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    Amy Damrow

    Amy Damrow, Ph.D

    Assistant Professor
    Campus:
    Stark
    Contact Information
    Email:
    adamrow@kent.edu
    Phone:
    330-244-3407

    Biography

    Amy Damrow is an Assistant Professor of Cultural Foundations and Education. She earned her Ph.D. in Curriculum, Teaching, and Educational Policy from Michigan State University in 2011.  Prior to earning her doctorate, she taught Japanese children English in Matsumoto, Japan and worked as a 4-H Extension Agent in rural North Carolina. Amy’s research and teaching are informed by these experiences. Her scholarly interests include how language, culture, and lived experiences intersect with learning and belonging. Her study of a Japanese boy navigating elementary school between the United States and Japan was published in Anthropology and Education Quarterly. Amy’s recent research, a collaborative project with Bowie State University, examined strategies for promoting dialogue across distance and difference among preservice teachers from different sociocultural backgrounds. An article based on this work was recently accepted for publication in Teaching and Teacher Education. The research is also serving as inspiration for a play and has funding to support development from the National Endowment for the Arts.

    Education

    Ph.D. Curriculum, Teaching, and Educational Policy with Gender, Justice and Environmental Change Specialization, Michigan State University
    M.A. Child Development, Michigan State University
    B.A. History with a concentration in International Studies, Davidson College

    Expertise

    Diverse Learners and Educational Equity; Family
    Community
    and Schools; Teacher Education

    Awards/Achievements

    • Other people's stories: Dialogue across distance and difference, National Endowment for the Arts, ART WORKS: Theater Grant, Bowie State University (awarded) and Kent State University (subawarded), 2019
    • Dialogue among preservice teachers across distance and difference. Pre-Tenure Education, Health and Human Services SEED Award, Kent State University, 2018
    • Summer Research and Creative Activity Appointment, Division of Research and Sponsored Programs, Kent State University, 2018
    • Undergraduate Research Assistant, Kent State University - Stark, 2017
    • Research Load-Lift, Kent State University - Stark, 2016
    • Graduate School Dissertation Completion Fellowship, Michigan State University College of Education, 2011
    • Foreign Language Area Studies, Japanese and Asian Studies, Michigan State University, 2007-2010
    • Dean's Scholar Award, Michigan State University College of Education, 2005-2009
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