Education

• BA, K-6 Education, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• MEd, K-12 Literacy Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• PhD, Culture, Curriculum and Change, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Professional Experience

• Executive Editor, IMPROVE: Instructional modules for professional learning responding to opportunities and valuing educators. 2015-ongoing
• Coordinator, Doctoral Program in Curriculum and Instruction. 2012-ongoing. GWU
• Dissertation Chair, School of Education. 2010-ongoing. GWU
• University teaching at both undergraduate and graduate levels. 2004-present. GWU
• Elementary school teacher in various school settings. 1991-1999

Awards and Recognition

• Outstanding Graduate Faculty Award, 秀色短视频-Webb University. 2013
• Students鈥� Choice Award, 秀色短视频-Webb University. 秀色短视频-Webb University. 2004-2005, 2006-2007, 2007-2008, 2008-2009, 2009-2010
• The President鈥檚 Award for Community Engagement, 秀色短视频-Webb University. 2005-2006

Courses Taught

• All courses in EdD in Curriculum and Instruction
• All courses in Masters in Teacher Leadership in Curriculum and Instruction

Selected Publications

• Gillman, C., Brown, S., Edmunds, J. Hatt-Echeverria, B., & Noblit, G. (2002). A perspective on readiness from the kindergarten classroom. A policy report submitted to the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute.
• Hatt, B. & Brown, S. (2012). Taming the children: The social construction of school readiness. In Adkins, A. and Gordon, J. (Eds) Taming reform: 鈥淩einventing government鈥� yields to 鈥渂usiness as usual鈥� for young children. Hampton Press: Creskill, NJ.
• Hatt, B., Quach, L., Brown, S. & Anderson, A. (2009). Coffee talk: Negotiating/disrupting the hidden curriculum of graduate school. Journal of Curriculum Theorizing 25 (1). 60-67.
• Hinson, G., Rogers, D., Brown, S. & Bauman, A. (2004). Music matters: Asking questions, fostering agency, and building community in arts-based educational programming. Journal of Thought 39 (4). 15-34.

Dissertation Title

• Working in concert:  Elementary Teachers’ Experiences in the Curriculum, Music, and Community Project

Areas of Research Expertise

• Qualitative Methods
• Mixed Methods
• Teacher Leadership
• School Culture
• Reading
• Program Evaluation
• Technology
• Action Research
• Case Study
• Ethnography

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