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Initiative for Rural Education, Equity, & Economic Development

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I-REEED stems from the conviction that public education is a critical social good that is inseparable from the mental and physical health of communities, economic development, and justice. The primary goal of I-REEED is to produce rigorous, collaborative, and solution-oriented research that is relevant and useful to our state and local partners.

What We Do

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  • Build collaborations with state and local educators and organizations.
  • Produce rigorous, collaborative, solution-oriented research that addresses the questions our state and local partners care most about.
  • Share findings that are useful and actionable.

Who We Are

I-REEED is a research collaborative comprised of research active faculty and advanced graduate students at the University of North Dakota. Together we have expertise in a wide array of areas and methodological approaches. We are committed to producing rigorous research that responds to the needs and questions of our state and local partners.

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Diana D'Amico Pawlewicz
Ph.D., New York University, 2010
Associate Professor
  • diana.pawlewicz@UND.edu
  • 701.777.4163
  • Education Room 200
    Grand Forks ND 58202-7189
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Pamela Beck
Associate Professor
Specialties: Literacy Education, Literacy Practices, Assessment and Instruction, Student-Centered Views of Teaching, Qualitative Methods
  • pamela.beck@UND.edu
  • 701.777.6173
  • Education Building Room 322
    Grand Forks ND 58202-7189
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Hyonsuk Cho
Associate Professor, Hopper Danley Faculty Fellow
Specialties: TESOL, Bilingualism, Culturally Relevant Teaching
  • hyonsuk.cho@UND.edu
  • 701.777.3162
  • Education Building Room 252
    Grand Forks ND 58202-7189
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Virginia Clinton-Lisell
PhD
Associate Professor
Specialties: Educational Psychology
  • virginia.clinton@UND.edu
  • 701.777.5793
  • Education Room 260
    Grand Forks ND 58202-7189
Staci Gilpin
Graduate Research Asst
  • staci.gilpin@UND.edu
  • 701.777.6726
  • Education Room 200
    Grand Forks ND 58202-7189
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Michelle D. Griffin, Ph.D.
Clinical Associate Professor
Specialties: Learning Disabilities, Emotional/Behavioral Disorders, Intellectual Disabilities, Assessment, Progress Monitoring, Special Education Law
  • michelle.griffin@UND.edu
  • Education Building, Room 238
    Grand Forks ND 58202-7189
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Bonni Gourneau
Associate Professor
  • bonni.gourneau@UND.edu
  • 701.777.2920
  • Education Building Room 394
    Grand Forks ND 58202-7189
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Tamara Hoffer
Masters of Science in Special Education Strategist
Instructor
Specialties: Special Education Strategist, Emotional Disabilities
  • tamara.waldal@UND.edu
  • 701.777.3239
  • Education Room 314
    Grand Forks ND 58202-7189
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Joshua Hunter
PhD
Associate Professor
Specialties: Ethnography, Outdoor and Environmental Education, Outdoor Leadership, Place-based Education
  • joshua.hunter@UND.edu
  • 701.777.3582
  • Education Building Room 372
    Grand Forks ND 58202-7189
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Grace Keengwe
Associate Professor
  • grace.keengwe@UND.edu
  • 701.777.3378
  • Education Building Room 276
    Grand Forks ND 58202-7189
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Michelle Murphy
MS, PhD
Community Faculty
Specialties: Pathophysiology
  • michelle.murphy@lrsc.edu
  • 701.777.4217
  • SMHS Room E435
    Grand Forks ND 58202-9037
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Julie Robinson
Ed.D.
Assistant Professor
  • julie.robinson@UND.edu
  • 701.777.3139
  • Education Building, Room 378
    Grand Forks ND 58202-7189
Joanna Ryan
Assistant Professor
Specialties: Special Education, Applied Behavior Analysis
  • joanna.ryan@UND.edu
  • 701.777.2863
  • Education Room 384
    Grand Forks ND 58202-7189
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Jared Schlenker
Associate Chair, Assistant Professor
  • jared.schlenker@UND.edu
  • 701.777.3584
  • Education Building Room 288
    Grand Forks ND 58202-7189
Kristen Votava
ECE Graduate Director
Specialties: Birth to three, Early Intervention, Speech-Language Pathology, Child development, Policy, State systems, Family collaboration and teaming, Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) master trainer, and resiliency in early childhood
  • kristen.votava@UND.edu
  • 701.777.5683
  • Education Building Room 374
    Grand Forks ND 58202-7189
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Tanis Walch
Associate Professor
  • tanis.walch@UND.edu
  • 701.777.2994
  • Hyslop Sports Center Room 225
    Grand Forks ND 58202-8235
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JoAnne Yearwood
BS, in Education, MS in ECE
Clinical Asst. Professor
  • joanne.yearwood@UND.edu
  • 701.777.6580
  • Education Room 238
    Grand Forks ND 58202-7189

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I-REEED Staci.Gilpin

Staci Gilpin

PhD Student, Education Foundtions & Research Assistant Professor, School of Education, The College of St. Scholastica
Specialties: Before moving into higher education, Staci worked in both urban and rural K-12 schools for nearly 20 years as a teacher for students with emotional/behavioral disabilities, elementary classroom teacher, instructional coach, and special education administrator. She is an advocate for quality online instruction as an avenue to provide access to higher education for students who live in rural areas, historically underrepresented communities, and to address teacher shortages in rural communities. Her research utilizes quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods designs with a social justice and equity lens to study the scholarship of teaching and learning, online learning, open educational resources, universal design for learning, and teacher preparation
  • Staci's Website

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Courtney Davis Souvannasacd

Masters Student, Education Foundations and Research Outreach Coordinator, National Resource Center on Native American Aging
  • courtney.davis@UND.edu
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