Amy Price Azano
Biographic Data
| ID | 6556178 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Amy Price Azano |
| GIVEN NAMES | Amy Price |
| FAMILY NAME | Azano |
| SIGNATURE | AZANO A P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Virginia Tech |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4873-978X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Storying the FEW Nexus
When education in STEM, social science, and the humanities are disconnected from each other and from place, it is inauthentic and nonresponsive to the lived experiences of people and communities. In rural spaces, the Food–Energy–Water (FEW) Nexus, a framework for problem solving and decision-making around these central resources, is salient because of the concentration of FEW resource production and extraction present. Storying the FEW Nexus is a…
Existing and resisting
Books as portals
Much has been written about the instructional insights illuminated by viewing texts as windows through which readers can view the experiences of those who are different from them in some way, mirrors through which they can see themselves reflected, and sliding glass doors through which they can step to experience a world different from their own. However, discussion of this metaphor’s implications for rural students is notably missing from the li…
Rural cultural wealth
Purpose Rural education research has historically been cast in a deficit lens, with rural places characterized by their problems or shortcomings, as if the way of understanding rural itself is to compare it to nonrural locales. These intransigent and narrow perceptions of rurality hinders recognition of the assets and possibilities of rural places. The purpose of this paper is to apply community-empowering, transgressive knowledge to analyses of …
Helping new teachers stay and thrive in rural schools
Among the many challenges facing rural administrators, recruiting and retaining teachers is often at the top of the list. Given the time and energy they must invest to successfully attract, recruit, and hire a new teacher, there is a significant need to adopt strategies that will help to retain those new teachers. Rural administrators can support new teachers so that they stay — and thrive — in rural districts by connecting teachers with the comm…
Beyond Cultural and Structural Explanations of Regional Underdevelopment
This article brings together education, rural sociology, and political economic perspectives to examine the role of Appalachia in ongoing conversations about civic polity and dynamics of social, economic, and spatial exclusions. First, we explore how the imaginaries of the Appalachian region (and American rurality more generally) reflect the marginalization of those spaces in the context of a deepening rural-urban divide where both are framed as …
Constructing and Reconstructing the “Rural School Problem”
This chapter examines 100 years of rural education research in the context of the demographic, migratory, economic, and social changes that have affected rural America in the past century. The authors conducted a systematic review of the literature on rural teacher recruitment, retention, and training as a case study to examine the constancy and change in the construction of the “rural school problem,” a concept drawn from early work by urban edu…
Addressing the Rural Context in Literacies Research
The article features a discussion about rural contexts in literacy research. Rural students compose a significant portion of K–12 students, and rural schools have unique challenges, such as limited funding and resources. However, as a field of literacy researchers, we do not privilege place equitably across multiple contexts. The article serves as a call to action for literacy researchers and educators to promote greater social justice and addres…
What Works in Gifted Education
The heart of effective programming for gifted students lies in the integration of advanced curricula with effective instructional strategies to develop leaning activities that will enhance student learning outcomes. However, empirical evidence of the effectiveness of units based on such curricular and instructional interventions from large-scale experimental studies in multiple settings are limited. To document the effectiveness of units that int…
Rural cultural wealth
Purpose Rural education research has historically been cast in a deficit lens, with rural places characterized by their problems or shortcomings, as if the way of understanding rural itself is to compare it to nonrural locales. These intransigent and narrow perceptions of rurality hinders recognition of the assets and possibilities of rural places. The purpose of this paper is to apply community-empowering, transgressive knowledge to analyses of …
What Works in Gifted Education
The heart of effective programming for gifted students lies in the integration of advanced curricula with effective instructional strategies to develop leaning activities that will enhance student learning outcomes. However, empirical evidence of the effectiveness of units based on such curricular and instructional interventions from large-scale experimental studies in multiple settings are limited. To document the effectiveness of units that int…
Addressing the Rural Context in Literacies Research
The article features a discussion about rural contexts in literacy research. Rural students compose a significant portion of K–12 students, and rural schools have unique challenges, such as limited funding and resources. However, as a field of literacy researchers, we do not privilege place equitably across multiple contexts. The article serves as a call to action for literacy researchers and educators to promote greater social justice and addres…
What Works in Gifted Education
The heart of effective programming for gifted students lies in the integration of advanced curricula with effective instructional strategies to develop leaning activities that will enhance student learning outcomes. However, empirical evidence of the effectiveness of units based on such curricular and instructional interventions from large-scale experimental studies in multiple settings are limited. To document the effectiveness of units that int…
Constructing and Reconstructing the “Rural School Problem”
This chapter examines 100 years of rural education research in the context of the demographic, migratory, economic, and social changes that have affected rural America in the past century. The authors conducted a systematic review of the literature on rural teacher recruitment, retention, and training as a case study to examine the constancy and change in the construction of the “rural school problem,” a concept drawn from early work by urban edu…
Beyond Cultural and Structural Explanations of Regional Underdevelopment
This article brings together education, rural sociology, and political economic perspectives to examine the role of Appalachia in ongoing conversations about civic polity and dynamics of social, economic, and spatial exclusions. First, we explore how the imaginaries of the Appalachian region (and American rurality more generally) reflect the marginalization of those spaces in the context of a deepening rural-urban divide where both are framed as …
Helping new teachers stay and thrive in rural schools
Among the many challenges facing rural administrators, recruiting and retaining teachers is often at the top of the list. Given the time and energy they must invest to successfully attract, recruit, and hire a new teacher, there is a significant need to adopt strategies that will help to retain those new teachers. Rural administrators can support new teachers so that they stay — and thrive — in rural districts by connecting teachers with the comm…
Books as portals
Much has been written about the instructional insights illuminated by viewing texts as windows through which readers can view the experiences of those who are different from them in some way, mirrors through which they can see themselves reflected, and sliding glass doors through which they can step to experience a world different from their own. However, discussion of this metaphor’s implications for rural students is notably missing from the li…
Rural cultural wealth
Purpose Rural education research has historically been cast in a deficit lens, with rural places characterized by their problems or shortcomings, as if the way of understanding rural itself is to compare it to nonrural locales. These intransigent and narrow perceptions of rurality hinders recognition of the assets and possibilities of rural places. The purpose of this paper is to apply community-empowering, transgressive knowledge to analyses of …
Storying the FEW Nexus
When education in STEM, social science, and the humanities are disconnected from each other and from place, it is inauthentic and nonresponsive to the lived experiences of people and communities. In rural spaces, the Food–Energy–Water (FEW) Nexus, a framework for problem solving and decision-making around these central resources, is salient because of the concentration of FEW resource production and extraction present. Storying the FEW Nexus is a…
Existing and resisting
Indigenous and Place-Based Education (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Rural area (6 works) · Mathematics education (5 works) · Pedagogy (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Education Systems and Policy (3 works) · Geography (3 works)