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Name | Personal Focus | Summary |
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Eurydice BauerProfessor |
Eurydice Bauer, Ph.D.'s educational background - University of Iowa, Bachelor of Science (Education with an endorsement Early Childhood), 1986. University of Iowa, Master of Arts (Education, Major: Developmental Reading [K–8]), 1990. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Doctor of Philosophy, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, 1996. | |
Dr. Angela BaumProfessor |
early childhood education | She is an Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Education in the Department of Instruction and Teacher Education at the University of South Carolina. Her expertise lies in the areas of early childhood teacher preparation and leadership development within the child care work force. She is actively engaged with the South Carolina Department of Social Services in several projects focused on improving the quality of child care in the state of South Carolina |
Dr. Yasha Jones BectonClinical Associate Professor |
multicultural education and student achievement, how issues of social class, culture, and race intersect with student achievement | Yasha Becton’s areas of concentration include multicultural education and student achievement, particularly as it relates to classroom instruction, curriculum design, professional development, and parental involvement. Additional interests include how issues of social class, culture, and race intersect with the aforementioned areas. Becton has more than 15 years of experience serving as a high school teacher and administrator within the South Carolina public school systems. |
Cassandra BosierClinical Assistant Professor |
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Dr. Gloria BoutteProfessor |
African American students/language; Critical Literacy;, African Diaspora Literacy, Culturally Relevant Pedagogy | Dr. Gloria Swindler Boutte is a Carolina Distinguished Professor at the University of South Carolina. She has presented widely on diversity and equity issues and enjoys working with teachers and schools. She is also the Founder and Executive Director for the Center for the Education and Equity of African American students (CEEAAS) in Columbia, South Carolina. |
Dr. Fenice B. BoydDepartment Chair/Professor |
Fenice Boyd is Chair and Professor in the Department of Instruction and Teacher Education (ITE), in the College of Education at the University of South Carolina. Her scholarship, teaching, and service centers on diversity- writ large-as related to students' ethnic, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, academic abilities and potentials, instructional approaches and curriculum. Prof. Boyd has published three co-authored and two co-edited books, as well as numerous articles and book chapters. | |
Eliza G BradenAssociate Professor |
Family Literacy, Social Justice and Education, Digital Literacies. | Dr. Braden's major fields of interest and research include critical language practices of culturally and linguistically diverse young children, in and out of school literacy practices, family literacy, social justice and education, and digital literacies. |
Kourtney ChapmanClinical Assistant Professor |
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Catherine F Compton-LillyProfessor |
follow children from immigrant families from primary school through high school | Catherine Compton-Lilly engages in longitudinal research projects that last over long periods of time. Her interests include examining how time operates as a contextual factor in children’s lives as they progress through school and construct their identities as students and readers. In an ongoing study, now in its ninth year, Compton-Lilly is working with a team of graduate students to follow children from immigrant families from primary school through high school. |
Dr. Daniella Ann Cook, PhDProfessor |
Her research concentrates on understanding how class, race and power affect the everyday schooling lives of students, teachers and communities traditionally under-served by public education across diverse contexts. Recently, she conducted an ethnographic study of black educators in New Orleans to explore urban school reform narratives with an explicit focus on their effects on black communities during the single largest displacement of African American educators since desegregation. | |
Matthew CunninghamClinical Assistant Professor |
Matthew Cunningham is a Clinical Assistant Professor, Elementary Education in the Department of Teacher Education, College of Education. | |
Ms. Elizabeth Rose Currin, PhDClinical Associate Professor |
Elizabeth Currin is a faculty member in the curriculum studies concentration of the online Ed.D. in Educational Practice and Innovation. She primarily teaches courses on action research and serves as a liaison within the Professional Development Schools Network. Her prior experience as a high school English teacher influences her scholarly interest in stories by and about teachers, encompassing practitioner research, the history of education, and representations of schools in popular culture. | |
Jeffrey Carlyle EargleClinical Associate Professor |
teacher leadership, specifically among social studies teachers | Jeff Eargle is a Clinical Assistant Professor in Secondary Humanities Education. At the University of South Carolina, Eargle teaches practicum-based courses related to teacher development and community engagement and supervises pre-service teachers in the field placements. In addition to an interested in social studies methods and curriculum, he studies teacher leadership. He is interested in how female social studies leaders lead within masculine contexts. |
Ashley GessClinical Associate Professor |
Ashley Gess, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of STEM and STEAM Education at the University of South Carolina where she is Co-Coordinator of the Ed.D. in Integrated STEM Education. Gess holds a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in Integrative STEM Education from Virginia Polytechnic and State University. Prior to working as a professor of Education, Gess spent 15 years in the K-16 science classroom as a Chemistry teacher and Biology professor. | |
Dr. Kristin E HarbourAssociate Professor |
Development and implementation of interventions and innovative instructional practices, Support systems general and special education teachers’ mathematics content knowledge, Innovative pre-service teacher preparation that uses research-based practices | Kristin Harbour, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor, Elementary Education in the Department of Instruction and Teacher Education, College of Education. |
Thomas E HodgesDean |
Dr. Hodges' research centers on how teachers view their roles as teachers of mathematics in relation to local and global expectations of mathematics instruction. Furthermore, he conducts research on the development of beliefs, attitudes, and dispositions towards mathematics teaching and learning among pre-service elementary teachers, which can then inform the design and assessment of mathematical experiences for pre-service teachers. | |
Dr. Rhonda JeffriesProfessor |
Cultural foundations, Urban education | Dr. Jeffries currently teaches in the areas of curriculum and diversity in education, staff development and qualitative research methods. Dr. Rhonda Jeffries' research interests include understanding the educational experiences of marginalized people, and her work often examines educational phenomena through a performance theory lens. |
Dr. Elif Karsli Calamak, PhDAssociate Professor |
supporting teachers of Syrian refugee children in public schools in Turkey, collaborating with refugee families with a focus on mathematics education | Elif Karsli-Calamak is an assistant professor in early mathematics education at the Department of Instruction and Teacher Education. She began her teaching career in a public kindergarten in Turkey. Later as a Fulbright scholar, she received her doctorate in Early Childhood Education from the University of Georgia. Her doctoral studies focused on children’s embodied mathematical practices in and out of school contexts and family perspectives on early mathematics education. |
James David KiryloProfessor |
Dr. Kirylo earned a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from University of New Orleans. He earned a M.Ed. in Educational Administration from University of New Orleans. He earned a M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction from University of New Orleans. He also earned a B.S. in Elementary Education from Weber State University. | |
Dr. Julia Maria Lopez-RobertsonProfessor |
education | Her research focuses on the intersections among language, race, ethnicity, and culture as they relate to the teaching and learning of English Language Learners and their families and in preparing teachers for diverse classrooms. Her agenda is built on a commitment to working with children, families, teachers in public schools, universities, and communities for the purpose of advancing understandings about emerging bilingual/multilingual students and their families. |
Dr. Christine Rene LotterProfessor |
inquiry science teaching, teacher beliefs, professional development of 6-12 teachers | Dr. Lotter's research interests revolve around the issue of improving secondary teacher education through reform-based teaching strategies as identified in the National Science Education Standards (NRC, 1996). She is specifically interested in teachers' use of inquiry teaching techniques as a way to improve students' understanding of both the nature of science and science content. |
Dr. Christie Lynn MartinProfessor |
During her three years at UNCC, she was involved in two large Math and Science Partnership Grants (MSP). The main focus of these grants was using standards based curriculum and formative assessments in elementary mathematics. Her research has centered on the evaluation of these grants, using writing strategies in mathematics, and comparing education practices between the United States and China. | |
Terrance Michael McadooClinical Associate Professor |
Terrance M. McAdoo began his professional work experience as a Transportation Consultant for the North Carolina Department of Transportation, before transitioning into the field of education. As an educator, Terrance has worked as a teacher assistant (working with Autistic children), a professional licensed business teacher (high school), a student affairs counselor, and a collegiate instructor. It didn’t take long for him to realize that not only was he gifted to teach but also he enjoyed it. | |
Dr. Bridget T MillerProfessor |
STEM classroom | Dr. Miller's research investigates the integration of commercial technologies such as tablet computers and their use in the STEM classroom to support instructional objectives in authentic and meaningful ways. Her recent studies focused on the use of electronic notebooks on iPads for students with cognitive disabilities to access, communicate, and be assessed in STEM curriculum. |
Dr. Becky Lynn MorganClinical Assistant Professor |
Rebecca Lynn Morgan, Ph.D. is a Clinical Assistant Professor, Curriculum Studies in the Department of Instruction and Teacher Education, College of Education. | |
Meir MullerAssociate Professor |
Constructivist theory and pedagogy, Teacher preparation and development, Research comparing early childhood issues in the Israeli and American society | Meir Muller has earned rabbinical ordination as well as a doctorate in philosophy in the area of early childhood education from the University of South Carolina. Dr. Muller holds the position of clinical assistant professor in the College of Education at the University of South Carolina and serves as the principal of the Columbia Jewish Day School. |
Dr. Victoria OglanClinical Associate Professor |
Education | Her areas of expertise are adolescent literacy, secondary English methodology, disciplinary literacy. Oglan's research interests include qualitative methodology and mixed methods. |
Jenny PowellClinical Instructor |
Jenny Powell earned an M.Ed. in Language and Literacy from the University of South Carolina in 2014. Prior to earning her Master's degree, she attended Newberry College where she earned a B.S. in Elementary Education with add-ons in Early Childhood Education and Middle Level ELA. Jenny Powell began her career as an educator in the rural town of Saluda, SC in 2011. While at Saluda Middle School, she taught sixth grade ELA. In later years, she transferred to Lexington School District One. | |
Waleed RajaClinical Assistant Professor |
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Dr. George RoyProfessor |
Dr. Roy received his Ph.D. in Education, with an emphasis in Mathematics Education, from UCF. During his doctoral program, his primary area of research focused on preservice teachers'Â development of mathematical content knowledge. Currently, Dr. Roy teaches mathematics methods courses as part of Middle Level Education program in the Department of Instruction and Teacher Education. His current research efforts include examining uses of dynamic technology in middle school math. | |
Dr. Lenny L SanchezProfessor |
examining how literacy teaching and learning can promote awareness of social issues, student empowerment, teacher and students’ critical literacy practices | Lenny Sánchez is an Assistant Professor in Language and Literacy Education in the College of Education at University of South Carolina. Lenny Sánchez earned his Ph.D. in Literacy, Culture, and Language Education from Indiana University – Bloomington, his M.S. in Effective Teaching and Leadership from Butler University, and his B.A. in Elementary Education from Anderson University. |
Susan Schramm-PateAssociate Professor |
Women's Studies, Historiography, Cultural Studies | Within the Department of Instruction & Teacher Education (ITE) Dr. Schramm-Pate teaches in the program area of Curriculum & Instruction. She also serves as an affiliate faculty member for the Women's Studies Program (WOST). Schramm-Pate's teaching concentration and research interests in the area of curriculum studies revolve around women's studies, historiography, cultural studies, and integrated curriculum. |
Zachary SteppClinical Assistant Professor |
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Jennifer Strickland-PooleClinical Instructor |
Jennifer Strickland-Poole is a Clinical Instructor, Early Childhood Education in the Department of Instruction and Teacher Education, College of Education. | |
Mary StyslingerProfessor |
Adolescent Literacy | Mary E. Styslinger is an Associate Professor of English education in the Department of Instruction and Teacher Education at the University of South Carolina. Director of the Midlands Writing Project, she is the author of book chapters encouraging teacher inquiry/artistry and journal articles regarding teacher research. Her current studies explore the play of feminist theory and its relation to curriculum and practice in English education. |
Suha R TamimClinical Associate Professor |
Instructional design and technology, Teaching with web tools, Interactive learning environments | Instructional design and technology, ehealth and mhealth education interventions, teaching with web tools, interactive learning environments, project based learning, health education strategies. |
Dr. Stephen Ludwig ThompsonProfessor |
Stephen Thompson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Instruction and Teacher Education. He is the Principal Investigator on the Diverse Pathways in Teacher Preparation Project. The goal of this project is to create technical to 4-year college teacher certification pathways across the state. | |
Dr. Kenneth E. VoglerAssociate Professor |
Assessment and Educational Policy, Social Studies Education | Kenneth E. Vogler's research includes the Assessment and Educational Policy- more specifically, the intersection of state curriculum and assessment policies and teachersâ instructional practices- and Social Studies Education. |
Dr. Yang WangProfessor |
Reading comprehension, English language learning, Reading miscue analysis | Yang Wang joined the Language and Literacy faculty at the University of South Carolina in August of 2014. She teaches three different courses to graduate students in M.Ed. program of Language and Literacy. These courses include: Reading Assessment, Teaching Reading through Children’s Literature, and Content Area Reading and Writing. |
Dr. Toni WilliamsAssociate Professor |
Assessing student learning and creating meaningful authentic learning for students of all ethnicities is Dr. Williamsâ priority in teaching. Her research interests include life histories of middle school teachers and literate lives of African American boys. Moreover she is interested in issues of social justice and diversity in education. | |
Dr. Kamania Jamila Wynter-hoyteAssociate Professor |
Education | Kamania Wynter-Hoyte is an Assistant Professor for the Department of Instruction and Teacher Education, College of Education. |
Dr. Jan YowProfessor |
mathematics education | Before joining the faculty of the University of South Carolina-Columbia, Dr. Yow earned her Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Dr.Yow is a former secondary mathematics teacher and current National Board Certified Teacher in Adolescent and Young Adulthood Mathematics. Her research interest include mathematics education, teacher education and teacher leadership. |
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