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Elizabeth VanDeusen

Director of 桃色视频 Literacy Center

Elizabeth VanDeusen

Director of 桃色视频 Literacy Center

Associate Professor

Academic Appointment(s)

College of Education and Human Development
Department of Teaching and Leading

College of Education and Human Development
Department of College of Education and Human Development

Administration
Department of The Graduate School

Other Duties

Cree Walker Endowed Chair, College of Education and Human Development

  • EVANDEUSEN@augusta.edu

Education

  • Ph.D., Reading Teacher Education Oakland University, 2009

  • MA, Education/Teaching of Individu Eastern Michigan University, 1995

  • BS, Education/Teaching of Individu Eastern Michigan University, 1988

Certifications

  • Access, Success, and Belonging Certificate Program 桃色视频, 2025

  • Cox Campus P-5 Structured Literacy Program The Rollins Center for Language and Literacy, 2025

  • Faculty Mediation Training/Alternative Dispute 3rd-Party Resolution Program Eckerd College, 2025

  • Healing Centered Engagement Practitioner Program Flourish Agenda, 2024

  • Women's Entrepreneurship Bank of America Institute at Cornell, 2022

Courses Taught Most Recent Academic Year

  • EDUC 2900

    Literacy Tutoring/Mentoring L.

Teaching Interests

Dr. Elizabeth A. VanDeusen centers her teaching on evidence-based literacy and community-engaged teacher education. Through service-learning, her students connect theory to practice in real literacy settings. She integrates arts-based, interdisciplinary approaches鈥攅specially poetry鈥攖o foster literacy, creativity, and well-being. Grounded in structured literacy, the science of reading, and supportive practices, her teaching prepares educators to meet a wide variety of learners鈥� needs.

Scholarship

Selected Recent Publications

  • Empowering early childhood development: The Basics implementation in Richmond County, GA 鈥� Preliminary findings, 2025
    Research Report
  • Reflecting on faculty connections through poetic representation, 2024
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Poetic protocol: Using poetry to synthesize information on asynchronous online discussion boards. , 2024
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Living and learning communities for teacher candidates: Lessons learned, 2024
    Journal Article, Academic Journal

Research Interests

Dr. Elizabeth A. VanDeusen鈥檚 research centers on the intersections of literacy, community, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Her work explores how literacy can be strengthened through partnerships that connect schools, universities, and communities, examining how communities of practice foster sustainable educational impact. She investigates evidence-based literacy instruction in early childhood and elementary settings. A distinctive strand of her scholarship integrates the arts鈥攅specially poetry and poetic inquiry鈥攁s both a research method and a means for reflection, expression, and connection.