Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Educational Psychology Ernest C. Davenport received the Best Paper award for his paper entitled “Number of Courses, Content of Coursework, and Prior Achievement as Related to Ethnic Achievement Gaps in Mathematics’ at the International Conference on Education (ICE) in Chicago last June. The paper was a result of combined research between Davenport, fellow Ed Psych colleague Mark Davison, research associates Yi-Chen Wu and Alicia Ayodele from the University of Minnesota, along with Se-Kang Kim – Fordham University, Haijiang Kuang – NCS Pearson, Inc., Nohoon Kwak – California State University and Chi-Keung Chan – Hong Kong Shue Yan University. The paper was subsequently accepted for publication in the Linwood University’s Journal of Educational Leadership in Action.