
Dr. Sarah B. Nixon

Department
Reading Foundations and Technology
Role: Faculty
Campus: Springfield
Postal mail
Missouri State University
Reading Foundations and Technology
901 S. National Ave.
Springfield,
MO
65897
Details
Education
- PhD in Curriculum and Instruction, 1998, Kent State University
Areas of Emphasis: Literacy & Multicultural/International Education - MSEd Reading; 1991; Southwest Missouri State University
- BAEd English & Spanish, 1986, University of Dallas
Teaching
- Foundations of Literacy
- Assessing & Personalizing Literacy Instruction
- Improving Reading & Writing in Secondary Classrooms
- Diversity Issues in Literacy & the Content Areas
- Content Area Literacy
- Psychology of Literacy
- Curriculum Design in Literacy
- Seminar in Literacy
- Thesis in Literacy
- Thesis for MAT students
- Supervision of Student Teachers
Research and professional interests
- Cross-cultural proficiency with preservice & inservice teachers
- Struggling adolescent readers in high poverty schools
- The use of ERR Instructional Framework & content literacy strategies in various disciplines at middle school, high school, & college level; especially science, language arts, TESOL & world languages [Spanish, French, Latin]
Awards and honors
- Sabbatical Leave; Spring 2008; An investigation of the use of current teaching strategies with former students in content area literacy courses
- Summer Faculty Fellowship, 2006; Active learning and critical thinking in a college science course
- J. William Fulbright Teaching Fellow at Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia; 2003-2004; Methodology for active learning and critical thinking
- J. William Fulbright Senior Specialists Program Candidate; 2003-2008
- University Teaching Award, Missouri State University; 2001
- College of Education Service Award, Missouri State University; 2000
- College of Education Teaching Award, Missouri State University; 1999
- Reading & Writing for Critical Thinking International Educator in Bulgaria; Sponsors: International Reading Association & Open Society Foundation; 1998-2003