UMaine faculty, students present at 2022 NEERO annual conference

Several University of Maine faculty members and students are participating in this week’s New England Educational Research Organization (NEERO) annual conference, April 6-8 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire and online.

It is the 53rd NEERO conference, and this year’s theme is “Expanding Equity in Educational Research.” Presentations featuring UMaine faculty and students include:

Wednesday, April 6

  • Assistant professor of curriculum, assessment and instruction Rebecca Buchanan chairing a virtual roundtable session, “Student Support and Building on Student Strengths.”

Thursday, April 7

  • Buchanan and Margaret Clark of Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts presenting their research project, “Creativity, Care, and Community: Broadening Critical Reflection in Teacher Education.”
  • George Mayfield, a candidate for Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) in educational leadership, presenting his dissertation, “An Autoethnographic Analysis of Teacher Leadership of Collaborative Efforts in Challenging Times.”
  • Dan Chadbourne, a candidate for Ed.D. in educational leadership, presenting his dissertation, “Who Are You? A Study of Authentic Leadership in Action.”
  • Ian Mette, associate professor of educational leadership, presenting a mixed-methods study, “Supervision in a Rural State: Position, Spatiality, and Leadership Lessons to Drive Instructional Improvement Efforts.”
  • Scott Harrison, an Ed.D. candidate in educational leadership, presenting his dissertation, “Strategic Management of Human Capital as Rural Praxis.”
  • Brian Bannen, an Ed.D. candidate in educational leadership, presenting his dissertation, “The Effect of Leadership Change on School Climate.”
  • Buchanan presenting research conducted with Tom Adams, secondary education and Honors College graduate (2021), “Citizenship Education in Middle School Classrooms During the COVID-19 Pandemic.”
  • Mia Morrision, lecturer in instructional technology and Ed.D. candidate in educational leadership, presenting her dissertation, “The Role of Technology in the Development of PK-12 Teacher Leadership During COVID-19.”
  • Nicole LaPlant, UMaine elementary education major, and Karalyn Kutzer, marketing major at the University of Southern Maine, sharing a poster presentation of their project, “Creating a Healthy Rural Ecosystem for Community Vitality: Equity in Educational Research.”

Friday, April 8

  • Buchanan presenting a mixed-methods study conducted with Danielle McKinney-Harris, UMaine Ph.D. student in Sociology, and colleagues from Mercer University and SUNY Cortland, “Planning for Justice: A Comparative Examination of How Two Different Cohorts of Teacher Candidates Integrate Social Justice Pedagogies into Their Instructional Planning.”
  • Susan Thibedeau, Ed.D. candidate in educational leadership, presenting her dissertation, “The Unique Challenges of Equity Training in White Majority Schools.”