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College of Education Faculty:T's
Sharon Tettegah
Associate Professor, EdPsych
My research framework is characterized as interdisciplinary because I integrate teacher education, psychology, multicultural education and technology. A primary concern in education today is the relationship among teacher attitudes, instruction and student learning. A recent publication by the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education stressed the importance of teacher dispositions and their impact on learning. Dispositions refer to the inclination to act in a particular way. Despite efforts to understand teacher's dispositions, little work has investigated teacher empathy and its connection to classroom learning and social justice.more information...
John Trach
Associate Professor
Current research includes the transition of students from school to work and employment for persons with disabilities, the development of support networks to enhance community inclusion, program implementation and evaluation, and inservice and preservice training. Goals for future research projects are to more effectively describe successful postschool outcomes for persons with significant disabilities maximizing entitlement programs (e.g., public school, social security).more information...
William Trent
Professor
My past research has focused on: 1) Educational Inequality: school desegregation effects (K-12, postsecondary), benefits and consequences, social organziation of school, status attainment research, co- and extracurricular activities, comparative education; 2) Race and Ethnicity: social stratification and mobility, equality of opportunity; and 3) Complex Organization/Social Change/Policy. I am principal investigator for an Educational Reform Project focused on understanding the role of race, ethnicity, class and gender in school reform. I have also recently served as an expert witness on a court appointed panel in Vaughns, et. al. v. Bd. of Educ. of P.G. Co., MD.more information...
Brendesha Tynes
Associate Professor
My research focuses on adolescent and emerging adult constructions of culture, race and identity in online settings and associations between online victimization and psychological adjustment. Central goals of my work are to outline the psychosocial and educational benefits of social media as well as the risk and protective factors associated with online racial discrimination.more information...