Education:
B.S. English Education -- Iowa
State University
M.A. Reading Disabilities -- University
of Iowa
Ph.D Educational Psychology and
Literacy -- University of Iowa |
Areas of Expertise:
- Emergent/Early Literacy
- Language Development
- Family & School Collaboration
- Reading Disabilities
- Readers' and Writers' Workshops
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Research Interests:
- Classroom Discourse: Children's talk and teachers'
roles.
- Staff development and the process of change
in teachers.
- Teachers' practices in facilitating emergent
literacy development.
- Factors related to variability in literacy
development.
- Theory and practice of family involvement.
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Courses Taught:
- Methods of Teaching Early Literacy
- Emergent Literacy and Language Development.
- Variability in Language Development and Literacy.
- Roles of the Reading Specialist.
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Recent Publications:
- Fostering family-school collaborations. (The
Thinking Classroom/Peremena. In press.)
- Bridging the gap between fiction and nonfiction
in the literature circle setting. (The Reading
Teacher. In press.)
- Iowa principals' perceptions about the need
for the K-6 Iowa Reading Endorsement. (Iowa
Educational Leadership.)
- Preservice teachers' experiences of 'America
Reads' research. (Networks: An online journal
for teacher research.)
- Sharing sessions provide structure for growth
in literacy. (Primary Voices K-6.)
- Communicating with parents to increase support
and involvement. (Technologia Vzdelavania.)
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Professional
Affiliations:
- Alpha Upsilon Alpha.
- American Association of University Professors
- International Reading Association
- National Council of Teachers of English
- National Reading Conference
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Honors/Awards:
- College of Education "Excellence
in Teaching" Faculty Award, UNI.
- James and Coretta Stroud Fellowship for outstanding
doctoral candidate, University of Iowa.
- State of Iowa Board of Education Award for
Outstanding Teaching.
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