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STARKVILLE, Miss.—A veteran faculty member in Mississippi State’s College of Education is the new president-elect of the Mid-South Educational Research Association.

Rebecca R. Robichaux-Davis was named to the leadership position during the association’s recent annual meeting in Mobile, Alabama. She currently is one of two Mississippi representatives on the MSERA Foundation’s board of directors.

An associate professor of mathematics education in the university’s curriculum, instruction and special education department, Robichaux-Davis teaches undergraduate- and graduate-level methods courses for elementary education majors. An MSU faculty member since 2007, her current research focuses on mathematical content knowledge of elementary and middle level pre- and in-service teachers.

Robichaux-Davis recently was honored with the college’s Clyde Muse Service Award. She is an Auburn University doctoral graduate with other degrees from Nichols State and Louisiana State universities.

Richard Blackbourn, MSU College of Education dean, said Robichaux-Davis’ appointment comes as no surprise.

“Dr. Robichaux-Davis is an outstanding faculty member who provides service to entities both within and external to the university. She will excel in this role as she does in her other ones,” said Blackbourn.

Formed in 1972 as a nonprofit body that works to encourage and provide quality educational research in elementary and secondary schools and institutions of higher learning, MSERA represents professionals in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee.

For the first time in its history, the association will hold its annual gathering this year in Starkville at The Mill at MSU. For more on MSERA, visit www.msera.org.

MSU is Mississippi’s leading university, available online at www.msstate.edu.