights a fire in each student. Many years from now the one professor I shall still remember vividly from my graduate school years will be Dr. McCook. Thank you so much for everything.
Professor/Instructor Mary Webb, RN, Ph.D.	Dr. Webb is a valuable asset to USF and the Nursing Profession. She has provided me with valuable information to use in my career as a Nurse Practitioner.
Professor/Instructor James King, Ph.D.	Thanks, Dr. King. You made me see that of which I previously was unaware; you made me feel like learning with a fervency unfelt by me before; you believed in me when I wanted to give up. You are the professor I aspire to be.
Professor/Instructor Joan Kaywell, Ph.D.	Beginning with my first semester here, Dr. Kaywell has impacted my life in a positive way. Her passion for teaching and teachers shines through in every class. Her encouragement and belief in my future success as an educator has kept me focused and enabled me to believe that of myself also. She is my mentor and my teacher hero! You rock, Kaywell…
Professor/Instructor David Johnson, Ph.D.	This under recognized faculty member serves a vital and often undervalued service as a mentor to the LGBTQ student body across both graduate and undergraduate populations; the visibility of LGBTQ scholarship produced by David Johnson is particularly important to the diversity of USF and illustrates how USF is actively pursuing it's mission; David also is especially valuable as a committee member having already produced a textbook in his discipline and possesses a depth of knowledge about US history and is uncommonly adept at communicating and imparting that knowledge to all his students. He deserves to be rewarded and recognized - indeed a failure to do so is an indictment against progressive thought for USF as a whole.

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