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Author:

Han, Soyoung

Title:

Intercultural Professional Development Through Telecollaboration: Unfolding Language Teacher Learning

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Intercultural
language teacher learning
telecollaboration
teacher professional development
activity theory
vygotskian sociocultural theory

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Committee Members:

Rachel Wolkenhauer, Major Field Member
Sharon Childs, Outside Unit & Field Member
Amy Crosson, Major Field Member
Elizabeth Smolcic, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kimberly Anne Powell, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Gates, Jacob

Title:

Neoliberal subjectivity and discourses in an elementary social studies methods course: A case study

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

teacher education
neoliberalism
social studies
preservice teachers
neoliberal subjectivity

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Committee Members:

Stephanie Schroeder, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Tanner Vea, Outside Unit & Field Member
Sarah Shear, Special Member
Gail Boldt, Major Field Member
Samuel Tanner, Major Field Member
Kimberly Anne Powell, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Madany-Saa, Magdalena

Title:

Southernizing frameworks of knowledge in the Ecuadorian Global Souths

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

sumak kawsay
Global South
ELT
English language policy
locus of enunciation
ecology of knowledges
decolonial cracks
epistemic agency

File:

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Committee Members:

Suresh Canagarajah, Outside Field Member
Mari Haneda, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Sinfree Makoni, Outside Field Member
Allison Henward, Major Field Member
Rebecca Tarlau, Outside Unit Member
Carla Zembal-Saul, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Lomeli, Hilario

Title:

(In)Disposable Youth: “At-risk” Subjectivities and Latinx Student Experiences of an Alternative School

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Latinx Students
Disposability
Alternative School
Education Anthropology

File:

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Committee Members:

Kimberly Anne Powell, Program Head/Chair
Joseph Valente, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kimberly Powell, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
A K Sandoval-Strausz, Outside Unit, Field & Minor Member
Julio Cammarota, Special Member
Gail Boldt, Major Field Member

Author:

Lyu, Sung Ryung

Title:

MOBILIZING WITHIN WHITENESS: MULTICULTURAL APPROACHES IN RURAL HEAD START

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Head Start
Multicultural Education
Early Childhood Education
Race
Whiteness
Culturally Responsive Teaching
Policy
Ethnography

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Committee Members:

Ashley Patterson, Major Field Member
Allison Henward, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jacqueline Reid-Walsh, Minor Field Member
Samuel Tanner, Major Field Member
Andrea Vujan Mccloskey, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Kai Schafft, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Althowaini, Ebtesam M

Title:

The Influence of Personal, Psychological, and Classroom Contextual Factors on Attitudes Toward EMI and Satisfaction with Coursework in EMI

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

English-medium instruction
satisfaction
L2MSS
ideal L2 self
ought-to L2 self
self-efficacy
sense of connectedness
classroom learning environment
gender
school type
mediation
science
attitudes
EMI

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Committee Members:

Mari Haneda, Major Field Member
Amy Crosson, Major Field Member
Ravinder Koul, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kevin Kinser, Outside Unit & Field Member
Scott Mcdonald, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Conrath, Brandin

Title:

Sensemaking with Digital Models & Data: A Multi-Study Investigation of Learning Across the Geosciences

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

science education
geoscience
digital tools
models

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Committee Members:

Scott Mcdonald, Program Head/Chair
Jason Griffith, Major Field Member
Scott Mcdonald, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Heather Zimmerman, Outside Unit & Field Member
Amy Farris, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Rivera-Santiago, Mar A

Title:

Resilience, Resistance, Recovery, and Repair: Intergenerational dialogues in picturebooks from the Puerto Rican archipelago

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

girlhoods
puerto rican identity
puerto rico
archipielago
children's literature

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Committee Members:

Allison Henward, Major Field Member
Jacqueline Reid-Walsh, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Judith Sierra-Rivera, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kimberly Anne Powell, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Maria Truglio, Minor Field Member

Author:

Umezawa, Kiyomi

Title:

Head Start Teachers' Language Ideologies and Policy Implementation in New Immigrant Settlement Areas in Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Head Start
Policy
Teachers' Language Ideology
Bilingual Education
New Immigrant Settlements
Latin@
Policy Implementation
Ethnography

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Committee Members:

Kimberly Anne Powell, Program Head/Chair
Esther Prins, Outside Unit & Field Member
Allison Henward, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kai Schafft, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Francesca Lopez, Major Field Member

Author:

Yu, Seongryeong

Title:

Children's Moments of Becoming in United States and Korean Classrooms: Spatial Production through Multiliteracy Practices

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

becoming
spatiality
literacy practice
multiliteracy
immigrant children
identity

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Committee Members:

Carla Zembal-Saul, Program Head/Chair
Esther Prins, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kimberly Powell, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Allison Henward, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Gail Boldt, Major Field Member
Minsoo Kim-Bossrad, Special Member

Author:

Yu, Lu

Title:

Dynamic Assessment of Academic Writing Among L2 Learners of English

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Vygotskian Sociocultural Theory
Dynamic Assessment
English academic writing

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Committee Members:

Mari Haneda, Major Field Member
Amy Crosson, Major Field Member
Karen Johnson, Outside Unit & Field Member
Matthew Poehner, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kimberly Anne Powell, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Shen, Yaqi

Title:

How do different types of morphological awareness in Chinese and English contribute to English reading for Chinese adolescents studying English as an additional language?

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

morphological awareness
vocabulary knowledge
reading comprehension
Chinese adolescents
English

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Committee Members:

Amy Crosson, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Pui-Wa Lei, Outside Unit & Field Member
Matthew Poehner, Major Field Member
Jonna Kulikowich, Minor Field Member
Kimberly Anne Powell, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Liang, Di

Title:

Reconceptualizing the "world" in World Language Education: Mediating student teacher's learning to teach World Languages through the lens of social justice.

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

World Languages
Social Justice
Sociocultural Theory
Teacher Education

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Committee Members:

Mari Haneda, Major Field Member
Karen Johnson, Outside Unit & Field Member
Matthew Poehner, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kimberly Powell, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Fran Arbaugh, Major Field Member

Author:

Stanley, Melissa

Title:

Navigating Contention in a Discordant Society: How Teachers Manage Contentious Issues Discussion in Secondary Social Studies Classrooms

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Contentious issues
secondary social studies education
discussion
teacher agency
teacher beliefs
controversy
Contentious issues
discussion
dialogic stance
framework
Contentious issues
secondary social studies education
discussion
teacher agency
teacher beliefs
controversy
dialogic stance
framework

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Committee Members:

Carla Zembal-Saul, Program Head/Chair
Jason Griffith, Major Field Member
Jessica Schocker, Outside Unit & Field Member
Stephanie Schroeder, Major Field Member
Scott Metzger, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Stebbins, Abigail

Title:

"It happens all day, every day": Exploring how student teachers describe and teach integrative elementary social studies

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

elementary social studies
curriculum integration
everyday pedagogy
elementary teacher education
student teachers
multiple case study

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Committee Members:

Kimberly Powell, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Tiffany Nyachae, Major Field Member
Stephanie Schroeder, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mark Kissling, Major Field Member
Tanner Vea, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Quaynor, Phoebe

Title:

Multilingualism and coloniality in Ghana: A case study of language use in a primary school.

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Classroom talk
anticolonial pedagogy
translanguaging

File:

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Committee Members:

Kimberly Powell, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Jason Griffith, Major Field Member
Sean Goudie, Outside Unit & Field Member
Amy Crosson, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Sinfree Makoni, Outside Field Member

Author:

Mahachi, Susan

Title:

Multicultural Attitudes, Inquiry-based Science Teaching Self-Efficacy, and Culturally Responsive Science Teaching Practices of Kenyan and Zimbabwean School Teachers

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

culturally responsive teaching
culturally responsive science teaching
inquiry-based science teaching self-efficacy
multicultural attitudes
student-centered teaching

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Committee Members:

Kimberly Powell, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Amy Crosson, Major Field Member
Hollie Kulago, Major Field Member
Ravinder Koul, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Sinfree Makoni, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Jackson, Jennifer

Title:

Utilizing Equity-Oriented Pedagogy To Support Teacher Learning

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Equity
Professional learning
Professional vision
Teacher identity

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Committee Members:

Scott Mcdonald, Program Head/Chair
Tiffany Nyachae, Major Field Member
Scott Mcdonald, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Tanner Vea, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kathleen Hill, Major Field Member

Author:

Cody, Jennifer

Title:

From Backrow Banishment to Backyard Problems: A Teacher's Tale of Transformative Learning

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Narrative inquiry
Teacher identity development
Student-led inquiry
Science education integration
Civic engagement
Transformative learning
Place-based education
Cross-disciplinary teaching
Science education
Social Studies education

File:

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Committee Members:

Christopher Palma, Outside Unit & Field Member
Rachel Wolkenhauer, Major Field Member
Mark Kissling, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Carla Zembal-Saul, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Scott Mcdonald, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Cunningham, Azaria

Title:

Making the invisible visible: Examining instructional moves to understand pedagogical reasoning during real-time coaching in a university-based early field experience

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Real-Time Coaching
Pedagogical Reasoning
Video-Stimulated Recall
Mathematics Teacher Educators
Instructional Decision
Pedagogical Dilemma
Professional Judgment
Instructional Move

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Committee Members:

Rachel Wolkenhauer, Major Field Member
Gwen Lloyd, Major Field Member
Fran Arbaugh, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Scott Mcdonald, Program Head/Chair
Susan Land, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Gil, Minyoung

Title:

Kindergarten Innovators: Exploring Design Decisions in a Classroom Engineering Project

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Engineering education
Science education
Kindergarten engineering
Early childhood engineering
Engineering practices
Engineering design

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Committee Members:

Scott Mcdonald, Program Head/Chair
Allison Henward, Major Field Member
ChanMin Kim, Outside Unit & Field Member
Carla Zembal-Saul, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Matthew Johnson, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Christine Cunningham, Special Member

Author:

Serrano, Elisa

Title:

Barájamela Más Despacio, I Don’t Understand: Using Pláticas as Pedagogy to Foster Critical Linguistic Consciousness Amongst Spanish-Speaking Language Minority Youth

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

pláticas
pedagogy
LatCrit
language ideologies
identity
linguistic justice

File:

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Committee Members:

Kimberly Powell, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Gilberto Conchas, Outside Unit & Field Member
Tiffany Nyachae, Major Field Member
Ricardo Martinez, Major Field Member
Francesca Lopez, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Jones-Greer, Kelsey Rose

Title:

Place-Consciousness and Critical Whiteness Pedagogy: Teacher Perceptions of Antiracist Possibilities in Rural Schools

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

antiracism
whiteness
rural

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Committee Members:

Kimberly Powell, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Kai Schafft, Outside Unit & Field Member
Charlotte Land, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Amy Crosson, Major Field Member
Anne Whitney, Major Field Member
Samuel Tanner, Special Member

Author:

McLaughlin, Gozde

Title:

Supporting Preservice Teachers’ Computational Thinking Practices in an Engineering Content Course

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

computational thinking
preservice teachers
science and engineering practices
science education
engineering education

File:

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Committee Members:

Scott Mcdonald, Program Head/Chair
Scott Mcdonald, Major Field Member
ChanMin Kim, Outside Unit & Field Member
Carla Zembal-Saul, Major Field Member
Amy Farris, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Snyder, Julie

Title:

“Go! Become Women Without Me!”: Young Girls Rescripting and Restaging Relational Understandings and Beliefs of Girlhood, Puberty, and Menstruation

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

performing arts
dance
theatre
ethnography
early childhood
performance anthropology
Deleuze and Guattari
assemblage theory
critical menstrual studies
feminist research
puberty and mensturation

File:

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Committee Members:

Kimberly Powell, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Lauren Miller, Special Member
Kimberly Powell, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Linda Thornton, Outside Unit & Field Member
Gail Boldt, Major Field Member
Jacqueline Reid-Walsh, Major & Minor Field Member

Author:

Wang, Zhaoyu Miranda

Title:

A Vygotskian Path to Better Understand Writing: A ZPD-Sensitive and Perezhivanie-Responsive Approach

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Sociocultural Theory
Second Language Writing
Dynamic Assessment
Perezhivanie

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Committee Members:

Kimberly Powell, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Amy Crosson, Major Field Member
Karen Johnson, Outside Unit Member
Esther Prins, Outside Field Member
Matthew Poehner, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Sharp, Starlette

Title:

ANALYZING KEY THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS IN STEM INTERVENTION PROGRAMS: LEVERAGING HBCU ETHOS AND EDUCATIONAL PRAXIS TO INCREASE PARTICIPATION

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

HBCU
Organizational Theory
STEM

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Committee Members:

Scott Mcdonald, Program Head/Chair
Jeanine Staples-Dixon, Major Field Member
Greg Kelly, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Carla Zembal-Saul, Major Field Member
Richard Kubina, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Roop Miheretu, Kara

Title:

Becoming Mother: An Ethnography Examining Mothers of Biracial/Multiracial Children in New York City

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Mothering
Biracial/Multiracial Motherhood
Critical Race Theory
Intersectioality

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Committee Members:

Kimberly Powell, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Tiffany Nyachae, Major Field Member
Gail Boldt, Major Field Member
Shedra Snipes, Outside Unit & Field Member
Allison Henward, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Jang, Chiau Wen

Title:

A Case of Teacher Education for Democracy in a School-University Partnership

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

school-university partnership
teacher education
democratic professionalism
liberal democracy
populism
accountability

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Committee Members:

Rachel Wolkenhauer, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Anne Whitney, Major Field Member
Kimberly Powell, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Fran Arbaugh, Major Field Member
Natalie Rae, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Delcid, Giselle

Title:

A Homeplace to bELong: Critical Ethnographic Analysis of Sense of Belonging for English Learners in Equity Focused Courses

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

belonging
English Learners
ethnic studies
culturally responsive
language affirmation
segregation
Proposition 203
Arizona
LatCrit
Critical Race Theory
sense of belonging
critical ethnography
testimonios

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Committee Members:

Gilberto Conchas, Outside Unit & Field Member
Tiffany Nyachae, Major Field Member
Ricardo Martinez, Major Field Member
Francesca Lopez, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kimberly Powell, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies