Text Sets about Bullying and Character Development for Sixth-Grade Students
By: Erkan Comlekci
Faculty and Research
Expertise That Inspires. Research That Matters.
Learn from experienced educators and scholars who bring research, professional practice, and a commitment to student success into the classroom. Pace’s education faculty explore important issues affecting teaching and learning, while guiding graduate students as they conduct research that connects educational theory with real-world practice.
Meet Our Faculty
Our faculty are educators, researchers, and practitioners with expertise spanning childhood and adolescent education, literacy, special education, educational leadership, curriculum development, instructional technology, and inclusive teaching.
Through personalized mentorship and collaborative learning, faculty help students strengthen their professional practice, explore emerging issues in education, and develop the skills to support learners in diverse educational settings.
Student Research
Our commitment to lifelong teaching and learning demands an engagement in pedagogy research that links the insights of theory and experience to best practices. Our students have demonstrated this in research that impacts the development of today's students from early childhood through adolescence.
NYSRA Conference
Jacqueline DeMarco and Erkan Comlekci, students in Francine Falk-Ross, PhD's ED 524 Middle School Teaching Methods course, presented their work at the New York State Reading Association's Annual Conference in Albany, New York, and Nashville, Tennessee! These projects highlighted multimodal, multilevel text sets tailored to meet the diverse needs of middle school learners in inclusive and effective learning environments.
World War II Text Sets Designed for Seventh Grade
By: Jacqueline DeMarco
Support for Early Adolescent Educators
As part of their Youth Cultures Inquiry Project, students in Professor Clayton's Middle School Course 523 researched topics pertaining to early adolescence, guided by an important issue impacting youth. It resulted in the creation of websites that future educators can use as resources for years to come. Below are a few stellar examples.
Middle School Mental Health: Social Media’s Impact on Mental Health
By: Tayya Johnson
The Dangers of Social Media: A look at how social media affects adolescent girls’ identities and self-esteem
By: Elizabeth Holmes
Supporting Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Youth in a Classroom Setting
By: Alex Weiss