Dr. Howell's curriculum vita

Educational Background

• EdD, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY—Curriculum and Instruction-Teacher Education
• EdM, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY—Curriculum and Instruction
• BS, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN—Elementary Education

Teaching Areas

• Adolescent literacy
• Literacy across content areas
• Oral literacy

Research Interests

• Middle School Teacher Education
• Social Justice and Teacher Education
• Middle School Curriculum
• Oral Literacy in the Middle School
• Standards of Discourse in the Classroom

Honors & Awards

• A Teacher Who Made a Difference, 2006—University of Kentucky
• Dewey Scholar, 2002—Teachers College, Columbia University
• Curriculum and Teaching Scholarship, 2001—Teachers College, Columbia University

Professional Memberships

• American Educational Research Association
• American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education
• National Middle School Association
• Kentucky Middle School Association

Selected Publications

• Howell, P. & Arrington, J. (in press). Negotiating Differences: Early Field Experiences in a Diverse Middle School. Middle Grades Research Journal (January, 2008).
• Clayton, C., Howell, P., Kapustka, K. & Thomas, S. (under review). A National Study of NCATE Conceptual Frameworks: The Incidence of Social Justice in Accreditation Documents. The Teacher Educator.