Present | Associate Professor, East Tennessee State University ‐ Department of Curriculum and Instruction | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Curriculum Studies, Social Studies Teacher Education, Currere, Innovative Pedagogies, Alternative Environments, Multicultural Education, Foundations of Education, Learning with Popular Culture & Public Pedagogy, Disney & Education, School Culture & Environments, Democratic Classrooms, and Qualitative Research
Grants
2018 - 2023 | Integrating STEM and Literacy with Computation in Elementary Education (i-SLICEE) |
Teacher Quality Partnership Grant Program, US Department of Education | |
Role: PI | |
Colleague(s): Renee Moran, Karin Keith, Laura Robertson, Thomas Jones | |
$665,887 | |
2008 | Fostering reading fluency and mathematics competencies |
Dean’s Collaborative Mini-Grant | |
Colleague(s): Barnett, K., Brickell, M., & Dwyer, E. J. | |
$425 |
Professional Service and Affiliations
Present | Member, American Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies | Present | Member, American Educational Research Association | Present | Member, College and University Faculty Assembly of the NCSS | Present | Member, Currere Exchange | Present | Member, Curriculum & Pedagogy Group | Present | Member, International Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies | Present | Member, International Society for the Social Studies | Present | Member, National Association of Multicultural Education | Present | Member, National Council for the Social Studies | Present | Member, Tennessee Council for the Social Studies | Present | Member, Tennessee Geographic Alliance | Present | Member, The American Association for Teaching & Curriculum |
Honors and Awards
- 2008 - Alumni Return to the Classroom honoree
- 2008 - Appointment as Associate Member of the Graduate Faculty Status at ETSU
- 2009 - Selected to attend the AERA Division B, New Faculty Mentoring Program
- 2009 - Presidential Grant-In-Aid Professional Development Travel Award
- 2011 - Selected to attend the AERA Division G Pre-Conference Workshop
- 2015 - Featured in ETSU’s Illuminated Graduate Magazine
- 2015 - Received the Clemmer College of Education Level Outstanding Faculty Award for Teaching (ETSU)
- 2016 - Granted Non-Instructional Leave for Research and Writing Projects (One Semester)
- 2017 - Selected as an ETSU INtopFORM Faculty Fellow for 2017-2018
- 2018 - Received the Excellence in Teaching Award by the Student Chapter of the National Society of Leadership and Success (ETSU)
- 2018 - Received the College of Education Faculty Award for Diversity (ETSU)
- 2019 - Selected to receive an Open Educational Resource Award (OER)
- 2019 - Received the Clemmer College Level Outstanding Faculty Award for Teaching (ETSU)
- 2019 - Received the University Level Distinguished Faculty Award for Teaching (ETSU)
- 2020 - Received the ETSU Clemmer College Alumni Hall of Fame Award
Courses
- READ 5950 - Action Research in Reading Education (Graduate)
- READ 5120 - Teaching Reading (Graduate)
- CUAI 5220 - Secondary School Curriculum (Graduate)
- CUAI 4210 - Integrated Teaching: Language Arts (Undergraduate)
- CUAI 4707 - Classroom Management (Undergraduate)
- CUAI 5415 - Communications Block: Language Arts (Graduate)
- CUAI 5910 - Assessment Techniques in the Classroom (Graduate)
- CUAI 5455 - Middle Grades Social Studies (Graduate)
- CUAI 5450 - Middle School Curriculum & Assessment (Graduate)
- CUAI 5119 - Elementary School Science (Graduate)
- CUAI 5957 - Readings & Seminar in Curriculum
- CUAI 5707 - Classroom Management (Graduate)
- CUAI 5957 - Special Topics in Curriculum Theory (Graduate)
- CUAI 5121 - Elementary School Social Studies (Graduate)
- CUAI 5199 - Teaching in a Diverse Society (Graduate)
- CUAI 5440 - Elementary School Curriculum & Assessment (Graduate)
- CUAI 4220 - Social Studies Education in a Multicultural Society (Undergraduate)
2006 | DoE, Curriculum & Instruction, University of Central Florida | |
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2000 | MA, Teaching (Elementary Education K-8), East Tennessee State University | |
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1999 | BA, English, Milligan College | |
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Links
Contact Information
PO Box 70684
Johnson City, TN 37614
Office: Warf-Pickel Hall Room 406
Phone: 423-439-7584
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