Parker, Michele A

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Professor, Educational Leadership , Watson College of Education

Michele Parker majored in Sociology and Political Science at SUNY Stonybrook. She then pursued a Master's in Higher Education and Student Affairs Administration from the University of Vermont. She earned a Ph.D. in Educational Research, Statistics, and Evaluation from the University of Virginia. Michele is a Professor in the Educational Leadership Department at UNC Wilmington.

Parker, Michele A

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parkerma@uncw.edu

910.962.2292

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Academic Article
- Academic Program Development: A collaborative and context-sensitive approach. Discover Education.. 2024-01-01
- Exploring the influence of an Ethiopian short-term study abroad experience on pre-service teachers’ transformative learning and reflection skills: A case study. Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad. 35. 2023-01-01
- Transforming departmental professional development: Developing colleagues in a learning community using appreciative inquiry. To Improve the Academy. 41. 2022-11-01
- Practicing What You Teach: Making Space for Social Justice Conversations Among Faculty. Diverse: Issues in Higher Education.. 2022-09-01
- Exploring the impact of a short-term study abroad experience: Learning in Ethiopia across the years. Transformative Dialogues: Teaching and Learning Journal. 15. 2022-01-01
- Investigating the Effects of a Fact Family Fluency Intervention on Math Facts Fluency and Quantitative Reasoning. Journal of Behavioral Education. 31:635–656. 2022-01-01
- Military Experience and School Leadership Development in North Carolina. Journal of Veterans Studies. 8:98–109. 2022-01-01
- How Motivating Language Mediates Rural Superintendent Credibility and Impacts their Leadership Effectiveness and Principal Job Satisfaction. Education Leadership Review. 22:36–53. 2021-01-01
- The effect of rural superintendent credibility on principal and district outcomes mediated by motivating language. Journal of Educational Administration. 59:776–793. 2021-01-01
- Action Research in an Ethiopian Classroom: Instructional Methods that Improve Vocabulary Retention. Journal of Teacher Action Research. 6:83–103. 2020-01-01
- Design thinking for challenges and change in K–12 and teacher education. Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership. 24:3–14. 2020-01-01
- Qualitative Research on the Influence of Engineering Professional Development on teacher self-efficacy in a rural K-5 setting. Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education. 20:687–703. 2020-01-01
- Teacher self-efficacy in a rural K-5 setting: Quantitative research on the influence of engineering professional development. Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education. 20:704–729. 2020-01-01
- The perceptions of Wyoming principals to predict superintendent motivating language use: A blockwise regression study. Educational Research: Theory and Practice. 31:68-77. 2020-01-01
- By design: Rethinking online teaching with the i3 Model. The Journal of Faculty Development. 33:25–38. 2019-01-01
- Motivating language intensity: A study of Wyoming superintendents motivating language use as perceived by their principals.. International Journal of Business Communication. 2019-01-01
- ). Rethinking the scholarship of global partnerships: The next chapter. Transformative Dialogues: Teaching and learning Journal. 11:1-5. 2018-01-01
- Historia reimagined: Storytelling and identity in cross-cultural educational development. Transformative Dialogues: Teaching and Learning Journal. 11:1–11. 2018-01-01
- Maximizing teacher time: The collaborative leadership role of the principal. Journal of Organizational and Educational Leadership. 3:1–26. 2018-01-01
- Rethinking the scholarship of global partnerships: The next chapter. Transformative Dialogues: Teaching and Learning Journal. 11. 2018-01-01
- The relationship between behavioral integrity, competence, goodwill, trustworthiness, and motivating language of a principal. School Leadership & Management. 38:435–456. 2018-01-01
- Empirically testing behavioral integrity and credibility as antecedents for the effective implementation of motivating language. International Journal of Business Communication. 54:70–82. 2017-01-01
- Online doctoral course on the pre-service exploration of the Superintendency. AASA Journal of Scholarship and Practice. 13:20–36. 2017-01-01
- Student veterans’ participation in high-impact practices: Veterans’ experiences at three institutions of higher education in southeastern North Carolina. Journal of Veterans Studies. 2:29–49. 2017-01-01
- Moving Applied Learning Online: Creating Engaged and Inclusive Spaces. International Journal for Scholarship of Technology Enhanced Learning. 1:145-161. 2016-01-01
- Good Teaching Starts Here: Applied Learning at the Graduate Teaching Assistant Institute. Canadian Journal of Higher Education. 45:84-110. 2015-12-01
- Good Teaching Starts Here: Applied Learning at the Graduate Teaching Assistant Institute. Canadian Journal of Higher Education. 45:84-110. 2015-12-01
- Using Brief Instructional Video Clips to Foster Communication, Reflection, and Collaboration in Schools. The Educational Forum. 78:1-12. 2014-06-01
- Use of Electronic Storybooks to Promote Print Awareness in Preschoolers who are Living in Poverty. Journal of Literacy and Technology. 15. 2014-01-01
- Use of Synchronous Virtual Classrooms: Why, Who and How?. MERLOT Journal of Online Learning and Teaching. 10:192-210. 2014-01-01
- A case study on the Adoption and Use of Synchronous Virtual Classrooms. The Electronic Journal of e-Learning. 2:124-128. 2013-06-01
- Developing Collaborative Professional Growth through Peer Observations. Virginia Educational Leadership. 10:38-53. 2013-05-01
- An Exploratory Study of the Influence of the Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) Program on African American Young Men in Southeastern North Carolina. Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk. 18:153-167. 2013-01-01
- The Evolution of Teacher Candidates’ Thinking: Coming to Consciousness and Developing Conscience. Teaching and Learning: The Journal of Natural Inquiry and Reflective Practice. 26:58-73. 2012-07-01
- Examining the Interactivity of Synchronous Virtual Classrooms. The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning. 3:227-260. 2012-06-01
- Qualitative Analysis of Student Perceptions of ePortfolios in a teacher education program. Journal of Digital Learning in Teacher Education. 28:99-107. 2012-01-01
- Use of ePortfolios in K-12 teacher hiring in North Carolina: Perspectives of school principals. International Journal of Education Policy and Leadership. 7. 2012-01-01
- Creating and sustaining a culture of assessment. Planning for Higher Education. 38:28-39. 2010-01-01
- Do you teach in a Virtual Classroom? Measuring student's perceptions of the features and characteristics. International Journal of Instructional Technology and Distance Learning. 7:17-28. 2010-01-01
- Effects of a 3-D Video Game on Middle School Student Achievement and Attitude in Mathematics. The Electronic Journal of Mathematics and Technology. 4. 2010-01-01
- Mentoring practices to keep teachers in schools. International Journal of Evidence Based coaching and Mentoring. 8:111-123. 2010-01-01
- Validation of the Electronic Portfolio Student Perspective Instrument (EPSPI): Conditions under a different integration initiative. Journal of Digital Learning in Teacher Education. 26:111-119. 2010-01-01
- Virtual classroom, actual sustainability. The Knowledge Tree. 2010-01-01
- What is Dimension-M? Can it help students struggling in math?. Learning and Leading with Technology. 38:28-30. 2010-01-01
- Keeping our Teachers! Investigating mentoring practices to support and retain novice educators. Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning. 17:329-341. 2009-11-01
- Empowerment, leadership, and teachers' intentions in North Carolina charter schools.. Journal of School Choice. 4:174-190. 2009-01-01
- Teacher empowerment and school leadership in North Carolina's charter schools.. Charter School Resource Journal. N/A:12. 2008-11-01
- Effect size: Definition and application. Athletic Therapy Today. 10:53-55. 2005-09-01
Book
- Taking Flight: Making your Center for Teaching and Learning Soar. Stylus. 2020-01-01
Chapter
- Case Study: A Department’s Journey with Reciprocal Faculty Mentoring Using Appreciative Inquiry -- Reciprocal Mentoring. Routledge. 2023-01-01
- The Palgrave Handbook of Academic Professional Development Centers -- Creating Through International Partnership: A Faculty Development Center at a Pakistani University. Palgrave MacMillan. 2022-01-01
- An examination of two contexts in ePortfolio integration in teacher education programs from a student perspective: Does context matter?. Creating Technology-Rich Teacher Education Programs: Key Issues. IGI Global. 2012-01-01
- Measuring success in a synchronous virtual classroom. Student satisfaction and learning outcomes in e-Learning: An introduction to empirical research, IGI Global. 2011-01-01
Document
- Öğretim Üyesi Mesleki Gelişimi için Mentorluk Süreçlerini Güçlendirme ve Uyumlulaştırmada Olumlu Sorgulamanın Rolü. The Role of Appreciative Inquiry in Strengthening and Aligning Mentoring Processes for Faculty Development -- Öğretim Elemanlarının Kriz Sırası ve Sonrasında Mesleki Gelişimi. Professional Development of Faculty Members During- and Post-Crisis State. Ataturk University Publishing House. 2023-01-01
- Virtual Training at an Indian Call Centure. Cases on Globalized and Culturally Appropriate E-Learning: Challenges and Solutions. IGI Global. 2010-01-01
Newsletter
- Mentoring and Retaining our Teachers. CREATE. 4. 2010-01-01
Report
Working Paper
- Executive summary: National study of continuing education. Center for the Study of Higher Education. 2004-01-01

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