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Donna Short

Donna Short

Assistant Professor

College of Education

EdD in Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment, Walden University

M.A.Ed., Walden University

B.S.Ed., McKendree University

Bachelor's Degree in K-9 science education, and MAED in K-8 science education. I taught over 15 years in middle school science.  I am a nontraditional student and 1st GEN female student

My research focus is in STEM education, integrating science & literacy in the K-12 classrooms, supporting nontraditional students in education, and community service that supports students and teachers.

Publications
  • Short, D. (2022). The Integration of Social Studies and Science: The Use of Gardner's Multiple Intelligences to Differentiate Interdisciplinary Instruction. Tennessee Educational Leadership Journal (TEL), 48(2), 21-28.
  • Short, D. (2022).  A Valuable Lesson: Linking Pedagogy with Technology Use for Pre-service Teachers. National Social Science Technology Journal 11(1).
  • Short, D. F. (2022). Discovering a Silenced Impact: Connecting Students and Their Southern University to Their Academic Heritage. Southeastern Regional Association of Teacher Educators (SRATE), 31(1).
  • Gonzales, C. & Short, D. (2022). A Silenced Impact-Connecting the History of Education with Familiarity of Community-A Southern University's Long History in Education.  Southeastern Regional Association of Teacher Educators 31(1)
  • Short, P. C., Short, D. F., McConnell, J. R. (2021). Seeking homeostasis in a heteroscedastic world: A sense of the stakes in the Age of Inference.
  • Short, D. F., Short, P. C. (2021). Science and World War I: Involving Teacher Candidates in Integrated Learning. National Social Science Association (NSSA) Journal, 56(1), 64-69. https://www.nssa.us/journals/2021-56-1/2021_56-1_contents.htm
  • Short, D. F. (2021). The Limitations of Performance-Based Assessment: Disparities in Teacher Diversity. Southeastern Regional Association of Teacher Education (SRATE), 30(1).
  • Short, D. F., Bruster, B. G. (2021). Using Technology to Enhance Teaching Experiences. National Social Science Technology Journal, 9(1), 42-50. 
  • In Short, P., McConnell, J., and Henson, H. (Eds.). (under contract to publish in February 2021). Age of Inference: Cultivating a Scientific Mindset. (1-15). Information Age Publishing.
  • Short, P., Short, D., and McConnell, J. (2020). Into the age of inference with a sense of the stakes.
Selected Peer-Reviewed articles
  • Short, D. (2021, Accepted). The Limitations of Performance-Based Assessment: Disparities in Teacher Diversity. Southeastern Regional Association of Teacher Educators 30(1), pp. 1-6.
  • Short, D. and Short, P. (2021, Accepted). Science and World War I: Involving Teacher Candidates in Integrated Learning. National Social Science Journal 56(1), pp. 64-69
Editorship
  • Southeastern Regional Association of Teacher Educators (SRATE)- journal co-editor June, 2021
Presentations:
  • Rogers, M., Short, D., Short, P., & Blumbergs, C. (2019, October). Saving Grasslands with Citizen Science and Civic Ecology. Presented at the North American Association for Environmental Education 2019 International