Faculty Profiles

Sally A Richwine

Senior Lecturer, Education
Education
484-664-3291

[email protected]

Education

  • M.Ed., Lehigh University
  • A.B., Muhlenberg College

Teaching Interests

  • Special Education
  • Disability Studies
  • Teacher Education
  • Assessment and Evaluation
  • Professional Issues in Teaching and Education

Research, Scholarship or Creative/Artistic Interests

My research interests have included a qualitative analysis of the school experiences of students with Asperger's Syndrome and a critical analysis of education policy examining the current charter school movement. Additional research is in impact of standardized testing on student learning and teaching practices, the growing social movement in the corporate privatization of American education and equity and race issues in education. Future interests include church/state issues regarding school vouchers.

  • Dana Scholars Internship: Hays Elementary School
  • Education Independent Study/Research: Technology in Education
  • FYS: Moving Beyond the Single Story: Difference and Disability
  • Introduction to Special Education: Diverse Learners & Inclusive Classrooms
  • Seminar in Assessment & Evaluation

Alpha Sigma Lambda, Inducted as a founding charter member of the Wescoe Chapter Eta Chi

  • Janelle Mentrikoski & Kathryn Niedzwiecki.  Data analysis examining the school experiences of students with Asperger's conducted by Sciutto and Richwine Included as coauthors on a publication by Sciutto and Richwine.
  • Variety of DANA students have been engaged over the years as research assistants with Carbone and Richwine to organize and code 10 semesters of data from public school teacher interviews conducted on standardized testing and effects of NCLB on classroom practice and teacher autonomy.
  • More recently have worked with Danielle McWalters and Rachel Wolfeiler on the construction of a state- wide poll on the Charter School movement and the resulting data analysis.




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