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NORVELLA CARTER
Department: Teaching, Learning, and Culture
Office#: 402A Harrington Office Building
Mail Stop: 4232
Office Phone: (979) 862-3802
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Title: Professor
Other Title: Houston Endowed Chair
Primary Emphasis Area: Urban Education
Vita: View Document
Short Bio
Professor, Department of Educational Curriculum and Instruction, Texas A&M
University (1998- present) College Station, Texas and Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois (1991 � 1998).
Associate Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Illinois State University,
Normal, Illinois, 1994 - 1997
Director, Chicago Metropolitan Teacher Education Center, Illinois State University, Deerfield,
Illinois, 1991- 1994.
Co-Director, Chicago Staff Development Programs and Summer Institutes, 1991-1998
Assistant Professor, Department of Curriculum and Human Resource Development, Loyola University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 1990-1991.
Consultant, Urban Schools Nationally and Internationally, 1986-present.
Other: Principal, Teacher Detroit, Michigan
Area(s) of Emphasis
Urban Education, Diversity and Teacher Education
Research Interests
Diversity
Equity Pedagogy
Teacher Education
Teacher Induction
Urban Education
Editorial Positions

Editorial Board Member (2007 - 2010). International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education

Editor (2006 - ). The National Journal of Urban Education and Practice

Editorial Board Member (2006 - 2007). International Journal for Qualitative Studies in Education

Editorial Board Member (2001 - 2003). Teacher Education and Practice

Editorial Board Member (1998 - 1999). Advancing Women in Leadership

Editorial Board Member (1997 - 2000). Action in Teacher Education

Publications*

1. Helfeldt, J., Capraro, R. M., Capraro, M. M., Foster, E. S., & Carter, N. (2009) An urban schools-university partnership that prepares and retains quality teachers for "high need" schools, The Teacher Educator, 44 1-20.

2. Carter, N.P., & Hawkins, T & Natesan, P. (2008). The Relationship Between Verve and the Academic Achievement of African American Middle School Students: An Examination of Three Urban School Districts. Educational Foundations. *

3. Webb-Johnson, G. C., & Carter, N. (2007, Summer). Culturally responsive urban school leadership: Partnering to improve outcomes for African American learners, The National Journal of Urban Education and Practice, 1(1), 77-99.

4. Foster, E., & Carter, N. P. (Winter, 2007). Developmental mentoring in urban settings: A model of theory and practice to support retention of novice educators. The Journal of the Alliance of Black School Educators, 6, 1, 37-51.

5. Turner, C. & Carter, N.P. (2006). Leadership Styles in a Successful Urban School District: The Voices of Four Female Prinicpals, 5 (4), 30-44. *

6. Eidson, K., Foster, E., Carter, N., & Hollingshead, B. (Spring, 2006). Mentoring in the middle: The challenge of keeping our teachers. Journal of the Texas Middle School Association, 13, (2). 27-31. Austin, TX: Texas Middle School Association. *

7. Carter, N. P., Foster, E. & Simpson, C. (Fall, 2006). Retaining novice teachers in urban schools: The role of the principal. Journal of the Alliance of Black School Educators, 5, 2, 75-89 *

8. Carter, N. P., Foster, E., & Cormier, P. (Fall, 2006). Teacher induction for urban schools: Components for successs. Journal of the Alliance of Black School Educators, 5 ,2, 1-14 *

9. Blanson, A.L. & Carter, N.P. (2006). Why quality teachers stay in high need urban schools: Insights for retention of urban teachers. The Journal of the Alliance of Black School Educators, 5 (1), 54-68. *

10. Moon-Merchant, V. & Carter, N. (2004). A teacher induction model for urban settings: A longitudinal study. The Journal of Public Management and Social Policy. 9(1), 40-59. *

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* Publication was joint-authored with students
Diss Publication was from a dissertation
ROS Publication was from a record of study

College of Education and Human Development Grants and Contracts (Current)

Summer Arts and Humanities Institute for Urban Leadership.
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (State)
2009/02/15 - 2011/08/31
Total Funding: 750,000.
Professional Leadership/Service (International/National)

(2005-2008). Co-Chair.  Association Of Teacher Educators

(2004-2007). Secretary/Treasurer.  American Educational Research Association

(2004-2007). Vice-President and Membership Chair.  American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education

(2000). Appointment by David Imig.  Chair of the Committee on Multicultural Education for AACTE
Awards

(2006). University Teaching Award Nomination.  The Association of Former Students

(2006). College Teaching Award Nomination.  The Association of Former Students

(2001). Houston Endowment Urban Education Chair. 

Courses Taught
Former Doctoral Students
Melinda Schwetman Miller (Fall, 2001), Ph.D.
Clara Turner (Summer, 2004), Ph.D.
Archie Blanson (Spring, 2005), Ph.D.
Vickie Merchant (Summer, 2005), Ph.D.
Claudine Sarpy-Simpson (Fall, 2005), Ph.D.
Cherrye Vasquez (Fall, 2005), Ph.D.
Torrance Hawkins (Fall, 2005), Ph.D.
Corinne Valadez (Summer, 2006), Ph.D.
Phyllis Charleston-Cormier (Summer, 2006), Ph.D.
Twyla Williams (Fall, 2006), Ed.D.
Kimberly Livengood (Fall, 2006), Ph.D.
Patricia Walter (Spring, 2007), Ph.D.
Debbie Vera (Spring, 2007), Ph.D.
Prathiba Natesan (Summer, 2007), Ph.D.
Pamela Cavenall (Summer, 2008), Ph.D.
Patricia Henry (Summer, 2008), Ph.D.
Marlon James (Fall, 2008), Ph.D.
Rosalinda Mercado-Garza (Fall, 2008), Ph.D.
Ouida Colleen Plimper (Fall, 2009), Ph.D.
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