Began Doctoral Fellowship: Fall 2014
Specialization Area & Faculty Mentor: Educational Technology; working with Dr. Pasha Antonenko
Primary Research Interests: Creating and developing technology-enhanced learning environments in educational settings; Professional development learning facilitated by technology outside K-16 settings; Increasing access to math and engineering in K-12 and post-secondary settings; Collaborative learning enhanced by technology in the classroom.
Began Doctoral Fellowship: Fall 2014
Specialization Area & Faculty Mentor: ESOL/Bilingual Education; working with Dr. Maria Coady.
Primary Research Interests: English language learning among native speakers of Spanish and Mandarin Chinese; Online and software-based language teaching methods; Professional development and profession-specific assessment instruments.
Began Doctoral Fellowship: Fall 2014
Specialization Area & Faculty Mentor: Statistics Education; working with Dr. Tim Jacobbe
Primary Research Interests: Developing assessments that emphasize conceptual understanding of statistics; Community outreach to promote a more statistically-literate society.
Recent Conference Presentation: Tim Jacobbe, Catherine Case, Douglas Whitaker & Steven Foti, “Establishing the Validity of the LOCUS Assessments through an Evidence-Centered Design Approach.” International Conference on Teaching Statistics. Flagstaff, AZ. July 2014.
Began Doctoral Fellowship: Summer 2009.
Program Area & Faculty Mentor: ESOL/Bilingual Education; working with Dr. Ester de Jong
Primary Research Interests: Academic language in dual language programs: teachers’ understanding.
Courses Taught at UF: TSL 4324, “ESOL Strategies for Content Area Teachers”
Recent Conference Paper Presentation: Ester de Jong & Katherine Barko-Alva, “Academic Language in Theory, Policy, and Practice.” American Educational Research Association. Philadelphia, PA. April 2014.
Began Doctoral Fellowship: Fall 2013
Specialization Area & Faculty Mentor: Curriculum, Teaching, & Teacher Education; working with Dr. Elizabeth Bondy
Primary Research Interests: Fostering the development of culturally responsive science educators through ongoing professional development in high-poverty urban schools and communities; Service learning and leadership development in pre-service and in-service teacher education; Science in informal settings.
Recent Conference Paper Presentation: Brittney Beck, “Improving a university-based middle school mentoring program through explorations of inquiry in the mentoring relationship.” Florida League of Middle Schools Conference. Sarasota, FL. June 2013.
Began Doctoral Fellowship: Fall 2013
Specialization Area & Faculty Mentor: Statistics Education; working with Dr. Tim Jacobbe
Primary Research Interests: Assessment of conceptual understanding of statistics; Teacher preparation to teach statistical concepts.
Courses Taught at UF: STA 3024, “Introduction to Statistics II”
Recent Conference Paper Presentation: Tim Jacobbe, Catherine Case, Douglas Whitaker & Steven Foti, “Establishing the Validity of the LOCUS Assessments through an Evidence-Centered Design Approach.” International Conference on Teaching Statistics. Flagstaff, AZ. July 2014.
Began Doctoral Fellowship: Fall 2010
Program Area: Curriculum, Teaching, & Teacher Education; working with Dr. Dorene Ross & Dr. Sevan Terzian
Primary Research Interests: African American education and pedagogy; History of Education—segregated schooling; Africana methodologies.
Courses Taught at UF: EDG 4930, “Race, History, and Public Schooling in the United States”
Recent Conference Paper Presentation: Diedre Houchen, “The State of African Americans in Higher Education: A Review of the Literature.” ISAAC Conference on Research Directions; Third Biannual Empirical Research Conference on African American Education. Hilton Head, SC. May 2013.
Recent Scholarly Publication: Linda Behar-Horenstein, Cirecie West-Olatunji, Thomas Moore, Diedre Houchen & Kellie Roberts, “Resilience post-tenure: The experience of an African American Woman in a PWI,” Florida Journal of Educational Administration and Policy 5 (January 2013): 68-84.
Began Doctoral Fellowship: Fall 2012
Primary Research Interests: Middle grades education; Science Education; Qualitative research methods; African American girls; STEM fields; Science curriculum.
Courses Taught at UF: SCE 4113, “Elementary Science Content”; SCE 6947, “Practicum in Secondary Science Teaching and Assessment.”
Recent Conference Paper Presentation: Natalie King, Rose Pringle, & Jennifer Mesa, “Negotiating Rigor and Best Practices: Designing an Effective Physical Science Content Course for Middle School Science Teachers.” Southeastern Association for Science Teacher Education Conference. Macon, GA. October 2013.
Began Doctoral Fellowship: Fall 2013
Specialization Area & Faculty Mentor: Mathematics Education; working with Dr. Tim Jacobbe.
Primary Research Interests: Differentiated instruction in the mathematics classroom; Collaboration in the mathematics classroom; Mathematics teacher professional development; Pre-service teacher math content knowledge.
Courses Taught at UF: MAE 3221, “Mathematics Content and Methods for Teaching Mathematics in the Inclusive Elementary Classroom, Part I”
Recent Conference Presentation: Orhan Kaplan, Thomasenia L. Adams, & Carolyn Mitten, “Barriers to efficiently incorporating Common Core Standards for Mathematics (CCSS-M) in mathematics instruction: An exploratory study.” Southeastern Regional Association of Teacher Educators. Sarasota, FL. October 2013.
Began Doctoral Fellowship: Fall 2009
Program Area & Faculty Mentor: Reading Education, working with Dr. Zhihui Fang.
Primary Research Interests: Adolescent literacy and how students from diverse backgrounds develop their literacy skills in content areas.
Courses Taught at UF: TSL 3520, “ESOL Foundations: Language and Culture in Elementary Classrooms”; RED 3312, “Content Area Literacy” (co-taught with Dr. Fang); RED 5337, “Teaching Reading in Secondary Schools” (co-taught with Dr. Fang).
Recent Conference Paper Presentation: Zhihui Fang, Yang Qi, Julie Bader & Suzanne Coatoam, “Writing a Report: A Study of Preadolescents’ Use of Informational Language.” American Association for Applied Linguistics. Dallas, TX. March 2013.
Began Doctoral Fellowship: Fall 2012
Specialization Area & Faculty Mentor: Statistics Education; working with Dr. Tim Jacobbe.
Primary Research Interests: Statistics education in grades 9-12.
Courses Taught at UF: STA 2023, “Introduction to Statistics I”; STA 3024, “Introduction to Statistics II”; MAE 5347, “Teaching K-8 Math Methods” (co-taught with Rhonda Williams).
Recent Conference Presentation: Doug Whitaker & Catherine Case, “LOCUS Pilot Study and Preliminary Findings.” Joint Statistical Meetings. Montreal, QC. August 2013.
Began Doctoral Fellowship: Spring 2011
Specialization Area & Faculty Mentors: Mathematics Education; working with Dr. Dorene Ross & Dr. Tim Jacobbe
Primary Research Interests: Impact of instructional coaching on the practices of secondary mathematics teachers.
Courses Taught at UF: MAE 4310, “Teaching Mathematics in the Inclusive Elementary School”; MAE 5332, “Secondary School Mathematics”; MAE 5347, “Teaching K-8 Mathematics for Understanding”; EDE 6932, “Multicultural Mathematics.”
Recent Conference Paper Presentation: Rhonda L. Williams, “Creating Culturally Responsive Mathematics Lessons: Examining the Journey of Preservice Teachers.” Association of Teacher Educators Conference. St. Louis, MO. February 2014.
