LaShawn A. Hanes 

East Lansing, MI 

hanesla1@msu.edu 

 

 

EDUCATION
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College of Education, Michigan State University                  Expected Graduation: December  2014                         

          Master of Arts, Educational Technology  

College of Education, Michigan State University                   May 2012
          Bachelor of Arts, Learning Disabilities Education Minor: Language Arts

Cass Technical High School                                                           June 2008

          High School Diploma, Magna Cum Laude Specialization: Human Services

 

 

CERTIFICATES AND LICENSES 

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State of Michigan Provisional Teaching Certificate 

Certified in Learning Disabilities (Kindergarten -12th Grade) . General Education (Kindergarten- 5th Grade). English Language Arts  (6th -8th Grade). 

 

State of Ilinois Teaching License 

Certified in Special Education (Kindergarten -12th Grade). General Education (Kindergarten -9th Grade).

 

State of Illinois Substitute Teaching License 

Certified to serve as a subsititute (Kindergarten- 12th Grade, all subject areas). 

 

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES 
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Elementary Inclusion Teacher                                                        October 2013- Present 

Emerson Elementary

 

Summer High School Counselor                                                  Summer 2014 

Michigan State Univeristy 

 

Middle School Special Education Teacher                                  August 2013- October 2013                          

Michiagn Connections Academy 

 

Special Education Building Substitute                                         May 2013- June 2013

Shoesmith Elementary 

 

 

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 

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" I Want to Make It, But Can I? The Urban Collegiate Perception," LaShawn Hanes 

 

“School Racial Context and Student Civic and Political Engagement,” Dr. Rebecca Jacobsen

“Civically and Politically Engaged Students in Michigan,” Dr. Rebecca Jacobsen 

“Summer High School Scholars Program ” Dr. Dorinda Carter-Andrews
 

 

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
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Michigan Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) Fall Conference                                                     

 

Ronald E. McNair Scholars Program Symposium                       

University Undergraduate Research Arts and Forum                  

 

 

INVITED SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS 

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Special Education Convocation, Michigan State University                          

 

Urban Educators Cohort Progam (UECP) Freshman Colloquium             

 

Special Education Frehsman Panel                                                                        

 

UECP- Benefits of Undergraduate Research Presentation                         

 

 

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCES

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Blue and Gold After School Porgram 

 

University Undergraduate Research Advisory Board 

 

Maximmizing African American Student Success 

 

Relay for Life 

 

 

PROFFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

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Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) 

• Teacher Education Division 

• Technology and Media Division 

 

 

 

 

 

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