EDUCATION
| Ph.D. | Major: Educational Research Minor(s): Curriculum and Instruction, Foundations | University of Alabama |
| Graduate Work | California Elementary Standard Teaching Certificate, K-9 | San Diego State University |
| M.A. | California Secondary Standard Teaching Certificate, 7-12 English/ French | Stanford University |
| B.A. | Major: English Minor: French | Pomona College |
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Pragmatic semiotics in social foundations and qualitative research
Revisionist pragmatism
Teacher knowledge research
Feminist materialisms
Feminism
Critical theory
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS / ACTIVITIES
- 2007-present Associate Professor of Social and Cultural Studies
Department of Educational Leadership, Policy and Technology Studies, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL - 2005-2007 Assistant Professor of Teacher Education
School of Education & Professional Studies Samford University Birmingham, AL - 1996-2005 Adjunct Faculty, Teacher Education
School of Education and Professional Studies Samford University, Birmingham, AL - 1989-1994 Adjunct Faculty, Teacher Education and English
Palm Beach Atlantic College, West Palm Beach, FL - 1980-1983 Classroom Teacher Marlborough School for Girls,
Los Angeles, CA - 1976-1980 Classroom Teacher, Lakeside Middle School
Lakeside Union School District, Lakeside, CA - Classroom Teacher, Stine Elementary School, Van Horn Elementary School
Thompson Junior High School
Panama Union School District, Bakersfield, CA
BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Becky Atkinson is an associate professor in the College of Education at the University of Alabama. She teaches courses in cultural and social foundations and qualitative research. Her interests in pragmatic semiotics, feminist materialism, and critical theory as well as recent medical experience, guide her current research which ranges from the politics of the teacher body, body narratives as architects of experience, to examining the connections between pragmatist articulations of the relationship of ontology and semiotics in feminist materialism.
She has published articles in Educational Theory, Qualitative Inquiry, Educational Studies, the Journal of Educational Research, the Journal of Teacher Education, The International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, and the International Journal of Leadership in Education.