Kroesch, A. M., Cuenca-Carlino, Y., Hartle, L., Porter, S., Randles, L., Whitley, S., White, M., Locke, A., Gilbert, J., Wolinski-Norton, A., Lewis-Pratl, K. (2019). Perspectives of non-tenured track faculty members and doctoral students included in mentorship and professional development. Gauisus: Selected Scholarship on Teaching and Learning at Illinois State University.

Bazemore-Bertrand, S., Quast, E., & Green, K. (2019).  The influence of John Goodlad’s legacy: Developing a school-university partnership in an urban school district. The Journal of the National Association for Professional Development Schools, (12)3, 1-11. 

Lee, R. E. (2018). Breaking down barriers and building bridges: Transformative practices in community- and school-based urban teacher preparation. Journal of Teacher Education, (69)2, 118-126.

Mustian, A. L, Lee, R. E., Nelson, C., Gamboa-Turner, V., & Roule, L. (2017). Jumping into the deep end: Developing culturally responsive urban teachers through community-immersive partnerships. The Educational Forum, (81)4, 467-481

Mustian, A. L. (2017). The impact of implicit bias and colorblindness on middle school students: A white female educator’s lessons learned. In T. Husband (Ed.), But I don’t see color: The Perils, Practices, and Possibilities of Anti-Racist Education (pp. 81-92). The Netherlands: Sense Publishers.

Lee, R. E., & Olson, J. B. (2015). Review of R. A. Quantz’s Sociocultural studies in education: Critical thinking for democracy. In Teachers College Record, Date Published: April 13, 2015. http://www.tcrecord.org ID Number: 17926.

Mustian, A. L., Lo, Y., & Cuenca-Carlino, Y. (2015). Decreasing disproportionality in discipline and special education: Training general educators to implement FBA-based interventions with African American students. Manuscript submitted for publication.

Creasey, G., Mayes, J., Lee, R. E., & D’Santiago, V. (2014). A survey to assess barriers to urban teaching careers. Urban Education, 1-22.

Creasey, G. (2014). Transformation learning: Beyond the classroom context. In R. Bubb, J. Srowell, & B. Buskit (Eds), The teaching of psychology in autobiography: Perspectives from psychology’s exemplary teachers (pp. 40-45). Washington DC: Society for the Teaching of Psychology, American Psychological Association. Retrieved from http://teachpsych.org/Resources/Documents/ebooks/tia2014.pdf

Fairbank, G., & Lee, R. E. (2014). It’s okay to argue: Using current events to create a classroom courtroom. In Honigsfeld, A. & Dove, M. G. (Eds.), Common core for the not-so-common learner.  Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.

Brady, P., Barnish, M., & Lee, R. E. (2013). Illinois induction guide. Illinois New Teacher Collaborative. Springfield, IL: Illinois State Board of Education/University of Illinois Press. (See: http://intc.education.illinois.edu/guide/home).

Creasey, G., & Jarvis, P. (Eds.). (2013). Adolescent development and school achievement in urban communities: Resilience in the neighborhood. New York: Routledge.

Douglas, K. H., Courtad, C. A., Mustian, A. L., & Parette, H. P. (2013). Integrating technology to support emergent reading. In H. P. Parette & C. Blum (Eds.), Instructional technology in early childhood (pp. 123-147). Baltimore, MD: Brookes. 

Lee, R. E., Pacione-Zayas, C., Bosch, S., Blackwell, K., & Pawlicki, D. (2013). Partnerships between schools, teachers, children, families and communities. In G. Creasey & P. Jarvis (Eds.), Adolescent development and school achievement in urban communities: Resilience in the neighborhood (ch 15).New York: Routledge. 

Lee, R. E., Showalter, B. D., & Eckrich, L. L. T. (2013). Beyond the Ivory Tower: Pre-service teacher pathways to urban teaching and situated community-based models. In Noel, J. (Ed.), Moving teacher education into urban schools and communities: Prioritizing community strengths (pp. 56-71).  New York: Routledge. 

Mazzotti, V. L., & Mustian, A. L. (2013). Themes and dimensions of learning disabilities (Vol. 24). In J. P. Bakken (Ed.), Advances in special education: Learning disabilities: Identification, assessment, and instruction of students with learning disabilities (pp. 27-53). Bingley, United Kingdom: Emerald Group Publishing Limited.

Pawlicki, D., & James, C. (2013). The insider’s guide to winning education grants. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Quesenberry, A., Mustian, A. L., Clark-Bischke, C., & Blum, C. (2013). Integrating technology to support social behavior and social-communication. In H. P. Parette & C. Blum (Eds.), Instructional technology in early childhood (pp. 177-198). Baltimore, MD: Brookes.

Recent Presentations

Oceguera, J., & Riley, A. (2019). Chalkboard talk: How beginning teachers can ask mentor teachers for effective feedback. Presented at New Teachers Conference, Illinois State University, Normal, IL.

Ahearn, B., Guerrero, J.A., Millan, C, & Mosqueda, A. (2019). Using neuroscience to empower urban teachers, students, and communities. Presented at New Teachers Conference, Illinois State University, Normal, IL.

Oceguera, J., & Riley, A. (2019).  Supporting new teachers through high quality induction and mentoring programs. Illinois Administrator Academy, ISU Chicago Teacher Education Pipeline, Chicago, IL. 

Ahearn, B., Garcia, G., O’Malley, J., & Wolinski-Norton, A. (2019). Moving teacher candidates beyond community involvement to engagement, reaching toward solidarity. Presented at Summer Institute on Community-Engaged Teacher Preparation, Ball State University, Muncie, IN.

Lee, R., & O’Malley, J. (2019). Look both ways before you cross: Prioritizing community wisdom in the preparation of teachers. Paper presented at the 2019 Meeting of American Educational Research Association (AERA), Toronto, Canada.

Miller, M., O’Malley, J., & Mustian, A. (2019). A critical community partnership's call to action: Learn "with" us, not "about" us. Paper presented at the 2019 Meeting of American Educational Research Association (AERA), Toronto, Canada.

Showalter, B., & Riley, A. (2019). Emergence of the community teacher through a model of university-school-community partnership and in-service support. Paper presented at the 2019 Meeting of American Educational Research Association (AERA), Toronto, Canada.

Mustian, A. L, Lee, R. E., Nelson, C., Gamboa-Turner, V., & Roule, L. (2018). Jumping into the deep end: Developing culturally responsive urban teachers through community-immersive partnerships. Paper presented at the 2018 Meeting of American Educational Research Association (AERA), New York, NY.

Showalter, B., & O’Malley, J. (2018). The urban participatory classroom: Creating bidirectional teaching and learning spaces for pre-service teachers. Paper presented at the 2018 Meeting of American Educational Research Association (AERA), New York, NY.

Showalter, B., & Gamboa-Turner, V. (2017). Reimagining urban teacher pathways: Engaging the univeristy with justice-centered praxis in inner-city schools and communities. Paper presented at the Centennial Meeting of American Educational Research Association (AERA), Washington DC.

Lee, R. E. (2017, March). Reimaging urban teacher preparation toward community responsiveness. Paper presented at Journal of Teacher Education – Sponsored Research Forum titled, “Community-Based Teacher Preparation as Praxis: Preparing Effective Educators through Research-Practice Partnerships.” American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE), Tampa, FL.

Wolinski-Norton, A., (2017, November). How special educators can use culturally responsive text. To be presented at Illinois Council for Exceptional Children Conference, Naperville, IL. 

Wolinski-Norton, A., (2017, June). Choosing and using culturally responsive text for your classroom. Presented at the New teacher Conference (NTCon.), Normal, IL.

Lee, R. E. & Nelson, C. (2016). Democratizing teacher education: Enriching field experience with community mentors. Presented at the Peter C. Murrell, Jr., Ph.D. Memorial Symposium on Urban Education at Loyola University, Maryland.

Voss, T., & Wolinski, A., & Lewis-Pratl, K. (2016, April). Defining the urban teaching experience for pre-service teachers: Knowlege, opportunity, and connections. Presented at the Council for Exceptional Children Convention & Expo, St. Louis, MS. 

Lee, R. E. (2016). Urban Teacher Identity Development through Context-based Learning in Communities of Practice. Invited by Boeing Professor of Education, Dr. Kenneth Zeichner for the doctoral course (EDCI 505) “Community-Focused Social Justice Teacher Education,” University of Washington, Seattle.

Lee, R. E. & Espinoza, J. D. (2016). Context specific core practices in teacher education: Practices that help novice teachers learn about the community. American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education 68th Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV.

Lee, R. E. & Showalter, B. D. (2016, April). Intersections of race, class, and culture: Examining a unique model of Chicago teacher preparation. Paper presented at Division K – Teaching and Teacher Education; the Centennial Meeting of American Educational Research Association (AERA), Washington DC.

Zeichner, K. & Lee, R. E. (2016, April). The Role of Local Communities in Implementing a Diversity Curriculum for Teacher Education.  Paper presented at Division K – Invited Session: Teacher Education, Race, Curriculum Moves, and Community: Where Do We Go From Here? The Centennial Meeting of American Educational Research Association (AERA), Washington DC.

Mustian, A. L., Cuenca-Carlino, Y., Shelden, D., & Chung, Y. (2016, April). Rethink and redesign: Preparing effective urban special educators at the preservice level. Paper proposed for the Council for Exceptional Children Convention & Expo, St. Louis, MO.

Voss, T., Dr., & Wolinski, A.  (2016, April). Defining the urban teaching experience for re-service teachers: Knowledge, opportunity, and connections. Presented at the Council for Exceptional Children, St. Louis, MO.


Creasey, G., Gallegos, M., & Lee, R. E. (2015). Multicultural Teaching Competence: Its role in predicting urban teaching intentions and urban teaching anxiety. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Philadelphia, PA.

Creasey, G., Lee, R. E., Gallegos, M., & Bueno, D. (2015). CONNECT Mentorship Program: Promoting college efficacy and life skills. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Philadelphia, PA.

Mustian, A. L., Cuenca-Carlino, Y., Shelden, D., & Zablocki, M. (2015, November). Service learning and urban immersion as tools to increase cultural awareness of preservice teachers. Paper to be presented at the Teacher Education Division conference of the Council for Exceptional Children, Tempe, AZ. 

Mustian, A. L., Gamboa-Turner, V., Robinson, S., & Roule, L. (2015, September). The perfect trifecta: Use of service learning to create meaningful university-school-community partnerships in urban areas. Paper presented at the Chicago Teacher Education Pipeline’s Resiliency in Urban Education Conference, Chicago, IL.

Mustian, A. L., Zablocki, M., Freeman-Green, S., Cuenca-Carlino, Y., Shelden, D., & Chung, Y. (2015, September). Rethink and redesign: Preparing effective urban special educators for resiliency at the preservice level. Paper presented at the Chicago Teacher Education Pipeline’s Resiliency in Urban Education Conference, Chicago, IL.

Mustian, A. L., & Horn, B. (2015, July). Race-positive dispositions and actions in schools. A professional development workshop for pre-service teachers. STEP-UP Fellowship, Chicago Teacher Education Pipeline, Chicago, IL.

Lee, R. E. (2014). Introduction to Urban Education, Teaching & Learning 232, Illinois State University, College of Education.

Creasey, G., Hund, A., Jarvis, P., & Rivadeneyra, R. (2014).  Beyond the classroom: Student learning and engagement in diverse, out-of-class settings. Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology, Normal, IL.

Eckrich, L. T., & Blacksmith-Evans, S. (2014). Withstanding the test of time: Enduring lessons from a course and its diverse field experience. Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology, Normal, IL.

Lee, R. E., & Showalter, B.D. (2014). Building a cross-campus community of collaborative urban educators. 5th Pacific Rim Conference on Education, University of Tai Pei, Taiwan, ROC.

Hartlep, N., Eckrich, L. T., Miller, K., Meyer, A., Mustian, A., & Lyde, A. (2014). Urban teacher education course re-designs: Five professors share their insights and journeys about engaging in and beyond the classroom. Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology, Normal, IL.

Lee, R. E. (Discussant),Pancrazio, J., Noraian, M., Briggs, J., & Swanson, E. (2014). Cross-campus perspectives along the “Pipeline” and into the urban classroom. Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology, Normal, IL.

Lee, R. E., Showalter, B.D., & Starosik, M. (2014). Transforming preservice urban teachers through culturally immersive practices. 5th Pacific Rim Conference on Education, University of Tai Pei, Taiwan, ROC.

O’Malley, J. (Discussant), Hurd, E., Horn, B., Zablocki, M., & Eckrich, L. T. (2014). Cross-campus perspectives along the “Pipeline” and into the urban classroom. Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology, Normal, IL.

Pawlicki, D., Espinoza, D., Castillo, S., Sims, T., & Showalter, D. (2014). Connecting community and curriculum - An immersive method to student development. Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology, Normal, IL.

Lee, R. E. (2014). Walking out of the classroom and into the streets: Bridging the gap between teachers and students. Midwest Regional Noyce Conference, National Science Foundation, Omaha, NE. 

Zablocki, M., Cuenca-Carlino, Y., Mustian, A. L., Shelden, D., & Freeman-Green, S. (2014, November). Rethink and Redesign: Conceptualizing Urban Education Coursework for Pre-service Teachers. Poster presented at the Teacher Education Division conference of the Council for Exceptional Children, Indianapolis, IN.

Cuenca-Carlino, Y., & Mustian, A. L. (2014, April). Training teachers to provide writing instruction to students with emotional disturbance. Presented as a poster session at the Council for Exceptional Children 2014 Convention & Expo, Philadelphia, PA.

Lee, R. E., Showalter, B. D., & O’Malley, J. (2014, April). Sustainable teaching and learning: Building a cross-campus community of collaborative urban teacher educators. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Philadelphia, PA.   

Lee, R. E., Showalter, B. D., Pawlicki, D. P., & Staroscik, M. (2014, April). STEP-UP and step forward: Immersive community fellowship transforms preservice urban teachers into knowledge-ABLE teacher professionals. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Philadelphia, PA.  

Showalter, B., Pawlicki, D., & Staroscik, M. (2014, April). Facilitating effective collaboration in partnerships. The Annual Meeting of American Educational Research Association, Philadelphia, PA. 

Creasey, G., D’Santiago, V., Bueno, D., & Alvarez, C. (2014, February). The CONNECT Mentorship Program: Promoting positive youth development. Paper presented at the Meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, Washington, DC.

Creasey, G., D’Santiago, V., Lee, R. E.,& Gallegos, M. (2013). The CONNECT Mentorship Program: Influences on positive youth development in mentors and mentees. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Seattle. 

Lee, R. E. (2013). Way beyond the Ivory Tower: Transforming pre-service urban teachers into knowledge-ABLE teacher professionals. 4th Pacific Rim Conference on Education, Busan National University of Education, Gyungju, S. Korea.

Lee, R. E., & Stairs, A. J. (2013). Moving teacher education into urban schools and communities: Prioritizing community strengths: Focus on preservice teachers. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Francisco, CA.

Lee, R. E. (2013).  A call toward cultural responsiveness: the development of teacher identity in urban America. Seoul National University, Seoul, S. Korea.

Lee, R. E. (2013).  Developing culturally competent urban teachers in America.  Sunkyungkwan University, Seoul, S. Korea. 

Mustian, A. L. (2013, April). The power of perspective: How teacher attitudes affect students. Keynote address presented at national Urban Needs in Teacher Education (UNITE) workshop entitled “The Power of Language and Building Relationships between Students and Teachers.” (Invited). 

Skinner, E. A., Crumpler, T. P, & Showalter, B. D. (2013, April). Learning to live and teach outside four walls: Lessons learned from a community-based professional development school. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.

Lee, R. E. (2013, March).  Way beyond the Ivory Tower: Context based community partnerships that transform urban teachers into knowledge-ABLE teacher professionals.  Midwest Association of Teacher Educators, Lafayette, IN. 

Media Contributions

PBS Newshour (2016, August 30). In Chicago, preparing teachers for the classrooms that need them most. Retrieved from: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/chicago-preparing-teachers-classrooms-need/

Lee, R. E. (Director and Producer), Rahn, A. & Arthur, K. (In Final Editing). Staying the course: Resiliency in Urban Schools.  

Education Week (2016, February 16). For Preservice Teachers, Lessons on Cultural Sensitivity. Retrieved from: http://mobile.edweek.org/c.jsp?cid=25919901&bcid=25919901&rssid=25919891&item=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.edweek.org%2Fv1%2Few%2F%3Fuuid%3D8DB9ABCA-D1B1-11E5-A641-71C9B3743667 

Chicago Tonight, WTTW (2015, July 20). Student teachers ‘STEP-UP’ to Chicago. Retrieved from: http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2015/07/20/student-teachers-step-chicago 

PBS Newshour (2015, April 15). Why is Teach for America struggling to recruit? Retrieved from: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/teach-america-struggling-recruit-new-teachers/

Lee, R. E. (Producer), Tomaski, R. & Arthur, K. (2015, March). Chicago Professional Development School. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGqHwLvQyHg&feature=youtu.be

Lee, R. E. (Producer), Tomaski, R. & Arthur, K. (2015, March). Chicago Teacher Education Pipeline STEP-UP Program.  Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utZik6S7InM

The Washington Post (2014, September 8). Urban Teacher Education Consortium Position Paper. Retrieved from http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2014/09/08/we-must-push-back-against-the-misguided-and-dangerous-belief-that-a-new-generation-of-teachers-can-emerge-spontaneously/

Lee, R. E. (Producer), Tomaski, R. & Arthur, K. (2014, February). Illinois State’s Chicago Teacher Education: 10 year Anniversary.  Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yj6RY5wafzQ