Department of Curriculum, Culture, and Educational Inquiry
Faculty Research Interests
Faculty Name and
Academic Background Program Areas Area(s) of Scholarship
Allgood, Ilene
Ed.D. in Educational Leadership
Florida Atlantic University Multicultural Education Prejudice and equity in education and society: Anti-bias pedagogy/ andragogy; The impact of religiosity on students of minority faiths, alternate worldviews
Baxley, Traci
Ed.D. in Curriculum and Instruction
Florida Atlantic University Multicultural Education, Curriculum and Instruction Multicultural literacy; Critical literacy; Family literacy (urban childhood and adolescent students); Race identity (early childhood and adolescent students)
Bhagwanji, Yash
Ph.D. in Early Childhood and Special Education
University of Illinois Early Childhood Education Early childhood curriculum; Early intervention strategies; Parent involvement; Administration and advocacy in early education
Brown, Nancy
Ed.D. in Interdisciplinary Studies in Education
Columbia University Early Childhood Education, Toppel Family Early Childhood Education Institute Resilience through the eyes of children; Art and creative writing of children; Spirituality in education; United Nations policy documents
Burnaford, Gail
Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction
Georgia State University Curriculum and Instruction Arts education; Teacher learning; Teacher professional development; Teaching policy; Federally funded grant projects; International initiatives
Diaz, Carlos
Ed.D. in Curriculum and Instruction
Florida Atlantic University Multicultural Education, Curriculum and Instruction Multicultural and global dimensions of knowledge; Language policy; Equity issues in education; Grant writing; International initiatives
Faid–Douglas, Rachida
Ph.D. in Curriculum, Instruc-tion, and Administration
University of Nebraska-Lincoln TESOL and Bilingual education ESL literacy; Error analysis; ESL teacher education and technology
Gatens, Rosanna
Ph.D. in Modern European History
University of Pittsburgh Center for Holocaust and Human Rights Education Academic freedom and German higher education in the Weimar era; Pacifism and political dissent; Teaching and learning about the Holocaust, human rights, and genocide
Kvasnak, Robb
Ed.D. in Curriculum and Instruction
Florida Atlantic University TESOL and Bilingual education The role of the brain in language acquisition; Using morphological knowledge to increase vocabulary in a second language; The development of a model for second language acquisition
McLaughlin, James
Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Curriculum and Instruction Latino education; Action research with teachers; Global education and international study abroad for teachers; Mexican rural education
Schoorman, Dilys
Ph.D. in Curriculum Theory
Purdue University Multicultural Education, Curriculum and Instruction Multicultural research methodology; Global education; Critical theory; Family literacy; Internationalization; Faculty governance/democratic decision making
Soto, Lourdes Diaz
Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction
Pennsylvania State University Curriculum and Instruction, Early Childhood Education Critical early childhood and bilingual education with a special focus on Latino/a children and families
Torrey, Evelyn
Ed.D. in Educational Leadership
Florida Atlantic University TESOL and Bilingual Education TESOL; Multicultural education; Higher education; Faculty development
Weber, Roberta
Ed.D. in Curriculum and Instruction
Illinois State University Curriculum and Instruction Post-secondary education; Instructional design and technology integration; ICT and study abroad initiatives; Qualitative and quantitative Studies
Yahya, Noorchaya
Ed.D in Rhetoric and Linguistics
Indiana University of Pennsylvania TESOL and Bilingual Education Second language writing; Learning styles and strategies of second language learners; The teaching of literacy skills around the world; Second language acquisition; How multiple languages are processed in the brain
Zainuddin, Hanizah
Ph.D. in Language Education
Indiana University at Bloomington TESOL and 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
