Articles by Jennifer Strange
Page 7 of 24
Conversations Around Identity Book Club provides opportunity to reflect on identity through literature
December 6, 2021
Allison Bryan and Lisa Buchanan, both in the Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education, partnered with Alamance Burlington School System to offer a book club for educators that reflects on the role of identify in their work with students through literature.
Buchanan presents at the College and University Faculty Assembly
November 23, 2021
Lisa Buchanan, associate professor of education in the Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education, presented two research papers and two collaborative sessions at the Annual Meeting of College and University Faculty Assembly in November.
Buchanan partners with UNC-Chapel Hill to develop hybrid professional development series for North Carolina teachers
November 23, 2021
Lisa Buchanan, associate professor of education in the Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education, collaborated with UNC Chapel Hill's Carolina K-12 Programming to develop a 5-part hybrid professional development series for 28 classroom teachers in North Carolina.
Buchanan co-authors article on teaching the 1898 Wilmington race massacre using history lab model
November 23, 2021
Lisa Buchanan, associate professor of education in the Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education, has published a guide for teachers in grades 4-12 teaching the 1898 Wilmington race massacre using the history lab model.
Associate Professor Lisa Buchanan co-authors article on preservice teaching of immigration, refugee experiences
October 12, 2021
The article, co-authored by Buchanan recently appeared in The Journal of Social Studies Research.
N.C. Gov. Roy Cooper’s teacher advisor speaks to senior teacher candidates on how to frame their teaching
October 5, 2021
Dayson Pasión, teacher advisor to Gov. Cooper, spoke to teacher candidates about the power of a story, how to build their narrative and how to frame their teaching within their own identities and identities of their students.
Elon Explorers program receives funding from Burroughs Wellcome Fund
September 30, 2021
Mark Enfield, associate professor of education, and Jen Hamel, associate professor of biology and Japheth E. Rawls Professor, receive funding from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund for the Elon Explorers program.
Award-winning author Meg Medina speaks to Elon pre-service teachers on representing Latinx culture in, through literature
September 28, 2021
Pre-service teachers met virtually with Meg Medina, a Newbery award-winning and New York Times best-selling author, to hear her story and learn how to represent Latinx culture in and through literature.
Education faculty present at NCACTE fall forum
September 27, 2021
Three faculty in the Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education presented at the North Carolina Association of Colleges and Teacher Education (NCACTE) 39th Annual Teacher Education Forum. In addition, one alumnae was recognized as a finalist for the North Carolina Student Teacher of the Year award.
Associate Professor Lisa Buchanan co-authors article on 1898 Wilmington coup in international journal
September 1, 2021
Lisa Buchanan, associate professor in the Watts Williams School of Education, coauthored an article that examines the historical and modern treatment of the Wilmington Coup of 1898, in the international journal Whiteness and Education.