Announcing New Impacting Education Series: 100 Years of the EdD

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Announcing New Impacting Education Special Issue Series:
100 Years of the EdD

The Impacting Education (IE) journal is an open access, international blind peer-reviewed journal where academics and practitioners can publish scholarly articles that meaningfully contribute to the improved preparation of PK-20 educational leaders through the examination of the development, redesign, and improvement of professional preparation programs as well as their outcomes.

This year marks 100 years since the founding of the first EdD program. To highlight and celebrate this milestone and the progress made toward making the EdD a degree that prepares scholarly practitioners for their work in the field, IE is running a special series of three themed journal issues. Each issue will be led by guest editors with content-expertise and will be published in the spring of 2021.

Special Issue Themes:

1. Online EdD Programs

Submission Deadline: November 1, 2020

Expected Publication: March 2021

The first in the series will highlight innovations in virtual spaces, centering the experiences of those who lead, teach, and learn in primarily online EdD programs. This issue will feature programmatic innovations in virtual spaces that might not have been imagined a century ago. You can find the call for manuscripts here.

Guest Editors:

Alyson Adams is a Clinical Associate Professor and Associate Director in the School of Teaching and Learning at the University of Florida. She teaches in several programs for full time educators, including the online Ed.D. program in Teachers, Schools, & Society, and an M.Ed. in Teacher Leadership. She focuses her research and service on professional learning for educators at all levels. 

Gage Jeter is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the School of Teaching and Learning at the University of Florida. He coordinates the online Teachers, Schools, & Society Ed.D. program in Curriculum and Instruction, and teaches and advises professional practice doctoral students working in various educational contexts. His current research explores process-focused and humanizing research and writing experiences, and professional learning opportunities centered on critical literacies.


2. EdD Student Research and Discoveries

Submission Deadline: December 1, 2020

Expected Publication: April 2021

The next issue will highlight the contributions made by advanced EdD students. Interested EdD students should submit their work with a faculty mentor or advisor. You can find the call for manuscripts here.

Guest Editor:

Emma Abruzzo is a PhD Candidate at the University of Pittsburgh and teaches in courses in the Teacher Education program and Education Doctorate program. She focuses her research and teaching on bridging gaps between practice and classroom, as well as on curricular design that incorporates reflective practice and classroom emotional knowledge and regulation. She has served as the CPED Graduate Assistant for the past four and a half years and is the current Editing Coordinator for IE. 


3. The Evolution of the Dissertation in Practice

Submission Deadline: January 15, 2021

Expected Publication: May 2021

Wrapping up the series, the last special issue will focus on challenges and impact of designing and completing Dissertations in Practice experienced by students and/or faculty. The call for manuscripts is here.

Guest Editors:

Kelly Torres, Ph.D. is the Department Chair of the Educational Psychology and Technology program at TCSPP. She teaches courses in content areas such as educational psychology, motivation and emotion, and K-12 education. Her research interests are focused on teacher certification programs, instructional technology, and online learning. 

Suha R. Tamim is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Curriculum Studies program in the Department of Instruction and Teacher Education at the University of South Carolina. Previously, she taught at the University of Memphis in the Instructional Design and Technology program and at the American University of Beirut in the Faculty of Health Sciences. She currently serves as co-editor for an edited volume published by Routledge. Previously, she served as co-book review editor and editorial assistant for the Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning.


Interested in Getting Published?

If you are interested in publishing your work within these themed issue, please read the calls for manuscripts, join us on September 25th for our Challenge Friday, or contact Dr. Stephanie J. Jones, editor-in-chief, at [email protected]

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