UNF faculty and staff showcase innovative research at world's largest education conference
Twenty faculty and staff affiliated with the ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ’s Silverfield College of Education and Human
Services delivered presentations at the 2025 American Educational Research Association (AERA) annual meeting in Denver, Colorado, April 23-27. This year’s event marked the strongest contingent of UNF scholars to have research accepted for presentation at AERA. The AERA Annual Meeting is recognized as the world's largest gathering of education researchers, featuring more than 2,500 sessions that explore topics across all disciplines within education settings. Each year, the event serves as a premier venue for scholars to share cutting-edge research, engage in critical conversations, and build lasting professional networks.
The following list showcases the impactful research presented by faculty and staff from UNF's Silverfield College of Education and Human Services.
- Addressing Encumberment in Supervision: Black Teacher Educator as Broker for Change – Raven Robinson-Wilson (ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ)
- Alignment of Digital SAT Math to a State’s Algebra I Content Standards and Cognitive Complexity (poster) - Nan Zhang (University of Maryland), Hong Jiao (University of Maryland), Chandramani Yadav (University of Maryland), Yuting Sun (ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ), Robert Lissitz (University of Maryland)
- Bridging the Gap: The Positive Relationship Between Inclusive Design and Student Achievement in Online Courses – Amanda Blakewood Pascale (ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ), Suzanne M. Ehrlich (ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ)
- Curation as a Supervisory Tool for Building Teacher Candidate Instructional Decision-Making Expertise – Caran Mullins (Duval County Public Schools), Diane Yendol-Hoppey (ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ)
- First-Grade Students' Qualitative Retellings of an Integrated Social Studies Literacy Unit – Jennie Baumann (Auburn University), Courtney Hattan (University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill), Deborah Ann McPhee (Illinois State University), Meghan M. Parkinson (ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ)
- Florida Educational Research Association: Impact of Kindergarten Instructional Assistants on Student Reading Achievement (poster) - Andrea Smith (ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ), Daniel Dinsmore (ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ), Rebecca Arndt (Pasco County Schools), Peggy Jones (Pasco County Schools)
- Higher-Order Thinking Across Stages of an Argumentative Multiple Source Use Task – Yuting Sun (ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ), Patricia Alexander (University of Maryland)
- Investigating Parental STEM Identity: Expressions of a Home and Facebook Early Childhood Program (poster) - Valentina Bongiovanni (ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ), Germán Collazos Guzmán (Universidad de La Sabana), Daniel Dinsmore (ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ)
- More Than Formalized Structures: Towards Shared Understanding and a Comprehensive Mission of Promoting Social Justice in Professional Development Schools – Megan E. Lynch (ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ)
- Partnering for empowerment: Insights from a two-year coaching academy for school-based teacher educators – Rachelle Curcio (ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ), Chris Burkett (University of South Carolina)
- Predictors of Overweight and Obesity in Early Childhood Leaders – Timothy G. Ford (University of Oklahoma), Susan B. Sisson (University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center), Adrien B. Malek-Lasater (ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ), Kyong-Ah Kwon (University of Oklahoma)
- Preparing for Civic Life in a Digital Age: Supporting Teachers to Teach Digital Civic Inquiries – Shujin Zhong (ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ), Sarah McGrew (University of Maryland), Scot A. Wilson (Indiana University), Madison Kantzer (Office of the State Superintendent of Education)
- Reimagining Collaboration: Investigating the Third Space in a School District-University Partnership – Megan E. Lynch (ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ), Rachelle Curcio (ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ), Diane Yendol-Hoppey (ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ), Lunetta Williams (ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ)
- Resilience of a Black Woman: Journey through the Racial Mismatch Land of Supervision – Jeania Jones (ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ)
- School to Prison Pipeline in Florida: A Critical Study (virtual poster) - Dilek Kayaalp (ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ), Madaline Tanase (ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ)
- Self-Study as Acumen for Advancing Teacher Education Practices: Cultivating a Path of Empowerment Within Supervision (symposium) - Raven Robinson-Wilson (ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ) (chair)
- Stirring the Pot: Understanding Black Leadership, Culture, and Boundary-Spanning through the Metaphor of Roux – Shaundricka Medlock (ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ)
- Teaching With/As/Of/For/In A Machine: S-STEP and the Vulnerability of Digital Spaces – Magdalena Vasquez Dathe (University of New Mexico), Mary Rice (University of New Mexico), Lou Ellis Brassington (University of New Mexico), Mark M. Diacopoulous (Pittsburg State University), Megan E. Lynch (ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ), Tamara Shattuck (Western New England University)
- The Role of Contextual Epistemic Beliefs in a Multiple Source Use Task – Eric Cornelis Schoute (ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ)
- The Role of Partnerships in Collaboratively Designing Teacher Leader Professional Learning – Rachelle Curcio (ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ), Diane Yendol-Hoppey (ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ), Jamey Burns (ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ)