by kaylasharp | Feb 11, 2015 | COE in the News, Newsmakers
Huffington Post 02/11/15 Why some school principals in Florida still spank students The Huffington Post posted a story quoting UF special education professor Joe Gagnon and other sources about the ineffectiveness and counter-productivity of using corporal punishment...
by kaylasharp | Jan 21, 2015 | Headlines, Press Releases, Research News
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A team of University of Florida researchers is calling for an immediate end to paddling students in all state public schools, citing its new study of classroom disciplinary trends that depicts corporal punishment as violent and outdated, and...
by kaylasharp | Jun 27, 2013 | Faculty Laurels, Press Releases
UF faculty co-researchers Jacqueline Swank and Joseph Gagnon will share the College of Education’s 2013-2014 College Research Incentive Fund Award. The annual CRIF grants are awarded to faculty with promising research projects that are likely to attract additional...
by kaylasharp | Apr 19, 2013 | Faculty Laurels, Newsmakers
Joseph Gagnon, a UF associate professor of special education, will spend seven months conducting research and lecturing at the University of the Western Cape in Cape Town, South Africa, as part of the Fulbright Scholar Program. Gagnon’s research often focuses on...
