Accomplishments: College of Education
E. Michael Nussbaum (Education), published his book, The Waning of Wisdom: The Psychology of Reasoning in the Post-Truth Era. It was published by Cambridge University Press.
Madeline Clark (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) published "A Pedagogy of Belonging: Strategies and Practices for Building Beloved Community in Counselor Education" in the Journal of Humanistic Counseling with a colleague from Bowling Green State University.
Ph.D. student Dilara Kara-Zorluoglu (Teaching and Learning) published an article titled 鈥淐omputational Thinking Integrated Science Lesson: STEM Integrated Teaching Approach with Data Practices on Climate Change鈥 in the journal School Science and Mathematics.
Ph.D. student Dilara Kara-Zorluoglu (Teaching and Learning) presented a study titled 鈥淓nacting Agency: An Ecological Perspective on Teachers鈥 Experiences of an Integrated Curriculum鈥 in a paper session on Developing Teacher Agency through Transformative Professional Learning at the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) 2026鈥
Ph.D. students Dilara Kara-Zorluoglu and Debika Jana (both Teaching and Learning) presented a study titled 鈥淓xploring Approaches to Equity: A Content Analysis of Two Scripted Curricula in Science Education鈥 in a paper session on Using Content Analysis to Advance Equity at the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) 2026鈥
Ph.D. student Debika Jana and associate professor Merryn Cole (Teaching and Learning) presented their research on 鈥淭eachers鈥 conceptual knowledge of Wildfire and Human interaction鈥 on National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) Annual Conference, 2026, in Seattle.
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Sam Leif, Michael McCreery, P.G. Schrader (all Teaching and Learning), Kathleen Krach (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services), and Brett Abarbanel (International Gaming Institute) published an open-access research article, "Differentiating Video Game Expertise Using the Model of Domain Learning," in Frontiers in Education. The鈥
Suheyla Sarisahin, Gloria Carcoba Falomir, Alain Bengochea (all Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education), and Tracy Spies (Teacher Education at Wyoming University) presented a paper titled, "Shifting teachers' beliefs and practices to support multilingual learners with disabilities," at the American Educational Research鈥
April Ursula Fox (Education), in collaboration with Nicole J. Thomas (Guinn Center; Undergraduate Research), presented a poster titled, 鈥淶ines as Summative Assessment for Learning: Reimagining Rigor Through Creativity and Learning as Becoming,鈥 at the 2026 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting in Los Angeles. The poster鈥
Rebecca Nathanson (Law; Education) presented a paper titled, "Competency Remediation Program: Overview and update on analyses of efficacy" at the 2026 American Psychology-Law Society Annual Conference in Reno.
On April 11, 2026, Dilara Kara-Zorluoglu and Debika Jana (both Teaching and Learning) presented 鈥淪cripted to Teach: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Scripted Curricula in Science Education鈥 in a paper session on Centering Other Epistemologies in Critical Curriculum Studies at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) 2026 Annual Meeting鈥
April Ursula Fox (Education) presented her paper, 鈥淢eaningful Learning with Zines at the Punk Rock Museum: A Mixed-Methods Study,鈥 at the 2026 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting. The paper was featured in the session 鈥淧ower and Learning in Museums: Reimagining Museums as Sites of Untold Histories,鈥 part of the SIG-鈥