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Dr. Paul Mencke

  • Professor of Instruction - Curriculum And Instruction
Portrait of Dr. Paul Mencke
  • Lopez, Minda M (Principal), Van Overschelde, James P (Co-Principal), Mencke, Paul D (Supporting). Houston Education Endowment Grant, Houston Endowment, Private / Foundation / Corporate. (Submitted: 2024, Funded: 2025 - 2026). Grant.
  • Mencke, P. D. (2016). An epiphany of privilege: A critical examination of Nigrescence, White Privilege, and Critical Pedagogy. The Journal of Understanding and Dismantling Privilege, 6(2).
  • Groves Price, P., & Mencke, P. D. (2013). Critical pedagogy and praxis with Native youth: Cultivating change through participatory action research. The Journal of Educational Foundations, (Summer-Fall 2013), 85–102.
  • Mencke, P. D. (2013). Pre-service teachers and participatory action research: Students, community, and action. Journal for Teacher Research, 15(1).
  • Mencke, P. D., & Buchanan, B. K. (2012). Engaged leadership: A paradigm shift of empowerment. NASPA Ignite Leadership Influence Change: The Annual Knowledge  Community Conference Publication, (Spring). Retrieved from www.naspa.org/kc
  • Buchanan, B. K., & Mencke, P. D. (2012). Student affairs versus student development: An effort  to refocus on the student. NASPA NETRESULTS: Critical Issues for Student Affairs Practitioners, 306. Retrieved from www.naspa.org/pubs/mags/nr/default.cfm
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  • Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Distinction Award, Texas State University. April 2024 - Present
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Outstanding Service to the Secondary Graduate Program Committee, Secondary Education Program. January 2025 - December 2025
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Distinction Award, Texas State University. January 2018 - August 2018
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Teacher of the Year: Faculty of Distinction Award, Washington State University. 2013
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Distinguished Faculty, Agricultural Education Organization at Washington State University. 2012
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  1. Participant

    General Education Council

  2. Undergraduate Advisor

    Texas Association of Future Teachers (TAFE)

  3. Other

    Curriculum & Instruction Department Scholarship Committee

  4. Member

    Personnel Committee for Jessica Robinson

  5. Other

  6. Participant

    Bobcat Welcome

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