Initiative for Rural Education, Equity, & Economic Development
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
- 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.
Diana D'Amico Pawlewicz
Ph.D., New York University, 2010
Associate Professor
- diana.pawlewicz@UND.edu
- 701.777.4163
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Education Room 200
Grand Forks ND 58202-7189
Associate Professor
Specialties: Literacy Education, Literacy Practices, Assessment and Instruction, Student-Centered Views of Teaching, Qualitative Methods
- pamela.beck@UND.edu
- 701.777.6173
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Education Building Room 322
Grand Forks ND 58202-7189
Associate Professor, Hopper Danley Faculty Fellow
Specialties: TESOL, Bilingualism, Culturally Relevant Teaching
- hyonsuk.cho@UND.edu
- 701.777.3162
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Education Building Room 252
Grand Forks ND 58202-7189
- virginia.clinton@UND.edu
- 701.777.5793
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Education Room 260
Grand Forks ND 58202-7189
Graduate Research Asst
- staci.gilpin@UND.edu
- 701.777.6726
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Education Room 200
Grand Forks ND 58202-7189
Clinical Associate Professor
Specialties: Learning Disabilities, Emotional/Behavioral Disorders, Intellectual Disabilities, Assessment, Progress Monitoring, Special Education Law
- michelle.griffin@UND.edu
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Education Building, Room 238
Grand Forks ND 58202-7189
Associate Professor
- bonni.gourneau@UND.edu
- 701.777.2920
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Education Building Room 394
Grand Forks ND 58202-7189
Tamara Hoffer
Masters of Science in Special Education Strategist
Instructor
Specialties: Special Education Strategist, Emotional Disabilities
- tamara.waldal@UND.edu
- 701.777.3239
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Education Room 314
Grand Forks ND 58202-7189
Joshua Hunter
PhD
Associate Professor
Specialties: Ethnography, Outdoor and Environmental Education, Outdoor Leadership, Place-based Education
- joshua.hunter@UND.edu
- 701.777.3582
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Education Building Room 372
Grand Forks ND 58202-7189
Associate Professor
- grace.keengwe@UND.edu
- 701.777.3378
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Education Building Room 276
Grand Forks ND 58202-7189
- michelle.murphy@lrsc.edu
- 701.777.4217
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SMHS Room E435
Grand Forks ND 58202-9037
Julie Robinson
Ed.D.
Assistant Professor
- julie.robinson@UND.edu
- 701.777.3139
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Education Building, Room 378
Grand Forks ND 58202-7189
- joanna.ryan@UND.edu
- 701.777.2863
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Education Room 384
Grand Forks ND 58202-7189
Associate Chair, Assistant Professor
- jared.schlenker@UND.edu
- 701.777.3584
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Education Building Room 288
Grand Forks ND 58202-7189
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
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Education Building Room 374
Grand Forks ND 58202-7189
Associate Professor
- tanis.walch@UND.edu
- 701.777.2994
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Hyslop Sports Center Room 225
Grand Forks ND 58202-8235
JoAnne Yearwood
BS, in Education, MS in ECE
Clinical Asst. Professor
- joanne.yearwood@UND.edu
- 701.777.6580
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Education Room 238
Grand Forks ND 58202-7189
Affiliates
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
Courtney Davis Souvannasacd
Masters Student, Education Foundations and Research Outreach Coordinator, National
Resource Center on Native American Aging