Education

• BA, K-6 Education, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• MEd, K-12 Literacy Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• PhD, Culture, Curriculum and Change, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Professional Experience

• Executive Editor, IMPROVE: Instructional modules for professional learning responding to opportunities and valuing educators. 2015-ongoing
• Coordinator, Doctoral Program in Curriculum and Instruction. 2012-ongoing. GWU
• Dissertation Chair, School of Education. 2010-ongoing. GWU
• University teaching at both undergraduate and graduate levels. 2004-present. GWU
• Elementary school teacher in various school settings. 1991-1999

Awards and Recognition

• Outstanding Graduate Faculty Award, �۶�ֱ�� University. 2013
• Students’ Choice Award, �۶�ֱ�� University. �۶�ֱ�� University. 2004-2005, 2006-2007, 2007-2008, 2008-2009, 2009-2010
• The President’s Award for Community Engagement, �۶�ֱ�� University. 2005-2006

Courses Taught

• All courses in EdD in Curriculum and Instruction
• All courses in Masters in Teacher Leadership in Curriculum and Instruction

Selected Publications

• Gillman, C., Brown, S., Edmunds, J. Hatt-Echeverria, B., & Noblit, G. (2002). A perspective on readiness from the kindergarten classroom. A policy report submitted to the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute.
• Hatt, B. & Brown, S. (2012). Taming the children: The social construction of school readiness. In Adkins, A. and Gordon, J. (Eds) Taming reform: “Reinventing government” yields to “business as usual” for young children. Hampton Press: Creskill, NJ.
• Hatt, B., Quach, L., Brown, S. & Anderson, A. (2009). Coffee talk: Negotiating/disrupting the hidden curriculum of graduate school. Journal of Curriculum Theorizing 25 (1). 60-67.
• Hinson, G., Rogers, D., Brown, S. & Bauman, A. (2004). Music matters: Asking questions, fostering agency, and building community in arts-based educational programming. Journal of Thought 39 (4). 15-34.

Dissertation Title

• Working in concert:  Elementary Teachers’ Experiences in the Curriculum, Music, and Community Project

Areas of Research Expertise

• Qualitative Methods
• Mixed Methods
• Teacher Leadership
• School Culture
• Reading
• Program Evaluation
• Technology
• Action Research
• Case Study
• Ethnography

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Erica earned her bachelor’s degree in elementary education from �۶�ֱ�� University in 2008. She then started her career as an elementary teacher in Rutherford County Schools, and once she discovered her passion for teaching science, she transferred to teach at the middle school level. After 10 years in the classroom, God led her down another career path as a data manager while still working in the field of education. Now working with Graduate Studies, Erica feels like God has led her back “home” at �۶�ֱ��. Erica loves spending time with her two young children, Isabel and Toby. She also enjoys cheering on her husband’s high school basketball team and golf team.

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