University Catalog 2026-2027

Teaching, Learning, and Curriculum (MEd): Reading Education Concentration

Degree Requirements

Teaching Learning and Curriculum Core Courses6
Students must complete two core courses from the list below:
Theory and Practice In Teaching Diverse Populations
Foundations of Curriculum
Teachers as Leaders
Teacher as Researcher
Theory and Research in Global Learning
Multicultural Lifespan Development
Reading Education Core Courses18
All course listed below are requried
Special Problems in Curriculum and Instruction
Reading In the Elementary School
Reading In the Content Areas
Literacy Assessment and Intensified Instruction I
Literacy Assessment and Intensified Instruction II
Supervised Practicum in Literacy
Elective Courses6
Select 6 hours in consultation with advisor
Total Hours30

Elective Courses

Elective Courses15
"Elective Courses" will be determined in conjunction with the academic committee

Faculty

Full Professors

  • Cathy L. Crossland
  • Jessica Theresa DeCuir-Gunby
  • Krista Dawn Glazewski
  • John K. Lee
  • Patricia L. Marshall
  • John Nietfeld
  • Kevin M. Oliver
  • Edward J. Sabornie
  • Margareta M. Thomson

Associate Professors

  • Candy M. Beal
  • Sarah J. Carrier
  • Dennis Scott Davis
  • Deniz Eseryel
  • DeLeon L. Gray
  • Chu-Jen Huang
  • Jessica Heather Hunt
  • Meghan McGlinn Manfra
  • James Minogue
  • Temple A. Walkowiak
  • Angela Michelle Wiseman
  • Carl A. Young

Assistant Professors

  • Chandra Alston
  • Christy Michelle Byrd
  • Michelle Marie Falter
  • Jill Freiberg Grifenhagen
  • Michael Andre Jarry-Shore
  • Shiyan Jiang
  • Crystal Lee
  • Paula McAvoy
  • Amato Nocera
  • Jamie Nicole Pearson
  • Jackie Eunjung Relyea
  • Daniela Castellanos Reyes
  • Jonee Wilson

Practice/Research/Teaching Professors

  • Drinda Elaine Benge
  • Vandna Gill Bindra
  • Sarah Cannon
  • Valerie Ness Faulkner
  • Ann D. Harrington
  • Kristin Hoffmann
  • Micha Jeffries
  • Jill Jones
  • Joanne Greer Koch
  • Linda McCabe-Smith
  • Julia O'Neal McKeown

Emeritus Faculty

  • John F. Arnold
  • Barbara J. Fox
  • Edwin R. Gerler Jr.
  • Lawrence Keith Jones
  • Susan Sinclair Osborne
  • Carol A. Pope
  • Ruie J. Pritchard
  • Norman A. Sprinthall
  • Lois M. Thies-Sprinthall
  • Ellen S. Vasu

Teaching Assistant Professor

  • Jared Stewart-Ginsburg