Dr. Sarah B. Nixon

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Education

• PhD, Curriculum and Instruction, 1998, Kent State University
  Areas of Emphasis: Literacy & Multicultural/International Education
• MSEd, Reading, 1991, Southwest Missouri State University
• BAEd, English and Spanish, 1986, University of Dallas

Teaching

• Foundations of Literacy
• Assessing & Personalizing Literacy Instruction
• Improving Reading & Writing in Secondary Classrooms
• Diversity Issues in Literacy & the Content Areas
• Content Area Literacy
• Psychology of Literacy
• Curriculum Design in Literacy
• Seminar in Literacy
• Thesis in Literacy
• Thesis for MAT students
• Supervision of Student Teachers

Research and professional interests

• Cross-cultural proficiency with preservice & inservice teachers
• Struggling adolescent readers in high poverty schools
• The use of ERR Instructional Framework & content literacy strategies in various disciplines at middle school, high school, & college level; especially science, language arts, TESOL & world languages [Spanish, French, Latin]

Awards and honors

• Sabbatical Leave; Spring 2008; An investigation of the use of current teaching strategies with former students in content area literacy courses
• Summer Faculty Fellowship, 2006; Active learning and critical thinking in a college science course
• J. William Fulbright Teaching Fellow at Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia; 2003-2004; Methodology for active learning and critical thinking
• J. William Fulbright Senior Specialists Program Candidate; 2003-2008
• University Teaching Award, Missouri State University; 2001
• College of Education Service Award, Missouri State University; 2000
• College of Education Teaching Award, Missouri State University; 1999
• Reading & Writing for Critical Thinking International Educator in Bulgaria; Sponsors: International Reading Association & Open Society Foundation; 1998-2003