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GSE Profiles
Staff Contact:
Herbert D. Simons
Associate Professor
Language and Literacy, Society and Culture; Cognition and Development
Office: 5645 Tolman Hall
Phone: 510-642-0747
Email: herbs@berkeley.edu
Website: gse.berkeley.edu/program/LLCMA/athletes/
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Herbert Simons is interested in the academic and motivational problems of student athletes, minority student achievement, and reading and studying. He directs the Athletes and Academic Achievement master's degree concentration for students who have competed in sports and are studying the intersections of athletics and academics. In addition to his background in education, he has a doctor of Optometry degree from the Massachusetts College of Optometry. His writings include "The Athlete Stigma in Higher Edcaation in the Collge Student Journal "Race and Penalized Sports Behaviors," in the International Review for the Sociology of Sport(2003); "Non-cognitive Predictors of Student Athletes' Academic Performance," in the Journal of College Reading and Learning(2000); "Academic Motivation and the Student Athlete," in the Journal of College Student Development(1999); "Voluntary and Involuntary Minorities: A Cultural-Ecological Theory of School Performance with Some Implications for Education," in Anthropology and Education Quarterly(with J. Ogbu, 1997).
Ed.D. Ed.M, Harvard University
Ed.M Boston University
O.D., B.S., Optometry, Massachusetts College of Optometry
B.A., Brandeis University,
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Founder and co-director Athletes and Academic Achievment Program
Education 257 The Student Athlete in Educational Instutions
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Articles (Refereed Journals, Proceeding)Simons, H.D., Bosworth, C., Jensen, M., Fujita, S. The Athlete Stigma
in Higher Education (College Student Journal, Spring 06)
Simons, H. D. & Andrews, V. "Racial Difference in Attitudes
and Interpretation of Expressive and Celebratory Behavior in
American Football" (Submitted for publication)
Simons, H. D (2003). Race and Penalized Sports Behaviors
International Review of Sports Sociology, 38(1), 5-22
Simons, H. D., Van Rheenen, D. (2000). Non Cognitive Predictors
of Student Athletes' Academic Performance. Journal of College
Reading and Learning. 30(2). 167-180.
Simons, H. D., Van Rheenen, D. & Covington, M. (1999) Academic
Motivation and the Student Athlete. Journal of College Student
Development, 40(2), 151-162.
Ogbu, J. & Simons, H. D. (1998) Voluntary and Involuntary Minorities
and Some Educational Implications. Anthropology and Education,
29(2), 155-188
Simons, H. D., Van Rheenen, D. & Covington, M. (1997) The Dilemma
of the Student Athlete: Balancing Athletics and Academics Final Report
University of California.
Simons, H.D.., Perrow, M., & Schmida, M. (1997). Negotiating
Academic Discourse: An Evaluation of College Writing.
Final Report. University of California.
Simons, H. D.(1993). An Analysis of the Role of Vision in Reading
Interference. Optometry and Vision Science, 70 (5), 369-373.
Simons, H. D., & Elster, C. (1990). Picture-dependence in First Grade
Basal Texts. Journal of Educational Research, 84(2); 86-92.
Grisham, J.D., & Simons, H.D. (1990). Perspectives on Reading
Disabilities. In M. Morgan & A. Rosenbloom (Eds.), Pediatric
Optometry. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Publishing Company.
Amsterdam, L., Ammon, P., & Simons, H.D. (1990). Children's' Elicited
Imitations of Controlled and Rewritten Reading Texts.
Journal of Educational Psychology, 82, 486-490.
Ammon, P., Simons, H.D., & Elster, C. (1990). Controlled Primerese
Text and the Reading Process. Center for the Study of Writing,
Technical Report # 45.
Simons, H.D., & Ammon, P. (1989). Child Knowledge and Primerese
Text:Mismatches and Miscues. Research in the Teaching of English,
23(4); 380-398.
Simons, H.D., & Gassler, P. (1988). Vision Anomalies and Reading:
A Meta-analysis of the Research Literature. American Journal of
Optometry and Physiological Optics. 65(11), 893-904.
Simons, H., & Ammon, P. (1988). Primerese miscues. In J.E. Readence,
& R. S. Baldwin (Eds.), Dialogues in Literacy Research. Thirty Seventh
Yearbook of the National Reading Conference (pp. 115-121).
Simons, H.D. (1987). The Reading Process and Learning to Read.
Journal of the American Optometric Association, 58, 883-887.
Simons, H.D., & Grisham, J.D. (1987). Binocular Anomalies and Reading
problems. Journal of the American Optometric Association, 58, 578
-587.
Simons, H.D., & Leu, D. (1987). The Use of Contextual and
Graphic Information in Word Recognition by Second, Fourth, and
Sixth Grade Readers. Journal of Reading Behavior, 19, 33-47.
Simons, H.D., & Murphy, S. (1986) Oral and Written Language
Differences: Learning to read and write. Reading Canada, 4, 229-238.
Leu, D., Degroff, L., & Simons, H.D. (1986). Predictable Texts and
Interactive-Compensatory Hypotheses: Evaluating Individual Differences
in Reading Ability, Context Use, and Comprehension. Journal of
Educational Psychology, 78, 347-352.
Grisham, J.D., & Simons, H.D. (1986). Refractive Error and the Reading
Process: A Literature Analysis. Journal of American Optometric
Association, 57, 44-54.
Simons, H.D., & Grisham, J.D. (1986). Vision and Reading Disability:
Research Problems. Journal of the American Optometric Association, 57, 36-42.
Simons, H.D., & Murphy, S. (1986). Spoken Language Strategies and
Reading Acquisition. In J. Cook-Gumperz (Ed.). The Social Construction
of Literacy. (pp. 185-206). Cambridge, England: Cambridge
University Press.
Simons, H.D., & Elster, C. (1985). The Functions of Illustrations in
Children's Readers. In J.A. Niles, R. V. Lalik (Eds.) Issues inLiteracy:
A Research Perspective. (pp. 320-324). 34th Yearbook of the National
Reading Conference.
Elster, C., & Simons, H.D. (1985). How Important are Illustrations in
Children's Readers? The Reading Teacher, 39, 148-153.
Simons, H.D., & Murphy, S. (1983). Oral and Written Language
Differences and Becoming Literate. In M.P. Douglas (Ed.). 47th
Yearbook Claremont Reading Conference, Claremont, CA:
Claremont Graduate School.
Simons, H.D., & Chambers, R. (February, 1981). Reading Error
Protocol Study. Resources in Education.
Simons, H.D. (1979) Black Dialect, Reading Interference and Classroom
Interaction. In L.B. Resnick, & P.B. Weaver (Eds.), Theory and Practice of
Early reading: Vol. 3. (pp. 111-130). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Simons, H.D. (1975). Transformational Phonology and Reading
Acquisition. Journal of Reading Behavior, 7, 49-59.
Simons, H.D. (1974). Black Dialect Phonology and Word Recognition.
Journal of Educational Research, 68, 67-70.
Simons, H.D. (1974) Black Dialect and Learning to Read. In J. L. Johns
(Ed). Literacy for diverse learners, (pp. 3-13). Newark, DE: International
Reading Association.
Simons, H.D., & Johnson, K.R. (1974) Black English Syntax and
Reading Interference. Research in the Teaching of English, 8, 339-358.
Simons, H.D. (1974). Behavioral Objectives and Reading Instruction.
In M.P. Douglas (Ed.), 38th Yearbook Claremont Reading Conference,
(pp. 34-40). Claremont, CA: Claremont Graduate School.
Simons, H.D. (1973) Behavioral objectives: A False Hope for Education.
Elementary School Journal, 73, 173-181.
Johnson, K.R., & Simons, H.D. (1972). Black Dialect and Reading:
What Teachers Need to Know. Phi Delta Kappan, 288-290.
Simons, H.D. (1972). Linguistic Skills and Reading Comprehension.
In H. Klein (Ed.), The Quest for Competency in Teaching Reading,
(pp. 160-170). Newark, DE: International Reading Association.
Simons, H.D. (1971). Reading Comprehension: The Need for a New
Perspective. Reading Research Quarterly, 6, 338-363.
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PapersSelected
Faculty and Student Attitudes Toward Student Athletes.
North American Society for the Sociology of Sport, Montreal,
Canada, November2003
The Student Athlete and the Dumb Jock Stereotype. North American
Society for the Sociology Study of Sport. Indianapolis, IN. November,
2002
Why is Trash Talking, Taunting, Celebrating, Dancing, etc. Penalized?
It's about Race and White Hegemony. North American Society for the
Sociology Study of Sport. Colorado Springs Co. November, 2000.
The Dilemma of the Student Athlete: Balancing Athletics and
Academics. American Educational Research Association,
Chicago, Ill. March, 1997.
Motivation in Student Athletes (with Van Rheenen) College Reading
and Learning Association, San Diego, CA. December 1994.
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University and GSE ServiceGraduate Affirimative Action Committee
Chancellors Athetic Advisory Committee
Atheltic Study Center Advisory Committee
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North American Society for the Sociological Study of Sport (NASSS)
National Association for Athetic Academic Advisers (N4A)
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Academic and Motivational Issues of Student Athletes
Diversity
Minorities
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