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Charting the Path Forward: Deep mapping for empowered, transformative climate solutions education
(2026)Scientific knowledge alone has proven insufficient for addressing complex, post-normal environmental challenges. This recognition has prompted calls for inter- and transdisciplinary, systems-based education models that ... -
Digital Touchpoints (Issue #4, Spring 2026)
(School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2026-05)Technology integration in educational settings has become a more complicated process than any other time in U.S. education history. Technologies, such as the typewriter and even the pre-Internet computer, did not put student ... -
Health Equity Proficiencies among Public Health Officers
(2026-01-09)In this study, I examined reported perceptions of health equity proficiencies among Wisconsin public health officers. Using a validated instrument adapted from Melstad (2021), participants (N = 19) rated their proficiency ... -
A Culturally Responsive Curricular Model of Transformative Mindfulness Education
(2026)In this study I designed a curriculum that addresses mental health in secondary schools via group education. Key findings of this study include the study participant’s assessment that this curriculum strongly aligns with ... -
Rural Roots, Urban Suits: Queer Men’s Migration from Wisconsin’s Countryside to Cityscapes
(2026-02)American culture often frames Queerness as something that belongs in cities, depicting rural communities as places where Queer identities are marginalized. Yet millions of Queer men grow up in these rural spaces, navigating ... -
Culturally Responsive and Sustaining Practices in Wisconsin Public Schools
(School of Education, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point, 2026-01-23)Wisconsin has the nation’s largest achievement gap between Black and White students, prompting the need to understand how culturally responsive and sustaining practices (CRSP) are perceived and used in schools. This study ... -
Digital Touchpoints (Issue #3, Fall 2025)
(School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2025-12)The increased mediation of digital technologies in all sectors of our global society naturally impacts teaching and learning practices and norms in today’s P-12 classrooms. As a teacher educator who primarily teaches ... -
Reading Our Place, Writing for Change: Using Critical Literacy as a Pathway to Integrate Sustainability Literacy into Elementary Language Arts
(School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2025-12)Addressing sustainability challenges requires individuals to use language to share ideas, raise awareness, and advocate for change; however, reading and writing skills are often overlooked in sustainability education, and ... -
Faculty and Student Perceptions of Ecological Literacy Opportunities in the Liberal-Arts Curriculum: A Case Study to Improve Access to Concepts Across Disciplines
(School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2025-08-04)In this study, I utilized participatory action research and collected qualitative data from 16 faculty and eight students at King’s College in Wilkes-Barre PA over the course of two semesters. I analyzed these data in terms ... -
Learning on a Warming Planet: How Curriculum Can Alleviate Eco-Anxiety and Inspire Hope
(School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2025-11)This study investigates how geoscience curriculum design influences students’ experiences of eco-anxiety and climate hope. The purpose was to examine whether traditional instruction heightens eco-anxiety among community ... -
Por el Pasillo Mentorship Literacy Project: A Case Study of Supporting Multilingual Learners in Rural Schools
(School of Education, College of Professional Studies, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2025-08-01)This was a qualitative case study that outlined the integration of a learner-centered bilingual literacy mentorship program by positioning secondary multilingual participants as mentor leaders for elementary multilingual ... -
Reorienting an Environmental Science Curriculum with Indigenous Science Education
(School of Education, College of Professional Studies, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2025-08)In this project of curriculum action research, I used a three-part framework and seven tenets of Indigenous Knowledge to analyze a curriculum unit that I designed and implemented with students in two environmental studies ... -
The Impact of a Teacher Professional Learning Experience on Catholic Educators’ Support of LGBTQIA+ Students: A Case Study
(School of Education, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point, 2025-08)LGBTQIA+ high school students are at greater risk for experiencing negative academic, emotional, and social experiences as a result of the way they are treated based on their sex, orientation, gender identity and expression ... -
Climbing Without a Ladder: The Lived Experience of Military Spouses and Their Non-linear Paths to Self-Actualization, Identity, and Growth
(School of Education, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point, 2025-08)In this qualitative narrative study, I examined lived experiences of a purposive sample of 11 Active duty military spouses. I conducted in-depth interviews in which I sought to learn about their military lifestyles and ... -
Critical Consciousness Among Young Adults in a Community in Hawaiʻi
(School of Education, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point, 2025-06)In this convergent parallel mixed-methods study, I utilized Diemer et al.’s (2022) previously validated Short Critical Consciousness Survey (ShoCCS) and conducted virtual interviews with a sample of young adults aged 18 ... -
Teachers’ Perceptions of Principal Leadership, School Environment, and Collective Teacher Efficacy: A Case Study
(School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2025-05)In this case study of one urban school, I aimed to examine teachers’ perceptions of principal leadership, school environment, and collective teacher efficacy that I analyzed through the lens of social cognitive theory. My ... -
Mindfulness-Based Intervention for Healthcare-Stress Mitigation
(School of Education, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point, 2025-05)In this sequential qualitative study of mindfulness-based stress-reduction (MBSR) -based practices among six health-care professionals. I found that participants reported reduced stress, improved focus, improved sleep, ... -
Faculty Perspectives: Transitioning to Student-Centered Learning in a Competency-Based Education Model
(Marian University, 2021-12-06)Competency-based education shifts the focus from teacher-led instruction to student-centered learning, where faculty take on the role of facilitator of learning. While a fair amount of literature exists around the ... -
Digital Touchpoints (Issue #2, Spring 2025)
(School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2025-05)What does it mean to teach and learn in these contemporary times, considering the ubiquity of digital technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI)? Does it make sense anymore for students to memorize state capitals? ... -
Socialized Silence of Students of Color in Community College Composition Classes
(School of Education, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point, 2025-04)This hermeneutic phenomenological study was designed to analyze the experiences of Students of Color with socialized silence in community college composition classes. The research sought to understand both the impacts of ...
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