Emily Howell
Biographic Data
| ID | 176513 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Emily Howell |
| GIVEN NAMES | Emily |
| FAMILY NAME | Howell |
| SIGNATURE | HOWELL E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Clemson University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5062-6480 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Multidimensional and Burgeoning Leadership: Literacy and Multilingualism
This design-based research study worked with 25 teachers with specialized early literacy training. Researchers investigated the impact of professional development advancing their multilingual learner (ML), literacy, and leadership capacity, addressing gaps in the research merging the fields of literacy, multilingual instruction, and leadership. Spanning two years of both qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis including teacher,…
Experienced literacy teachers' instructional practices with multilingual learners: Benefits, challenges and adaptations in response to the science of reading
Recent trends in literacy policy have promoted structured literacy instructional programmes, aligning with the science of reading (SOR). Concurrently, demographic trends in the United States and Europe show an increase in the number of multilingual learner students (MLs) attending public schools. Drawing on the notion of teacher agency, this paper explores the intersection of these trends, asking: How do experienced literacy teachers in varied co…
Office Hours and Coffee Chats: Rethinking How Instructor-Student Interactions Support Students’ Sense of Belonging in Higher Education
A sense of belonging is widely recognized as a key factor in student success; however, the role of out-of-class faculty engagement in fostering this connection in leisure courses remains under-examined. This study investigates whether participation in office hours and the more informal coffee chats influence students’ sense of belonging over the course of a semester. Using a repeated-measures design, the data were collected from 49 undergraduate …
Psychological Distress and Peer Dynamics in Adolescent Summer Care Programs: A Longitudinal Social Network Analysis
From deficit to wealth: Amplifying voices and cultural capital of Latiné families to support multilingual learner education
Seeking to amplify families’ voices, this study reports on focus groups with Latiné parents of multilingual students (MLs). We draw from two theories: the dual capacity-building framework, which conceptualizes family engagement as a relational and culturally sustaining partnership, and the community cultural wealth theory, which highlights unrecognized forms of capital marginalized populations bring to education. This design-based research (DBR) …
It All Comes Full Circle”: The Impact of Multilingual Literacy Pedagogies With Teachers, Students, and Families
This study examines how sustained professional development (PD) in multilingual literacy pedagogies shapes teacher's pedagogical practices and interactions with students and caregivers. Situated in a high‐needs district in the Southeastern U.S., the PD was embedded in a two‐year online MEd program with a cohort of 23 teachers, paired with a caregiver literacy course for multilingual families. Using a case study approach, we closely analyzed two f…
Escaping Inequity: A Digital Escape Room Professional Development for Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
In this design‐based research study, in‐service educators participated in a grant‐funded professional development (PD) project to increase district capacity for multilingual learner instruction. Initial data indicated teacher comfort with technology but difficulty tailoring it to the unique multiliterate practices of culturally and linguistically diverse students. Based on teachers' needs and a departmental goal, a modification of a digital escap…
Bridging the knowledge gap: Professional development connecting educators and caregivers of multilingual learners
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the professional growth of a cohort of teachers working with multilingual learners (MLs) during an MEd program and their recommendations for the development of a literacy course for ML caregivers. In addition, this study explores whether the school district capacity supports teacher growth, as reflected through district representatives’ feedback. Design/methodology/approach This design-based researc…
Evolution of teachers’ perspectives on family engagement: Building dual capacity for multilingual learners
Family engagement in multilingual learner education offers benefits associated with improved academic performance, stronger parent-teacher communication, and more inclusivity of cultural and linguistic diversity. Responding to calls for professional development that enables teachers to meaningfully involve families, this paper draws from surveys and course assignments to examine how teachers expanded their perceptions about the incorporation of m…
From awareness to action: Caregivers’ roles in multilingual learners’ literacy development
This design-based research study, grounded in the theoretical framework of dual capacity building, explored the impact of a literacy course on multilingual learners’ caregivers, focusing on their knowledge and self-efficacy in supporting their children’s literacy development. Findings revealed a collaborative process between caregivers and researchers, where caregivers contributed insights into their learning needs and influenced the course’s dev…
Multimodality and critical race theory as tools of canonical subversion
Research has called for nuanced scholarly investigations that synergise, complicate, and advance social theories of literacy. Accordingly, this study melds critical literacy, critical race theory, and multiliteracies to distil students’ involvement with the canonical The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, investigating: What are participants’ design experiences reading canonical literature through a critical race theory lens, and what does multimoda…
Multilingual teaching and digital tools: The intersections of new media literacies and language learning
Purpose Computer-assisted language learning (CALL) can create participatory cultures by removing barriers to access materials, encouraging student modes of expression, differentiating student interactions through digital environments and increasing learner autonomy. Participatory cultures require competencies or new media literacy (NML) skills to be successful in a digital world. However, professional development (PD) often lacks training on CALL…
Reaching teachers of early multilingual learners through professional development: A systematic literature review
This systematic literature review synthesises 49 studies exploring teacher professional development (PD) focused on the education of multilingual learners (MLs). Specifically, we examined PD design for in-service mainstream classroom teachers serving MLs in early elementary grades. We followed the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) guidelines for transparent reporting in systematic reviews, including the f…
Multicultural perspectives on building instructional capacity for multilingual learners: Synergy of Teachers, Community Members, and Academics
This design-based research study explored the feedback process, resulting actions, and changing instructional perspectives involving teachers, community members, and researchers leading to enhanced professional development offered to K-12 teachers of multilingual students. Specifically, the feedback from a community advisory council and teachers significantly shaped researchers’ approaches to designing and adapting a literacy course to address th…
Thank You to Reviewers
Sharpening Students' Racial Literacies through Multimodal Subversion
This case study shares the experiences of 24 students in an urban high school in the U.S. Midwest who spent 6 weeks learning about, and applying tenets of, critical race theory (CRT) to their analysis of the canonical The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn . Students created a visual essay reflecting their understanding of CRT in the novel and in their broader social milieu. Drawing from, and sharing possibilities for, merging theoretical principles …
HyFlex model of higher education: Understanding the promise of flexibility
Purpose The purpose of this paper aims to answer the research question: How is the HyFlex model being implemented in higher education, and is it leading to greater access and equity?. Design/methodology/approach This comprehensive literature review covers 19 sources, 11 studies and 8 practitioner or literature reflections, studying HyFlex. Findings Seven focused codes formed from 23 initial codes: definition and alignment, implementation, success…
Toward a Professional Development Model for Writing as a Digital, Participatory Process
In this formative experiment, the authors focused on developing professional development for upper elementary school teachers and investigating how it was integrated into teachers’ instruction to improve their ability to make writing a more digital, participatory process. Theoretical perspectives pertaining to technology use in education specify that this instruction should emphasize students creating rather than consuming information from media …
Thank You to Guest Reviewers
Thank You to Guest Reviewers
Expanding Argument Instruction: Incorporating Multimodality and Digital Tools
The researcher conducted a formative experiment in a ninth‐ and a 10th‐grade English classroom to observe a multiliteracies‐based intervention implemented to improve high school students’ arguments. Traditionally, argument is taught from a cognitive perspective, emphasizing concepts such as claims, evidence, and warrants. However, arguments are also creations of social practice that incorporate the multimodality that digital tools afford. The aut…
Gender Equality in the Ivory Tower, and How Best to Achieve It
Both statistical and qualitative interview data confirm the on-going existence of gender inequality within American academia, with women both underrepresented and underpaid compared to their male counterparts. Surprisingly, what is needed to remedy this situation is not a secret. Most of the policies outlined in this article as good workable solutions are programs that have been tested and described in more than one study. Indeed, evidence sugges…
Gender Equality in the Ivory Tower, and How Best to Achieve It
Both statistical and qualitative interview data confirm the on-going existence of gender inequality within American academia, with women both underrepresented and underpaid compared to their male counterparts. Surprisingly, what is needed to remedy this situation is not a secret. Most of the policies outlined in this article as good workable solutions are programs that have been tested and described in more than one study. Indeed, evidence sugges…
Reaching teachers of early multilingual learners through professional development: A systematic literature review
This systematic literature review synthesises 49 studies exploring teacher professional development (PD) focused on the education of multilingual learners (MLs). Specifically, we examined PD design for in-service mainstream classroom teachers serving MLs in early elementary grades. We followed the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) guidelines for transparent reporting in systematic reviews, including the f…
Toward a Professional Development Model for Writing as a Digital, Participatory Process
In this formative experiment, the authors focused on developing professional development for upper elementary school teachers and investigating how it was integrated into teachers’ instruction to improve their ability to make writing a more digital, participatory process. Theoretical perspectives pertaining to technology use in education specify that this instruction should emphasize students creating rather than consuming information from media …
From awareness to action: Caregivers’ roles in multilingual learners’ literacy development
This design-based research study, grounded in the theoretical framework of dual capacity building, explored the impact of a literacy course on multilingual learners’ caregivers, focusing on their knowledge and self-efficacy in supporting their children’s literacy development. Findings revealed a collaborative process between caregivers and researchers, where caregivers contributed insights into their learning needs and influenced the course’s dev…
Multicultural perspectives on building instructional capacity for multilingual learners: Synergy of Teachers, Community Members, and Academics
This design-based research study explored the feedback process, resulting actions, and changing instructional perspectives involving teachers, community members, and researchers leading to enhanced professional development offered to K-12 teachers of multilingual students. Specifically, the feedback from a community advisory council and teachers significantly shaped researchers’ approaches to designing and adapting a literacy course to address th…
HyFlex model of higher education: Understanding the promise of flexibility
Purpose The purpose of this paper aims to answer the research question: How is the HyFlex model being implemented in higher education, and is it leading to greater access and equity?. Design/methodology/approach This comprehensive literature review covers 19 sources, 11 studies and 8 practitioner or literature reflections, studying HyFlex. Findings Seven focused codes formed from 23 initial codes: definition and alignment, implementation, success…
Gender Equality in the Ivory Tower, and How Best to Achieve It
Both statistical and qualitative interview data confirm the on-going existence of gender inequality within American academia, with women both underrepresented and underpaid compared to their male counterparts. Surprisingly, what is needed to remedy this situation is not a secret. Most of the policies outlined in this article as good workable solutions are programs that have been tested and described in more than one study. Indeed, evidence sugges…
Thank You to Guest Reviewers
Expanding Argument Instruction: Incorporating Multimodality and Digital Tools
The researcher conducted a formative experiment in a ninth‐ and a 10th‐grade English classroom to observe a multiliteracies‐based intervention implemented to improve high school students’ arguments. Traditionally, argument is taught from a cognitive perspective, emphasizing concepts such as claims, evidence, and warrants. However, arguments are also creations of social practice that incorporate the multimodality that digital tools afford. The aut…
Thank You to Guest Reviewers
Toward a Professional Development Model for Writing as a Digital, Participatory Process
In this formative experiment, the authors focused on developing professional development for upper elementary school teachers and investigating how it was integrated into teachers’ instruction to improve their ability to make writing a more digital, participatory process. Theoretical perspectives pertaining to technology use in education specify that this instruction should emphasize students creating rather than consuming information from media …
Thank You to Reviewers
Sharpening Students' Racial Literacies through Multimodal Subversion
This case study shares the experiences of 24 students in an urban high school in the U.S. Midwest who spent 6 weeks learning about, and applying tenets of, critical race theory (CRT) to their analysis of the canonical The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn . Students created a visual essay reflecting their understanding of CRT in the novel and in their broader social milieu. Drawing from, and sharing possibilities for, merging theoretical principles …
HyFlex model of higher education: Understanding the promise of flexibility
Purpose The purpose of this paper aims to answer the research question: How is the HyFlex model being implemented in higher education, and is it leading to greater access and equity?. Design/methodology/approach This comprehensive literature review covers 19 sources, 11 studies and 8 practitioner or literature reflections, studying HyFlex. Findings Seven focused codes formed from 23 initial codes: definition and alignment, implementation, success…
Multimodality and critical race theory as tools of canonical subversion
Research has called for nuanced scholarly investigations that synergise, complicate, and advance social theories of literacy. Accordingly, this study melds critical literacy, critical race theory, and multiliteracies to distil students’ involvement with the canonical The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, investigating: What are participants’ design experiences reading canonical literature through a critical race theory lens, and what does multimoda…
Multilingual teaching and digital tools: The intersections of new media literacies and language learning
Purpose Computer-assisted language learning (CALL) can create participatory cultures by removing barriers to access materials, encouraging student modes of expression, differentiating student interactions through digital environments and increasing learner autonomy. Participatory cultures require competencies or new media literacy (NML) skills to be successful in a digital world. However, professional development (PD) often lacks training on CALL…
Reaching teachers of early multilingual learners through professional development: A systematic literature review
This systematic literature review synthesises 49 studies exploring teacher professional development (PD) focused on the education of multilingual learners (MLs). Specifically, we examined PD design for in-service mainstream classroom teachers serving MLs in early elementary grades. We followed the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) guidelines for transparent reporting in systematic reviews, including the f…
Multicultural perspectives on building instructional capacity for multilingual learners: Synergy of Teachers, Community Members, and Academics
This design-based research study explored the feedback process, resulting actions, and changing instructional perspectives involving teachers, community members, and researchers leading to enhanced professional development offered to K-12 teachers of multilingual students. Specifically, the feedback from a community advisory council and teachers significantly shaped researchers’ approaches to designing and adapting a literacy course to address th…
Escaping Inequity: A Digital Escape Room Professional Development for Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
In this design‐based research study, in‐service educators participated in a grant‐funded professional development (PD) project to increase district capacity for multilingual learner instruction. Initial data indicated teacher comfort with technology but difficulty tailoring it to the unique multiliterate practices of culturally and linguistically diverse students. Based on teachers' needs and a departmental goal, a modification of a digital escap…
Bridging the knowledge gap: Professional development connecting educators and caregivers of multilingual learners
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the professional growth of a cohort of teachers working with multilingual learners (MLs) during an MEd program and their recommendations for the development of a literacy course for ML caregivers. In addition, this study explores whether the school district capacity supports teacher growth, as reflected through district representatives’ feedback. Design/methodology/approach This design-based researc…
Evolution of teachers’ perspectives on family engagement: Building dual capacity for multilingual learners
Family engagement in multilingual learner education offers benefits associated with improved academic performance, stronger parent-teacher communication, and more inclusivity of cultural and linguistic diversity. Responding to calls for professional development that enables teachers to meaningfully involve families, this paper draws from surveys and course assignments to examine how teachers expanded their perceptions about the incorporation of m…
From awareness to action: Caregivers’ roles in multilingual learners’ literacy development
This design-based research study, grounded in the theoretical framework of dual capacity building, explored the impact of a literacy course on multilingual learners’ caregivers, focusing on their knowledge and self-efficacy in supporting their children’s literacy development. Findings revealed a collaborative process between caregivers and researchers, where caregivers contributed insights into their learning needs and influenced the course’s dev…
Multidimensional and Burgeoning Leadership: Literacy and Multilingualism
This design-based research study worked with 25 teachers with specialized early literacy training. Researchers investigated the impact of professional development advancing their multilingual learner (ML), literacy, and leadership capacity, addressing gaps in the research merging the fields of literacy, multilingual instruction, and leadership. Spanning two years of both qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis including teacher,…
Experienced literacy teachers' instructional practices with multilingual learners: Benefits, challenges and adaptations in response to the science of reading
Recent trends in literacy policy have promoted structured literacy instructional programmes, aligning with the science of reading (SOR). Concurrently, demographic trends in the United States and Europe show an increase in the number of multilingual learner students (MLs) attending public schools. Drawing on the notion of teacher agency, this paper explores the intersection of these trends, asking: How do experienced literacy teachers in varied co…
Office Hours and Coffee Chats: Rethinking How Instructor-Student Interactions Support Students’ Sense of Belonging in Higher Education
A sense of belonging is widely recognized as a key factor in student success; however, the role of out-of-class faculty engagement in fostering this connection in leisure courses remains under-examined. This study investigates whether participation in office hours and the more informal coffee chats influence students’ sense of belonging over the course of a semester. Using a repeated-measures design, the data were collected from 49 undergraduate …
Psychological Distress and Peer Dynamics in Adolescent Summer Care Programs: A Longitudinal Social Network Analysis
From deficit to wealth: Amplifying voices and cultural capital of Latiné families to support multilingual learner education
Seeking to amplify families’ voices, this study reports on focus groups with Latiné parents of multilingual students (MLs). We draw from two theories: the dual capacity-building framework, which conceptualizes family engagement as a relational and culturally sustaining partnership, and the community cultural wealth theory, which highlights unrecognized forms of capital marginalized populations bring to education. This design-based research (DBR) …
It All Comes Full Circle”: The Impact of Multilingual Literacy Pedagogies With Teachers, Students, and Families
This study examines how sustained professional development (PD) in multilingual literacy pedagogies shapes teacher's pedagogical practices and interactions with students and caregivers. Situated in a high‐needs district in the Southeastern U.S., the PD was embedded in a two‐year online MEd program with a cohort of 23 teachers, paired with a caregiver literacy course for multilingual families. Using a case study approach, we closely analyzed two f…
Psychology (15 works) · Pedagogy (13 works) · Mathematics education (10 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (9 works) · Literacy (8 works) · Literacy, Media, and Education (8 works) · Medicine (7 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Political science (6 works)