Faculty Profile

Suz Tyrrell

Title
Clinical Associate Professor
Department
Multidisciplinary Innovation
College
College of Applied and Collaborative Studies

    

    

      


                          

            
Curriculum Vitae

            

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Education

            



  

  


  
PhD, Texas A&M University, 2010. 
Major: Educational Psychology
Degree Specialization: Giftedness, Intelligence, and Creativity
Dissertation Title: BROADENING THE SCOPE: EXAMINING THE EFFECTS OF CSCOPE AND PRESCRIBED CURRICULUM ON EXPERIENCED ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS TEACHERS--A QUALITATIVE STUDY
MA, Texas A&M University, 2000. 
Major: English
Degree Specialization: Young Adult and Children's Literature
Dissertation Title: The Themes of Conformity and Nonconformity in Lois Lowry's Number the Stars and The Giver
BA, University of Texas, 1997. 
Major: English
Degree Specialization: Education, with Journalism Certification as well as English (6-12)





          

        
                

          
Current Scheduled Teaching*


          
No current or future courses scheduled.


          
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  Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of
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Previous Scheduled Teaching*


            
                    

                    BAAS 3020.501, Fundamentals of Inquiry and Discovery, Spring 2024 Syllabus
                    

                    BAAS 3020.700, Fundamentals of Inquiry and Discovery, Spring 8W1 2024 Syllabus
                    

                    BAAS 3000.501, Pathways to Civic Engagement, Spring 2024 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 2341.585, Forms of Literature, Fall SDC 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    BAAS 3020.501, Fundamentals of Inquiry and Discovery, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    BAAS 3020.700, Fundamentals of Inquiry and Discovery, Fall 8W1 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    BAAS 3020.700, Fundamentals of Inquiry and Discovery, Spring 8W1 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    BAAS 4100.501, Managing a 21st Century Career, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    BAAS 3000.501, Pathways to Civic Engagement, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    BAAS 3020.700, Fundamentals of Inquiry and Discovery, Fall 8W1 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    BAAS 4100.502, Managing a 21st Century Career, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT

          


          
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Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research  

 	 
	 	 
  
Grant - Research   
Tyrrell, S., "The Youngest Others: Stateless Children without a Voice Call from the Borders," Sponsored by Faculty Development Grant, University of North Texas, $1656.5 Funded. (June 30, 2023 – July 1, 2023).
Tyrrell, S., "Separate but Unequal: An Analysis of the Downward Hurtle of Education since Passage of Israel’s Nation-State Law"," Sponsored by Faculty Development Grant, University of North Texas, $1134.18 Funded. (June 15, 2023 – June 16, 2023).
Tyrrell, S. M., "“Searching for significance: Attachment theory, PTSD, and the Hero's Journey to find a child in Lois Lowry's Son”," Sponsored by Faculty Development Grant, University of North Texas, $2500 Funded. (August 25, 2022 – November 14, 2022).



	
		
		
	  

	

	

	
	

  
  
  

  	

		

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  • Overall Summative Rating (median):
    
			This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):
				
      
					
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