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Daniel Walsh
Associate Professor
My past research projects have included: ethnographic studies of early schooling; studies of the schooling of marginalized young children; studies of culture and pedagogy; and the use of qualitative methodology, particularly with young kids. My current projects include ta book looking at cultural influences on practice in Japanese preschools; investigations of quality in early childhood programs; cross-cultural view of good pedagogy.more information...
Anjale Welton
Assistant Professor
Anjalé D. Welton's scholarship primarily examines the educational opportunity structures of low-income students of color and how institutional and social structures—such as race, social class, tracking, school administration and teacher leadership, etc.—shape the connections low-income students of color make to educational resources, as well as impact how students navigate school and ultimately matriculate to postsecondary education. Other research interests include exploring how scholars use critical policy analysis (race and social class intersections) as a methodological tool for uncovering issues of inequity as well as promoting agency and transformation in P-20 educational settings.more information...
Ian Westbury
Professor Emeritus
Ian Westbury’s current program of research focuses on state-level curriculum-making and educational decision-making. He is completing a cross-national study of state-based curriculum-making in Illinois, Finland, Norway, Germany, and Switzerland and a study of the management of the NCLB supplemental services program by the Illinois State Board of Education. He is general editor of the Journal of Curriculum Studies.more information...
Sandra Williams
Clinical Assistant Professor
Dr. Sandra L. Williams, Clinical Assistant Professor, is engaged within HRE as a teaching professional. She brings a combination of practical applications from her commercial experiences, and current research findings in the areas of Trust, Values and Ethics at Work. Her corporate consulting work consists of designing and facilitating customized ethics training programs for private businesses, conferences, and professional seminars throughout the country. She has served on the boards of both non-profit and commercial enterprises.more information...
Arlette Ingram Willis
Professor
My research interests are drawn from critical theory and applied to the history of literacy, trends and issues in reading research preservice literacy education. My research projects have focused on: the application of a critical pedagogy in preservice teacher education courses that use multicultural literature, the history of African American Literacy, and a critical history of literacy in the United States. My current projects include a naturalistic study of a critically framed preservice literacy course and a ethnohistorical study of the Calhoun Colored School.more information...