University Catalog 2024-2025

Teaching (MA): Middle Grades English Language Arts Education Concentration

Degree Requirements

Core Courses12
Principles of Developing and Interpreting Assessment (2 credit hours)
Exploring Diversity in Classroom and Community (3 credit hours)
Organization and Behavioral Management of Inclusive Classrooms (3 credit hours)
Teaching Internship: MAT (4 credit hours)
English and Language Arts Concentration Requirements18
Special Problems in Curriculum and Instruction
The Teaching Of Composition
Teaching Literature For Young Adults
Reading In the Content Areas
Foundations Of Middle Years Education
Adolescent Development
Total Hours30

Faculty

Full Professors

  • Margaret R. Blanchard
  • Aaron C. Clark
  • Jere Confrey
  • Cathy L. Crossland
  • Krista Dawn Glazewski
  • Karen Hollebrands
  • M. Gail Jones
  • Devin Kearns
  • Hollylynne Stohl Lee
  • John Kelly Lee
  • Soonhye Park

Associate Professors

  • K.C. Busch
  • Sarah Carrier
  • Cesar Delgado
  • Cameron D. Denson
  • Chu-Jen Huang
  • Jessica Hunt
  • Meghan Manfra
  • Angela Wiseman
  • Carl A. Young

Assistant Professors

  • Robin Anderson
  • Sunghwan Byun
  • Marissa Marie Sloan Franzen
  • Michael Andre Jarry-Shore
  • Tamecia Jones
  • Erin Krupa
  • Crystal Lee
  • Paula McAvoy
  • Amato Nocera
  • Jamie Pearson
  • Samantha Marshall Pham
  • Daniela Castellanos Reyes
  • William Reynolds

Practice/Research/Teaching Professors

  • Drinda Elaine Benge
  • Vandna Gill Bindra
  • Sarah Cannon
  • Cyndi Edgington
  • Nolan Edward Fahrer
  • Micha Jennine Jeffries
  • Jill Jones
  • Joanna Greer Koch
  • W. Matt Reynolds
  • Jared Stewart-Ginsburg

Emeritus Faculty

  • Candy M. Beal
  • Valerie Faulkner
  • Ruie J. Pritchard
  • Edward J. Sabornie