Joy Dangora Erickson
Profile
Joy Dangora Erickson is an Assistant Professor of Education. She is a former elementary generalist, reading specialist, and literacy coach. Joy has supported educational research and/or early childhood programming at the UNH Community Literacy Center, the Center for Applied Special Technology, and the Seacoast Science Center. Her research focuses on early reading motivation and education for citizenship. Joy is President of the North Eastern Philosophy of Education Society.
Education
University of New Hampshire
Doctor of Philosophy in Curriculum and Instruction (Literacy and Language Concentration)
2019
Purdue University
Master of Science in Education: Literacy and Language
2008
Purdue University
Bachelor of Arts in Education: Elementary Education
2003
Research
Joy continues to wonder about the ways young children’s holistic development is supported across educational settings. Through her scholarship and research, she has specifically examined the ways in which K-2 children’s motivation to read and civic agency and development are supported and/or undermined in reading intervention programs. Presently, she is in the process of shifting her attention to considering these questions in places less commonly associated with literacy and/or civic learning opportunities.
Courses
ED 213: The Power of Play
ED 221: Emergent Literacy
ED 222: Culturally Responsive Pedagogy
ED 308: Methods of Early Childhood Education
Accomplishments
Awards
- 2018 AERA Division C Graduate Student Seminar Scholar
- 2022 Endicott College Woman of Impact Award
- 2018 LRA Student Outstanding Research Award
- 2017 New England Philosophy of Education Society Graduate Paper Award
- 2022 Top Cited Author, The Reading Teacher
- 2019 Top Downloaded Paper, The Reading Teacher
- 2018-2019 UNH Dissertation Year Fellow (campus-wide award)
Publications
- Erickson, J. D., Ward, A., Chase, J., & Fornauf, B. (2021). 5 principles to nurture motivation within early reading interventions. The Reading Teacher, 74 (5), 493-505.
- Erickson, J.D. & Thompson, W. C. (2022). Engaging traits of reasonableness for civic and moral development: against an unchecked apprehension of indoctrination. Journal of Curriculum Studies, 54 (2), 210-222.
- Erickson, J.D. (2022). Young children’s perceptions of a reading intervention: A longitudinal case study of motivation and engagement. Reading & Writing Quarterly.