RESEARCH INTERESTS AND CAREER GOALS
My research area is critical education policy studies and investigating how measurement affects education policy, especially related to the experiences of teachers. I aim to develop the field of critical educational measurement analyzing the ethics, data quality and consequences of data use in education.
CURRENT APPOINTMENT
Assistant Professor, College of Education, Zayed University, Abu Dhabi, UAE (September 2019-present)
PUBLICATIONS
Research Awards
Article of the Year for 2019 in Educational Review for article Measuring privatisation in education: methodological challenges and possibilities (Winchip, Stevenson and Milner, 2019)
Journal Articles
Winchip, E (under second review) Open for Business: a quantitative analysis of teachers’ experiences of marketization in international schools
Reports
Book Chapters
TEACHING
Zayed University Courses
Assessment and Evaluation (EDC353) Spring 2021, Spring 2022
Classroom Management (EDC321) Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021
Early Childhood and Primary Math and Science Methods (EDC352, EDC452) Spring 2020, Fall 2020
Educational Technology (EDC360) Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2022
Field Experience (EDC390, EDC480, EDC490) Every semester Spring 2020—present
Student Capstone Project (EDC499) Fall 2020, Fall 2021
Other Teaching
TART (Teacher Candidate Action Research Training): Data collection, analysis and lesson planning Led training for students during their internship to get them ready to collect and analyze data for their action research projects (Spring 2021, Fall 2021)
Zayed University MEd courses – Taught one week of the graduate program to discuss data collection and analysis in preparation for their research proposal creation (2021)
RESEARCH
Successful Research Bids
2020 – present COVID-19 and Emergency Distance Learning in the United Arab Emirates
Grant amount – 10,000AED
2016 – 2017 European Trade Union Committee for Education Professional Development Education Trade Unions for the Teaching Profession: Strengthening the capacity of education trade unions to represent teachers’ professional needs in social dialogue.
Grant amount – £11,500
2016 – 2019 U21 Graduate Innovation Project and Research Project, blog and podcast http://www.raisingvoicesineducation.org Grant amount – €5,000
Additional Research Projects
National Union of Teachers (NUT) Member and Representative Engagement Survey
Designed items and analyzed results for scales of union engagement
London, UK (2017)
Visiting Scholar, Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi Foundation for Policy Research
Ras Al Khaimah, UAE (2016-2017)
ACADEMIC SERVICE
Faculty Professional Development
Flipping out With Assessment: Evaluating and Writing Rubrics (2021) – Led training for creating and evaluating rubrics, discussing the different types of rubrics and their purposes
Accreditation Data Analysis
Assisted in data analysis and presentation for Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) for accreditation of the Zayed University undergraduate teacher education program (2019-2020)
Continuous Improvement Seminar Work Group
Analyzed assessments for alignment to course learning outcomes, suggested improvements to assessments and analyzed student responses to identify poor items on key assessments (2019-2020)
Committee Membership
Learning Outcomes Assessment – Zayed University (2020-present)
Curriculum Review – Zayed University (2020-present)
Manuscript Reviews
Educational Review – Reviewed an article about the ethics of data use in schools (2021)
Learning and Teaching in Higher Education: Gulf Perspectives – Reviewed an article about instructor temporal intelligence and teaching effectiveness (2020)
Frontiers in Education – Reviewed an article about teacher and leader resilience (2020)
Gulf Comparative Education and Development Review – Reviewed an article about a teacher professional development international exchange program (2021) and an article about the participation of women in higher education in the Gulf region (2019)
Professional Development in Education – Reviewed articles on using Exploratory Factor Analysis to analyze the effectiveness of Universal Design for Learning training (2018-2019), scale of intervention team effectiveness (2018-19), English language teacher training programs abroad (2018) and the psychometric properties of a professional learning survey (2018)
Other Related Service
The Music Commission Research Reference Group for Associated Board of Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) Member of the reference group consulting the design of music progression research. London, UK (2017-2018)
International Moderator in Music for the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) (2011-2015) Evaluated the assessment and delivery of the Middle Years’ Programme (MYP)
Faculty Advisory Committee Member at The American International School in Kuwait (2011-2012) Advocated for housing and employment-related issues for international teaching staff
Curriculum Writer for The American International School in Kuwait (PYP and MYP) (2009-2013)
Music Textbook Adoption Committee, Salem-Keizer School District, USA (2006-2007)
Community Service
Beta Reader – Fail Safe by Katy Morgan (2021)
Crag development and planning – Stardust Climbing area, Ras Al Khaimah, UAE (2019-present)
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
Qualifications
PhD in Education, Centre for Research in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
University of Nottingham, UK (2019)
MEd in Educational Measurement, Evaluation, Statistics and Assessment
University of Illinois – Chicago, USA (2014)
BME in Music Education with teacher certification, Summa cum laude
Western Illinois University, USA (2006)
Employment Experience
Assistant Professor of Education, Zayed University, Abu Dhabi, UAE (2019-present)
Research Assistant, University of Nottingham, UK (2016-2019)
Primary Music Teacher, GEMS World Academy – Dubai, UAE (2013-2015)
Secondary Music Teacher, The American International School in Kuwait (2009-2013)
Music Teacher, Salem-Keizer School District, Salem, Oregon, USA (2006-2009)
Additional Qualifications
Teaching Certification – K-12 General and Instrumental Music Education, Oregon, USA
INVITED TALKS
2021 Women @ Work in Higher Education panelist
Al Qasimi Foundation for Policy Research series (online)
2020 Measuring privatisation in education: methodological challenges and possibilities
Educational Review Article of the Year Celebration (online)
2019 A Feminist Approach to Measurement
Contemporary Approaches for Measurement and Evaluation of Complex Social Phenomena
University of Manchester – Manchester, UK
2017 Soft Power in Hard Times: Survey analysis and results
Critical Education Policy and Leadership Research Interest Group of BELMAS, Nottingham, UK
CONFERENCE PAPER PRESENTATIONS
2021 Teachers’ Experiences of Marketization: The United Arab Emirates as a prime example
European Educational Research Conference (ECER) (upcoming)
2021 The Experiences of Teachers and Marketization in the UAE
Gulf Comparative Education Society Conference (online)
2020 Comparative Education Society in Europe (accepted but cancelled due to COVID19)
2018 Measuring the Business Influences on Teachers’ Work
European Educational Research Conference (ECER), Balzano, Italy
2018 Negotiating ‘Voice’ in the Space Between: Using digital platforms for transformative and transnational knowledge production
European Educational Research Conference (ECER), Balzano, Italy
2018 The Business Influences on Teachers’ Work
American Educational Research Association Annual Conference (AERA), New York, USA
2018 The Voice of Teachers in For-Profit Schools
Gulf Comparative Education Society Symposium, Ras al Khaimah, UAE
2017 Challenging Teacher Workload: An analysis of discourses of individual and collective action in trade union policy
European Educational Research Conference (ECER), Copenhagen, Denmark
2017 The Voices of Teachers in For-Profit International Schools
European Educational Research Conference (ECER), Copenhagen, Denmark
2017 Education Policy, the EU and the European Semester: Soft policy in hard times. at the European
Educational Research Conference (ECER), Copenhagen, Denmark (contributing author)
2017 Feminist Research and Quantitative Methods: Is there a conflict?
Gender and Education Association (GEA) conference, London, UK
2017 Self-Determination Theory and Teachers’ Experiences
Rasch Users UK Annual Meeting, Coventry, UK
2016 Developing a Feminist Quantitative Approach to Educational Research
European Educational Research Conference (ECER), Dublin, Ireland
2016 Rasch Measurement as a Feminist Quantitative Approach
Rasch Users UK Annual Meeting, Durham, UK
2014 Analyzing the School Inspection Instrument of the Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) in Dubai
European Association of Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI)
Special Interest Group for Educational Evaluation, Accountability, and School Improvement, Bielefeld, Germany
2013 Examining Assessment Practices of the IB MYP Using a Many-Facet Rasch Model
European Association of Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI) Junior Researchers Conference, Nicosia, Cyprus
ADDITIONAL PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PRESENTATIONS
2021 Mothers as invisible heroes: Managing parenting and self-care during COVID19
Parenting During a Pandemic Series, Zayed University Early Childhood Learning Center
2021 Teachers’ Experiences of Marketization
Faculty Research Sharing, Zayed University
2018 The Voice of Teachers in Schools
Workshop Facilitator, MENA Teachers’ Summit – Dubai, UAE
2017 The Experiences of Teachers in For-Profit International Schools
Three Minute Thesis Finals – University of Nottingham, LINK conference
2017 Business Influences on Teachers’ Work in the UAE
Al Qasimi Foundation Majlis Series Lecture, Ras Al Khaimah, UAE
STATISTICAL SOFTWARE COMPETENCIES
SPSS and AMOS
Winsteps and Facets
SAS
HLM7
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HONORS AND ACADEMIC AWARDS
University of Nottingham Graduate Travel Prize (2018)
Vice-Chancellors Scholarship for Research Excellence – Full Tuition Scholarship (2015 – 2017)
Western Illinois University Honors Scholar (2001 – 2006)
Music Talent Grant – Full Tuition Scholarship (2001 – 2005)
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