Katherine Barko-Alva
Began Doctoral Fellowship: Summer 2009.
Program Area & Faculty Mentor: ESOL/Bilingual Education; working with Dr. Ester de Jong
Primary Research Interests: Bilingual Education—two-way immersion programs and academic language.
Courses Taught at UF: TSL 4324, “ESOL Strategies for Content Area Teachers”
Recent Conference Paper Presentation: Mary-Anne Primack, Timothy Barko, & Katherine Barko-Alva, “Staying the Course: Notions of Transition and Retention in UF Students through Photo-Visual Representation.” Presented at the International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry. Urbana-Champaign, IL. May 2011.
Julie Brown
Began Doctoral Fellowship: Fall 2010
Program Area: Science Education; working with Dr. Kent Crippen and Dr. Elizabeth Bondy
Primary Research Interests: Creating culturally responsive secondary science teachers through ongoing professional development.
Courses Taught at UF: SCE 4310, “Elementary Science Methods for the Inclusive Classroom”; SCE 6117, “Science Education in the Elementary School.”
Recent Conference Presentation: Julie Brown, “Cultural Relevance in High School Biology: Exploring Students’ Scientific Understandings and Dispositions.” The National Association of Research in Science Teaching (NARST). Indianapolis, IN. March 2012.
Recent Scholarly Publication: Michelle Klosterman, Troy Sadler, & Julie Brown, “Science teachers’ use of mass media to address socio-scientific issues and sustainability,” Research in Science Education 42 (January 2012): 51-74.
Richard Busi
Began Doctoral Fellowship: Fall 2010
Program Area: Mathematics Education; working with Dr. Tim Jacobbe
Primary Research Interests: Preservice teachers’ mathematical content knowledge; formative assessment and its role in teaching for understanding.
Courses Taught at UF: EDG 4930, “Mathematics Content for Elementary Teachers.”
Seongah Byeon
Began Doctoral Fellowship: Fall 2006.
Program Area & Faculty Mentor: Bilingual/ESOL Education; working with Dr. Ester de Jong.
Primary Research Interests: Language ideology, policy and practice regarding bilingualism in English and heritage language of culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) students in the US.
Courses Taught at UF: TSL 3526, “ESOL Foundations: Language and Culture in Elementary Classrooms.” TSL 5142, “ESOL Curriculum, Methods and Assessment.”
Recent Conference Paper Presentation: Seongah Byeon, “Language Learner Observation Project: Analyzing English Language Learners (ELLs) for Instructional Planning.” The 43rd Annual Conference of California Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (CATESOL). Oakland, CA. April 2012.
Recent Scholarly Publication: Seongah Byeon, “Literacy Development: A Holistic Perspective of School, Community, and Home,” Sunshine State TESOL of Florida Journal 10 (1) (2011): 28-38.
Jessica Clawson
Began Doctoral Fellowship: Fall 2008.
Program Area & Faculty Mentor: Curriculum and Instruction, studying the History of Education; working with Dr. Sevan Terzian.
Primary Research Interests: The history of LGBTQ students in higher education, particularly in terms of their activism.
Courses Taught at UF: EDF 3514/AMH 3931: “History of American Education.”
Recent Conference Paper Presentation: Jessica Clawson, “Drag and the Pedagogy of Silence: Performance and Gender in the Queer Student Movement.” The American Educational Research Association. Vancouver, Canada. April 2012.
Recent Scholarly Publication: Jessica Clawson, “Administrative Recalcitrance and Government Intervention: Desegregation at the University of Florida, 1962-1972,” The Florida Historical Quarterly 89 (Winter 2011): 347-374.
Kathryn Comerford
Began Doctoral Fellowship: Fall 2012
Program Area & Faculty Mentor: Curriculum, Teaching, & Teacher Education; working with Dr. Dorene Ross.
Primary Research Interests: Critical teaching and teacher education; practitioner research inquiry; history of education; critical social studies education.
Courses Taught at UF: EDF 5552, “The Role of School in a Democratic Society”; EDF 3514/AMH 3931, “History of American Education.”
Elyse Hambacher
Began Doctoral Fellowship: Fall 2009.
Program Area & Faculty Mentor: Curriculum, Teaching, and Teacher Education; working with Dr. Elizabeth Bondy.
Primary Research Interests: Teaching and learning in high poverty settings; teacher professional development; and teaching for social justice.
Courses Taught at UF: EDE 6225, “Practices of Childhood Education”
Recent Conference Paper Presentation: Elizabeth Bondy, Elyse Hambacher, Desirae Krell, Amy Murphy, & Rachel Wokenhaur, “Teaching for Social Justice: A Job-embedded Online Course with Practicing Educators.” The Association of Teacher Educators conference (ATE). San Antonio, TX. February 2012.
Recent Scholarly Publication: Elizabeth Bondy, Dorene Ross, Elyse Hambacher & Melanie Acosta, “Becoming Warm Demanders: Perspectives and Practices of First-Year Teachers,” Urban Education (in press).
Diedre Houchen
Began Doctoral Fellowship: Fall 2010
Program Area: Curriculum, Teaching, & Teacher Education; working with Dr. Dorene Ross
Primary Research Interests: Black education; African American history and pedagogy; community based research methods; educational organizing.
Courses Taught at UF: EDG 4930, “Race and Education”
Recent Conference Paper Presentation: Melanie Acosta & Diedre Houchen, “Seeing the Invisible: Whiteness in Teacher Education, a Critical Race Theory Perspective.” University of Florida Center for the Study of Race and Race Relations Brown Bag. April 2012.
Recent Scholarly Publication: Diedre Houchen, “Stakes is High: Culturally Relevant Practitioner Inquiry with African American High School Students Struggling to Pass Secondary Reading Exit Exams,” Urban Education (in press).
Natalie King
Began Doctoral Fellowship: Fall 2012
Program Area & Faculty Mentor: Science Education; working with Dr. Rose Pringle.
Primary Research Interests: Effective pedagogy for culturally diverse learners; teacher professional development; how students learn science.
Desirae Krell
Began Doctoral Fellowship: Fall 2009.
Program Area & Faculty Mentor: English Education and Curriculum, Teaching & Teacher Education. Working with Dr. Barbara Pace & Dr. Nancy Dana.
Primary Research Interests: Meaningful media/technology integration in English Education; teacher preparation in secondary ELA; action research/teacher inquiry; critical pedagogy.
Courses Taught at UF: ESE 6945, “Student Teaching”; ESE 6344, “Practices & Assessment in Secondary English Ed”; LAE 6366, “Language Arts Literature Methods.”
Recent Conference Paper Presentation: Barbara G. Pace, Desi Krell, & Luke Rodesiler, “Negotiating Troubled Fields: Hybridity and Opportunity in English Teacher Education Practicums and Internships.” The National Council of Teachers of English Assembly on Research (NCTEAR) annual meeting. Tuscaloosa, AL. February 2012.
Recent Scholarly Publication: Desi Krell & Nancy Fichtman Dana, “Facilitating Action Research: A Study of Coaches, Their Experiences, and Their Reflections on Leading Teachers in the Process of Practitioner Inquiry,” Professional Development in Education (2012): 1-18.
Cheryl McLaughlin
Began Doctoral Fellowship: Fall 2010
Program Area & Faculty Mentor: Science Education; working with Dr. Rose Pringle
Primary Research Interests: Science teacher professional learning and development.
Courses Taught at UF: SCE 4310, “Elementary Science Methods for the Inclusive Classroom”; SCE 5355, “Foundations of Science Teaching”; EDG 6931, “Science Curriculum Development.”
Recent Conference Paper Presentation: Rose Pringle & Cheryl McLaughlin, “Inquiry-based Science Practices: Making Science Happen in the Primary classroom.” The Science and Mathematics Teaching and Learning Conference. Kingston, Jamaica. March 2012.
Recent Scholarly Publication: Rose Pringle & Cheryl McLaughlin, “Preparing Science Teachers for Diversity: Integrating the Contributions of Scientists from Underrepresented Groups in the Middle School Science Curriculum.” In eds. Mary M. Atwater, Melody L. Russell, & Malcolm B. Butler, Science Teacher Education Through The Lenses of Multiculturalism, Equity, and Social Justice (Springer, In press).
Amy Murphy
Began Doctoral Fellowship: Fall 2011
Program Area & Faculty Mentor: Curriculum, Teaching, & Teacher Education; working with Dr. Elizabeth Bondy and Dr. Brianna Kennedy-Lewis.
Primary Research Interests: Teacher preparation; clinical teaching; classroom management.
Courses Taught at UF: EDF 5552, “The Role of School in a Democratic Society” (co-taught with Dr. Brianna Kennedy-Lewis).
Recent Conference Presentation: Amy Murphy, Brianna Kennedy-Lewis, & Melanie Acosta, “’I’m not running around with my pants sagging, so how am I not acting like a lady?’: Intersections of Race and Gender in the Experiences of Middle School Troublemakers.” The International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry. Urbana-Champaign, IL. May 2012.
Yang Qi
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”
Recent Conference Paper Presentation: Maria Coady, Candace Harper, Ester de Jong, Ahyea Jo, Ramandeep Brar, & Yang Qi, “Examining Teacher Quality and Teacher Preparation for English Language Learners: The Use of Multiple Data Sources.” The Florida Association of Teacher Educators (FATE) conference. St. Petersburg, FL. October 2011.
Luke Rodesiler
Began Doctoral Fellowship: Fall 2009.
Program Area & Faculty Mentor: English Education; working with Dr. Barbara Pace
Primary Research Interests: English teachers’ participation online; the meaningful integration of popular media in the teaching of English; English teacher education.
Courses Taught at UF: LAE 6366, “Language Arts: Literature”; ESE 6945, “Student Teaching in the Secondary ELA Classroom”; LAE 6945, “Practicum in English Language Arts”; EDG 6931, “Literacy and Technology”; ESE 6344, “Classroom Practices in Secondary English Education”; EME 5403, “Instructional Computing I”; EME 2040, “Introduction to Educational Technologies.”
Recent Conference Paper Presentation: Barbara Pace, Desi Krell, & Luke Rodesiler, “Negotiating Troubled Fields: Hybridity and Opportunity in English Teacher Education Practicums and Internships.” National Council of Teachers of English Assembly on Research Winter Conference. Tuscaloosa, AL. February 2012.
Recent Scholarly Publication: Luke Rodesiler & Lauren Tripp, “It’s all about Personal Connections: Investigating Pre-service English Teachers’ Experiences Engaging in Networked Learning” (pp. 185-202). In Vanessa Dennen & Jennifer Myers (eds.), Virtual Professional Development and Informal Learning via Social Networks (Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2012).
Jason Schipper
Began Doctoral Fellowship: Fall 2011
Program Area & Faculty Mentor: Social Studies Education; working with Dr. Elizabeth Washington
Primary Research Interests: Global education opportunities for pre-service teachers; international perspectives in K-12 Social Studies instruction; Social Studies for Gifted and Talented Learners.
Courses Taught at UF: SSE 4312, “Social Studies for Diverse Learners”; EDG 6931, “Methods for Teaching Civics and Government.”
Recent Conference Presentation: Jason A. Schipper, “Go Abroad! The Benefits of Teaching Social Studies Overseas.” The National Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference. Washington, D.C. December 2011.
Recent Scholarly Publication: Emory C. Helms, Austin M. Hitt, Jason A. Schipper, & Adam M. Jones, “Native American History in a Box: A New Approach to Teaching Native American Cultures.” The Social Studies 101 (July-August 2010): 160-165.
Brian Trutschel
Began Doctoral Fellowship: Spring 2008
Program Area & Faculty Mentor: Reading Education; working with Dr. Zhihui Fang
Primary Research Interests: Critical Media Literacy; Literacy Instruction in Urban Settings.
Courses Taught at UF: RED 5337 “Reading in the Secondary Content Area”; RED 3312 “Classroom Reading 1”; RED 4324 “Reading in the Intermediate Grades”; RED 5355 “Reading in the Elementary School.”
Recent Conference Paper Presentation: Zhihui Fang & Brian Trutschel, “Reading Secondary School History: Linguistic Challenges and Coping Strategies.” Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the International Reading Association. Orlando, FL. May 2011.
Recent Scholarly Publication: Troy Sadler, Ana Puig, & Brian Trutschel, “Laboratory instructional practices inventory (LIPI): A tool for assessing the transformation of undergraduate laboratory instruction,” Journal of College Science Teaching 41 (September 2011): 25-31.
Lindsay Vecchio
Began Doctoral Fellowship: Fall 2011
Program Area & Faculty Mentor: ESOL/Bilingual Education; working with Dr. Candace Harper
Primary Research Interests: English language learners with limited formal schooling; Teacher Education.
Courses Taught at UF: TSL 3520, “ESOL Foundations: Language and Culture in Classrooms.”
Recent Conference Paper Presentation: Lindsay Vecchio, “Exploring the Role of Language in Math Classrooms.” Sunshine State TESOL conference. Orlando, FL. May 2012.
Douglas Whitaker
Began Doctoral Fellowship: Fall 2012
Program Area & Faculty Mentor: Mathematics Education; working with Dr. Tim Jacobbe.
Primary Research Interests: Statistics education.
Courses Taught at UF: STA 2023, “Introduction to Statistics I”; STA 3024, “Introduction to Statistics II.”
