Barbara Jo Bennett
Associate Chair
Core Curriculum
Processus infectieux en milieu insulaire Tropical
Saudi Arabia
Biography
Dr. Bennett is a third generation educator with a PhD in Educational Administration, Policy and Planning. She has taught in a variety of settings in the Middle East, South East Asia, and in the United States. She writes oral narratives, books of poetry, and novels – as well as academic publishing. Dr. Bennett is a member of the American Educational Research Association: Division A—Social and Community Context; SIG—Family School Community Partnerships. SIG—Action Research; SIG—Writing & Literacies. She is also a member of Teachers of English as a Second Language (TESOL).
Research Interest
Educational Leadership, Organizational & Institutional Design, Parental Engagement, Language Policy & Adolescent Issues
Publications
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Maddy, CM., Bennett, J, Bail, D (2016). Teachers Perceptions about joining the teaching of writing and history. Academic Exchange Quarterly. 20 (2).  Republished in Zeitgeist Essay OA.
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Bennett J. (2016). Staff members acting as grandparents in a high school for recent immigrants: Los abuelitos. American Secondary Education Journal. 44 (2). 46-65.
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Bennett, J., Anderson, B., Bakken, L Jaradat, M., Liebl, M., Mohammad, M, & Vanderburgh, W. (2016). Understanding how students’ perceive their first year: Interpreted through social capital theory. Researcher World. 7 (4).Â
