Teaching and Learning Faculty
Areas of Research Interest
Faculty
Research Interest Research Interest Dr. Adel Al‐Bataineh Preservice and In‐Service teacher preparation Educational Technology Integration Dr. Alan Bates Early Childhood Mathematics Stem Education‐ Integrated Learning Teacher Identity‐how teachers negotiate curriculum in an educational climate of accountability Math Efficacy Dr. Ryan Brown Dr. Thomas Crumpler Dr. Linda Haling Literacy Assessment: Miscue Analysis Dr. Lara Handsfield Literacy Instruction in Linguistically Diverse Classrooms (most specifically, comprehension instruction) Qualitative Methods
Dr. Chris Hansen Dr. Doug Hatch Peer Coaching
Middle Level Teacher Education Dr. Brian Horn Urban Schooling, Title I Schooling School‐University Partnerships Dr. Carolyn Hunt Literacy Coaching/
Professional Development
Research Interest International and Comparative Education; English Language Learner & ESL; Social Studies & History Education Cognitive Development and Contextual Influences Technology Education Action Research Young Reader’s Responses to Literary Texts‐how kids and teachers choose literary texts within a literacy curriculum Content Area Literacy and Adolescent Literacy Qualitative Research Methodologies and Curriculum Theory Literacy Assessment‐how formative and summative assessment inform teaching and learning Teacher quality‐teacher dispositions Professional development in clinical courses for pre‐
and in‐service teachers Brain Growth and Development in Young Adolescents Middle Level Teacher Candidates’ Social Studies Content Knowledge; Advisor‐Advisee Programs in Middle Level Schools Middle Level and Elementary Literacy/Critical Literacy Community‐Based Pedagogy Discourse Analysis/ Narrative Analysis Independent Reading
Middle Level Discourse and Student and Teacher Identity Action/Teacher Research, Auto‐Ethnography, Sociocultural Theory Social Class Identity
Dr. Ellis Hurd Auto‐Ethnography and Narrative Studies Identity Studies
Middle Level Education Qualitative Designs Literacy Development in and Among African American Boys Spatial Reasoning Ethic Studies and Multi‐
culturalism; ELL (English Language Learners) Dr. Terry Husband Critical Literacies in Early Childhood Contexts Dr. May Jadallah Argumentation Informal Logic and Moral Reasoning Dr. Sonia Kline Digital literacies and how offline mediators influence online student activity Teacher Attrition
Professional Development Schools Ethnographic Methodology Cultural‐Historical‐
Activity‐Theory and Classroom Research Impact of Teacher Preparation Model/ PDS Divergent Thinking Anti‐Bias Curriculum Integrated with ECE Curriculum Natural History Education Home‐School Partnership Service Learning Ecology Education Dr. Tom Lucey Financial Education
Social Justice Issues Qualitative Methodology Moral Education Dr. Deborah MacPhee Identity Development in Education Middle Level Education ‐Curriculum ‐Assessment Pre‐Service Teacher Education (PDS) Literacy Coaching
Research Methods Quantitative and Qualitative Designs Large Scale Data Analysis Data analysis Nature of Science and Scientific Inquiry Teacher Preparation Policy Development Statistical Application Longitudinal Data Analysis
Classroom Management
Second Language Acquisition Academic Socialization and Low‐Income Populations Teachers’ Use of Questioning in Classrooms Visual Methods, Qualitative Research Dr. Nancy Latham Dr. Miranda Lin Dr. Tony Lorsbach Dr. Steve Mertens Dr. Allison Antink Meyer Dr. Erin Mikulec Dr. Kyle Miller Dr. Marilyn Morey Scientific Creative Thinking Teacher Identity Development Role of the Family in Education Pre‐Service Teacher Understanding of Science Language Arts Instruction in Urban Early Childhood Classrooms Quantitative Discourse Analysis Assessment
Dr. Sandra Osorio Use of reading and books with bilingual students Dr. Do‐Yong Park Environmental Education
Geoscience Education Dr. Jay Percell Secondary/Middle Level Content Area Literacy Early Childhood Social/Emotional Development Use of Books and Reading in Early Childhood Classrooms Dr. Amanda Quesenberry Dr. Sherry Sanden Dr. Robyn Seglem Adolescent Literacy
Dr. Rena Shifflet Educational Technology PK‐12 Dr. Elizabeth Skinner Dr. Gary Weilbacher Bilingual Teacher Preparation Qualitative/Narrative Democratic Forms of Education Dr. Elizabeth White Civic engagement/Social responsibility in middle childhood and the ways that parents and teachers promote civic engagement in the elementary grades. Dr. Pauline Williams Bilingual Education Qualitative and Mixed Methods Designs Teacher’s Self‐Reflection Practices Inquiry Based Science
Nature of Science Educational Technology
Program Evaluation ‐Mixed Methods‐ Inquiry‐based Science
Pedagogical Content Knowledge STEM Education Grading Practices and Assessment Addressing Challenging Behaviors in Early Childhood Literacy Motivation in Early Childhood Educational Development of Pre‐Service Early Childhood Literacy Teachers Content Literacy
New Literacies and Technology Integrating Technology in Teacher Preparation
Social Studies Education Professional Community Based Development Schools Organizing for Education Reform Curriculum Integration
Child development in poverty and children’s subjective experience of poverty. Children’s ideas about wealth, poverty, and economic stratification and attitudes about different economic groups Education of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students Co‐Teaching Between Teacher Candidates and Cooperating Teachers Teachers’ strategies to honor diversity and promote positive interactions among students in diverse classroom contexts. Teacher Education Auto‐Ethnography