Debby Zambo

Professor Emeritus,

Mary Lou Fulton College for Teaching and Learning Innovation

4701 West Thunderbrid Road FAB 273 North Glendale, AZ 85306-7052
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Long Bio

Debby Zambo is a Professor Emerita with the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College. She received tenure in 2010, and served as the coordinator of the Ed.D. in leadership and innovation. She is the author of numerous journal articles, book chapters, and three books with focus on neuroscience and education:

Wasserman, L.H., and Zambo, D. (Eds.). (2013). Early Childhood and Neuroscience: Links to Development and Learning. New York, NY: Springer Publications.
Zambo D. and Brozo, W.G. (2009). Bright beginnings for boys: Engaging young boys in active literacy. Newark, DE: The International Reading Association.
Hansen C.C., and Zambo D. (2007). Through the eyes of children’s authors: Using picture books to understand theory. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill/Prentice Hall.

Education

Ph.D. Educational Psychology (Learning and Instruction), Arizona State University 2003

Curriculum Vitae

Research Interests

Education Doctorates

Neuroscience and Education

Publications

Zambo, D. Strategies to enhance the social identities and social networks of adolescent students with disabilities. Teaching Exceptional Children (2101).
Hansen, C.C. & Zambo D. Boys in the Club: Exploring Positive Male Archetypes with Preschool Males. Literacy Research and Instruction (2010).
Painter, S. & Zambo, D. Effective strategies principals and staff developers can use to teach the law to teachers. Professional Development in Education (2010).
Zambo, D. Picture books for social justice: Helping students understand challenges faced by African American males in poverty. The California Reader (2010).
Zambo, D. Using gender reading buddies to help students gain literacy and a positive perspective of themselves. Arizona Reading Journal (2010).
Zambo, D. & Zambo, R. Educators’ perceptions about brain research. Academic Exchange Quarterly (2009).
Zambo D. & Brozo, W.G. Bright Beginnings for Boys: Engaging Young Boys in Active Literacy. (2009).
Zambo, D. Childcare workers knowledge about the brain and developmentally appropriate practice. Early Childhood Education Journal (2008).
Zambo, D. Everyone needs a positive story of themselves as doers and thinkers of mathematics. Teaching Children Mathematics (2008).
Zambo, D. Girls will be girls: Looking at ADHD through a gender lens and using this information to help girls with ADHD. Intervention in School and Clinic (2008).
Zambo, R. & Zambo, D. The impact of professional development in mathematics on teachers’ individual and collective efficacy: The stigma of underperforming. Teacher Education Quarterly (2008).
Debby Zambo. What Can You Learn from Bombaloo? Using Picture Books to Help Young Students with Special Needs Regulate their Emotions. Teaching Exceptional Children (2007).
Debby Zambo, C Hansen. Love, Language, and Emergent Literacy: Pathways to Emotional Development of the Very Young. Young Children (2007).
Debby Zambo, C. Hansen, D. Zambo, C. Hansen. Loving and Learning with Wemberly and David: Fostering Emotional Development. Early Childhood Education (2007).
Debby Zambo, R Zambo. Action Research in Undergraduate Teacher Education Program: What Promises Does it Hold?. Action in Teacher Education (2007).
Painter, S., Wetzel, K, & Zambo, D. Elementary principals’ views of action research during student teaching. AR Expeditions (2007).
Zambo, D. Everyone needs a positive story of themselves and reading. The New Mexico Journal of Reading (2007).
Zambo, D. The fuel of educational psychology and the fire of action research. Teaching Educational Psychology (2007).
Zambo, D. Using picture books to provide archetypes to young boys: Extending the ideas of William Brozo. Reading Teacher (2007).
Zambo, Debby M, Hansen, C. C. Through the Eyes of Children’s Authors: Using Picture Books to Understand Theory. (2007).
Debby Zambo. Learning from Picture Book Characters in Readaloud Sessions for Students with ADHD. Teaching Exceptional Children Plus (2006).
Debby Zambo. Students Meet Wilfred Gordon: Understanding Memory with Picture Books and Improving Memory with Strategies. Teaching Exceptional Children (2006).
Debby Zambo. Using Thought Bubble Pictures to Assess Students’ Feelings about Reading. The Reading Teacher (2006).
Debby Zambo, R Zambo. Pre-Service Teachers’ Perceptions of Action Rsearch. AR Expeditions (2006).
Debby Zambo, R Zambo. Using Thought Bubble Pictures to Assess Students’ Feelings about Mathematics. Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School (2006).
Debby Zambo. Penchants for Action and Excitement: How Literacy Choices of Boys Stem from Culture, Society and their Brains. Georgia Journal of Reading (2005).
Debby Zambo. The Adolescent Brain on Books: Five Steps to Using Literature to Help Adolescents Understand their Brain and Behavior. California Reader (2005).
Debby Zambo. The Promise of Action Research. Academic Exchange Quarterly (2005).
Debby Zambo. Using the Picture Book Thank You Mr. Falker to Understand Struggling Readers. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy (2005).
Debby Zambo, C Hansen. Once Upon a Theory: Using Picture Books to Help Students Understand Educational Psychology. Teaching Educational Psychology (2005).
Debby Zambo, C Hansen. Piaget, Meet Lilly: Understanding Child Development through Picture Book Characters. The Early Childhood Education Journal (2005).
Debby Zambo. Using Qualitative Methods to Reveal the True Impact of Dyslexia. The Qualitative Report (2004).
Debby Zambo, S Brem. Emotion and Cognition in Students Who Struggle to Read: New Insights and Ideas. Reading Psychology (2004).
Debby Zambo. Providing Scientific Information to Children with Dyslexia. Academic Exchange Quarterly (2003).

Research Activity

Wetzel,Keith A*, George,Peggy J, Hurwitz,Sally C, Kelley,Michael Francis, Painter,Suzanne R, Wilhelm,Lance A, Zambo,Debby M, Zambo,Ronald W. ITQ - Project IMPACT: Mentoring Preservice Teachers to Impact K-8 Student Learning. AZ BOARD OF REGENTS(2/3/2005 - 5/30/2006).