Faculty Profiles

Summers, E. J., Barantsova (Баранцова), T., & Womack, L. S. (2025). Educational continuity, resiliency, and allyship: Virtually supporting internally displaced Ukrainian students. Book of Abstracts of the 9th World Conference of Qualitative Research. Retrieved from https://proceedings.science/wcqr-2025/papers/

Tufano, V. E., & Summers, E. J. (2025). Pandemic era phenomenological research about nursing education. New Trends in Qualitative Research, 21(1), 1–13.

Summers, E. J., Mahmoudi, E., Vontsteen, J. E., Conner, K. A., & Wiedeman, M. C. (2025). Utilizing technology to efficiently connect students: A critical qualitative study of non-competitive gamification and AI additions to research courses. Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 36(1), 1–18.

Tufano, V. E., & Summers, E. J. (2025). The nurse educator mentoring dilemma: Novice nurse faculty needs and outcomes. Journal of Nursing Education, 64(3), 177-184. https://doi.org/10.3928/01484834-20241120-03

Summers, E. J., McEwen, D., Cordero, R. A., & Silva, J. (2024). A mixed methods study of student veterans’ academic and service transitions before, during, and after attending community college(s). New Directions for Community Colleges., (Practices, policies, and support for student veterans in community colleges.), 1–16. Retrieved from https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cc.20626

Summers, E. J., Armstrong, S. L., Mahdavivand Fard, S., & Garza, M. (2024). Beyond reactionary: SAGE practices for intentional reflexivity in online qualitative data collection. New Trends in Qualitative Research, 20(1). https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.36367/ntqr.20.1.2024.e976

Summers, E. J., & Armstrong, S. L. (2024, June). Invited review of the book Qualitative Research in the Time of COVID: Lessons Learned and Opportunities Presented During a Pandemic by N. K. Denzin, N. K. & J. Salvo. Teachers College Record. Retrieved from https://journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/cmscontent/TCZ/Book%20Reviews/2024%20Book%20Reviews/May/Qualitative%20Research%20in%20the%20Time%20of%20COVID-1716292367.pdf (Featured review on both Amazon and the publisher: https://myersedpress.presswarehouse.com/browse/book/9781975505219/Qualitative-Research-in-the-Time-of-COVID AND https://www.amazon.in/Qualitative-Research-Time-COVID-Opportunities/dp/1975505212)

Tufano, V. C., Summers, E. J., & Covington, B. G. (2023). Motivators for nurse educators to persist in their profession: A phenomenological research study. Nurse Education Today, 123. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2023.105725

Summers, E. J. (2023). Supports for refugee women’s education: “Then we’ll go together.” Abstracts Book of the 7th World Conference on Qualitative Research. Retrieved from https://en.ludomedia.org/publications/abstracts-book-of-the-7th-world-conference-on-qualitative-research-2/

Summers, E. J., Scott, C., McEwen, D., Leibold, A. M., & Mahdavivand Fard, S. (2022). Applying hidden gaming eggs as part of postsecondary culturally responsive online  curricular transformation. In Proceedings of the Society  for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2022. Chesapeake, VA.

Park-Gaghan, T., Mokher, C., Bertrand Jones, T., Summers, E., & Finau, S. (2021). Implementation Evaluation of House Bill (HB) 2223 Technical Report. In Corequisite Models (HB 2223) Analysis. Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.

Summers, E. J., Suh, E. K. J., & Jarrett, S. M. (2020). A Critical Discourse Analysis of Developmental Educators’ Roles in Postsecondary Education.

Summers, E. J., & Krou, M. (2018). Understanding qualitative methodology, ethics, and critical theory through autoethnographic vignettes. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 17(1). https://doi.org/10.1177/1609406918801620

Lowe, R., Majumdar, D., Anderson, A. L., Summers, E. J., & Ryser, G. R. (2018). Constructing a Reliable and Valid Instrument to Measure Post-Secondary Students Cultural Competence. Global Journal of Human-Social Science, 18(3), 27–38.

Summers, E. J., Zadrozny, J., Van Overschelde, J. P., Huynh, N. T., Solem, M., & Boehm, R. G. (2017). Integrating geospatial technology in pre-service teacher training programs. Research in Geographic Education, 19(1), 102–126.

Summers, E. J., Acee, T. W., & Ryser, G. R. (2015). Differential Benefits of Attending Supplemental Instruction for Introductory, Large-Section, University U.S. History Courses. Journal of College Reading and Learning, 45(2), 147–163. https://doi.org/10.1080/10790195.2015.1030516

Dickinson, G., & Summers, E. J. (2012). A longitudinal investigation of project–based instruction and student achievement in high school social studies. Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-Based Learning, 6(1), 82–103. https://doi.org/10.7771/1541-5015.1313

Dickinson, G., & Summers, E. J. (2011). Science Notebooks as a Teacher Training Tool. The International Journal of Science in Society, 2(2), 203–222. https://doi.org/10.18848/1836-6236/cgp/v02i02/51232

Summers, E. J. (2011). Heteronormative assumptions embedded in the cartoonworld and beyond: Cartoonworld constructs of the nuclear famil.

Summers, E. J. (2011). Heteronormative Assumptions Embedded in the Cartoonworld and Beyond. In Journeys in Social Education (pp. 175–193). SensePublishers. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-358-7_13

Summers, E. J. (2011). Cultural Re-Location and the Appropriation of Underrepresented Voices. In Journeys in Social Education (pp. 67–78). SensePublishers. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-358-7_6

Summers, E. J., & Esdorn, A. (2011). Recognizing and (Re)cognizing Ageism in EC–12 US Social Education. In Journeys in Social Education (pp. 147–161). SensePublishers. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-358-7_11

Dickinson, G. D., Summers, E. J., & Jackson, J. K. (2010). Understanding proficiency in project-based instruction: Interlinking the perceptions and experiences of preservice and in-service teachers and their students.

Dickinson, G., & Summers, E. J. (2010). (Re) Anchored Video Centered Engagement: The Transferability of Preservice Training to Practice. Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education, 10(1), 106–118.

Blyth, A. E., & Summers, E. (1997). What’s the stink in our drink: Accurately assessing water quality. Environmental Protection, 8(6).

Summers, E., & Ball, M. (1997). De mi pueblo a mi planeta. Ciudad Guatemala, Guatemala: Defensores de la Naturaleza and the Guatemalan Department of Education.