Heather Schugar

Heather Schugar
  • Professor
  • Program Director for Ed.D.
  • Department: Educational Leadership & Higher Education Administration
  • Institution: West Chester University of Pennsylvania
  • Email: HSchugar@wcupa.edu

Education

  • Ph.D., University of Maryland

Research Interests

mobile technologiesartificial intelligence (AI)reading instructionreading comprehension

Opportunities

Work Study Positions Available: No

Grant Funded Positions Available: No

Course-Credit Research Opportunities Available: No

Volunteer Research Positions Available: No

Biography

Dr. Schugar graduated from the University of Maryland College Park with degrees in Curriculum and Instruction (B.S. '01, M.Ed. '05, Ph.D. '08). Her current research interests center on the role of mobile technologies in reading instruction, with a particular focus on students' comprehension when reading from these devices. Her work has been presented widely and published in journals such as The Reading Teacher. In addition, Dr. Schugar's research has been featured by media outlets such as The New York Times, NPR, Education Week, NBC News, Real Simple magazine, and Men's Fitness. Her current research is examining the use of artificial intelligence (AI)

Contact Information

Phone: 610-738-0507

List of Publications

  • Can Everyone Code?: Preparing Teachers to Teach Computer Languages as a Literacy, Jan 2020 iTeach Literacy With iPad Devices: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice, Jan 2019 eTexts and Teacher Education: Considerations for Text Structure and Purpose in Mobile Pedagogy, Apr 2018 U. S. fourth graders’ informational text comprehension: Indicators from NAEP, Mar 2017 Teaching With Interactive Picture E-Books in Grades K–6, May 2013 iTeach Literacy with iPad Devices: Preparing Teachers for Effective Classroom Integration, Jan 2013

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