Faculty Accomplishments

Jacoby, J.W., & *Corwin-Renner, A. (2021). Assistant teachers, workplace satisfaction, and the creation of a culturally-competent workforce pipeline in Head Start. Journal of Career Development. 

Jacoby, J.W. (2019). When, where, and how do Head Start teachers use Spanish in the context of English curriculum?: Increasing native language support in preschools. Perspectives: A Publication of the National Association for Bilingual Education, 43(2), 6-9.

Mancilla-Martinez, J. and Jacoby, J.W. (2018). The influence of risk factors on preschoolers' Spanish vocabulary development in the context of Spanish instruction. Early Education and Development. DOI:10.1080/10409289.2018.1442098

Jacoby, J.W. and Lesaux, N.K. (2017). Language and literacy instruction in classrooms that serve Latino dual language learners. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 40, 77-86. DOI:10.1016/j.ecresq.2016.10.001

Jacoby, J.W. and Lesaux, N.K. (2017). Policy-based instructional reform in early education: How Head Start teachers perceive instructional mandates. International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy, 11(9). DOI:10.1186/s40723‑017‑0034‑x

Jacoby, J.W. and Lesaux, N.K. (2014). Support for extended discourse in teacher talk with linguistically diverse preschoolers. Early Education and Development, 25, 1162-1179. DOI:10.1080/10409289.2014.907695

Jennifer Wallace Jacoby received the Taylor & Francis/National Association of Early Childhood Teacher Educators Foundation’s Outstanding Journal Article Award for 2019 for her article, Supporting Dual Language Learners in Head Start: Teacher Beliefs about Teaching Priorities and Strategies to Facilitate English Language Acquisition from the Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education. She was recently honored with the award at the NAECTE Annual Conference, which was held virtually on November 4, 2020.  

Received a fellowship from the Marion and Jasper Whiting Foundation for their project, "Comparison of Educational Values of Irish Mothers in Ireland to Educational Values of Puerto Rican Mothers in Puerto Rico." 

Kelley O'Carroll (Psychology and Education) received a $11,240 grant from George Lucas Educational Foundation through a subaward from Harvard for the project "Education for Democracy." The project is for 9 months (2020).

Shen, L. U., O'Carroll, K. L., Duhaylongsod, L, & Allen, D. (2021). Eighth-grade civics teachers on student engagement with race. Ohio Social Studies Review, 57(2), 6 - 19.