Department of Curriculum, Culture, and Educational Inquiry

Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction

 

Faculty Research Interests

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Faculty Name and Academic Background	Program Areas	Area(s) of Scholarship
Acosta, Melanie Ph.D. in Curriculum, Teaching & Teacher Education University of Florida Faculty website	Multicultural Education, Curriculum & Instruction	Critical issues in teacher learning and preparation; supporting African American educational excellence in elementary classrooms and in local communities; professional practice and identity of African American educators
Ariza, Eileen Ed.D in Multilingual/Multicultural Education University of Massachusetts Faculty website	TESOL/Bilingual Education	Foreign Language Teaching Methods, Language Arts and the Teaching Profession, TESOL and Bilingual Education
Baxley, Traci Ed.D. in Curriculum and Instruction Florida Atlantic University Faculty website	Multicultural Education, Curriculum & Instruction	Anti-racist curriculum, anti-racist parenting, race identity, culturally responsive pedagogy, multicultural education and Black feminist thought
Bhagwanji, Yash Ph.D. in Early Childhood and Special Education University of Illinois Faculty website	Early Childhood Education	Early childhood curriculum; Early intervention strategies; Parent involvement; Administration and advocacy in early education; Early childhood environmental education.
Bousalis, Rina Ph.D. in Curriculum & Instruction: Social Science Education University of South Florida Faculty website	Social Science Education	Research interests include immigration, multiculturalism, human rights, United States history, and global and civics education
Brown, Susannah Ph.D. in Art Education Florida State University Faculty website	Art Education	Arts Education, Curriculum Integration, Arts Integrated Curriculum, STEAM, Professional Development for Educators, Reading and Language Arts Early Childhood and Elementary
Brown, Victoria Ed.D. in Curriculum & Instruction: Educational Management University of West Florida Faculty website	Instructional Technology	Instructional technology for both educational and training professionals; Media Literacy; best practices in the teaching online, online support services, and management of distance learning programs for both K-12 and higher education. Experience in development of applications and products within distance education and training.
Dernikos, Bessie Ed.D in Curriculum & Teaching with specialization in Literacy Education Teachers College, Columbia University Faculty website	Reading Education	Reading and Language Arts, Literacy Education, Reading and Writing Development, Assessment-based Literacy instruction.
Diaz, Carlos Professor Emeritus Ed.D. in Curriculum and Instruction Florida Atlantic University	Multicultural Education	Multicultural education; global education; teacher preparation; ESOL. He is an international consultant for the US State Department’s Fulbright Scholar Specialist program.
Furner, Joseph M. Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction/Mathematics Education University of Alabama Faculty website	Mathematics Education	Mathematics Education, Best Practices in teaching mathematics, Math Anxiety Research, Math Ed. technology research, i.e. GeoGebra
Gonzalez-DeHass, Alyssa Ph.D. in Educational Psychology, minor in Psychology University of Florida Faculty website	Educational Psychology	Educational Psychology, Parental Involvement, Student Motivation and Achievement Goals, Self-Efficacy and Self-Regulated Learning, the Case Study Method of Instruction, and Human Development
Harris, Deborah Ph.D. in Curriculum Teaching and Educational Policy Michigan State University Faculty website	Reading Education	Reading, Language arts and Literacy
Kumar, David Ed.D. in Science Education Vanderbilt University Faculty website	Science/Stem Education	Science/STEM education; STEM teacher preparation for high need schools; Analysis of gaps in policy, curriculum and classroom practice in STEM; Program evaluation; Needs assessment; Digital media supported problem-based learning; Nanoscale materials education
Lapp, Susanne Ed.D. in Curriculum and Instruction University of Cincinnati Faculty website	Reading Education	Reading, Language Arts and Children Literature
Musgrove, Ann Ed.D. in Adult and Community Education Florida Atlantic University Faculty website	Instructional Technology	Instructional Technology, Instructional design and Technology Integration. Best practices in online learning and cognitive styles.
Nichols, Bryan Ph.D. in Science Education University of South Florida-Tampa Faculty website	Science Education, Environment Education	Science & Environmental Education, Importance of science and environmental literacy to global wellbeing. Emotional and moral implications of science education. Motivations for non-majors to use scientific skills and thinking, especially connection and compassion for wildlife
Nightengale-Lee, Bianca Assessment Coordinator Ph.D. in Curriculum & Instruction University of Louisville Faculty website	Curriculum & Instruction, Multicultural Education	Critical pedagogy & teacher preparation: intersectionality, humanizing pedagogy; language, literacy and power in the classroom, hip-hop based education & the literacy development of Black youth.
Powers, Jillian Ph.D. in Curriculum & Instruction: Instructional Technology Florida Atlantic University Faculty website	Instructional Technology	Technology integration in K12 education, information and media literacy education, computational thinking and STEM education, online and blended learning and assistive technology
Ramirez, J. Andrés Ed.D. in Language Literacy and Culture University of Massachusetts – Amherst Faculty website	TESOL/Bilingual Education, Curriculum and Instruction	Bilingual and TESOL education; Critical Applied Linguistics; Systemic Functional Linguistics and Critical pedagogy. His current scholarship explores advocacy and responsive curricular practices for academic literacy achievement for culturally and linguistically diverse students.
Rhone, Angela Ed.D. in Curriculum & Teaching University of North Carolina Faculty website	Educational Psychology	Educational Psychology, Multicultural Education and Technology
Schoorman, Dilys Ph.D. in Curriculum Theory Purdue University Faculty website	Curriculum & Instruction, Multicultural Education	Critical perspectives in research and pedagogy, teacher education and professional development in multicultural/global contexts, family literacy, faculty governance, leadership for social justice
Sembiante, Sabrina Ph.D. Program Coordinator Ph.D. in Teaching and Learning University of Miami Faculty website	TESOL/Bilingual Education, Curriculum and Instruction	TESOL; Bilingual Education; Early Childhood; Early Bilingual Child Development; Language and Literacy Instructional Practices; Applied Linguistics; Sociolinguistics
Vaughan, Michelle Master’s Program Coordinator Ed.D. in Curriculum and Instruction Florida Atlantic University Faculty website	Curriculum & Instruction	Teacher change and growth through action research; Technological pedagogical content knowledge; Technology integration; Online program development; Inclusion practices.
Willems, Patricia Master’s Program Coordinator Ph.D. in Educational Psychology University of Florida Faculty website	Educational Psychology	Educational Psychology, Motivation; Self-Efficacy in preservice teacher preparation; Authentic instructional approaches for online learners; Case-study method/Case-based learning; Parental involvement in children’s learning and their educational success. Teach graduate courses in the areas of Child Development, Development of the Adolescent and Young Adult, Theories of Children & Adolescent’s Identity Development and Personality in Education.
Zainuddin, Hanizah Ph.D. in Language Education Indiana University at Bloomington Faculty website	TESOL/Bilingual Education	Teacher professional development in TESOL; International initiatives; ESOL and bilingual development; Program evaluation; Family literacy, authentic assessments and content-based instruction for English Learners.