Present | Associate Professor, East Tennessee State University ‐ Department of Curriculum and Instruction | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Grants
2019 | Diverse Families as Brokers of Student Literacy Success |
The Literacy Association of Tennessee | |
Studies and Research Grant | |
Colleague(s): Brown, C.L., & Mooneyham, J. | |
$500 | |
2019 | Reaching Rural Teachers through Innovative Professional Development in Literacy: Integrating Web-Based and Traditional Delivery Methods |
East Tennessee State University | |
Research Development Committee Grant | |
Colleague(s): Moran, R., & Keith, K. | |
$10,000 | |
2019 | Reading the Word and the World: Adding a Global Dimension to a Literacy Course |
East Tennessee State University | |
Curriculum Internationalization Faculty Grant | |
Colleague(s): Moran, R., & Keith, K. | |
$5,000 |
Professional Service and Affiliations
2019 - Present | Reviewer, American Reading Forum | 2018 - Present | Reviewer, Literacy Association of Tennessee Annual Conference | 2018 - Present | Manuscript Reviewer, Mid-Western Educational Researcher | 2018 - Present | Reviewer, TESOL International Convention | 2018 - Present | Manuscript Reviewer, The Reading Teacher | 2017 - Present | Manuscript Reviewer, Literacy Research and Instruction | 2017 - Present | Manuscript Reviewer, Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice | 2015 - Present | Reviewer, American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting | 2013 - Present | Reviewer, Literacy Research Association Annual Meeting | Present | Member, American Educational Research Association | Present | Member, International Literacy Association | Present | Member, Literacy Association of Tennessee | Present | Member, Literacy Research Association | Present | Member, National Council of Teachers of English | Present | Member, Smoky Mountain Literacy Council | Present | Member, TESOL International Association | 2019 - 2020 | President, Smoky Mountain Literacy Council | 2019 - 2020 | Co-Editor, Tennessee Literacy Journal | 2017 - 2020 | Chair, Literacy Association of Tennessee Diversity Committee | 2018 - 2019 | Reviewer, TESOL Award for Distinguished Research |
Honors and Awards
- 1999-2004 - Kaluga State Pedagogical University Excellence Scholarship
- 2013 - Knoxville News Sentinel Exceptional Educator
- 2013 - TNTESOL East Tennessee English as a Second Language Educator of the Year
- 2014-2016 - University of Tennessee Graduate Student Senate Travel Award
- 2015, 2016 - Kellie W. McGarrh Travel Support Award, University of Tennessee
- 2016 - Graduate Student Research Award, University of Tennessee
- 2016 - Educators Hall of Honor Fellowship Scholarship, University of Tennessee
Courses
- READ 5950 - Action Research in Reading Education
- CUAI 5190 - Linguistics of Reading
- CUAI 5900 - Language and Discourse in Teaching (Independent Study)
- CUAI 5750 - Teaching Literacy in Diverse Classrooms
- CUAI 5604 - English as a Second Language Internship
- CUAI 5601 - English as a Second Language: History, Practice and Assessment
- REED 4026 - Assessment and Enhancement of Children’s Literacy
- REED 3200 - Teaching Writing and Language Arts in Elementary Schools
August 2017 | PhD, Education, Literacy Studies, University of Tennessee, Knoxville | |
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August 2008 | MS, Education, Education, English as a Second Language, University of Tennessee, Knoxville | |
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August 2004 | BA, Education, English as a Foreign Language, Linguistics, Kaluga State Pedagogical University | |
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Links
Contact Information
PO Box 70684
Johnson City, TN 37614
Office: Warf-Pickel Hall, Room 401
Phone: 423-439-7595
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