Nicholas Bell

Biographic Data

ID3829184
NAMENicholas Bell
GIVEN NAMESNicholas
FAMILY NAMEBell
SIGNATUREBELL N
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Connecticut
ORCID0000-0001-9276-1883
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS29
WORKS AS AUTHOR7
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2016
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX3

  • Civil Rights Violations in Special Education

    Open AccessNicholas Bell, David J ConnorARTICLEUrban Education2026

    In this article, we argue that resegregation in special education is a clear violation of the equal protections clause under the 14 th amendment and the principles articulated in Brown v. Board of Education (1954) and Civil Rights Act of 1964, thereby denying Students of Color racial justice in education, including their civil rights. To ensure these rights, a transformative version of special education is needed that addresses different zones of…

  • Anti-Racist and Ambitious Teaching in Math Classrooms

    Open AccessNicholas Bell, Nicholas S Bell et al.ARTICLEUrban Education2026References: 71

    We applied QuantCrit to analyze middle and high school students’ responses ( N = 184) from a 2021 survey. We used descriptive statistics to understand the extent that math teachers used ambitious and anti-racist teaching. Using CritSEM , we investigated how these teaching practices translated into students’ engagement and self-efficacy, and into students’ participation in sociopolitical and community-based actions. Our findings suggest (a) teache…

  • Signaling Model Misspecification in Latent Class Analysis

    Zachary K Collier, Joshua Sukumar et al.ARTICLEStructural Equation Modeling: A…2025

  • Factors Influencing the Attrition and Retention of Special Education Teachers Based on Gender and Racial Differences

    Open AccessLaron A Scott, Nicholas Bell et al.ARTICLEThe Urban Review2024References: 50

  • Equity Scenario Response Survey

    Open AccessNicholas Bell, Diane CoddingARTICLEUrban Education2024Cited by: 3References: 40

    Teacher educators have a limited amount of time to prepare candidates for becoming political change agents. Therefore, we have to understand the efficacy of preparation efforts. As a result, we developed the Equity Scenario Response Survey to understand our candidates’ preparation of their sociopolitical identity, defined by equity knowledge and skills. Findings from quantitative analyses revealed a reliable and valid scale, while qualitative ana…

  • The Student Teaching Equity Project

    Open AccessNicholas Bell, Elizabeth Soslau et al.ARTICLEJournal of Teacher Education2022Cited by: 3References: 42

    A quasi-experimental mixed-methods study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of an equity intervention on teacher candidates' abilities to articulate equity-based beliefs, and demonstrate and apply equity-based skills and knowledge. Three pre/post instruments were utilized. Treatment participants ( N = 35) were exposed to curricular modifications made to the traditional curriculum, including a workshop, panel event, online learning module…

  • The IR of the Beholder

    Wiebke Wemheuer-Vogelaar, Nicholas Bell et al.ARTICLEInternational Studies Review2016Cited by: 23References: 16

    This article presents findings from the 2014 Teaching, Research, and International Policy (TRIP) Project’s worldwide faculty survey that speak to recent claims in the Global International Relations (IR) Debate. The expansion of the 2014 TRIP faculty survey to thirty-two countries, including more than a dozen non-Western IR communities, enables an initial empirical assessment of some key questions raised by advocates and detractors of “Global IR.”…