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Dr. Kramer is Chairperson of the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences. She has over
35 years experience in teacher education. Also, she teaches the freshman core course FCS 107, Contemporary and
Historical Aspects of Family and Consumer Sciences. Her primary teaching responsibility is in the summer when she teaches such graduate courses as: Curriculum Development and Evaluation in FCS Education, Chemistry of
Foods and Nutrition for Secondary teachers, Cultural Aspects of Foods and Nutrition and a workshop in Grantsmanship
and Service Learning. Dr. Kramer has an interest in international education and
has worked and presented papers in several countries abroad, including India and
Moscow, Russia.
With over 35 years experience, research interests include curriculum development for middle and secondary school programs and providing inservice
workshops related to curriculum and teaching pedagogy. Research has also
included product development and testing for a large consumer products
corporations. Most recently, efforts have focused on a seven year partnership funded project, interdisciplinary rape prevention
curriculum for ages 12-19, has been written and inserviced to over 1000 teachers,
administrators, school nurses, and counselors in Indiana from 1998-2004. The CARe project has been funded through the Indiana Department of Health
and Center for Disease Control (CDC) and is partnership with Purdue
University.
Dr. Kramer is a past recipient of the Faculty Service Award from Indiana State University and in 2001 she received the President’s Medal from ISU. She was selected as a distinguished Alum of Purdue
University in 1999. Also, she received the National Outstanding Career and Technical Educator Award in 2001 from the American Association of Career and Technical Education.
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