URI/RIC Joint Ph.D. in Education
The Joint Ph.D. program with Rhode Island College is no longer accepting applications and will officially close when current students graduate. Prospective students interested in a doctoral degree in education can learn about the new URI Ph.D. program in Education which will begin in fall 2024.
Faculty
Program Co-Directors: Peter Adamy (URI), Gerri August (RIC)
| Name (with link to faculty page) | School | Research Interests |
|---|---|---|
| Peter Adamy | URI | Use of technology in the classroom |
| Gerri August | RIC | Transformative pedagogy; Training teachers on diversity |
| Stefan Battle | RIC | Black males and the racial disparity concerns for them living in the U.S.; school-based social work; and the White teacher, Black male teacher-student classroom relationships and interactions in K-12 education. |
| Jeremy Benson | RIC | Critical educational policy studies, the political economy of urban education, critical race theory and educational inequality, policing and mass incarceration, social justice education. |
| Lesley Bogad | RIC | Critical Theory |
| Susan Trostle Brand | URI | Emergent literacy; Early childhood curriculum |
| C. David Brell | RIC | Philosophy of education; Critiques of modernism and post-modernism |
| Tashal Brown | URI | Critical literacies and examinations of social injustice and liberatory pedagogies in K-12 schools, teacher education, and community-based learning spaces. |
| David Byrd | URI | Preparation of beginning teachers; Teacher professional development |
| Karen Castagno | RIC | Adapted physical education and sport |
| Lazaro Camacho, Jr. | URI | Access and equity through a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approach to student success; critical and intersectional exploration of issues centering men and masculinities, Latino men, socialization through systems of oppression and privilege, mentorship, and community college based educational pathways; qualitative methodologies. |
| Lori Ciccomascolo | URI | Physical education and physical activity in urban populations |
| Emily Clapham | URI | New physical education, girls sport and physical activity participation and ocean therapy for children with disabilities |
| Julie Coiro | URI | Strategic reading comprehension instruction; digital literacy and online reading comprehension; inquiry-based learning. Effective practices for technology integration and effective practices for professional development |
| Cornelis (Kees) de Groot | URI | Realistic teacher education; Learning transitions in mathematics; Mathematics interdisciplinary connections |
| Terry Deeney | URI | Literacy teacher education/professional development; Clinical teacher preparation; Literacy assessment and instruction for students who struggle; Dyslexia and learning disabilities |
| Ronald Dufour | RIC | Cultural discourse in 18th and early 19th century New England; Creation of the national identity in the early republic; Jazz, blues, and American culture |
| John Eagle | RIC | Home-school-community partnerships; Conjoint behavioral consultation; Parental involvement in schools; School-based problem solving teams; Response to Intervention (RTI) |
| Tommy Ender | RIC | Critical Qualitative Research Methods; Latino Studies; Urban Education; Social Studies Education; Music and History. |
| David Fastovsky | URI | Geobiology and paleontology |
| Jay Fogleman | URI | Science education; Professional development and teacher learning |
| Anne Goodrow | RIC | Children's mathematical thinking; Teachers & professional development in elementary mathematics |
| Adrienne Goss | RIC | education policy, and parent and community organizing |
| Wayne He | URI | Second language acquisition; implementing proficiency-based teaching and assessment in the URI Chinese Language Flagship Program (CFP) |
| Renee Hobbs | URI | Digital and media literacy education; Educational multimedia; Copyright and fair use in education; Student multimedia production |
| Julie Horwitz | RIC | New teacher mentoring; Self-study; Critical reflection; Action research |
| Rabia Hos | URI | TESOL/Bilingual-Dual Language Education; Service Learning; supporting newcomer immigrant and refugee students with interrupted formal education |
| Janet Johnson | RIC | Literacies associated with social justice; Identity performances and literacy practices of pre-service teachers; Teacher research as a vehicle for social change |
| Kayon Murray-Johnson | URI | Adult and higher education; Creative Teaching Strategies; Faculty Development; Multicultural Education; Immigrant and International Students’ Learning Experiences |
| Diane Kern | URI | Comprehension Strategy Instruction; Teacher Education in English Language Arts and Literacy |
| Virginia Killian-Lund | URI | Multimodal composition; maker pedagogies; out of school and place-based learning; participatory action research. |
| Hyunjin Kim | URI | Teacher education; educational policies and practices in early childhood education (ECE) and early childhood workforce; teacher efficacy and motivation to teach; multicultural education; evidence-based teaching and learning. |
| Paul LaCava | RIC | Social/emotional methods; Evidence based practices in autism; Empathy |
| Marie Lynch | RIC | Identification/evaluation of learning-based and other disabilities; Effective practices to include students with disabilities; Understanding how children/adolescents broker language for their non-English speaking parents; Access/equity of mathematics for all students |
| Corinne McKamey | RIC | Youth development; Formal and informal learning contexts; The role of subjectivity in research, teaching, and learning; Qualitative research methods (narrative analysis, cultural analysis of discourse, arts based methods |
| Paul Bueno de Mesquita | URI | Nonviolence, violence prevention, school-based mental health services, social emotional development, problem-based learning, cultural diversity, self-efficacy, inquiry science education |
| Ying Hui-Michael | RIC | Culturally and linguistically responsive practices for bilingual students with special education needs, teacher preparation for culturally and linguistically diverse students, Asian American students, cross-cultural communication, and attribution theory. |
| Kathy Peno | URI | Learning organizations; Social cognition; Adult development; Informal learning |
| Victoria Restler | RIC | Critical qualitative and arts-based research methodologies; educational care labor and emotion work; critical race studies and institutional whiteness. |
| Leslie Schuster | RIC | Historical inquiry |
| Minsuk Shim | URI | Quantitative research methods in examining school effects and changes; Educational equity; Policy analysis |
| Sara Sweetman | URI | Children’s media and learning experiences; Large scale systemic reform; Innovative pedagogies for STEM education; Ongoing professional learning for educators |
| Shane Tutwiler | URI | Modeling growth in student learning and attitudes; Modeling change in student behavior in educational virtual environments; Application of Bayesian methodologies to educational research |
| Annemarie Vaccaro | URI | College student development and gender, race, class and sexual orientation; Critical and feminist perspectives related to inequalities in society and social structures in higher education; Qualitative research methods |
| W. Grant Willis | URI | Developmental cognitive neuro-psychology and psycho-educational decision making |
| Jing Jian Xiao | URI | Family financial issues; Family resource management; Research methods |
| Susan Zoll | RIC | Early childhood workforce development, early language and literacy interventions aligned to reading research, video analysis, and Montessori education |