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Recent Faculty and Student Publications and Presentations

Recent Faculty Publications and Presentations

  • Agosto, V. (In Press, 2017).Art/is/try: Molding curriculum leadership and theory. The National FORUM of Educational Administration and Supervision Journal.
  • Agosto, V., Kyobe, C., & Elam, D. (2017).Namesake schools: Vulnerable places and cultural narratives of the South. Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy, 14(1), 69-84.
  • Agosto, V., Karanxha, Z., Unterreiner, A., Cobb-Roberts, D., Esnard, T. & Beck, M. (2016).Running bamboo: A mentoring network of women intending to thrive in academia. NASPA Journal About Women in Higher Education, 9(1), 1-16.
  • Agosto, V. (2016).Anna J. Cooper鈥檚 curriculum: A rhetorical and pedagogical analysis. [INVITED]. In D. Taliaferro Baszile, K. Edwards, & N. Guillory (Eds.), Womanish ways: Renderings at the intersections of race, gender and curriculum theorizing (pp. 37-51). Lanham, MD. Lexington Books.
  • Agosto, V., Karanxha, Z., & Cobb-Roberts, D. (2016). Critical (race) media literacy in the curriculum of faculty development: The retreat to teachable moments. In T. Marsh & N. Croom (Eds.). Envisioning critical race praxis in higher education through counter-storytelling (pp. 107-120). Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
  • Cobb-Roberts, D., Esnard, T., Unterreiner, A., Agosto, V., Karanxha, Z., Beck, M., & Wu, K. (2017).Mentoring among women faculty of color: A meta-synthesis. In Clutterbuck, D., McClelland, A., Kochon, F., Lunsford, L., Smith, B. (Eds.) SAGE handbook of mentoring (pp. 375-388). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
  • Wolgemuth, J. R., Hicks, T., & Agosto, V. (2017). Unpacking assumptions in best evidence systematic reviews: A critical construct synthesis approach, Educational Researcher, 46(3), 131-139.
  • Black, W. & Montalvo, J. (2017) The Individual Education Plan: From individual needs to meaningful relationships. TASH Connections, 42(1), 8-13.
  • Black, W., Burrello, L. & Mann, J., (2017) A new framework for leadership preparation: Appreciative Organizing in Education. NASSP Bulletin, 101(1), 50-71.
  • Black, W., Mann, J., & Haines, J. (2017). Developing and sustaining the Gulf Coast Partnership: Possibility, success, and challenges in preparing leaders. In D. Yendol-Hoppey, D. A. Shanley, D.C. Delane, & D. Hoppey (Eds.) Working together: Enhancing urban educator quality through School-University partnerships (193-219). Charlotte, N.C.: Information Age Press.
  • Danzig, A., Black, W., & Martin, G. (2016). Research on the principal pipeline in a single state context: Implications for preparing and supporting school leaders. In B. Jones and A. Rolle (Eds.) Leading schools in challenging times: Eye to the future (83-114). Charlotte, NC: Information Age Press.
  • Reyes-Geurra, D., Tucker, P., Black, W., Sanzo, K. & McManus, T. (2017, April). Improving University Preparation of Principals.  Panel presentation at the Southern Regional Educational Board Annual Leadership Forum, Atlanta, GA.
  •  Black, W., Mann, J., & Haines, J. (2016, November). Developing and sustaining the Gulf Coast Partnership: Possibilities, successes, and challenges. Paper presented at the annual convention of the University Council for Educational Administration, Detroit, MI.
  • Black, W. & Danzig, A. (2016, November). Principal licensure production, academic drift, and epistemic drift:  Mismatches in leadership preparation, purpose, and employment outcomes. Paper presented at the annual convention of the University Council for Educational Administration, Detroit, MI.
  • Hoppey, D., Black, W., Mickleson, A. (In press) The evolution of inclusive practice in two elementary schools: Reforming teacher purpose, instructional capacity, and data informed practice. International Journal of Educational Reform, 27(1).
  • Radd, S. I. & Grosland, T.J. (2016). Desegregation policy as leadership: The case for critical consciousness and racial literacy. Educational Policy. doi:10.1177/0895904816637686
  • Matias, C.E. & Grosland, T.J. (2016). Digital Storytelling as racial justice: Digital hopes for deconstructing whiteness in teacher education.  Journal of Teacher Education, 67(2), 152-164. doi:10.1177/0022487115624493
  • Ponticell, J., Zepeda, S., Jimenez, A., Lanoue, P., Ata, A., & Haines, J. G., (in press). Observation, feedback, and reflection by supervisors. In Ponticell, J., Zepeda, S. (Eds.), The Handbook of Educational Supervision (pp.00-00). Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons.
  • Karanxha, Z. (In Press). Zero Tolerance. In C. J. Schreck (Editor-in-Chief), Leiber, M. J., Welch, K., & Ventura Miller, H. (Associate Editors) Encyclopedia of Juvenile Delinquency and Justice. Wiley-Blackwell.
  • Agosto, V., & Karanxha, Z. (2018). Conduct un/becoming: Discipline in (researching) educational leadership practice. In Wilkinson, J., & L. Bristol (Eds.), Educational leadership as a culturally-constructed practice: New directions and possibilities. Routledge.

Recent Collaborative Student and ELPS faculty publications

  • Roland, E., & Agosto, V. (2017).Black women resident assistants: Seeking and serving as bridges, givers, filters, mentors, advisors and community builders. NASPA Journal About Women in Higher Education. 1-17.
  • Wolgemuth, J. R., Agosto, V., Riley, M., Jones, R., Lam, Y. H. & Hicks, T. (2016).Storying transition-to-work for/and youth on the autism spectrum in the United States: A critical construct synthesis of academic literature. Disability & Society, 31(6), 777-797.  
  • Agosto, V., Hernandez, A., & McConnell, H. (2016). Life histories and leadership of two Latino (Puerto Rican) education administrators, The National FORUM of Educational Administration and Supervision Journal. 33(2-3), 42-60.
  • Agosto, V., Karanxha, Z., McConnell, H., & Allen, L. (2017).Conduct un/becoming: Discipline in the context of educational leadership research. In Wilkinson, J., & Bristol, L. (Eds.). Educational leadership as a culturally-constructed practice: New directions and possibilities (pp. 243-267). Routledge
  • Agosto, V., & Jones, R. (2016). Masking mentorship: Critical (race) care among Black males in special education. In L. Bass (Ed.). Black mask-ulinity: A framework for Black masculine caring (pp. 77-90). Peter Lang.
  • Diaz, C. & Black, W. (2016). In search of care and structure:  A study of resilient Latino students who chose enrollment  in an Adult Basic Education/Under-aged General Education Program.  National Forum of Educational Administration and Supervision Journal, 34(4), 32-43.
  • Dickerson, S.,Dove, M., Agosto, V., & Dickerson, M. * (2016). Leadership that lasts a lifetime: Collegiate advising as mentoring in an extracurricular organization. In K.Peno, E. Silva Mangiante, & R. Kenahan, (Eds.). Formal and informal mentoring in multiple contexts (pp. 119-136). Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
  • Neale, J. & Black, W. (2016). To see and be seen: Exploring tensions in a district-wide teacher evaluation reform. In B. Jones and A. Rolle (Eds.) Leading schools in challenging times: Eye to the future (15-48). Charlotte, NC: Information Age Press.
  • Nkrumah, T., Roland, E., Dillon, S., & Agosto, V.  (October, 2016). Through Sisterhood: Navigating Intersectionality and Transformative Leadership, Paper presented at the Curriculum and Pedagogy Conference, Cleveland, OH.
  • Nkrumah, T., Salaam, O.J., Agosto, V., Roland, E.. (November, 2016). Ethnodramatic performance of 鈥淕oodbye to all that! Staged as part of the symposium 鈥楿sing an Ethnodramatic Case to Discuss Teaching and Learning in Schools Serving Vulnerable Youth.鈥� Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the University Council of Educational Administration Conference, Detroit, MI.  
  • Taylor, A., Roberts, L., Miles, R,  Burrello, LC, & Mann, J. (2016, November) The intersection of district and school leadership in an small urban Southern school district. Paper presented at the annual convention of the University Council for Educational Administration, Detroit, MI.
  • 1. Davis, D. & Agosto, V. (2017) Review of Teaching controversial issues: The case for critical thinking and moral commitment in the classroom by N. Noddings & Brooks, L.. Teachers College Record.
  • 1. Karanxha, Z., Black, W., & Fisher, D. (2017).: Leading with Compassion, Vitality, and Mindfulness in Education by Jerome T. Murphy. Teachers College Record, Published: January 25, 2017, ID Number: 21808.

Recent Student Publications and Presentations

  • Bailey, M. R. P. (2016). Invasion of the body snatchers: Pedagogicide and teacher evaluation in the age of accountability. Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue, 18(1&2), 139-154.
  • Bauman, C. (2016, October). Empowering and acknowledging all teacher leaders: Identifying and fostering trusting ties. Poster presented at the annual conference of the American Evaluation Association (AEA). Atlanta GA.
  • Bauman, C. (2016, October). Empowering and acknowledging all teacher leaders: Identifying and fostering trusting ties. Roundtable presentation at the annual conference of the American Evaluation Association (AEA). Atlanta GA.
  • Davis, A.D., & Raulerson, C. (October, 2016) Enhancing your toolbox: Effective district planning to achieve student outcomes. Poster presented at National PBIS Leadership Forum, Chicago, Il.
  • Davis, A.D., & Raulerson, C. (October, 2016) Enhancing your toolbox: Effective district planning to achieve student outcomes. Poster presented at National PBIS Leadership Forum, Chicago, Il.
  • Dickerson, S. L., Salaam, O. J., & Anthony, A. A. (2017). Insights from the Flow of Teacha鈥�: Considering Hip-Hop in Education. In T. N. Watson, J. S. Brooks, & F. D. Beachum (Eds.), Educational Leadership and Music: Lessons for Tomorrow鈥檚 School Leaders (p. 91-100). Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
  • Nkrumah, T., Dhillon, S. K., Roland, E. (2016, November). De-essentializing women of color: A tri-autoethnographical analysis of a social justice educational leadership doctoral program. Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the University Council of Educational Administration Conference, Detroit, MI. 
  • Passero, A. C., & Jones, R. J. (2016). The promise: A cautionary tale of silencing social (in) justice. Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy, 13(1), 85-98.
  • Ramlackhan, K. (2016, November). An analysis of the discourses of inclusion within a district leadership team. Paper presented at the annual convention of the University Council of Educational Administration, Detroit, MI.
  • Rinck, J. & Rinck, A. (June 2016). Internship Program Evaluation: A Collaborative Approach Utilizing Mixed Methods. Paper presented in a poster session at the 2016 WACE International Research Symposium. Victory, British Columbia, Canada.
  • Roland, E. (2016, November). Understanding intersectionality to promote social justice in education leadership.  Paper presented at the annual convention of the University Council for Educational Administration. Detroit, MI.
  • Silpe, S. (2017). Using Visual Data in Qualitative Research (2008) Marcus Banks. Los Angeles, CA: Sage. Journal Of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation, 13(28), 53-55.
  • Smith, S., Ball, W., Harris, P. L., & Cohen, C. (2016, June). Maintenance of State Financial Support (MFS): Challenges, Tools, and Technical Assistance: What Have We Learned and How Can We Help? Presentation at IDEA Data Center Interactive Institutes on High-Quality Part B Data. Savannah, GA.