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Mary Grace Hicks - I am interested in why educators in Alabama go back to school.  What is their primary motivation for continuing to go to school?  Is it a pay raise?  Is it because they are truly life-long learners?  I think it would be interesting to know if teachers, who may or may not aspire to leave the classroom, continue to go back to school.

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Jonathan Phillips - I have research interest in Educational Law, CTE Dual Enrollment, and Rural Education

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Patricia Maiden:

My research interest focuses on how to correct the years of dumbing down the curriculum in rural areas in favor of improving standardized test scores that do not play a significant role in making sure that sure that students are college and career ready.

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Jonathan Christian (Self-Contained Special Education Teacher). I have multiple areas of research interests. One area of research interest is how to better learning (process and total environment) within rural elementary schools. Another area of research interest is providing support to stakeholders (administration, faculty, staff, students, and family members) as schools are potentially reconfigured due to declining student enrollment in rural school systems. A third area of research interest is providing support to stakeholders (administration, faculty, staff, students, and family members) to ensure students with exceptionalities have increased quality of life (both currently and in the future).

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Sunny Chambless: my research interests are how can we prepare teacher candidates for the rural environment, and are our current efforts to specialize their education for the rural area working? I am also interested in special education in rural schools, specifically, if rural P-12 educators are aptly prepared to teach in the inclusive classroom.

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Karma ClarkeI am interested in how forming PLCs can improve teacher performance and student achievement in schools.

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Benja Jackson - My research interests include: eliminating chronic absenteeism/how school attendance effects academic performance; building positive school culture that includes all stakeholders; and use of technologies to improve academic performance within a rural setting.

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Tramene Maye- My research interest is the disconnects that may affect student achievement in rural areas.

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Amy Smith - My research interests include:  eliminating barriers to College and Career readiness, Use of technology in education, and improving standardized test scores.

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Patrick Sutton-I am interested in attendance and in rural education.

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Elijah Bell- I am interested in technology in rural education and how it impacts students’ performance and accomplishment.

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Tim Amey-  I am interested in Rural Education.

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Nichelle Bulger-Johnson: I am interested in researching the impact that professional development has on teacher practice. Also, I am interested in finding out the effects of professional development on academic achievement for students.

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Brian Mast - My interests are gauging how museum educational programs can affect student performance in the classroom.

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Tracy Keener- I am interested in researching rural health education in efforts to better determine needs and ways to address those needs.

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Sean Clark-My interest are technology funding, improving expectations for students in rural settings, financial opportunities for education in rural settings, ways to improve educational opportunities and desire for students in rural settings aligned with student goals, closing achievement gaps, and improving the importance of attendance

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David Wofford -  I am interested in CTE dual enrollment as well as matching CTE programs with workforce development needs...

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Jan Miller - type here

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Dana Hill - As a gifted specialist, I am interested in researching parental influences on children being gifted identified.

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Deanna Hollimon---My interests lie in the areas of ELL, pedagogy, and professional development.

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Jason Goodwin - I am interested in Advanced Placement, effective leadership and ELL

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Toice L. Goodson- My research interests lie in the perceived achievement gap that exists between rural students and their urban counterparts.

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Peggy Everette:  I am interested in researching the challenges of schools in rural communities that decreases the reading performance of students at the lower elementary level. Also, I am interested in learning whether children in rural communities have the abilities to become fluent readers with limited literary resources in the household. However, these children only get most of their reading services from the rural school system. How would such a complex situation affect reading fluency and comprehension?

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Evon Clark: I am interested in closing the gap between the male and female reading scores in rural areas. I am also interested in measuring the benefits of effective school library programs in rural schools. An effective school library program administered by quality staff members with a passion for reading and teaching should have a tremendous impact on student learning.

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Lotoya Cooper: I am interested in teacher recruitment and retention in rural areas. I am also interested in what career technical programs are most beneficial in rural areas.

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Blaine Hathcock: I am interested in ways schools and local rural industry can form better relationships that will benefit all the stakeholders in a rural community. Better ways to partner will benefit the school system, local community, and help keep students local upon graduation by hopefully creating more interest in local job opportunities.

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Kimberly Poorbaugh:  My research interests center on business sustainability, organizational and community leadership, and higher education.  Combined, these areas of study can hold the key to a community’s success and resiliency.  They each have a significant impact on a community’s ability to prepare for and recover from a disaster.  My focus is on studying and addressing the unique disaster preparedness and resiliency needs of rural communities by taking into account private sector businesses, educational institutions, local leadership, and access to state and federal resources.

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Savannah McClinton- My research interests include: Cultivating intent and interest in STEM and innovation, attracting and retaining highly qualified teachers, the effect of field trips and place based learning & partnerships in rural setting, the effect of literacy intervention in k-2, and the effect of technology integration in ELL early childhood.

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Heath Grimes-Effective Leadership and ELL

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Chris Thomason - My research interests are in fund development in rural education. I’m particularly interested in the importance of collaboration as it relates to increasing resources for rural schools.

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Robert Bruister- I am interested in researching truancy in the rural education setting, technology, and parental involvement in rural communities.

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Miranda Battles- I am interested in researching Response to Intervention in rural education settings. I am particularly interested in remedial efforts for EL and Special Education students.

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Coquesa Dotson: Building a positive culture/climate in rural schools and communities, increasing parental involvement and expectations among students and families from rural and low socioeconomic backgrounds, and using technology to enhance achievement of students from rural areas.

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Craig Henson - Instructional Technology, School Safety, Shootings, and the Trauma Involved, Character Education/Development & Social/Emotional Learning (ACE), Positive Behavior Support. Extension of John Hattie's research regarding effect size of varying instructional strategies. Each of the topics as related to how they thrive or wane because of poverty, race, among other demographics associated within the rural setting.

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Marlon B. Murray- My interest lie in Career Technical Education in Rural Education

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Russell Keene - Developing student leaders in rural communities.  Also, interested in technology in rural education.

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Tasha Washington Economic Development Challenges in Rural Communities

Psychological Effects of Being raised in the rural community and Academic

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Tasha Washington- Socio-economic Status, Student Mobility and the Effect on Degree Completion

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Donmonique Morgan-recruiting and retaining highly qualified teachers, effect of lack of resources on student achievement,  effect of the school improvement grants (SIG) on student achievement in rural communities.

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Dr. Miller - I am interested in Rural Education.

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Rodney Granec - My research interests are rural educators/community leaders limited knowledge or training of financial stewardship.

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Dr. Rogers--- My research interests are technologies for improving instruction, STEM education, and rural education.