College of Education
Faculty Research Interests
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RESEARCH AREAS OF INTEREST
Counseling Curriculum Health and Fitness K-12 School Leadership Mentoring Special Needs Miscellaneous |
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Terry Buchanan
Research Area(s) of Interest: Dev. app. practices; Early literacy; Early childhood education
Karen Callender
Research Area(s) of Interest: Professional Development Schools; Mentoring; School Administration
Russell L. Carson
Research Area(s) of Interest: Psychology of Teachers – teacher education, teacher burnout, teacher motivation and commitment, teacher satisfaction and life statisfaction
Ray Castle
Research Area(s) of Interest: Heat-related illness; athletic training
Rita R. Culross
Research Area(s) of Interest: Gifted education; Counseling the gifted; Underachievement; International Baccalaureate
Jennifer Curry
Research Area(s) of Interest: School counselor leadership development; Holistic wellness; Self-efficacy; Comprehensive models of school counseling progams; Student acheivement.
Dr. Margaret-Mary Sulentic Dowell
Research Area(s) of Interest: Language; Literacy; Culture; Academic – service learning
Alex Garn
Research Area(s) of Interest: Understanding motivation in physical activity settings
Debra Guedry
Research Area(s) of Interest: Reading/Language Arts; Classroom management; Mentoring of beginning teacher
Noel Hammatt
Research Area(s) of Interest: School Choice; Vouchers; School Boards
Kathy Hannaman
Research Area(s) of Interest: Reading; Research – especially emergent literacy; Teacher mentoring, peer coaching; Literacy coaching
Laura Jewett
Research Area(s) of Interest: Curriculum theory; Qualitative research; Multicultural education
Elecia Lathon
Research Area(s) of Interest: Teacher preparation; Literacy practices in K-8 schools; Minority achievement on high stakes tests; Language and culture; Sprituality in Education
Robbie McHardy
Research Area(s) of Interest: gifted education; teacher education, appropriate curriculum, teaching strategies, diversity issues
Paul Mooney
Research Area(s) of Interest: Assessment and intervention for students with disabilities
Lisa Newman, OSS
Research Area(s) of Interest: Counseling
Terry Poehl
Research Area(s) of Interest: Secondary mathematics curriculum; Effects of long-term professional development for middle school mathematics teachers with respect to student achievement.
Jared Porter
Research Area(s) of Interest: How contextual interference influences motor skill learning
Sarah Raines
Research Area(s) of Interest: Value-added teacher education research; Value-added teacher/administrator preparation; Alternative principal certification; Reorganizing puiblic school systems; Grant-driven principal internships
Thomas Ricks
Research Area(s) of Interest: Classroom-based research on children's mathematics learning
Laura K. Stewart
Research Area(s) of Interest: Inflammation and exercise – exploring the relationship among botanicals, exercise and development of Type II Diabetes; The relationship between meethionine restriction and mitochondrial DNA damage
Noelle Witherspoon
Research Area(s) of Interest: Leadership for social justice; Religio-spirituality in educational leadership; Principal preparation; Womanist and feminist research methodologies; Intersection of race and gender in educational leadership
