DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

Recent Graduates
(PhDs conferred since 1995)

Stacy DeZutter (2009) Rhodes College BA 1990, University of Pittsburgh MA 2002; Olin Fellow, 2002-2007
"Cultural Models of Teaching in Non-School Settings"
Advisor:  R. Keith Sawyer
Current Position:  Assistant Professor of Education, Millsaps College

Melissa Mosley (2008): Washington University in St. Louis AB 1999, MA Ed 2000
"Learning to Teach Literacy in a Teacher Education Program: A Critical Ethnographic, Longitudinal Study"
Advisor: Rowhea Elmesky and Rebecca Rogers
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Education, The University of Texas at Austin

Glynis O’Garro Joseph (2007): Midwestern State University BS summa cum laude 1999, Chancellor’s Fellow, 2000-2007; Spencer Dissertation Fellow, 2004-05
"An Ethnographic Study of the ‘Invisible Presence’ of Black Girls in an Urban Elementary School"
Advisor: Garrett Albert Duncan
Current Position: Lecturer, Graduate School of Education and Information Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles

Sibel Kazak (2007): Middle East Technical University (Turkey) BS 1998, Pennsylvania State University MEd 2000
"Investigating Elementary School Students’ Reasoning about Distributions in Various Chance Events"
Advisor: Jere Confrey
Current Position: Postdoctoral Associate, Scientific Reasoning Research Institute, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Elizabeth M. Berkes (2007): University of California San Diego BS 1999, MS 2000, Spencer Dissertation Fellow, 2006-07
"Practicing Biology: A Critical Examination of a Biology Laboratory as a Learning Community"
Advisor:  Mary Ann Dzuback and William F. Tate, IV
Current position: Student Experience Research University Project Research Associate, Center for Studies in Higher Education, University of California, Berkeley

Lisa Satanovsky (2005):  Washington University in St. Louis, AB 1980, MAEd 1993
"TV Pedagogies: Community Viewing and Critical Writing"
Advisor:  Garrett Albert Duncan and Timothy J. Lensmire
Current Position: Coordinator of Part-Time Masters, University College in Arts & Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis

Diane Hui (2006):  University of Stirling  (Scotland) BEd 1992, University of Edinburgh (Scotland) MS 1993; Spencer Dissertation Fellow, 2005-2006
"Engagement in Supporting New Teachers: A Role for Computer-Mediated Communication in Teacher Learning within Informal Professional Communities"
Advisor:  James Wertsch
Current position: Postdoctoral Fellow in Diagnostic Language Assessment in the Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong

Anilkumar Belvadi (2005): Bangalore University, India BA 1983, MA 1985, MPhil 1987; University of Rochester MA 1997
"American Missions and Sunday Schools in Victorian India"
Advisor: Mary Ann Dzuback
Current Position: Teacher, St. Louis Public Schools

Shawn Rowe (2002): Georgia State University BA 1990; Florida State University MS 1997
"Activity Discourse in Museums: Dialogic Perspective on Meaning Making"
Advisor:  James Wertsch
Current position: Marine Education Learning Specialist, Oregon State University

Peggy Neufeld (2002): Kansas University BS 1971; New York University MA 1976; University of Missouri-St. Louis 1996
"Narrative Use in Communities of Learners: Reconstructing Wellness in Persons with Multiple Sclerosis"
Advisor: James Wertsch
Current position:  Assistant Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy, Washington University School of Medicine

Karen Hales-Mecham (2002): Brigham Young University BA 1970; Washington University in St. Louis, MA Ed 1983
"'Making’ Gender and Sexuality--Gender Difference Discursive Practices at Play in Peer Sexual Harassment: Case Study of a Middle School"
Advisor: Louis M. Smith
Current position:  Teacher, School District of Clayton

F. Kamau Njoroge (1999): Principia College BA 1987; Southern Illinois University-Carbondale MA 1991
"Basic Writing: A Problem-Posing Approach"
Advisor: Timothy J.  Lensmire
Current Position: Associate Professor of English, Lewis and Clark Community College

Ann Taylor (1995): Nottingham University BSc 1977; West Midlands College PGCE 1982; Sheffield University MEd 1991
"Theorizing a Teaching Journey in an Elementary College Math Methods Class I Felt Unprepared to Teach"
Advisor: Louis M. Smith
Current position: Elementary Program Director,School of Education, Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville

Kathleen Sullivan Brown (1995): Washington University in St. Louis AB 1975, AM 1977
"Teaching across Cultures"
Advisor: Louis M. Smith
Current position: Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies in the College of Education at the University of Missouri St. Louis.

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