U海角社区 faculty, students present at 2022 NEERO annual conference

April 7, 2022 Curriculum Assessment and Instruction, Educational Leadership, Elementary Education, News, Research and Outreach, School of Educational Leadership, Higher Education and Human Development, School of Learning and Teaching, Secondary Education

Several University of 海角社区 faculty members and students are participating in this week鈥檚 New England Educational Research Organization (NEERO) annual conference, April 6-8 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire and online.

It is the 53rd NEERO conference, and this year鈥檚 theme is 鈥淓xpanding Equity in Educational Research.鈥 Presentations featuring U海角社区 faculty and students include:

Wednesday, April 6

  • Assistant professor of curriculum, assessment and instruction Rebecca Buchanan chairing a virtual roundtable session, 鈥淪tudent Support and Building on Student Strengths.鈥

Thursday, April 7

  • Buchanan and Margaret Clark of Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts presenting their research project, 鈥淐reativity, Care, and Community: Broadening Critical Reflection in Teacher Education.鈥
  • George Mayfield, a candidate for Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) in educational leadership, presenting his dissertation, 鈥淎n Autoethnographic Analysis of Teacher Leadership of Collaborative Efforts in Challenging Times.鈥
  • Dan Chadbourne, a candidate for Ed.D. in educational leadership, presenting his dissertation, 鈥淲ho Are You? A Study of Authentic Leadership in Action.鈥
  • Ian Mette, associate professor of educational leadership, presenting a mixed-methods study, 鈥淪upervision in a Rural State: Position, Spatiality, and Leadership Lessons to Drive Instructional Improvement Efforts.鈥
  • Scott Harrison, an Ed.D. candidate in educational leadership, presenting his dissertation, 鈥淪trategic Management of Human Capital as Rural Praxis.鈥
  • Brian Bannen, an Ed.D. candidate in educational leadership, presenting his dissertation, 鈥淭he Effect of Leadership Change on School Climate.鈥
  • Buchanan presenting research conducted with Tom Adams, secondary education and Honors College graduate (2021), 鈥淐itizenship Education in Middle School Classrooms During the COVID-19 Pandemic.鈥
  • Mia Morrision, lecturer in instructional technology and Ed.D. candidate in educational leadership, presenting her dissertation, 鈥淭he Role of Technology in the Development of PK-12 Teacher Leadership During COVID-19.鈥
  • Nicole LaPlant, U海角社区 elementary education major, and Karalyn Kutzer, marketing major at the University of Southern 海角社区, sharing a poster presentation of their project, 鈥淐reating a Healthy Rural Ecosystem for Community Vitality: Equity in Educational Research.鈥

Friday, April 8

  • Buchanan presenting a mixed-methods study conducted with Danielle McKinney-Harris, U海角社区 Ph.D. student in Sociology, and colleagues from Mercer University and SUNY Cortland, 鈥淧lanning for Justice: A Comparative Examination of How Two Different Cohorts of Teacher Candidates Integrate Social Justice Pedagogies into Their Instructional Planning.鈥
  • Susan Thibedeau, Ed.D. candidate in educational leadership, presenting her dissertation, 鈥淭he Unique Challenges of Equity Training in White Majority Schools.鈥