Project Staff
John Kinslow, Ph.D. Originally a music teacher and middle school classroom teacher, Dr. John Kinslow received a Ph.D. from Temple University in 1995, with an emphasis on curriculum and training design. Previous to employment at WCU, Dr. Kinslow served as a Research Associate for a division of the U.S. Dept. of Education (RBS), completing a 1993 pilot project on the use of the Internet in Mid-Atlantic Region schools. He has served as liaison to the State of Maryland; worked on regional and national committees devoted to increasing equity in technology use and access; and worked as a consultant with GTE Corp., organizing and delivering professional development, technical assistance and evaluation for public schools in Philadelphia, Miami, Memphis, and Baltimore. John's professional interests focus on the effective integration of technology in education, and he serves as the Principal Investigator and Co-Director of the WCU Pt3 Partnership for Excellence, originally funded by the United States Department of Education in 1999. Recently, Dr. Kinslow has been wokring with a new WCU Teaching and Learning with Technology Graduate Certificate Program. Dr. Kinslow enjoys spending time with his family, and unwinding by occasionally playing tennis or music.
Ellen Newcombe.
Marlene Goss, Ph.D.
Christian V. Penny, Ph.D. Dr. Chris Penny is an assistant professor at West Chester University and currently teaches undergraduate and graduate educational technology courses with the School of Education. Dr. Penny's efforts in teaching, research and service all have the focus of technology integration into pre-service and P-12 education. In his most recent research project, Teachers, Technology and Change: The Lived Experience of Teaching in a Digital School District, Dr. Penny employed qualitative methods to study seven public school teachers as they attempted to transform their teaching methods and pedagogy to include digital technologies. In his spare time, Dr. Penny speaks at professional conferences, and runs a successful soccer coaching program for youngsters in central Pennsylvania.
Tracy Clark, Ed.D. Dr. Clark has had a varied career in education. He taught computer applications and leadership for public schools of Saint Lucie County Florida, business and education classes for Indian River Community College, undergraduate pre-service courses for West Chester University, and education and researcher courses for the University of Phoenix Online. Currently as the PT3 Partnership Coordinators he works with both K12 and higher education institutions to develop and embed modern learning technologies into the practice of teaching and learning. His areas of expertise include the development of face-to-face and online curriculum that encourages the application of current modern learning technologies, while complementing research-driven content standards, supporting pre-service, in-service, and higher education faculty with technology integration, contextualizing and incorporating both blended and encompassing learning management systems, and instructional leadership development. His focus and area of concentrated research is online learning and instruction.
