Dr. Debby Zambo
Associate Professor Psychology in Education
Coordinator EdD Leadership and Innovation
Arizona State University
Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College
Division of Educational Leadership and Innovation
4701 W. Thunderbird Road FAB 273N
Glendale, AZ 85069
Phone: 602-543-6334
Email: [email protected]
PROFESSIONAL DEGREES:
May 2003
Ph. D. in Educational Psychology, Learning and Instruction, Arizona State
University
Dissertation Title: Uncovering the Mental Representations of Students with
Dyslexia
Chairs: Dr. Sarah K. Brem and Dr. Raymond Kulhavy
August 1995
Master's Degree in Special Education Arizona State University
Thesis Title: The Changing Paradigm in Mathematics Education for Students
with Learning Disabilities
Chair: Dr. Sam Di Gangi
December 1990
B.A. in Special Education University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
CERTIFICATION: State of Arizona: Teaching certificate in special education K-12 in the areas of
emotional disabilities and learning disabilities and reading specialist endorsement.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: University Level
May 2011-present
Coordinator, Ed.D. Leadership and Innovation
May 2010 -present
Associate Professor Arizona State University College Mary Lou Fulton Teachers
College and Coordinator
May 2003 – 2010
August 2002 –
May 2003
Assistant Professor Arizona State University College of Teacher Education and
Leadership
Lecturer Arizona State University College of Teacher Education and Leadership
2001 – 2002
2000 – 2001
Research Assistant Arizona State University at the Tempe campus. Worked on a
National Science Foundation Grant The Public Works Project: Investigating
Critical Thinking in Multimedia Environments to Improve Public Utilization of
Science. My part was investigating the conceptual representations of students with
dyslexia
Teaching Assistant Arizona State University, Tempe Campus
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: K-12 Level
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1991 – 2000
Teacher of Students with Emotional and Learning Disabilities – Pasco County,
Florida and Cartwright District, Phoenix, Arizona (Primary/Intermediate Grades
K-4) and (High School) New Way Learning Academy in Scottsdale, Arizona
PEER REVEWED PUBLICATIONS:
R. Zambo, D. Zambo, Buss, R.R., Perry, J.A., & Williamns, T.R. (2013). Seven Years After the Call:
Students’ and Graduates’ Perceptions of the Re-envisioned Ed.D. Innovative Higher
Education. Published online May 2013http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10755013-9262-3
DOI 10.1007/s10755-013-9262-3
Zambo, D. (2013). Activities based on neuroscience, cognitive science and development fathers can use
to foster their children’s language and literacy. The California Reader, 46(4), 21-27.
Zambo, D., Zambo, R., & Sidlik, L. (2013). Preservice teachers’ perceptions of neuroscience, medicine,
and students with ADHD. Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 24(3), 51-68.
Cruz, H., & Zambo, D. (2013). Giving Students in Middle School the Power to See Their Own
Learning: Using Student Data Portfolios to Understand Assessment. Middle School Journal,
44(50), 40-47.
Zambo D. & Isea S. (2013) Action Research and the Educational Doctorate: New Promises and
Visions . Journal of Research on Leadership Education. 8(1) 97– 112.
DOI: 10.1177/1942775112464960
Buss, R. Zambo, D. Painter, S. & Moore, D.W. (2013). Examining Faculty Member Changes in an
Innovative Educational Doctorate Program. Innovative Higher Education, (38)1, 59-74. Online
first (2012) http://www.airweb.org/eAIR/journalnews/Pages/JournalNewsIHE.aspx
DOI 10.1007/s10755-012-9222-3
Amrein-Beardsley, A., Zambo, D., Moore, D. W., Buss, R., Perry, N. J., Painter, S., Carlson, D. L.,
Foulger, T., Olson, K., & Puckett, K. S. (2012). Graduates respond to an innovative
educational doctorate program. Journal of Research on Leadership Education. 7(1) 98–122,
DOI: 10.1177/1942775112440630
Zambo, D., & Isai, S. (2012) Lessons learned by a faculty member working in an education doctorate
program with students performing action research Educational Action Research, 20(3), 471–
477 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09650792.2012.697668
Zambo, D., & Davidson, C. (2012). Intervention in School and Clinic, 48(3). DOI:
10.1177/1053451212454167ISC 48(3). Online August 15, 2012. 48:3 will be in the January
2013 issue.
Zambo, D. & Zambo, R. (2012) Beliefs of college students inside an outside of education. Education
Quest, 9(1), 87-93.
Zambo, D. (2011). Action research as signature pedagogy in an Education Doctorate program:
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The reality and hope. Innovative Higher Education, 36(4). DOI: 10.1007/s10755-010-9171-7
Zambo D. (2011). Young girls discovering their voice through literacy. Young Children, 66(2), 28-35.
Zambo, R. & Zambo, D. (2011). Neurons and the Process Standards. Teaching Children Mathematics,
18(4), 244-250.
Zambo, D., & Zambo, R. (2011). Teachers’ Beliefs about Neuroscience and Education. Teaching
Educational Psychology 7(2), 25-41.
Hansen, C. C. & Zambo, D. (2011). Boys’ physical and social transactions with texts in read alouds.
The California Reader, 44(4), 30-35.
Zambo, D. (2010). Strategies to enhance the social identities and social networks of adolescent
students with disabilities. Teaching Exceptional Children, 43(2). 28-35.
Zambo, D. (2010). Picture books for social justice: Helping students understand challenges
faced by African American males in poverty. The California Reader, 44(2), 19-26.
Zambo, D. (2010). Using gender reading buddies to help students gain literacy and a positive
perspective of themselves. Arizona Reading Journal 36(2), 17-22.
Zambo, D. & Zambo, R. (2009). What future teachers’ think about brain research. Teaching
Educational Psychology, 2(5), 39-49.
Zambo, D. (2009). Gifted students in the 21st century: Using Vygotsky’s theory to meet their literacy
and content area needs. Gifted Education International, 25(3), 270-280.
Zambo D. (2009). Using picture books and literacy activities to help young boys develop literacy skills
and positive traits. The California Reader, 42(4), 11-18.
Zambo D. (2009). Using visual literacy to help adolescents with and without physical Disabilities
understand how images influence their lives. Teaching Exceptional Children, 41(6), 60-67.
Zambo, D. & Zambo, R. (2009). Educators’ perceptions about brain research. Academic Exchange
Quarterly 13(19), 89-94.
Zambo, D. (2008). Childcare workers knowledge about the brain and developmentally appropriate
practice. Early Childhood Education Journal, 35, 571-577.
Zambo, D. (2008). Everyone needs a positive story of themselves as doers and thinkers of
mathematics. Teaching Children Mathematics, 15(4), 226-234.
Zambo, R. & Zambo, D. (2008). The impact of professional development in mathematics on teachers’
individual and collective efficacy: The stigma of underperforming. Teacher Education
Quarterly, 35(1), 159-168.
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Zambo, D. (2008). Girls will be girls: Looking at ADHD through a gender lens and using this
information to help girls with ADHD. Intervention in School and Clinic, 44(1), 34-40.
Zambo, D. (2007). Everyone needs a positive story of themselves and reading. The New Mexico
Journal of Reading, 28(2), 6-9.
Zambo, R., & Zambo, D. (2007) Mathematics and the learning cycle: How the brain works as it learns
mathematics. Teaching Children Mathematics, 14(5), 265-270.
Zambo, D. (2007). Using picture books to provide archetypes to young boys: Extending the ideas of
William Brozo. The Reading Teacher, 61(2), 124-131.
Zambo, D. (2007). The fuel of educational psychology and the fire of action research. Teaching
Educational Psychology, 2(1), 2-12. Retrieval date October 2007 from
http://www.coe.uga.edu/tep/pdf_Spring_2007/zambofinalformatted.pdf
Hansen, C. C., & Zambo, D. (2007). Loving and learning with Wemberly and David: Fostering
emotional development. Early Childhood Education Journal 34(4). 273-287.
Zambo, D., & Hansen, C.C. (2007). Love, language, and emergent literacy: Pathways to emotional
development of the very young. Young Children, 62(3), 32-37.
Zambo, D. (2007). What can you learn from Bombaloo? Using picture books to help young students
with special needs regulate their emotions. Teaching Exceptional Children, 39(3). 32-39.
Painter, S., Wetzel, K, & Zambo, D. (2007). Elementary principals’ views of action research during
student teaching. AR Expeditions. Retrieval date March 18, 2006 from
http://arexpeditions.montana.edu/articleviewer.php?AID=104
Zambo, D. & Zambo, R. (2006). Action research in undergraduate teacher education program: What
promises does it hold? Action in Teacher Education, (28)4, 62-74.
Zambo, D. (2006). Students meet Wilfred Gordon: Understanding memory with picture books and
improving memory with strategies. Teaching Exceptional Children, 39(1), 24-27.
Zambo, D., & Zambo, R. (2006). Using thought bubble pictures to assess students’ feelings about
mathematics. Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 12(1), 14-21.
Zambo, D. (2006). Using thought bubble pictures to assess students’ feelings about reading. The
Reading Teacher, 59(8), 798-803.
Zambo, D. (2006) Learning from picture book characters in readaloud sessions for students with
ADHD. Teaching Exceptional Children Plus 2(4). Retrieval date March, 2006 from
http://escholarship.bc.edu/education/tecplus/vol2/iss4/art4/
Zambo, D. & Zambo, R. (2006). Pre-service teachers’ perceptions of action research. AR Expeditions.
Retrieval date March 18, 2006 from
http://arexpeditions.montana.edu/articleviewer.php?AID=96
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Zambo, D., & Hansen, C. (2005). Once upon a theory: Using picture books to help students
understand educational psychology. Teaching Educational Psychology 1(1). Retrieval date
November 2005 from http://www.coe.uga.edu/tep/pdf_2005/index.html
Zambo, D. (2005). Using the picture book Thank You Mr. Falker to understand struggling readers.
Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 48(6), 502-512.
Zambo, D. (2005) Penchants for action and excitement: How literacy choices of boys stem from
culture, society, and their brains. Georgia Journal of Reading, 28(2), 11-15.
Hansen, C.C., & Zambo, D. (2005). Piaget, meet Lilly: Understanding child development through
picture book characters. The Early Childhood Education Journal retrieval date November 16,
2005 from http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10643-005-0020-8
Zambo, D. (2005). The adolescent brain on books: Five steps to using literature to help adolescents
understand their brain and behavior. California Reader, 38(3), 32-38.
Zambo, D. (2005). The promise of action research. Academic Exchange Quarterly, (9)3, 203-209.
Zambo, D., & Brem, S. K. (2004). Emotion and cognition in students who struggle to read: New
insights and ideas. Reading Psychology an International Quarterly, 25(3), 189-204.
Zambo, D. (2004). Using qualitative methods to reveal the true impact of dyslexia. The Qualitative
Report, 9(1), 80-94.
Zambo, R., & Zambo, D. (2004). The effects on performance of providing a contextual image with
mathematics word problems. Academic Exchange Quarterly, 8(2), 226-230.
BOOKS:
Wasserman, L.H., & Zambo, D. (Eds.). (2013). Early Childhood and Neuroscience: Links to
Development and Learning. New York, NY: Springer Publications.
Zambo D. & Brozo, W.G. (2009). Bright beginnings for boys: Engaging young boys in active literacy.
Newark, DE: The International Reading Association.
Hansen C.C., & Zambo D. (2007). Through the eyes of children’s authors: Using
picture books to understand theory. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill/Prentice Hall.
CHAPTERS IN BOOKS:
Zambo, D. (2013). Ethical concerns raised by neuroscience, labeling, and intervening in the lives of
Individuals with ADHD. In Dr. S. Banerjee (Ed.) Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in
children and adolescents (pgs. 307-317). Rijeka, Croaita. INTECH.
http://www.intechopen.com/articles/show/title/ethical-concerns-raised-by-neuroscience-labeling-andintervening-in-the-lives-of-individuals-with-ad
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Zambo, D. (2010). Using Picture Books and Literary Experiences to Help Boys and Girls Develop
Literacy and Socio-Emotional Skills. In T. Jacobson (Ed.) Perspectives on Gender in Early
Childhood, 127-154. St. Paul, MN: Redleaf Press.
Zambo, D. & Hansen, C.C. (2010). Once upon a theory: Using picture books to help students
understand educational psychology. In G.S. Goodman (Ed.), Educational psychology reader:
The art and science of how people learn, 641-650. New York: Peter Lang.
Zambo, D. & Wasserman. Concluding chapter.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Zambo, R., Buss, R., Zambo, D. Student Completion of Professional Doctorates: One College’s
Approach to Increasing Completion Rates. Paper presentation at the Annual meeting of the University
Council of Educational Leaders.
Zambo, D. (2013). Theories Educational Leaders use When Trying to solve Problems of Practice.
Paper presentation at the Annual meeting of the University Council of Educational Leaders.
Zambo, D. (2013). Theories Educational Leaders use When Trying to solve Problems of Practice.
Paper presentation at the Annual meeting of the University Council of Educational Leaders.
Zambo, D, & Maughan, B. Action Research within Communities of Practice: Is it Right and How to do
it Right. Presentation lead at the October Convening of the Carnegie Project on the Education
Doctorate, Rutgers University, New Jersey.
Zambo, D., Perry, J.A., Imig, D, & Wunder, S. (July 2013). The Education Doctorate, Grassroots
Changes, and Future Aspirations: The Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate’s Work to
Reinvasion the Ed.D. Paper presented at the British Educational Leadership Management and
Administration Society Annual Conference, Edinburgh, UK.
Zambo, R., Zambo, D. & Buss, R. (July 2013). Leading Beyond the Institution: Graduates as Learners,
Leaders, and Scholarly Practitioners. Paper presented at the British Educational Leadership
Management and Administration Society Annual Conference, Edinburgh, UK.
Buss, R. R., Zambo, R., Zambo, D., Perry, J. A., & Williams, T. R. (2013, April). Faculty members’
responses to implementing redesigned EdD programs. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the
American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.
Canelake, C., Hansen, C., & Zambo, D. (2013). Implementing a Standards-Based Teacher Evaluation
System. Roundtable presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research
Association, San Francisco, CA.
Zambo, D., & Zambo, R. (2013). Ethical Perspective of Teachers on Neuroscience and Education.
Roundtable presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San
Francisco, CA.
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Foulger, T.S., & Zambo, D, (2013). Sharing Action Research on Research Day: Student Perceptions
of a Command Performance. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational
Research Association, San Francisco, CA.
Zambo; R., Zambo, D., Buss, R.R., Perry, J.A., & Williams, T.R. (2013). Students’ Perceptions of the
Re-Envisioned EdD. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research
Association, San Francisco, CA.
Perry, J., Zambo, Brown-Welty, S., Ferrigno, T., Mayer, A., Reardon, M. (2012). Ignite Session Dissertations in Practice. Annual meeting of the University Council of Educational Leaders.
Perry (Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate) Dissertation in Practice: Creating
Generative Impact using Theory & Practice
Zambo (Arizona State University): Dissertation in Practice: Action Research Dissertations as a
means to prepare Scholarly and Influential Practitioners
Brown-Welty (California State University Fresno) Dissertations in Practice: Doctoral
Dissertation Studies that Address Regional Educational Problems of Practice
Ferrigno (University of Kentucky) Dissertation in Practice: Transformative Learning to
Support Companion Dissertations
Mayer (University of Connecticut) Dissertation in Practice: Capstone Projects as advanced
leadership development preparation for aspiring school leaders.
Reardon (VCU) Dissertation in Practice: Research Quality in the Context of Team-based
Program Evaluation
Zambo, D., Zambo, R, Wetzel K, & Painter, S. (June 2012). Critical Friends Exercise: Dissertation in
Practice. Presentation lead at the June Convening of the Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate,
California State University –Fresno.
Zambo, D., & Zambo R. (2012, May). Teachers perceptions of neuroscience: The hope and the allure.
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction
Sig 22: Neuroscience and Education at the Institute of Education, London, UK.
Zambo, D., Buss, R, Zambo, R. & Williams, T. (2012). Using Leader Scholar Communities to Support
EdD Students Conducting Action Research as Dissertation Work. Paper presented at the Annual
Meeting of the American Educational Research Association in Vancouver, Canada.
Zambo, D., & Zambo, R. (2012). Teachers’ Perceptions of Neuroscience, Medical Research, and
Students with Attention Deficit Disorder. A paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American
Educational Research Association in Vancouver, Canada.
Zambo, D. & Zambo, R. (2011, July). Using I poems to hear the voices of Ed.D. students doing action
research. In the International Yearbook on Teachers and Teacher Education: Towards excellence in
curriculum, pedagogy and leadership. 55th International Council for Teaching World Assembly.
Glasgow, Scotland, University of Glasgow.
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Zambo, R., Buss, R., & Zambo, D. (November, 2011). On Going Reform in an Education Doctorate.
Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the University Council for Educational Administration.
Pittsburgh, PA.
Zambo, D, Zambo, R. & Buss, R. (November, 2011). Articulating the future of leadership
preparation: Reclaiming the educational doctorate as the degree of choice for scholarly and influential
practitioners. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the University Council for Educational
Administration. Pittsburgh, PA.
Osterman, K., Browne-Ferrigno, T., Furman, G., Fusarelli, L.D., Fusarelli, B.C., Sernak, K., & Zambo,
D. (November, 2011). Action Research: Its role and value in Ed.D. programs for educational leaders.
Presentation at the Annual Conference of the University Council for Educational Administration.
Pittsburgh, PA.
Storey, V., Perry, J., Zambo, D., & Taylor, R. (2011). Evaluating the role of the Carnegie Project on
the Education Doctorate in redesigning professional practice preparation. Presentation at the Annual
Conference of the University Council for Educational Administration. Pittsburgh, PA.
Canelake, C., Hansen, C. C., & Zambo, D. (November, 2011). Developing scholarly practitioners who
make a difference: Promoting school reform and leadership through Mary Lou Fulton Teachers
College Ed.D. program. Presentation given at MLFTC School Reform & Leadership Conference.
Mesa, AZ.
Debby Zambo, D., Rueda, R., Brown-Welty, S. Gabriner, R. (November, 2011). How do we go about
program assessment? Presentation given at the November Convening of the Carnegie Project on the
Education Doctorate. University of Vermont, Burlington, VT.
Zambo, D., Jensen, J., & Mayer, A. (2011). The role of inquiry in the Education Doctorate. Carnegie
Project on the Education Doctorate Phase II Convening. University of Vermont, Burlington, VT.
Zambo, D. & Zambo, R. (2011). Using I poems to hear the voices of Ed.D. students doing action
research. In the International Yearbook on Teacher Education of the 55th World Assembly on
Education in Teaching. Wheeling, IL: International Council on Education for Teaching at National
Louis University.
Imig. D., Perry, J.A., Shakeshaft, C., Clark, H., Robinson, S., Robinson, M., Latta, M., Wunder, S.,
Zambo, D., Zambo. R., Welty-Brown, S., & Young, B. (2011, July). A focus on leadership: Changing
the Education Doctorate. Symposium presented at the International Council for Teaching World
Assembly. Glasgow, Scotland. In the International Yearbook on Teachers and Teacher Education:
Towards excellence in curriculum, pedagogy and leadership. 55th International Council for Teaching
World Assembly. Glasgow, Scotland, University of Glasgow.
Zambo, D. (2011, April). Using action research in the educational doctorate as signature pedagogy
and capstone experience to develop stewards of practice. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the
American Educational Research Association in New Orleans.
Zambo, D. & Zambo, R. (2011, April). Educator’s beliefs about neuroscience and education: Why
they think and why. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research
Association in New Orleans.
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Zambo, D. & Hansen, C. (2011, April). Go forth: Inciting the imaginations and futures of fourth-grade
boys. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association in
New Orleans.
Zambo, D. & Zambo, R. (2011, April). Educator’s beliefs about neuroscience and education: Why
they think and why. A paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research
Association in New Orleans.
Buss, R.R., Zambo, R., Moore, D. M., & Zambo, D. (2011, April). Faculty member changes in an
innovative Educational Doctorate. A paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American
Educational Research Association in New Orleans.
Zambo, D. & Hansen, C. (2011, April). Go forth: Inciting the imaginations and futures of fourth-grade
boys. A paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association in
New Orleans.
Zambo, D. (2011, April). Using action research in the educational doctorate as signature pedagogy
and capstone experience to develop stewards of practice. A paper presented at the Annual Meeting of
the American Educational Research Association in New Orleans.
Zambo D., & Hansen, C. (December, 2010). Go fourth: Preadolescent male perceptions of honorable
manhood. National Reading Conference/Literacy Research Association 60h Annual Meeting, Dallas,
TX.
Zambo, D., Bostick, B.A., Canelake, C., Aguilar-Lawlor, L., Lyding, L., & Wells, S.
(November, 2010). The action research dissertation as a means to reform, reimage, and reinvent
educational research, Arizona Educational Research Organization 23rd Annual Conference, Mesa, AZ.
Moore, D., Painter, S. Zambo, D., Buss, R., Zambo R., & Jimenez-Castellanos, O. (October, 2010). The
contribution of an innovative ED.D. program to preparing school and district leaders. Annual
Conference of the University Council for Educational Administration, New Orleans, LA.
Zambo, D., & Puckett, K. (2010, April/May) The reality and hope of action research as signature
pedagogy in the Educational Doctorate. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting,
Denver, CO.
Zambo, D., & Zambo, R. (2010, April/May) Educators’ Beliefs about Neuroscience in Education:
Promises and Concerns. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.
Moore, D. W, Buss, R., R., Foulger, T. S., Olson, K., Painter, S., & Zambo, D. (2010, April/May)
Identity changes in an Innovative Educational Doctorate. American Educational Research Association
Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.
Perry, N. J, Amrein-Beardsley, A., Carlson, D. L., Foulger, T. S., Olson, K., & Zambo, D. (2010,
April/May) Examining the Complexities of Curricular Reform in the Education Doctorate. American
Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.
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Zambo, D. (2010, March). Using Male Picture Book Characters to Help Young Boys Build Good
Behaviors and a Positive Vision of Manhood. Invited presentation given to the Phoenix West Reading
Council. Glendale, Arizona.
Zambo, D. (2009, September). Using Male Picture Book Characters to Help Young Boys Build a
Positive Vision and Enhancing that Vision with a Classroom Community. Southwestern Arizona
Association for Early Childhood Educators. Tucson, Arizona.
Zambo, D., Cruz, C., Davidson, C, Isai, S., Ochsner, K. Sterr, R., & Vasquez, V. (2009, November).
The New Education Doctorate: Projects, Supports, and Needs of Candidates Performing Action
Research. at the Annual Conference of the Arizona Educational Research Organization, Phoenix, AZ.
Painter, S., Moore, D., Zambo, D. & Buss, R., (November, 2009). Faculty Change to Support an
Innovative Ed.D. Program. Presented at University Council for Educational Administration
Conference. Anaheim, California.
Zambo, D. (2009, October). Using a 3 Three-Step Process to Help Boys Build a Positive Vision of
Masculinity and Enact that Vision within a Classroom Community. Presented at the 51st Annual
Arizona Reading Conference. Flagstaff, Arizona.
Zambo, D. (2009, September). Using Male Picture Book Characters to Help Young Boys Build a
Positive Vision and Enhancing that Vision with a Classroom Community. Southwestern Arizona
Association for Early Childhood Educators. Tucson, Arizona.
Zambo, D., & Brozo, W. (2009, February). Author chat. Invited presentation at the 54th Annual
Convention of the International Reading Association. Phoenix.
Zambo, D., & Hansen, C.C. (2008, September). Boys in the club: Exploring young boys, literacy, and
picture books. Research poster session presented at the 54th Annual Convention of the International
Reading Association. Phoenix, Arizona.
Hansen, C.C., & Zambo, D. (2008, September). Best practice in vocabulary instruction. Presented at
the 54th Annual Convention of the International Reading Association. Phoenix, Arizona.
Clark, C. & Zambo, D. (2009, February). Action research in doctoral study: Integrating research, rigor
and relevance. Roundtable discussion presented at the 61st Annual Meeting of the American
Association for Colleges of Teacher Education, Chicago, Illinois.
Zambo, D., & Zambo, R. (2008, November). How children make sense of mathematics in their brain.
Paper presented at School Science and Mathematics Association’s Annual Conference, RaleighDurham, North Carolina.
Hansen, C.C., & Zambo, D. (2008, September). Best practice in vocabulary instruction.
Presented at the 50th Annual Arizona Reading Conference. Glendale, Arizona.
Zambo, D., & Hansen, C.C. (2008, September). Young boys and literacy: using picture books with
positive male characters to lead boy to literacy. Paper presented at the 50th Annual Arizona Reading
Conference. Glendale, Arizona.
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Clark, C, Puckett, K., Zambo, D., Beardsley, A., Moore. D., Painter, S., Tovar, A., Foulger, T. &
Kelley, M. F. (2008, August). Sustaining communities of practice in doctoral inquiry: Theory,
challenge, and delight. Contributing author to a paper presented at EARLI SIG 11 Teaching and
Teacher Education Conference Fribourg, Switzerland.
Clark, C, Painter, S., Foulger, T, Perry, N., Zambo, D., Gilson, R, Mosco, M. & Warren, G. (2007,
November). Action research in doctoral education. Panel discussion presented at the Annual
Conference of the Arizona Educational Research Organization, Phoenix, AZ.
Zambo, D. (May, 2007). Extending the work of William Brozo: Young boys and archetypes. Presented
at the 52nd Annual Convention of the International Reading Association. Toronto, Canada.
Zambo, R. & Zambo, D. (2007, April). Action research in a teacher preparation program: Effects over
time on five variables. Paper resented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research
Association, Chicago, Illinois.
Zambo, D. & Zambo, R. (2007, April). Student teachers reflections on action research. Roundtable
presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago,
Illinois.
Zambo, D. (November 2007). I was invited to be a session moderator at the Annual Conference of the
Southwest Consortium of Innovative Psychology in Education. Glendale, Arizona.
Zambo, D (2006, October). Teaching action research in a preservice teacher education program:
Effects over time. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Arizona Educational Research
Organization. Phoenix, Arizona.
Zambo, D., & Zambo, R. (2006, April). How do students with learning disabilities feel about
mathematics? Paper presentation at the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Annual Meeting
and Exposition, St Louis, Missouri.
Zambo, D., & Zambo, R. (2006, April). A developmental look at the promise of action research: Does
it enhance professional development of novice teachers? Roundtable presentation at the Annual
Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, California.
Painter, S., Wetzel, K., Zambo, D., & Zambo, R. (2006, April). Principals’ perspectives on student
teachers action research projects. teachers? 2006 Annual Meeting of the American Educational
Research Association, San Francisco, California.
Zambo, D., & Zambo, R., Painter, S., & Wetzel, K. (2006, April). Lessons from Project IMPACT:
Developing collaborative action research skills to enhance student teaching. Poster session presented
at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, California.
Zambo, D., & Zambo, R. (2005, November). How do you feel about mathematics? Uncovering
students’ perceptions with multiple techniques. Paper presented at School Science and Mathematics
Association Annual Convention, Fort Worth, Texas.
Zambo, D. (2005, April). The promise of action research: Can learning the process enhance the
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professional development of novice teachers? Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American
Educational Research Association, Montreal, Canada.
Zambo, D. & Hansen, C.C. (2005, April). Piaget meet Lilly. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of
the National Consortium of Instruction and Cognition, Montreal, Canada.
Zambo, D., Gutierrez, & Zambo, R. (2005, February). Understanding students with disabilities
perceptions of reading and mathematic, Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Arizona Branch
of the International Dyslexia Association, Scottsdale, Arizona.
Zambo, D., & Hansen, C.C. (2005, February). Piaget meet Lilly, David, and Molly Lou Melon. Paper
presented at the Arizona Reading Association’s Annual Language and Literacy Conference, Tempe,
Arizona.
Zambo, D. (2004, October). Using action research to enhance to professional development of
preservice teachers: Does it measure up? Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Arizona
Educational Research Organization, Tempe, Arizona.
Zambo, D. & Gutierrez, D. (2004, May). Understanding the perspectives and emotions of students with
learning disabilities. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of Arizona Branch of the International
Dyslexia Association. Scottsdale, Arizona.
Zambo, D. & Hansen, C.C. (2004, April). Using picture books to dual code information about child
development. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Consortium of Instruction and
Cognition. San Diego, California.
Zambo, D. & Gutierrez, D. (2003, November). Revealing the mental models of students with dyslexia
and ways to create positive models. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the International
Dyslexia Association, San Diego, California.
Zambo, D. (2003, November). The impact of scientific programs and No Child Left Behind on children
with disabilities. Presented at the Annual Conference of the Arizona Educational Research
Organization, Tempe, Arizona.
Zambo, D. (2003, April). Thinking about thinking: Uncovering the mental models of students with
reading disabilities . Presentation at the Annual Conference of the American Educational Research
Association. Chicago, Illinois.
Zambo, R., & Zambo, D. (2003, October). The effects on performance by providing a contextual image
with mathematics word problems. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of School Science and
Mathematics Association, Columbus, Ohio.
Zambo, D. (2003, July). The conceptual representations of reading in students with dyslexia. Paper
presented at the Bangor Dyslexia Conference, Bangor, Wales.
Zambo, D. (2003, April). Thinking about reading: Talking to children with learning disabilities.
Presentation at the Annual Conference of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago,
Illinois.
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Zambo, D. (2002, November). Uncovering the mental representations of students with reading
disabilities . Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Arizona Educational Research
Organization. Tempe, Arizona.
Nunez, L., Vogel, J., Zambo, D., & Bartshe, P. (2002, August). The effect of emotion on the learning
of maps and texts. Poster Presentation at The Annual Meeting of the Junior Researchers of the
European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction. Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Bartshe, P., Nunez, L., Vogel, J., & Zambo, D. (2002, July). Maps, texts, and emotions. Paper
Presentation at The Annual Meeting of the International Conference on Social Sciences. Waikiki,
Hawaii.
Zambo, D. & (2002, April). Maps, texts and color effects. Paper presentation at The Annual Meeting
of the National Consortium for Instruction and Cognition. New Orleans, Louisiana.
Zambo, D., Vogel, J., Nunez, L. & Bartshe, P. (2002, April). Attributes of maps for text recall.
Roundtable presentation at The Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association.
New Orleans, Louisiana.
Nunez, L., Vogel, J., Zambo, D. & Bartshe, P. (2001, November) Maps and texts: Educational
implications of three studies. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Arizona Educational
Research Organization. Tempe, Arizona.
Zambo, D., Stutler, S., Nevin, A., & Bercu, W. (1999, July). Impact analysis of an online graduate
course in special education. Annual Meeting of the International Online Conference on Teaching
Online in Higher Education, Indiana University/Purdue University/Fort Wayne Distance Education
Program (Host). Fort Wayne, Indiana.
DOCTORAL SUPERVISION:
Class of 2014
Chris Canelake, ***Implementing a Standards-Based Teacher Evaluation System: Learning
Experiences for Administrators in an Urban School District
***Winner of the Outstanding Dissertation in Educational Leadership Award
***Runner up for CPED’s 2012 Dissertation in Practice Award
Linnea Lyding, Using Lesson Study to Help Teachers Design Lessons with Purposeful Planned
Movement and Build Efficacy
Lee Ann Lawlor, The Impact of Lesson Study on Intermediate Teachers' Abilities to Teach Critical
Thinking, Develop Professionally, and Gain Efficacy
Sheila Wells, Using Literature to Help 4th and 5th Grade Students With Disabilities Living In Poverty
Develop the Problem-Solving Skills They Need To Be Successful in Their World
Class of 2012
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Heather Cruz, ***Kids plus data equals student success: Investigating the use of a structured data
portfolio on students motivation and personal accountability
***Winner of the Outstanding Dissertation in Educational Leadership Award
Carter Davidson, Changing Junior High Resource Teachers’ Concerns Towards Inclusion Through
Professional Development.
Sheley Isai, Reflective Dialogue: A Path to Enhanced Teacher Efficacy and Classroom Practice
Karl Ochsner, Lights, Camera, Action Research: The Effects of Didactic Digital Movie Making on
Students' Twenty-First Century Learning Skills and Science Content in the Middle School Classroom
Kim Sims, The impact of professional development on high school teachers’ attitudes about students
with special educational needs, collaboration, and instructional efficacy
Veronica Vasquez, The power of the partner: Investigating the effects of structured reading buddies
and reading strategies on the attitudes and comprehension of seventh grade students.