Program Overview

Teacher Learning, Research & Practice

Teacher Learning, Research, and Practice is a doctoral program area focused on how scholars conduct research into how preservice and practicing teachers learn, how university-, school- and community-based teacher educators learn, how we design and facilitate teacher learning experiences, and how we work to transform teaching and teacher education toward equity and justice. This program is grounded in a commitment to the practice, study, and transformation of teacher education in ways that forward justice and honor humanizing teaching and action.

What can you do if you study Teacher Learning, Research & Practice?

Our graduates work for, as, and with educators across a range of settings. They draw on sociocultural, critical, and queer theories informing teaching and learning to explore questions about teaching and teacher education and to design and facilitate learning experiences with and for preservice and practicing teachers. Graduates of the Teacher Learning, Research & Practice doctoral program are prepared for careers in research and teaching in university settings, educational leadership and services to schools, and research and development in private and non-profit organizations.

Program Details

• Undergraduate Programs
• Graduate Programs
  • Educational Foundations, Policy & Practice
  • Equity, Bilingualism & Biliteracy
  • Learning Sciences & Human Development
  • Literacy Studies
  • Research & Evaluation Methodology
  • STEM Education
  • Teacher Learning, Research & Practice
    • PhD in Education with an emphasis in Teacher Learning, Research & Practice
• MA plus Teacher Licensure (MA+)
• Teacher Licensure

Meet Our Faculty

Melissa Braaten

Associate Professor Associate Dean for Undergraduate and Teacher Education Teacher Learning, Research & Practice STEM Education

Jamy Stillman

Associate Professor Equity, Bilingualism & Biliteracy Teacher Learning, Research & Practice

Program Chair

Sara Staley

Associate Professor and Program Chair Co-Founder and Co-Director Teacher Learning, Research & Practice Humanities Education A Queer Endeavor

Program Areas

• The program focuses on how scholars conduct research into teacher learning and education.
• It explores questions about teaching and teacher education.
• Graduates are prepared for careers in research, teaching, educational leadership, and research and development.