Faculty Publications
This is a collection of publications by faculty and staff in the Department of Educational Psychology, Foundations, and Leadership Studies at the University of Northern Iowa. Due to copyright restrictions, not all faculty and staff publications are available through our institutional repository. Only publications for which we have rights to deposit in our institutional repository are included in the collection.
To view lists of publications by individual faculty and staff, see their SelectedWorks profiles.
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Submissions from 2024
Exploring Forgiveness through Theologically Informed Education: Lessons from Judaism, Yitzhak Ben Yair, Sarel Ohayon, Natti Ronel, and Suzanne Freedman
Education, Pedagogy, & the ‘F’ Word, B. Scott Ellison
Reflections on a Restructuring Initiative: Conceptualization, Implementation, and Reflection on an “Episode in Contradictions”, Benjamin Robert Forsyth, Timothy Gilson, and Susan Etscheidt
Land of a Thousand Hills: English Writing Education and Teacher Professional Development, Robin Rhodes, John Fiacre Haliyamutu, Jean de Dieu Amini Ngabonziza, and Théophile Muhayimana
White Girl Wasted: Gender Performativity of Sexuality with Alcohol in National Panhellenic Conference Sorority Women, Pietro A. Sasso, Amber Manning-Ouellette, Kim E. Bullington, and Shelley Price-Williams
Editorial Overview: Mentoring Across Disciplines, Nathan R. Templeton, Nahed Abdelrahman, Jordan Donop, Supritha Kannan, Theophile Muhayimana, and Kristina Hall
Editorial Overview: Mentoring and the Integration of Knowledge, Nathan R. Templeton, Nahed Abdelrahman, Jordan Donop, Supritha Kannan, Theophile Muhayimana, and Kristina Hall
Editorial Overview: Mentoring in and Beyond Academia, Nathan R. Templeton, Nahed Abdelrahman, Jordan Donop, Supritha Kannan, Theophile Muhayimana, and Kristina Hall
“PE Is More Than Playing Kick Ball the Entire Hour”: Using Standards-Based Grading to Elevate Physical Education’s Status Among Preservice Physical Educators, Matt Townsley and Scott W.T. McNamara
Student Assessment During Covid: A View from the Principal’s (Virtual) Desk, Matt Townsley, Nicholas J. Sauers, and Jayson W. Richardson
Submissions from 2023
Similarities And Differences In The Longitudinal Trajectories Of Depressive Symptoms From Mid-Adolescence To Young Adulthood: The Intersectionality Of Gender, Race/Ethnicity, And Levels Of Depressive Symptoms, Eva Yi Ju Chen and Eli Yi Liang Tung
Aporia, Interregnum, & Pedagogy: Education In A Time Of Crisis, Scott Ellison and Shehreen Iqtadar
Securing School-Based Mental Health Services Through A Six-Step IEP Approach, Susan Larson Etscheidt, Nicole R. Skaar, Kerri L. Clopton, and Stephanie L. Schmitz
Forgiveness Education As A Form Of Peace Education With Fifth-Grade Students: A Pilot Study With Implications For Educators, Suzanne Freedman and Eva Yi Ju Chen
Economic Stratification in Higher Education: An Asset-Based Approach to Low-SES Students’ Sense of Belonging, Amy E. French and Shelley R. Price-Williams
How Am I Doing? Using Self-Mentoring Practices To Improve A Tenure-Track Faculty’S Online Instructional Strategies, Théophile Muhayimana
Learning The Ropes Together: New Faculty Co-Mentoring In A “Mandatory” Community Of Practice, Théophile Muhayimana and Susan E. Hill
Building Educational Leaders’ Capacity In A Community Of Practice, Théophile Muhayimana, Denise Schares, and Megan Ruxton
Serving the Underserved: Formerly Incarcerated Students and Support Services, Shelley Price-Williams and Rebecca Caskey
Self-Study in a Pandemic: Process, Pedagogy, People, and Publishing, David M. Schmid, Shelley Price-Williams, Morgan Anderson, and Matt Townsley
Onward in Higher Education: Business Faculty Perspectives on Authentic Assessment, Matt Townsley and Farah L. Kashef
Submissions from 2022
Edtech, Market Logics, And Pedagogic Containment: Critical Pedagogies For A Critical Moment, Morgan Anderson
Parents’ Psychological Well-Being And Story Reading: A Six Year Cross-Lagged Analysis, Eva Yi Ju Chen and Eli Yi Liang Tung
Securing School-Based Mental Health Services For Students With Disabilities: An Illustration Of The Six-Component Approach, Kerri L. Clopton, Stephanie L. Schmitz, Nicole R. Skaar, and Susan Larson Etscheidt
Crisis, Mutant Neoliberalism, & Critical Education Policy Analysis, Scott Ellison
Our Professional And Ethical Responsibilities To Support Student Mental Health, Susan Larson Etscheidt, Nicole R. Skaar, Kerri L. Clopton, and Stephanie L. Schmitz
Historical And Legal Considerations In Development Of A For-Credit Internship Program, Nichole Zumbach Harken and Shelley Price-Williams
Shifting Preservice Teachers’ Sources Of Mathematics Teaching Efficacy Through Scaffolded Reflection: Fostering Commitment To Reform-Based Mathematics, Brooke Krejci, Elana Joram, and Anthony J. Gabriele
Using Bloom’s Taxonomy To Evaluate The Cognitive Levels Of Primary Leaving English Exam Questions In Rwandan Schools, Théophile Muhayimana, Lambert Kwizera, and Marie Rose Nyirahabimana
Advancement of Academic Advising in Higher Education Through Interdisciplinary Research, Shelley Price-Williams
Probation, Practitioners, and Pedagogy: Lessons Learned from Self-Study, David Schmid and Matt Townsley
Supporting Students’ Mental Health Needs: A Primer For Secondary School Leaders, Nicole R. Skaar, Matt Townsley, and Bridget Ross
What are We Talking About? Data Use Among Education Leaders of Change, Matthew Townsley and Richard Snyder
Writing Workshop and Creativity Despite Standardization: An Exploration of Elementary Teachers’ Practices, Matt Townsley and Darcie Kress
Exploring State Department Of Education Grading Guidance During Covid-19: A Model For Future Emergency Remote Learning, Matt Townsley and Joshua Kunnath
Leaders Are Readers: What Journals Do Public School Superintendents Read?, Matt Townsley and Benterah C. Morton
Faculty Grading Practices and Competency-Based Education: Challenges and a New Opportunity, Matt Townsley and David Schmid
Submissions from 2021
Assessing Systemic Inequity: Teacher Perspectives, Solutions, And “Radical Possibilities”, Ashlee B. Anderson, Brittany Aronson, and Scott Ellison
Dewey on Devices: Exploring the Role of EdTech in a Critical Pragmatist Education, Morgan Anderson
“The Last Refuge Of The Incompetent”: Urban Teacher Perceptions Of Their Positions In Public Discourse, Brittany Aronson, Ashlee B. Anderson, Scott Ellison, Kristan Barczak, and Andrea Bennett-Kinne
Neoliberal Multiculturalism And Productive Inclusion: Beyond The Politics Of Fulfillment In Education, Gregory Bourassa
Pre-Parenthood Sense Of Self And The Adjustment To The Transition To Parenthood, Eva Yi Ju Chen, Eli Yi Liang Tung, and Robert Enright
Increasing School-Based Mental Health Services with a “Grow Your Own” School Psychology Program, Kerri L. Clopton, Stephanie L. Schmitz, Nicole R. Skaar, Stephanie Dodge, and David VanHorn
Legal Issues In Early Childhood Special Education, Susan Larson Etscheidt, Stephanie L. Schmitz, and Andi M. Edmister
Mission Cognition: Fifth-Grade Students Undertake a Mission to Mars, Mason Kuhn, Ronald W. Rinehart, Benjamin D. Olsen, and Lisa Freese
Improving Teacher Evaluation By Walking The Talk Of Standards-Based Grading: Communicating Educator Growth Using Proficiency Scales, Chad Lang and Matt Townsley
Reproducible Analyses In Education Research, Brandon LeBeau, Scott Ellison, and Ariel M. Aloe
Are You Better Off Now? An Investigation Of Perceived Outcomes Among Teachers Involved In A Mentoring Program, Théophile Muhayimana
Facilitating Co-Curricular Connections Among Millennial and Generation Z Students in Digital Environments, Shelley Price-Williams and Pietro A. Sasso
Collaboration, Policies, and Programming: Advising Administrators’ Perspectives on Academic Recovery, Pietro Sasso, Shelley Price-Williams, and Tiffany Shemwell
Confirmation Of A Reconceptualized Definition And Measure Of Adolescent Risk Behavior: Adolescent Viewpoints, Nicole R. Skaar
Points, Points, and More Points: Grade Inflation and Deflation when Homework and Employability Scores are Incorporated, Matt Townsley and Robert Griffin
“I Thought I Was Supposed To Get An A In PE!” Successes And Challenges Of Teachers And Administrators Implementing Standards-Based Grading In Physical Education, Matt Townsley and Scott McNamara
School Administrators and Physical Educators: A Scoping Review of Perceptions and Partnerships From 2000 to 2020, Matt Townsley, Scott McNamara, and Kelly Hangauer
School Administrators' Experiences In A 6-Month Health And Wellness Community Of Practice, Matt Townsley, Jennifer Waldron, Susan Alborn-Yilek, Denise Schares, Kim Huckstadt, Scott McNamara, and Deeanne Gute
Using Functional Communication Training To Reduce Problem Behavior, Jiaju Wu, Todd G. Kopelman, and Kenzie Miller
Submissions from 2020
Postschool Imaginaries: Educational Life After Neoliberalism, Gregory N. Bourassa
The Biopolitical Turn In Educational Theory: Autonomist Marxism And Revolutionary Subjectivity In Empire, Gregory N. Bourassa and Graham B. Slater
Rural High School Principals and the Challenge of Standards-Based Grading, Tom Buckmiller, Matt Townsley, and Robyn Cooper
"If It Wasn't My Race, It Was Other Things Like Being a Woman, or My Disability" : A Qualitative Research Synthesis of Disability Research, Scott Ellison, Shehreen Iqtadar, and David I. Hernández-Saca
The Impact Of Standards-Based Learning: Tracking High School Students’ Transition To The University, Thomas R. Guskey, Matt Townsley, and Thomas M. Buckmiller
The Competition of an American Public Good: Performance-Based Funding and Other Neoliberal Tertiary Effects in Higher Education, Shelley Price-Williams, Roger Nasser, and Pietro A. Sasso
Resident Assistants and Religion: Implications for Practice, David M. Schmid
Alternative Grading Practices: An Entry Point for Faculty in Competency-Based Education, David Schmid and Matt Townsley
Making Sense of Georgia School Leader Evaluation: Climate, Engagement and the District Office, Bipul Singh and Matt Townsley
Losing As and Fs: What Works for Schools Implementing Standards-based Grading?, Matt Townsley and Tom Buckmiller
Making Change Stick: A Case Study of One High School’s Journey Towards Standards-Based Grading, Matt Townsley and Megan Knight
Submissions from 2019
An Autonomist Biopolitics Of Education: Reproduction, Resistance, And The Specter Of Constituent Bíos, Gregory N. Bourassa
Reflection Or Refusal? A Response To Hilton Kelly’s 2018 Aesa Presidential Address, Gregory N. Bourassa and Graham B. Slater
Policy Field And Policy Discourse: The American Federation For Children Network, B. Scott Ellison, Ariel M. Aloe, and Shehreen Iqtadar
Against Fragmentation: Critical Education Scholarship In A Time Of Crisis, Scott Ellison
Doing Identity Work And Risky Endeavors? A Qualitative Research Synthesis Of Predominantly White, Middle-Class Parents’ Decision Making In The Context Of Urban School Choice, Scott Ellison and Ariel M. Aloe
Strategic Thinkers And Positioned Choices: Parental Decision Making In Urban School Choice, Scott Ellison and Ariel M. Aloe
A Review Of The Empirical Research Using Enright’s Process Model Of Interpersonal Forgiveness, Suzanne Freedman and Robert D. Enright
Practitioner to Professor: Joys, Challenges, and Thriving in the Transition, Kim P. Huckstadt, Susan Alborn-Yilek, Denise Schares, and David Michael Schmid
School Administrators’ Experiences in a 6-Month Well-Being Pilot Program, Kim P. Huckstadt, Jennifer J. Waldron, Susan Alborn-Yilek, Gary Gute, and Denise Schares
Critical Examination of Tokenism and Demands of Organizational Citizenship Behavior Among Faculty Women of Color, Shelley Price-Williams and Florence Maätita
Advocating Equity and Community Through Residential Learning Programs, Shelley Price-Williams, Roger Nasser Jr., and Pietro Sasso
Improving Bridge Programs on American College and University Campuses, Shelley Price-Williams, Pietro Sasso, and Roger Nasser Jr.
Considering Standards-based Grading: Challenges for Secondary School Leaders, Matt Townsley
Anticipating A Second Wave Of Standards-Based Grading Implementation And Understanding The Potential Barriers: Perceptions Of High School Principals, Matt Townsley, Tom Buckmiller, and Robyn Cooper
Submissions from 2018
Access to and Quality of Higher Education Available to Syrian Refugees in Jordan and Germany, Radhi Al-Mabuk and A. F. Alrebh
Disruptive Innovation, Labor Markets, And Big Valley Stem School: Network Analysis In Stem Education, Scott Ellison and Ben Allen
From Objects To Subjects: Repositioning Teachers As Policy Actors Doing Policy Work, Scott Ellison, Ashlee B. Anderson, Brittany Aronson, and Courtney Clausen
Forgiveness As An Educational Goal With At-Risk Adolescents, Suzanne Freedman
Epistemic Design: Design to Promote Transferable Epistemic Growth in the PRACCIS Project, Ronald Rinehart, Clark Chinn, and Ravit Golan Duncan
Submissions from 2017
Ain’t No Makin’ It In The Age Of Austerity: The Making And Taking Of Educational Life, Gregory Bourassa
Toward An Elaboration Of The Pedagogical Common, Gregory N. Bourassa
Monstrous Generosity: Pedagogical Affirmations Of The “Improper”, Gregory N. Bourassa and Frank Margonis
Middle School Students' Mathematics Knowledge Retention: Online Or Face-To-Face Environments, Clayton M. Edwards, Audrey C. Rule, and Robert M. Boody
The Use of Forgiveness Therapy with Female Survivors of Abuse, Suzanne Freedman
Use Of Portion Size Estimation Aids For High-Energy-Dense Snack Foods Increases Portion Size Estimation Accuracy In College Students, Elana Joram and Morgan Weigel
The Model Of Domain Learning: A Good Science-Based Theory, Ralph E. Reynolds and Dessy S. Stoycheva
Submissions from 2016
Teaching For Democracy In Post-Arab Spring: Challenges & Opportunities, Abdullah F. Alrebh and Radhi Al-Mabuk
Neoliberalism Goes to School, Scott Ellison
The Psychology Of Interpersonal Forgiveness And Guidelines For Forgiveness Therapy: What Therapists Need To Know To Help Their Clients Forgive, Suzanne Freedman and Tiffany Zarifkar
Elementary Mathematics Teachers’ Judgment Accuracy And Calibration Accuracy: Do They Predict Students’ Mathematics Achievement Outcomes?, Anthony J. Gabriele, Elana Joram, and Ki H. Park
The Journey to a Program for Teacher Leadership in International Schools: Vision, Dilemmas & Success, Timothy W. Gilson and Leigh C. Martin
Epistemic Cognition and Philosophy: Developing a New Framework for Epistemic Cognition, Ronald W. Rinehart and Clark A. Chinn
Critical Design Decisions for Successful Model-Based Inquiry in Science Classrooms, Ronald W. Rinehart, Ravit Golan Duncan, Clark A. Chinn, Trudy A. Atkins, and Jessica DiBenedetti
