Joy Dangora Erickson
Joy Dangora Erickson
Assistant Professor
Endicott College School of Education
Contact
Wax Academic Center
jdangora@endicott.edu
978-232-2239

Profile

Erickson is an assistant professor and president of the North Eastern Philosophy of Education Society. She received LRA`s Student Outstanding Research Award for her dissertation examining children’s reading motivation and published a methods text, Reading Motivation: A Guide to Understanding and Supporting Children`s Willingness to Read. She also studies early civic engagement. Her work can be found in many journals including The Reading Teacher and Journal of Early Childhood Literacy.

Education

University of New Hampshire
Ph.D.
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

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. (2023). Young children’s perceptions of a reading intervention: A longitudinal case study of motivation and engagement. Reading & Writing Quarterly, 39(2), 120-136, DOI: 10.1080/10573569.2022.2066037
  • Erickson, J. D., Rousseau, K., Barlow, M., Wing, K., & Thompson, W. (2022). Collaborative autoethnography as a tool for developing social-justice-oriented preschool experiences. Kappa Delta Pi Record, DOI: 10.1080/00228958.2022.2131657
  • Erickson, J.D. (2022). Reading Motivation: A Guide to Understanding and Supporting Children`s Willingness to Read. Rowman & Littlefield.