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College of Education Faculty:D's
Christina DeNicolo
Assistant Professor
My broad research interests include equity and the literacy education of culturally and linguistically diverse students, biliteracy in multilingual classrooms, and student use of cultural and linguistic resources in language arts classrooms. An additional focus of mine is the development of cross-cultural understandings by teachers and students in multicultural settings. Currently, I am interested in the influence of teacher ideology on literacy instruction in schools experiencing an increase in bilingual and multilingual students. My goal is to develop an understanding of why some teachers embrace the opportunity to work with bilingual students and others do not.more information...
Lizanne DeStefano
Professor
I am interested in evaluation of large scale, multi-site initiatives, especially those involving special populations such as very young children and their families, students with disabilities, and members of traditionally underrepresented groups. My research has focused on the use of participatory designs and qualitative and quantitative methods in these large complex projects. I am also interested in technical and policy issues surrounding the inclusion of students with diverse educational needs in assessment based accountability initiatives.more information...
Pradeep Dhillon
Associate Professor
My research straddles philosophy of language (both Analytic and Continental) and mind, aesthetics, and international education. I have a strong interest in Kantian value theory as it relates to aesthetics,cognition,and human rights education. Currently, I am working in the areas of Kant's theory of judgement and Neuro-aesthetics, Neurophilosophy,and Education, and Environmental Aesthetics.I am the Editor for the Journal of Aesthetic Education, and serve as the Chair of Education for the American Society for Aesthetics.more information...
Mark Dressman
Professor
My research investigates the underlying cultural, philosophical, economic, and historical assumptions that shape research and practice in the teaching of literacy across a wide range of textual modes. The goal of this research is to refine and improve current practice in language and literacy curriculum and teaching. Currently, I am working on two projects. One is a study of the teaching of poetry in U.S. secondary schools from the early twentieth century to the present.more information...
Stacy Dymond
Associate Professor
My research interests focus on curriculum and instruction for students with significant cognitive disabilities in inclusive school and community settings. I am particularly interested in the use of service learning as a form of pedagogy for promoting access to academics and life skills curriculum.more information...
Anne Haas Dyson
Professor
My major research interests are related to the social and cultural processes of schooling and literacy, including: +ethnographies of childhood and, more broadly, of the experiential qualities of contemporary schooling for all participants +the development of childhood cultures, especially the role of popular culture in that development, with a particular interest in city kids +the development and use of written language in contemporary childhoods and cross-culturally +the politics of identity and language in school, including the role of English variants, like African American Language My current research centers on the intersection of literacy and childhoods.more information...