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Dr. Rachel Ranschaert

Assistant Professor

University of North Texas

Department of Teacher Education and Administration

(940) 565-2920

Email: Rachel.Ranschaert@unt.edu

Education

  • PhD, University of Georgia, 2022
    Major: Educational Theory and Practice
    Specialization: Teacher Education
    Dissertation: Conceptualizing Justice with First-Year Teachers
  • MEd, University of Notre Dame, 2014
    Major: Social Science
    Specialization: Secondary English Education
  • BA, University of Notre Dame, 2012
    Major: English & Spanish

Professional Memberships

  • Literacy Research Association. (2024 - Present).
  • American Educational Research Association. (January 1, 2018 - Present).
  • American Educational Studies Association. (2018 - Present).
  • Association of Teacher Educators. (2018 - Present).
  • National Council of Teachers of English. (2012 - Present).

Development Activities

  • Workshop, Faculty Supervisor Training, Office of the Provost and Equal Opportunity & Title 9. United States of America. (March 6, 2025).
  • Workshop, Tenure and Promotion Workshop, UNT Faculty Success. Denton,TX,United States of America. (February 28, 2025).
  • Workshop, Find Funding Opportunities-Pivot Overview, UNT Research and Innovation. Denton,TX,United States of America. (February 11, 2025).
  • Workshop, d/Deaf Connect Faculty Training, UNT - Office of Disability Access. United States of America. (August 2023).
  • Other (Asynchronous Online Course for New Faculty), Faculty First Flight, University of North Texas. United States of America. (August 2022 - May 2023).
  • Workshop, What Inclusive Instructors Do: Creating Welcoming, Equitable Learning Environments, UNT - DSI CLEAR. United States of America. (May 9, 2023).
  • Workshop, Inclusive Feedback to Guide Student Learning in Online Courses, UNT - DSI CLEAR. United States of America. (April 21, 2023).
  • Workshop, 1) Beyond the Mental Health Crisis in Higher Education: What We can Learn from Disabled Academics About Collective Care, UNT Faculty Success. United States of America. (March 1, 2023).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

    University of North Texas

  • EDCI 4010 - Classrooms as Communities, 2 courses.
  • EDCI 4070 - Teaching Diverse Populations, 1 course.
  • EDEE 4890 - Practice Based Research, 1 course.
  • EDRE 4840 - Linguistically Diverse Learners, 1 course.
  • EDRE 4850 - Teaching the Tools and Practices of Reading Across the Curriculum, 4 courses.
  • EDRE 4860 - Teaching the Tools and Practices of Writing across the Curriculum, 7 courses.
  • EDRE 5370 - Advanced Reading Theory/Practice, 1 course.
  • EDRE 5550 - Literacy Instruction in Our Culturally Diverse Society, 1 course.
  • EDSE 5004 - Literacy for All, 1 course.

Directed Student Learning

  • Dissertation Committee Co-Chair, Teacher Education and Administration. (2024).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Teacher Education and Administration. (2024).
  • Doctoral Comprehensive Exam Member or Grader, Teacher Education and Administration. (2024).
  • Other (Initial Doctoral Advisor), Teacher Education and Administration. (2024).

Awards and Honors

  • Illinois Qualitative Dissertation Award (2nd Place), International Congress for Qualitative Inquiry. (2023).
  • Nominated for Outstanding Dissertation Award, AERA Division K: Teaching and Teacher Education.

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book Chapter

  • Dresden, J., Erica, G., Nylin, A., Burgum, A., Ceron, I., Fasig, M., MacMillan, T., Ranschaert, R., Waldrip, P. (2022). Stories of possibility: A partnership creates a summer learning community. PDS and Community Schools: The Nexus of Practice. Information Age Publishing.
  • Ranschaert, R., Sharma, A., Harman, R. (2022). Teachers as superheroes: Ethical Jeopardy and Progressive Neoliberalism. Progressive Neoliberalism in Education. 78-92. Routledge.

    • Journal Article

  • Ranschaert, R., Hughes, H., Murphy, A., Benson, K. (2024). Creating virtual third-spaces that foster students' well-being. Middle Grades Research Journal. 13 (3) 29-43. Information Age Publishing.
  • Ranschaert, R. (2023). Engaged pedagogies in the middle grades: A case study of justice-oriented teachers in COVID times. Middle Grades Review. 9 (3)
  • Ranschaert, R. (2023). When shutting the door won't do: Teaching with the specter of community backlash and the implications for teacher education. Journal of Teacher Education. 74 (4) 371-382. Sage.
  • Hughes, H., Benson, K., Brody, D., Murphy, A., Ranschaert, R. (2022). A case study: Enacting courage and collaboration in equity and justice-oriented educational leadership. Middle School Journal. 53 (2) 5-11.
  • Ranschaert, R. (2021). Neutrality and narratives: Situating middle grades preservice teachers in broader educational discourses. Middle Grades Review. 7 (1)
  • Ranschaert, R. (2020). Authority and carnival: Preservice teachers' media literacy education in a time of truth decay. Educational Studies. 56 (5) 519-536.
  • Ranschaert, R., Murphy, A. (2020). Developing preservice teachers' critical consciousness and understanding of community contexts. School-University Partnerships Journal. 13 (3) 85-101.
  • Schmeichel, M., Garrett, J., Ranschaert, R., McAnulty, J., Thompson, S., Janis, S., Yagata, S., Bivens, B. (2018). The complexity of learning to teach news media in Social Studies education. Journal of Media Literacy Education. 10 (2)

Presentations Given

    Paper

  • Ranschaert, R. (Author & Presenter), Murdter-Atkinson, J. (Author & Presenter), Ashcraft, C. (Author & Presenter), American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, Contextualizing Censorship: Legislative and Media Discourses on Book Banning in the United States, American Educational Research Association (AERA), Denver, CO, United States of America. (2025).
  • Murdter-Atkinson, J. (Author & Presenter), Ranschaert, R. (Author & Presenter), Ashcraft, C. (Author & Presenter), Moore, E.C. (Author & Presenter), Haynes, C. (Author & Presenter), Hoffman, J.V. (Author), American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, Mentoring in a pilot residency program: The influence of co-teaching and co-learning in teacher education, American Educational Research Association (AERA), Denver, CO, United States of America. (2025).
  • Murdter-Atkinson, J. (Author & Presenter), Ranschaert, R. (Author & Presenter), Ashcraft, C. (Author), Literacy Research Association (LRA) Annual Conference, Necessary Trouble: Navigating pre-service teacher's text selection under the specter of censorship discourses., Literacy Research Association, Atlanta, GA., United States of America. (2024).
  • Ashcraft, C. (Author & Presenter), Murdter-Atkinson, J. (Author & Presenter), Ranschaert, R. (Author & Presenter), Literacy Research Association (LRA) Annual Conference, Examining the impact of censorship discourse on pre-service teacher's text selection., Literacy Research Association, Atlanta, GA., United States of America. (2024).
  • Ranschaert, R. (Author), American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Iterations of thirdspaces in virtual middle grades instruction, American Educational Research Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvannia, United States of America. (2024).
  • 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. (2024 - 2024).
  • Murdter-Atkinson, J. (Author & Presenter), Ranschaert, R. (Author & Presenter), Ashcraft, C. (Author & Presenter), National Council of Teachers of English Assembly for Research, “Can I Use That Book?”: PTs Instructional Decision Making against the Backdrop of Book Banning, National Council of Teachers of English, Austin, TX, United States of America. (2024 - 2024).
  • Ranschaert, R. (Author & Presenter), American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Justice-oriented teaching and the spectre of community backlash: Implications for teacher education, American Educational Research Association, Chicago, Illinois, United States, United States of America. (2023 - 2023).
  • Ranschaert, R. (Author & Presenter), American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Justice-oriented teaching and the spectre of community backlash: Implications for teacher education, American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL, United States of America. (2023).
  • Ranschaert, R. (Author & Presenter), American Educational Studies Association Annual Conference, Justice beyond theory: The role of sociopolitical contexts in teachers’ thinking about justice, American Educational Studies Association, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America. (2022 - 2022).
  • Phillippo, K. (Discussant), Ranschaert, R. (Author & Presenter), Seifert, S. (Author & Presenter), Desai, S. (Author & Presenter), American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Changing educational systems through external funding, American Educational Research Association, San Diego, California, United States, United States of America. (2022 - 2022).
  • Ranschaert, R. (Author & Presenter), American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Equity focused coaching supports in virtual environments, American Educational Research Association, San Diego, California, United States, United States of America. (2022 - 2022).
  • Hughes, H.E. (Author & Presenter), Brody, D. (Author & Presenter), Benson, K. (Author & Presenter), Murphy, A. (Author & Presenter), Ranschaert, R. (Author & Presenter), American Educational Studies Association Annual Meeting, Vulnerability, courage, and collaboration: Exploring humanity in middle level educational leadership, American Educational Studies Association, San Diego, California, United States, United States of America. (2022 - 2022).

Contracts, Grants, Sponsored Research

    Grant - Research

  • Vickery, A.E. (Principal), Ranschaert, R. (Co-Principal), "UNT Teacher Residency Program," sponsored by Fort Worth Education Partnership, Local, $300000 Funded. (2024).
  • Ranschaert, R. (Principal), "Dissertation Research Grant," sponsored by American Educational Research Association Division G: Social Foundations of Education, National, $4000 Funded. (2021 - 2022).

Service

University Service

  • Member, UNT-Denton ISD Residency Vetted Application Working Group. (November 2024 - Present).
  • Committee Member, College of Education Scholarship Committee. (September 2024 - Present).
  • Other (Course Lead), Course Lead: EDRE 4860. (September 2024 - Present).
  • Other (Course Lead), Course Lead: EDRE 5653. (May 2023 - Present).
  • Faculty Advisor, Online M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction. (January 17, 2023 - Present).
  • Other, Peer Evaluation of Teaching Redesign. (2023 - Present).
  • Other (Oral Comprehensive Exam Scorer), Online M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction. (September 24, 2022 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Former Teacher Education and Administration Library Committee. (May 2024 - August 2024).
  • Other (Site Coordinator), UNT-Denton ISD Residency. (May 2023 - May 2024).
  • Member, Search Committee. (2023 - January 2024).
  • Other, Lesson Plan Redesign Team. (May 2023 - December 2023).
  • Member, Block B Seminar Design Team. (2023).
  • Other (Reviewer), Teacher Education Program Applicant Review. (2023).
  • Other, First Flight. (August 16, 2023).
  • Member, Educator Preparation Program Guidebook Committee. (May 2023 - July 2023).

Public Service

  • Workshop Organizer, Denton Independent School District. Denton, Texas. (August 1, 2023 - March 2024).

Professional Service

  • Committee Member, Edward Fry Book Award Committee. (December 2024 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Middle Level Education Research SIG Award Committee. (October 2024 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Middle Level Education Research Special Interest Group Executive Committee: American Educational Studies Association. (April 2024 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Education Sciences. (2024 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Teaching and Teacher Education. (2024 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Conference Paper, American Educational Research Association. (September 2022 - Present).
  • Committee Member, American Educational Studies Association Critic's Choice Book Award Committee. (2022 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, School-University Partnerships. (2022 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Educational Studies. (2021 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Teacher Education Quarterly. (2021 - Present).
  • Session Chair, American Educational Research Association. Philadelphia, PA. (April 2024).
  • Session Chair, American Educational Research Association. Philadelphia, PA. (April 2024).
  • Discussant, American Educational Research Association (AERA) Division G: Social Foundations of Education. (2023).
  • Reviewer, Conference Paper, American Educational Studies Association. (2019 - 2023).