Back to school media experts and story ideas

UBC News launches its back-to school media resources web section today, beginning with the comprehensive list of K-12 and post-secondary experts below on topics that range from cyberbullying and child emotional development to adjusting to first year university.

The section, found at news.ubc.ca/back-to-school, also starts today with:

How UBC is preparing to welcome the Class of 2017
Q and A with UBC psychologist on adjusting to university
Campus gems: a pictorial of 10 must-see new campus features for incoming first-year students

UBC News will provide several story ideas each week from now through Septemer 6 about incoming students and new programs and services.

UBC experts for back-to-school stories

UBC experts are available to comment on kindergarten to Grade 12 and post-secondary education issues.

K – 12

Bullying, childhood development
Shelley Hymel
Educational and Counselling Psychology
Email: shelley.hymel@ubc.ca
Tel: 604.822.6022

Children’s social and emotional development
Kimberly Schonert-Reichl
Educational and Counselling Psychology
Email: kimberly.schonert-reichl@ubc.ca
Tel: 604.822.2215

Cyberbullying, online privacy, technology and youth
Jennifer Shapka
Educational and Counselling Psychology
Email: jennifer.shapka@ubc.ca
Tel: 604.822.5253

Educational policy, media education, social media in schools
Michelle Stack
Dept. of Education Studies
Email: michelle.stack@ubc.ca
Tel: 604.822.9101

Educational policy, governance funding
Charles Ungerleider
Dept. of Educational Studies
Email: charles.ungerleider@ubc.ca
Tel: 604.600.1040

Early learning and teacher preparation, parent-teacher communications
Annette LaGrange
Faculty of Education, Okanagan campus
Email: annette.lagrange@ubc.ca
Tel: 250.807.9586

Literacy, role of parents in education
Jim Anderson
Dept. of Language and Literacy Education
Email: jim.anderson@ubc.ca
Phone: 604.822.6853

ESL programming, testing, reading instruction and immigrant academic success
Lee Gunderson
Dept. of Language and Literacy Education
Email: lee.gunderson@ubc.ca
Tel: 604.822.8456

Technology in teaching and learning
Don Krug
Dept. of Curriculum Studies
Email: don.krug@ubc.ca
Tel: 604.822.5318

Self-regulated learning, strategic learning and motivation for learning
Deborah Butler
Educational and Counselling Psychology
Email: deborah.butler@ubc.ca
Tel: 604.822.5211

Nancy Perry
Educational and Counselling Psychology
Email: nancy.perry@ubc.ca
604.822.6410

Digital literacy and emerging technology
Susan Crichton
Director of Innovative Learning Centre
Faculty of Education, Okanagan campus
Email: susan.crichton@ubc.ca
Tel: 250.807.8638

POST SECONDARY

Student finances
Darran Fernandez (Available after Aug 18)
Enrolment Services
Email: darran.fernandez@ubc.ca
Tel: 604.827.0109
Before Aug 12, contact Jennifer Chin at jennifer.chin@ubc.ca or 604.827.0121

Student mental health
Aneesa Shariff
Couneselling Services
Email: aneesa.shariff@ubc.ca
Tel: 604.822.3811

For UBC’s Early Alert system, contact Cheryl Washburn at cheryl.washburn@ubc.ca or 604.822.4317

Flexible learning, MOOCS, cloud-based learning, new web technologies
David Vogt
Director of Digital Learning Projects
Email: david.vogt@ubc.ca
Tel: 604.230.4154

Social media, social trends, social control, merging of media, culture and technology
Christopher Schneider
Sociology, Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Science, Okanagan campus
Email: christopher.schneider@ubc.ca
Tel: 250.807.8094

English as an additional language, English for academic purposes, international students
Scott Douglas
Faculty of Education, Okanagan campus
Email: scott.douglas@ubc.ca
Tel: 250.807.9277

Contact

Corey Allen
UBC Public Affairs
Tel: 604.822.2644
Cell: 604.209.3048
Email: corey.allen@ubc.ca
@coreyallenubc