Researcher, Principal Investigator
Dissertation Study: Developing Preservice Teachers' Critical Perspectives and Practices Teaching Multicultural Literature
This study investigates how to support preservice teachers in employing a critical multicultural perspective as they analyze text, teach lessons, and reflect on instruction in a “Reading for Social Justice Project”. (Principal Investigator: Kirsten Musetti Tivaringe) Spring 2020-Present
Supporting Undergraduate Students Towards Critical Reflections in Short Term Teaching Abroad
The study seeks to understand whether and how teacher preparation in a university context and a short-term international teaching practicum experience can be designed to inform preservice teachers’ reflections on their own power, privilege, and identities. (PI: K. Kulick, K. M. Tivaringe) Spring 2019-present
Graduate Research Assistant
Advancing Teachers’ Pedagogical Reasoning and Practices with Tools,
Practice-Based Professional Development Research Project conducted in Denver elementary school devoted to understanding the role of tools to facilitate teacher learning to improve instruction in K–12 classrooms.
(PI E. Dutro, H. Ghousseini, E. Kazemi, S. Kavanagh),
James S. McDonnell Grant Funded Project, Summer 2018 – Summer 2019
Build a Better Book Project,
National Science Foundation Funded Project to engage adolescents in the design of tactile picture books for children with visual impairments,
(PI T. Yeh; Co-PI B. Dalton) Summer 2017 – Spring 2019