Deborah Chadwick
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Fax: 480-965-8115
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Center for Indian Education EDB-Payne 302 C1 TEMPE, AZ 85287
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Dr. Chadwick is Indigenous Education Graduate Director and senior research professional at Arizona State University, Center for Indian Education. Her work focuses on collaboration with Native communities in the area of professional development for early childhood teachers and Tribal community members seeking higher education degrees. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Eastern Washington University, a Masters in Teaching degree from Whitworth College, and a Doctorate of Education degree in curriculum and instruction with an emphasis in Indian education from Arizona State University. Dr. Chadwick’s research interest is in academic cohort success/mentoring, teacher collaboration, ECE professional development, parental involvement and early literacy.
Ed.D. Curriculum & Instruction, Arizona State University, December 2002
Concentration: Indian Education and Early Childhood
Dissertation: Emergent Literacy and School Readiness: Perspectives of Parents and Staff in an Akimel O’otham Head Start Center
M.A. Education, Whitworth College, Spokane, WA, August 1993
Concentration: Elementary Education
Master Thesis: Parental Influence on a Child’s Attitude about Reading and Reading Habits
B.A. General Studies, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA, May 1989
