Faculty Research Interests

Faculty Member	Research Interest
Michael Battista	Students' learning of mathematics; Students' learning of geometry and geometric measurement; The use of technology in mathematics teaching
Rhoda Becher	Early and Middle Childhood Education
Mary Bendixen-Noe	Teacher Development; Mentoring; Beginning Teachers
Donna Berlin	The integration of mathematics and science education, elementary mathematics education, educational technology in mathematics and science, and learning processes and styles
Mollie Blackburn	Literacy; Adolescents; Anti-Homophobia
David Bloome	Reading; Writing; Classroom Learning
Patti Brosnan	Mathematics Education; Achievement Gaps; Teaching & Learning
Terri Bucci	Haitian Teacher Education, Mathematics Teacher Coaching, International Teacher Education
Caroline Clark	Adolescent Literacies; Social Justice; English Education
Jeane Copenhaver-Johnson	Literacy; Multicultural Education; Social Justice
Dean Cristol	Race/Ethnic Awareness in Young Children; Disenfranchised Children in International and National Contexts; Social Studies Education
Scot Danforth	Inclusive education; Disability Studies
Cynthia Dillard	Spirituality in Education; Multicultural Education; African Centered Education
Adrienne Dixson	Qualitative Research; Culturally Relevant Pedagogy; Critical Race Theory
Randal Donelson	Sexual Orientation and Schools; Gay-Lesbian Educators; Struggling Readers
Brian Edmiston	Play and Dramatic Inquiry; Equity Education; Literacy
Pat Enciso	Middle Level Literacy; Multicultural Literature; Anti-Oppressive Education
Diana Erchick	Mathematics Education; Teacher Education; Social Justice
Donna Farland-Smith	Science Education; Students Perceptions of Scientists; Teacher Education (Science)
Marcia Farr	Educational Sociolinguistics; Language and Culture; Community Literacies
Lucia Flevares	Early Childhood/Elementary Mathematics; Children's Cognition; Classroom Processes
Evelyn Freeman	Children's Literature, Early and Middle Childhood Teacher Education
Mary Jo Fresch	Spelling/Word Study; Children's Literature; Early Literacy
Charles Hancock	Second Language Testing; Foreign Language Pedagogy; Teacher Education
Mari Haneda	Second language and literacies, discourse analysis, ethnographic research
David Haury	Science Education; Environmental Education; Science Literacy
Alan Hirvela	Second Language Literacy
Karen Irving	Science education; technology in instruction; teacher education
Lynn Johnson	NCLB effects; children's Perceptions of Teachers, Early Childhood Education
Laura Justice	Speech-Language Disorders; Early Literacy, Preschool Quality
Rebecca Kantor	Collaborative and Ethnographic Research; Early Childhood Development and Education; Teacher Education, Integrated and Socially Constructed Curriculum (especially the work of the Reggio Emilia Educators in Italy); Children's Peer Cultures
Laurie Katz	Early Childhood; Special Needs; Narrative Development; teacher preparation
Barbara Kiefer	Children's Literature; Picturebooks; Literature in Reading Programs
Taik Kim	Mathematics education, Integrated Curriculum development, Inquiry-based teaching
Valerie Kinloch	Adolescent Literacy; English Education; Multiculturalism; Race & Place, African-American Poetry
Hea-Jin Lee	Teacher education (mathematics pre- and in-service teachers); Especially helping teachers develop their reflective thinking and reflective practice
Young Ah Lee	Innovative Curriculum of Early childhood; Teacher Education
Barbara Lehman	Children's Literature; Multicultural/International Literature; Literature in Curricular Contexts
Mary Lightbody	Teacher Education; Science Education; Technology and Networks
Azita Manouchehri	Teacher Education; Mathematics Education; Technology in Instruction
Merry Merryfield	Global/International Perspectives; Teaching Culture; Cross-Cultural Experiential Learning
Lea Mcgee	At-Risk Preschoolers; Reading Difficulties in Early Grades; Intervention Programs in Reading
Leslie Moore	Language Socialization, Applied Linguistics, Linguistic Anthropology
Ross Nehm	Science Teaching; Learning; Literacy
George Newell	Adolescent Literacy; English Education; Multimodality
Karen Newman	Foreign & Second Language Teacher Education; Non-Native English Speaking Teachers; English as a Foreign Language (international contexts)
Doug Owens	Teaching Mathmatics With Technology; Fraction Learning; Mathematics Learning
Linda Parsons	Middle Childhood Literacy; Children's/Young Adult Literature; Reader Response
Peter Paul	Word Knowledge, Literacy, and Literate Thought
Paul Post	Technology Education; Engineering Education; Design Education
Elaine Richardson	African Diaspora Literacies, Discourse Studies, Gender and Literacy Studies
Adrian Rodgers	Reform; Literacy; Teacher Education; Professional Development
Emily Rodgers	Early Literacy Reading Difficulties
Keiko Samimy	Foreign & Second Language education; World Englishes; TESOL
Patricia Scharer	Early Literacy; Children's Literature; Word Study
Barbara Seidl	Multicultural education; Multi-Cultural Teacher Education
Anna Soter	Young Adult Literature; English Education; Adolescent Literature/Language
Binaya Subedi	Post-colonial Theory; Globalization; Immigration; Cultural Identities
Barbara Thomson	Learning and Brain Research as it relates to Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education
Kathy Cabe Trundle	Science education, Elementary/Early childhood science education, Conceptual change
Cynthia Tyson	Social Studies; Multi Cultural Education; Teaching for Social Justice
Sigrid Wagner	Learning of Algebra; Cognitive Development; Research Interpretation
Christine Warner	Drama in education, Interdisciplinary Inquiry and Children's Literature
Art White	Integration of the teaching and learning of mathematics, science, and technology education; Teachers in classroom-based (action) research
Ian Wilkinson	Literacy Learning, Classroom Processes, Research Methods

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Faculty Research Interests