Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education

Lisa Buchanan, associate professor in the Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education, has co-authored a research study in The Social Studies aimed at understanding elementary teacher candidates' knowledge of religious freedom and the Establishment Clause in public school settings.

Lucy Callicott '22 has been named a Provost Scholar for her research in examining elementary educators' awareness and perceptions of trauma-informed teaching approaches.

"Kilimanjaro Millennial Style: The Mountain We Climbed" is the collective effort of 22 students and three Elon faculty and staff members covering their experience climbing Africa's tallest mountain.

To honor their late son Joey, Elon parents Mike and Karen Brocato P’16 have endowed a Teaching Fellows scholarship to support students studying special education. Their gift to the Elon LEADS Campaign will also create a second Teaching Fellows scholarship for students pursuing teaching in a STEM field.

This fall Elon’s “It Takes a Village Project” was able to work with 11 of the 12 Title I elementary schools in the Alamance-Burlington School System thanks to a grant from the Oak Foundation.

Dani Lane, assistant professor in the Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education, has published a book that looks at the instructional collaboration between special education and general education in international educational contexts and the role this plays in enabling inclusive education.

Allison Bryan and Lisa Buchanan, both in the Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education, partnered with Alamance Burlington School System to offer a book club for educators that reflects on the role of identify in their work with students through literature.

Lisa Buchanan, associate professor of education in the Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education, presented two research papers and two collaborative sessions at the Annual Meeting of College and University Faculty Assembly in November.

Lisa Buchanan, associate professor of education in the Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education, collaborated with UNC Chapel Hill's Carolina K-12 Programming to develop a 5-part hybrid professional development series for 28 classroom teachers in North Carolina.

Lisa Buchanan, associate professor of education in the Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education, has published a guide for teachers in grades 4-12 teaching the 1898 Wilmington race massacre using the history lab model.