Karisma L. Morton
University of North Texas
Teacher Education and Administration
(940) 565-4081
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Education

PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 2017.
Major: Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics Education
MAT, The University of the Virgin Islands, 2008.
Major: Mathematics
BA, The University of the Virgin Islands, 1999.
Major: Mathematics

Professional Positions

Academic - P-12
Secondary Mathematics Teacher, St. Croix Central High School. (August 1999May 2009).
Mathematics Instructor, The Upward Bound Program/The University of the Virgin Islands. (August 2002May 2007).
Academic - Post-Secondary
Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education, University of North Texas. (August 2019 – Present).
Postdoctoral Fellow, The University of Texas at Austin. (June 2017August 2019).
Assistant Professor of Instruction, The University of Texas at Austin. (January 2018May 2019).
Graduate Research Assistant, The University of Texas at Austin. (June 2010May 2017).
Teaching Assistant, The University of Texas at Austin. (August 2009May 2017).
Adjunct Instructor, The University of the Virgin Islands. (May 2009).

Professional Memberships

Benjamin Banneker Association. (November 2020 – Present).

Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators of Texas. (February 2020 – Present).

Research Council on Mathematics Learning. (January 2020 – Present).

Association of Math Teacher Educators. (September 2019 – Present).

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. (September 2019 – Present).

TODOS: Equity, Excellence, and Social Justice for All in Mathematics. (September 2019 – Present).

North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. (September 2018 – Present).

American Educational Research Association. (August 1, 2014 – Present).

Development Activities Attended

Other,"n/a," n/a, United States of America. (September 2021December 2022).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

University of North Texas
EDCI 5710, Research in Classroom Settings, 4 courses.
EDCI 6910, Special Problems, 4 courses.
EDCI 6950, Doctoral Dissertation, 8 courses.
EDEE 3350, Teaching Mathematics EC 6, 7 courses.
EDEE 4350, Mathematics in Grades EC 8, 5 courses.
EDSE 5320, Pedagogical Content Knowledge for Teachers of Geometry, 4 courses.
EDSE 5340, Innovations in Mathematics Teaching and Learning, 4 courses.
EDUC 6050, Culture, Identity, and Education, 3 courses.
HNRS 3996, Honors College Mentored Research Experience, 1 course.

Teaching at Other Institutions

The University of Texas at Austin, Elementary Mathematics Methods, EDC 370, Spring 2019.

The University of Texas at Austin, Elementary Mathematics Methods, EDC 370, Fall 2018.

The University of Texas at Austin, Elementary Mathematics Methods, EDC 370, Spring 2018.

Directed Student Learning

Dissertation Committee Co-Chair, Teacher Education and Administration. (January 2024 – Present).

Dissertation Committee Member, Teacher Education and Administration. (2024 – Present).

Doctoral Comprehensive Exam Member or Grader, Teacher Education and Administration. (November 2023 – Present).

Dissertation Committee Chair, Teacher Education and Administration. (August 2023 – Present).

Dissertation Committee Co-Chair, Teacher Education and Administration. (May 2021 – Present).

Supervised Research, Teacher Education and Administration. (March 2021 – Present).

Dissertation Committee Member, Other - Outside UNT. (2021 – Present).

Doctoral Comprehensive Exam Member or Grader, Other - Outside UNT. (2021 – Present).

Dissertation Committee Member, Teacher Education and Administration. (July 2020 – Present).

Dissertation Committee Member, Teacher Education and Administration. (May 2020 – Present).

Dissertation Committee Member, Teacher Education and Administration. (20212023).

Dissertation Committee Co-Chair, Teacher Education and Administration. (December 15, 2023).

Doctoral Comprehensive Exam Member or Grader, Teacher Education and Administration. (January 2022August 2023).

Doctoral Comprehensive Exam Member or Grader, Teacher Education and Administration. (2021).

Doctoral Comprehensive Exam Member or Grader, Teacher Education and Administration. (2021).

Dissertation Committee Member, Teacher Education and Administration. (January 20202021).

Doctoral Comprehensive Exam Member or Grader, Teacher Education and Administration. (January 2021August 2021).

Dissertation Committee Member,"Impact of Increased High School Mathematics Requirements on Aspirations and Preparedness for College," Teacher Education and Administration. (November 2019February 2020).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

Book Chapter
Kalinec-Craig, C., Hulme, K., Morton, K., Eddy,, Mahdi, F., Gupta, D., Montgomery, M., Dotger, S., Matney, G., Heckathorn, J., Chandler-Olcott, K., Fox, M. (2023). The Use of Torres’ Rights of the Learner to Promote Equitable Math Teaching Among Elementary Preservice Teachers. Lesson Study in Preservice Mathematics and Science Teacher Education: Experiences and Perspectives from the United States. 124-134. Routledge.
Gupta, D., Montgomery, M., Eddy, C. M., Kalinec-Craig, C., Morton, K., Hulme, K., Mahdi, F. (2021). Developing and Supporting Mathematics Teacher Educators Through a Virtual Collaborations. Shifting to Online Learning Through Faculty Collaborative Support. IGI Publisher.
Riegle-Crumb, C., Morton, K., Blanchard, S. (2020). Developing STEM ambitions: An examination of inequality by gender and race/ethnicity. Girls and women of color in STEM: Navigating the double bind. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing, Inc.
Riegle-Crumb, C., Blanchard, S., Morton, K. (2018). Gender and racial/ethnic differences in educational outcomes: Examining patterns, explanations, and new directions for research. The Handbook for the Sociology of Education in the 21st Century. Springer International Publishing.
Conference Proceeding
Naresh, N., Eddy, C. M., Naresh, K. M. (2022). Mathematics teacher educators' reflections on their own practice of equity and justice with teacher candidates. Lischka, A. E., Dyer, E. B., Jones, R. S., Lovett, J., Strayer, J., & Drown, S. (2022). Proceedings of the forty-fourth annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. Middle Tennessee State University.. 8. Nashville, Tennessee: Middel Tennessee State University. http://www.pmena.org/pmenaproceedings/PMENA%2044%202022%20Proceedings.pdf.
Journal Article
Strachota, S., Stephens, A., Morton, K. L., Sung, Y., Torres, R., Gardiner, A. (2023). How tools mediate elementary students’ algebraic reasoning about evens and odds.. 1-26. Mathematics Education Research Journal.
Shifrer, D., Phillippo, K., Tillbrook, N., Morton, K. (2023). The Relationship between ninth graders’ perceptions of equitable teachers and their math identity: Differences by student race and school racial composition. Sociology of Education.
Morton, K. L., Mahdi, F. (2022). An intersectional look at the math autobiographies of preservice teachers. 12(1), .
Stephens, A., Sung, Y., Strachota, S., Veltri Torres, R., Morton, K., Murphy Gardiner, A., Blanton, M., Knuth, E., Stroud, R. (2022). The Role of Balance Scales in Supporting Productive Thinking about Equations Among Diverse Learners. Mathematical Thinking and Learning. (July), 1-18.
Naresh, N., Morton, K. L., Eddy, C. (2021). An MTE Collective to (Re)Humanize Mathematics in Preservice Teacher Education Courses. Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education in Texas. 11(2), .
Madkins, T., Morton, K. (2021). Disrupting anti-Blackness with young Learners in STEM: Strategies for elementary science and mathematics teacher education. Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education.
Morton, K., Riegle-Crumb, C. (2020). Is School Racial/Ethnic Composition Associated with Content Coverage in Algebra?. Educational Researcher. 49(6), 441-447. AERA Publications.
Morton, K., Riegle-Crumb, C. (2019). Who Gets In? Examining Inequality in Eighth-Grade Algebra. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education. 50(5), 529-554. National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
Riegle-Crumb, C., Morton, K., Nguyen, U., Dasgupta, N. (2019). Inquiry-Based Instruction in Science and Mathematics in Middle School Classrooms: Examining Its Association With Students' Attitudes by Gender and Race/Ethnicity. AERA Open. 5(3), . American Educational Research Association.
Riegle-Crumb, C., Morton, K. (2017). Gendered expectations: Examining how peers shape female students' intent to pursue STEM fields. Frontiers in Psychology. 8(146), .
Riegle-Crumb, C., Morton, K., Moore, C., Chimonidou, A., Labrake, C., Kopp, S. (2015). Do inquiring minds have positive attitudes? The science education of preservice elementary teachers. 99(5), 819-836.

Presentations Given

Invited Talk

Morton, K. (Author & Presenter), Center for Mathematics Education Colloquium Series, OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN 8TH GRADE ALGEBRA FOR BLACK CHILDREN: THE ROLE OF SCHOOL RACIAL/ETHNIC COMPOSITION, The University of Maryland, United States of America. (20202020).

Morton, K. (Presenter), Learning in Science/STEM Reform, Issues of Course Selection and Access for Black and Hispanic Youth, The University of Texas at Austin STEM Education, Austin, TX, United States of America. (2018).

Oral Presentation

Morton, K. L. (Author & Presenter), AERA Annual Conference, Developing Elementary Mathematics Teachers’ Capacity for Justice-Centered Teaching: Implications for K-5 Mathematics Teaching and Learning, AERA, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America. (2024).

Morton, K. L. (Author & Presenter), Frieson, B. L. (Author & Presenter), AERA Annual Meeting, An Investigation into the Relationship Between Preservice Teachers’ Learning Experiences and Teaching Aspirations in Mathematics, AERA, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America. (2024).

Morton, K. L. (Author & Presenter), Frieson, B. L. (Author), Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators Annual Conference, An Investigation into the Relationship Between Preservice Teachers’ Learning Experiences and Teaching Aspirations in Mathematics, Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators, Orlando, FL, United States of America. (2024).

Morton, K. L. (Author & Presenter), Frieson, B. L. (Author & Presenter), AERA Annual Conference, Exploring the Racialized Math Learning Experiences of Preservice Teachers and their Pursuit of Justice-Oriented Teaching, AERA, Chicago, IL, United States of America. (2023).

Morton, K. L. (Author & Presenter), Khan, N. (Author), Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators Annual Meeting, Investigating the cultural critical consciousness development of preservice teachers in STEM education, Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators, New Orleans, LA, United States of America. (2023).

Naresh, N. (Author & Presenter), Eddy, C. M. (Author & Presenter), Morton, K. (Author & Presenter), PME-NA Annual Conference 2022, Mathematics teacher educators’ reflections on their own practice of equity and justice with teacher candidates, North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Nashville, TN, United States of America. (20222022).

Morton, K. L. (Author & Presenter), Frieson, B. (Author & Presenter), Woodard, M. (Author & Presenter), NCTE Homecoming, Healing practices with culturally responsive practices, National Council of Teachers of English, Louisville, KY, United States of America. (20222022).

Morton, K. (Author & Presenter), Khan, N. (Author & Presenter), American Educational Research Association Annual Conference, A Critical Analysis of Elementary Preservice Teachers’ Understanding of Racial Inequity in STEM, American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA, United States of America. (20222022).

Howard, N. (Author & Presenter), Tyler, A. (Author), Morton, K. (Author), Jessup, N. (Author), American Educational Research Association Annual Conference, Aspiration, Motivation, and Parent Conversations: Building Capacity Among High School Girls in STEM, American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA, United States of America. (20222022).

Morton, K. (Author & Presenter), Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators Annual Conference, Elementary PSTs’ Evolving Orientations Towards Racial Justice in Mathematics Teaching and Learning, Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators, United States of America. (20222022).

Naresh, N. (Author & Presenter), Morton, K. (Presenter), Eddy, C. M. (Presenter), AMTE-TX 2021 annual conference, Reflect, Challenge, Transform: An MTE collective to (re) humanize mathematics, Texas Chapter of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators., Virtual, United States of America. (2021).

Kalinec-Craig, C. (Author & Presenter), Eddy, C. (Author), Morton, K. (Author), Gupta, D. (Author), Montgomery, M. (Author), Hulme, K. (Author), Mahdi, F. (Author), Psychology of Mathematics Education North American Chapter (PME-NA) Annual Conference, Modeling Equitable Practices: Mathematics Teacher Educators' Reflection and Practice, Psychology of Mathematics Education North American Chapter (PME-NA), United States of America. (20212021).

Ristroph, I. (Author & Presenter), Morton, K. (Author), Mathematics Education and Society Conference 11th International Conference, Juxtaposing Cases of Delegation vs. Withheld Authority of Mathematical Ideation in Early Algebra Classrooms, Mathematics Education and Society, United States of America. (20212021).

Mohammed, S. (Author & Presenter), Morton, K. (Author), McNair Scholars Fall Research Assembly, An Investigation into the Availability of Career- Readiness Courses Across Two Racially/Ethnically Different School Districts, United States of America. (20212021).

Shifrer, D. (Author & Presenter), Phillippo, K. (Author), Tillbrook, N. (Author), Morton, K. (Author), Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Student and School Race Differentiating How Perceptions of Math Teacher Relate to Math Identity, United States of America. (20212021).

Shifrer, D. (Author & Presenter), Phillippo, K. (Author), Tillbrook, (Author), Morton, K. (Author), Meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, Differences by Student Race/Ethnicity and School Racial/Ethnic Composition in How Perceiving Math Teacher as Equitable Relates to Ninth Grader’s Math Identity, virtual, United States of America. (20212021).

Naresh, N. (Author & Presenter), Eddy, C. M. (Author & Presenter), Morton, K. (Author & Presenter), 2021 Annual Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators Conference, A Human Experience for K-8 Preservice Teachers and Mathematics Teacher Educators, Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators, United States of America. (20212021).

Eddy, C. M. (Author & Presenter), Morton, K. (Author & Presenter), Gupta, D. (Author & Presenter), Kalinec-Craig, C. (Author & Presenter), Montgomery, M. (Author & Presenter), Hulme, K. (Author & Presenter), Mahdi, F. (Author & Presenter), Annual Conference of the Research Council on Mathematics Learning, Modeling Equitable Practices: Math Teacher Educators’ Reflection & Practice, Research Council on Mathematics Learning, United States of America. (20212021).

Morton, K. (Author & Presenter), Mahdi, F. (Author & Presenter), 2021 Annual Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators Conference, An Intersectional Look at the Math Autobiographies of Elementary Preservice Teachers, Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators, United States of America. (20212021).

Morton, K. (Author & Presenter), Eddy, C. M. (Author), Gunpinar, Y. (Author), Mahdi, F. (Author), Hulme, K. (Author), National Council of Teachers of Mathematics 2021 Virtual Conference, Using Lesson Study to Promote the Rights of the Learner: An Exploration into Food Desserts, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, United States of America. (20212021).

Panel Presentation

Frieson, B. (Author & Presenter), Morton, K. L. (Author & Presenter), Woodard, M. (Author & Presenter), NCTE 2022 Annual Convention, Healing practices with culturally responsive practices, National Council of Teachers of English, Anaheim, CA, United States of America. (20222022).

Madkins, T. (Author & Presenter), Morton, K. (Author), American Educational Research Association Annual Conference, Utilizing Multimodal Counterstories to Illuminate Humanizing Approaches to K-12 STEM Classrooms, American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA, United States of America. (20222022).

Morton, K. (Panelist), Inclusive Classroom Practices, Inclusive Practices in Historically Exclusionary Spaces, University of North Texas Office of Student Success, United States of America. (20212021).

Morton, K. (Panelist), Equity and Social Justice in STEM Education Colloquium Series, How do our commitments to equity and justice translate into our study designs, methodological choices, and analytical approaches?, University of Texas at Austin STEM Center, Austin, TX, United States of America. (2018).

Cartwright, A. D. (Panelist), Heap, T. (Panelist), Hobson, K. (Panelist), Morton, K. (Panelist), Torget, A. (Panelist), UNT Student Success, Inclusive Classroom Practices, Vice Provost of Student Success, Denton, Texas, United States of America. (20122012).

Paper

Ranschaert, R. (Author), Vickery, A. E. (Author), Ashcraft, C. (Author), Haynes, C. (Author), Hoffman, J. V. (Author), Krutka, D. G. (Author), Morton, K. L. (Author), Murdter-Atkinson, J. (Author), A Critical Turn in Teacher Residencies: Dreaming New Ways Forward in School, University, and Community Entanglements, Growing a Teaching Residency Centered on Community, Inquiry, Identity, Advocacy, and Activism, Georgia State University: CREATE Teacher Residency Project, Atlanta, GA, United States of America. (20242024).

Strachota, S. (Author & Presenter), Morton, K. (Author), Veltri Torres, R. (Author), Stephens, A. (Author), Sung, Y. (Author), Murphy, A. (Author), Blanton, M. (Author), Stroud, R. (Author), Knuth, E. (Author), International Congress on Mathematical Education (ICME-14), Generalizing about Even and Odd Numbers, International Mathematical Union, Shanghai, China, China. (20202020).

Morton, K. (Author & Presenter), Riegle-Crumb, C. (Author), The annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Is School Racial/Ethnic Composition Associated with Content Coverage in Algebra?, American Educational Research Association, Toronto, Canada, Canada. (2019).

Morton, K. (Author & Presenter), Riegle-Crumb, C. (Author), Buontempo, J. (Author), The annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), The Effects of Perceptions of Teacher Equity on Students' Outcomes in Mathematics, American Educational Research Association, San Antonio, TX, United States of America. (2017).

Morton, K. (Author & Presenter), Riegle-Crumb, C. (Author), The annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Equal Opportunity Schooling? Examining Inequality in 8th Grade Algebra, American Educational Research Association, Washington, DC, United States of America. (2016).

Blanchard, S. (Author & Presenter), Riegle-Crumb, C. (Author), Morton, K. (Author), The Sociology of Education Annual Meeting, How Perceptions of Science as a Domain Shape Expectations to Major in STEM at the Beginning of High School, Sociology of Education Association, Pacific Grove, CA, United States of America. (2015).

King, B. (Author & Presenter), Riegle-Crumb, C. (Author), Morton, K. (Author), The annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Staying the Course in STEM: How Academic Achievement and Social Inclusion Shape Persistence by Gender and Race/Ethnicity, American Educational Research Association, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America. (2014).

Poster

Ristroph, I. (Author & Presenter), Morton, K. (Author & Presenter), Kim, H. (Author), The annual meeting of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators, The Conceptual Heart of a Lesson: The Impact of Teacher Practices in an Elementary Algebra Lesson, Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators, Phoenix, AZ, United States of America. (20202020).

Ristroph, I. (Author & Presenter), Kim, H. (Author), Morton, K. (Author), Knuth, E. (Author), Gertenbach, R. (Author), Miller, B. (Author), The annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Fostering Algebraic Thinking in Elementary School: Teachers’ Use of Visualizations, North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, St. Louis, MO, United States of America. (20192019).

Riegle-Crumb, C. (Author & Presenter), Morton, K. (Author), The annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Examining Students' Gendered Beliefs about Math and Implications for College Major, American Educational Research Association, Toronto, Canada, Canada. (2019).

Morton, K. (Author), Riegle-Crumb, C. (Author), Nguyen, U. (Author & Presenter), The annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), The Effects of Inquiry-Based Pedagogy on Students' Attitudes in Math and Intent to Pursue STEM, American Educational Research Association, New York, NY, United States of America. (2018).

Morton, K. (Author & Presenter), Riegle-Crumb, C. (Author), Buontempo, J. (Author), The Sociology of Education Annual Meeting, Perceptions of Equity in the Classroom: How Teacher Practices Shape Students' Attitudes and Achievement in Mathematics, Sociology of Education Association, Pacific Grove, CA, United States of America. (2017).

Media Contributions

Magazine
"Breaking Barriers," UNT North Texan. (2023).
"In 8th Grade, Separate Algebra in Unequal Algebra for Black Students," Education Week. (June 11, 2020).
Other
"Episode 2002: Karisma Morton," Math Ed Podcast. (March 16, 2020).

Awards and Honors

AMTE BIPOC Mentoring Program, Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators. (December 2022 – Present).

Professional Dyads and Culturally Relevant Teaching, National Council of Teachers of English. (July 2021August 2023).

Institute for Critical Quantitative, Computational, & Mixed Methodologies Fellow, National Science Foundation. (March 2021June 2023).

AMTE STaR Fellow, Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (AMTE). (February 2021July 2022).

DC Faculty Fellow, University of North Texas College of Education. (December 2021May 30, 2022).

Postdoc Cadre Fellow, NSF's Community for Advancing Discovery Research in K-12 Education. (March 2018August 2018).

Service

University Service

Committee Member, Search Committee-Meadows Endowed Chair. (September 2022 – Present).

Member, Faculty Affairs Committee. (August 2022 – Present).

Other, Mathematics Education Program. (January 2022 – Present).

Co-Chair, STEM Education Program. (2021 – Present).

Committee Member, Secondary and Post Bac ARR committee. (September 20202023).

Committee Member, Scholarship Committee. (August 20192023).

Committee Member, Search Committee-TEA Department Chair. (September 2022March 2023).

Other, EC-6 ESL Program. (January 2022May 2022).

Member, Search Committee-Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education. (September 2021April 2022).

Other, Math Education Program. (January 2020December 2021).

Committee Member, Diversity and Equity. (August 2019July 2020).

Committee Member, Search Committee-Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education. (September 2019April 2020).

Other, Math Education Program. (August 2019December 2019).

Professional Service

Committee Chair, Association of Mathematics Teacher Educator of Texas. (August 2023 – Present).

Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Teachers College Record. (September 2022 – Present).

Committee Member, Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators of Texas Conference Publicity Committee. (August 2022 – Present).

Editorial Review Board Member, Journal of Urban Mathematics Education. (August 2022 – Present).

Committee Member, Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators of Texas Elections Committee. (March 2021 – Present).

Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Educational Researcher. (September 2020 – Present).

Reviewer, Conference Paper, Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators Annual Conference. (June 2020 – Present).

Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Mathematics Teacher Educator. (February 2020 – Present).

Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, International journal of STEM Education. (January 2019 – Present).

Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Science Education Journal. (January 2019 – Present).

Reviewer, Conference Paper, The Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association. (20182019).

Reviewer, Conference Paper, The Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. (20182019).

Public Service

Member, Newton Rayzor Elementary School PTA. (August 2019 – Present).

Consulting

Professional Design Work – Non-profit, The Math Learning Center, United States of America. (September 2023 – Present).

Professional Design Work – Non-profit, Branch Alliance for Educator Diversity, Austin, TX, United States of America. (August 2022May 2023).