Becky M. Atkinson

Assistant Professor, Instructional Leadership
Department of Educational Leadership, Policy, and Technology Studies
323a Graves Hall
(205)-348-0357
atkin014@bamaed.ua.edu
Appointed in 2007

Recent Courses Taught:

AEL 602: Educational Leadership and School Restructuring
AEL 697: Seminar in Instructional Leadership

Areas of Research:

Narrative Research Teacher Knowledge Research Reader Response Analysis Pragmatic Semiotics

Academic Degrees:

Ph.D. University of Alabama, 2005. Educational Research
M.A. Stanford University, 1975. Education
B.A. Pomona College, 1974. English

Professional Experiences:

Assistant Professor, Instructional Leadership, University of Alabam, 2007-present

Assistant Professor, Teacher Education, Samford University, 2005-2007

Adjunct Professor, Teacher Education, Samford University, 1996-2005

Adjunct Professor, Teacher Education, Palm Beach Atlantic College, 1988-1994

Classroom Teacher 1975-1983

Selected Publications:

Rosiek, J. & Atkinson, B. (2007). The inevitability and importance of genre in narrative research. Qualitative Inquiry (13) 4, 499-521.

Rosiek J. & Atkinson, B. (2005). Bridging the divides: The need for a pragmatic semiotics of teacher knowledge research. Educational Theory (55)4, 421-442.

Rosiek, J. & Atkinson, B. (2005). Is the teacher’s gender an issue in a kindergarten classroom? In Goldblatt, P. & Smith, D. Eds. Cases for teacher development: Preparation for the Classroom. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Selected Presentations:

The Moral of the Story: The Normative Frame for Reflection in Teacher Knowledge Research. A paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL. April, 2007.

Apple Jumpers and Teacher Babes: Subjectivities of Women Teachers. A paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, Il. April, 2007.

Why Didn’t They Get it? Examining Divergent Responses to a Case Study about Racial Dynamics in Student Advising. Paper for a panel, “From Ignorance and Indifference to Intellectual Opportunity: Making Race Meaningful in the Classroom,” presented at the Race and Pedagogy conference, Tacoma, WA, September, 2006.

nd representation: Post-structural practices. Paper for panel presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA, April ,2006.

“Don’t worry about the mule going blind, just load the wagon:” Implications of Teachers’ Responses to Teacher Knowledge Literature for Teacher Knowledge Research. A paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Canada, 2005.