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About Natalia A. Ward

Positions

Present Associate Professor, East Tennessee State University ‐ Department of Curriculum and Instruction
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Curriculum Vitae

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
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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
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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

Education

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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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Presentations at Refereed Conferences (71)