Faculty Profile

Kelley King

Title
Associate Professor
Department
Teacher Education and Administration
College
College of Education

    

    

      


                          

            
Curriculum Vitae

            

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Education

            



  

  


  
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 2006. 
Major: Curriculum and Instruction
Degree Specialization: Curriculum Studies; Portfolio in Women's and Gender Studies
Dissertation Title: /Texas Cyclone:  The Life of Educator-Activist Anna J. H. Pennybacker
MEd, Texas A&M University at Commerce, 1997. 
Major: Learning Technology & Information Systems: Media and Technology
MA, University of Texas at Austin, 1993. 
Major: Comparative Literature
Degree Specialization: Twentieth century literature in German, English, and Afrikaans
Dissertation Title: Handmaids’ tales:  Pamela, Offred, and the modern individual.
BA, University of California at Berkeley, 1988. 
Major: Comparative Literature
Degree Specialization: English and German Literature





          

        
                

          
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*


            
                    

                    EDCI 5320.030, Curriculum Development, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EDCI 6950.702, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2021 
                    

                    EDCI 6900.700, Special Problems, Fall 2021 
                    

                    EDCI 6910.703, Special Problems, Fall 2021 
                    

                    EDRE 4860.601, Teaching the Tools and Practices of Writing across the Curriculum EC 6, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EDCI 6950.702, Doctoral Dissertation, Summer 10W 2021 
                    

                    EDCI 6950.704, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2021 
                    

                    EDUC 6220.001, Issues of Education Law and Policy, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EDCI 3800.801, Professional Issues in Teaching, Spring 3W1 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EDCI 6280.501, Qualitative Research in Education, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EPSY 6280.501, Qualitative Research in Education, Spring 2021  SPOT
                    

                    EDCI 5320.030, Curriculum Development, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EDCI 6950.715, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2020 
                    

                    EDSE 5004.030, Literacy for All, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EDCI 6910.705, Special Problems, Fall 2020 
                    

                    EDCI 6950.707, Doctoral Dissertation, Summer 10W 2020 
                    

                    EDCI 6350.030, Research and Practice of Teaching, Summer 10W 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EDRE 5520.001, Writing Workshop Approaches, Summer 5W1 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EDCI 6950.704, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2020 
                    

                    EDUC 6220.001, Issues of Education Law and Policy, Spring 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    EDEE 4101.751, Student Teaching in EC through Grade 6, Spring 2020 
                    

                    EDSP 4110.752, Student Teaching in Special Education, Spring 2020 
                    

                    EDCI 6950.715, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2019 
                    

                    EDLE 6950.709, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2019 
                    

                    EDCI 3800.003, Professional Issues in Teaching, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EDCI 6910.704, Special Problems, Fall 2019 
                    

                    EDUC 6040.001, Traditions of Inquiry, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EDCI 6350.030, Research and Practice of Teaching, Summer 10W 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EDRE 5520.001, Writing Workshop Approaches, Summer 5W1 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EDCI 6950.711, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2019 
                    

                    EDCI 6950.715, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2018 
                    

                    EDCI 6285.501, Qualitative Data Analysis in Education, Fall 2018  SPOT
                    

                    EDCI 5900.702, Special Problems, Fall 2018 
                    

                    EDCI 6900.707, Special Problems, Fall 2018 
                    

                    EDCI 6950.707, Doctoral Dissertation, Summer 5W1 2018 
                    

                    EDRE 5520.001, Writing Workshop Approaches, Summer 5W1 2018  SPOT
                    

                    EDCI 6950.711, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2018 
                    

                    EDCI 6285.002, Qualitative Data Analysis in Education, Spring 2018  SPOT
                    

                    EDCI 6950.715, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2017 
                    

                    EDCI 6900.707, Special Problems, Fall 2017 
                    

                    EDCI 6910.704, Special Problems, Fall 2017 
                    

                    EDSE 3800.001, Professional Issues in Teaching, Summer 3W1 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EDCI 6360.001, Critical Issues in Curriculum Studies, Spring 2017  SPOT
                    

                    EDCI 6950.711, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2017 
                    

                    EDCI 6900.704, Special Problems, Spring 2017 
                    

                    EDCI 6910.703, Special Problems, Spring 2017 
                    

                    EDCI 6950.715, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2016 
                    

                    EDCI 6280.002, Qualitative Research in Education, Fall 2016  SPOT
                    

                    EPSY 6280.002, Qualitative Research in Education, Fall 2016  SPOT
                    

                    EDCI 6900.707, Special Problems, Fall 2016 
                    

                    EDCI 6910.706, Special Problems, Fall 2016 
                    

                    EDSE 3800.001, Professional Issues in Teaching, Summer 3W1 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EDCI 6950.711, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2016 
                    

                    EDCI 6280.001, Qualitative Research in Education, Spring 2016  SPOT
                    

                    EDCI 6900.704, Special Problems, Spring 2016 
                    

                    EDCI 6910.703, Special Problems, Spring 2016 
                    

                    EDCI 6950.701, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2015 
                    

                    EDCI 6280.002, Qualitative Research in Education, Fall 2015  SPOT
                    

                    EPSY 6280.002, Qualitative Research in Education, Fall 2015  SPOT
                    

                    EDCI 6900.701, Special Problems, Fall 2015 
                    

                    EDCI 6910.701, Special Problems, Fall 2015 
                    

                    EDSE 3800.001, Professional Issues in Teaching, Summer 3W1 2015 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EDCI 5360.030, Advances in Teaching, Spring 2015 
                    

                    EDCI 6950.701, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2015 
                    

                    EDSE 3800.005, Professional Issues in Teaching, Spring 2015 Syllabus
                    

                    EDCI 6950.706, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2014 
                    

                    EDSE 4910.700, Special Problems, Fall 2014 
                    

                    EDUC 6040.001, Traditions of Inquiry, Fall 2014 
                    

                    EDEC 6950.706, Doctoral Dissertation, Summer 10W 2014 
                    

                    EDSE 3800.001, Professional Issues in Teaching, Summer 3W1 2014 Syllabus
                    

                    EDSE 3800.001, Professional Issues in Teaching, Summer 5W1 2014 Syllabus
                    

                    EDCI 6950.701, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2014 
                    

                    EDEC 6950.701, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2014 
                    

                    EDCI 5360.030, Effective Teaching and Learning, Spring 2014 
                    

                    EDSE 3800.005, Professional Issues in Teaching, Spring 2014 Syllabus
                    

                    EDCI 6900.701, Special Problems, Spring 2014 
                    

                    EDSE 5108.754, Student Teaching in the Secondary Schools, Spring 2014 
                    

                    EDSE 5118.754, Student Teaching in the Secondary Schools, Spring 2014 
                    

                    EDCI 6950.701, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2013 
                    

                    EDEC 6950.703, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2013 
                    

                    EDCI 5360.030, Effective Teaching and Learning, Fall 2013 
                    

                    EDUC 6040.001, Traditions of Inquiry, Fall 2013 
                    

                    EDSE 3800.001, Professional Issues in Teaching, Summer 3W1 2013 Syllabus
                    

                    EDCI 6950.701, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2013 
                    

                    EDSE 3800.001, Professional Issues in Teaching, Spring 2013 Syllabus
                    

                    EDSE 3800.003, Professional Issues in Teaching, Spring 2013 Syllabus
                    

                    EDCI 6950.701, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2012 
                    

                    EDSE 3800.001, Professional Issues in Teaching, Fall 2012 Syllabus
                    

                    EDSE 3800.003, Professional Issues in Teaching, Fall 2012 Syllabus
                    

                    EDCI 6950.701, Doctoral Dissertation, Summer 10W 2012 
                    

                    EDSE 5004.030, Literacy for All, Summer 10W 2012 
                    

                    EDSE 3800.001, Professional Issues in Teaching, Summer 3W1 2012 
                    

                    EDCI 6950.701, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2012 
                    

                    EDSE 3800.001, Professional Issues in Teaching, Spring 2012 Syllabus
                    

                    EDSE 3800.006, Professional Issues in Teaching, Spring 2012 Syllabus
                    

                    EDCI 6910.701, Special Problems, Spring 2012 
                    

                    EDCI 6110.001, Conceptual Frames for Curriculum and Instruction, Fall 2011 
                    

                    EDCI 6950.701, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2011 
                    

                    EDSE 3800.001, Professional Issues in Teaching, Fall 2011 Syllabus
                    

                    EDSE 3800.001, Professional Issues in Teaching, Summer 3W1 2011 
                    

                    EDSE 4070.001, Teaching Diverse Populations, Summer 3W1 2011 
                    

                    EDCI 6950.701, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2011 
                    

                    EDSE 5004.030, Literacy for All, Spring 2011 
                    

                    EDSE 3800.001, Professional Issues in Teaching, Spring 2011 Syllabus
                    

                    EDCI 6950.701, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2010 
                    

                    EDSE 3800.001, Professional Issues in Teaching, Fall 2010 Syllabus
                    

                    EDCI 6350.002, Research and Practice of Teaching, Fall 2010 
                    

                    EDCI 6910.701, Special Problems, Fall 2010 
                    

                    EDSE 3800.001, Professional Issues in Teaching, Summer 3W1 2010 
                    

                    EDCI 6950.701, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2010 
                    

                    EDSE 3800.001, Professional Issues in Teaching, Spring 2010 Syllabus
                    

                    EDSE 3800.002, Professional Issues in Teaching, Spring 2010 Syllabus
                    

                    EDCI 6110.002, Conceptual Frames for Curriculum and Instruction, Fall 2009 
                    

                    EDCI 6950.712, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2009 
                    

                    EDSE 3800.001, Professional Issues in Teaching, Fall 2009 Syllabus
                    

                    EDCI 6030.700, Practicum, Field Problem or Internship, Summer 5W1 2009 
                    

                    EDSE 3800.001, Professional Issues in Teaching, Summer 3W1 2009 
                    

                    EDSE 3800.001, Professional Issues in Teaching, Spring 2009 
                    

                    EDSE 3800.002, Professional Issues in Teaching, Spring 2009 
                    

                    EDCI 6910.709, Special Problems, Spring 2009 
                    

                    EDSE 3800.002, Professional Issues in Teaching, Fall 2008 
                    

                    EDCI 6350.001, Research and Practice of Teaching, Fall 2008 
                    

                    EDSE 3800.001, Legal, Organizational and Professional Issues in Teaching, Summer 5W1 2008 
                    

                    EDSE 3830.001, Teaching/Learning Process and Evaluation, Summer 5W1 2008 
                    

                    EDSE 3800.002, Legal, Organizational and Professional Issues in Teaching, Spring 2008 
                    

                    EDSE 3800.003, Legal, Organizational and Professional Issues in Teaching, Spring 2008 
                    

                    EDSE 3830.003, Teaching/Learning Process and Evaluation, Spring 2008 
                    

                    EDSE 3800.001, Legal, Organizational and Professional Issues in Teaching, Fall 2007 
                    

                    EDSE 3800.002, Legal, Organizational and Professional Issues in Teaching, Fall 2007 
                    

                    EDCI 6350.001, Research and Practice of Teaching, Fall 2007 
                    

                    EDSE 5002.031, Everyone Can Learn: Applying Theory to Teaching Practice, Summer 10W 2007 
                    

                    EDSE 3800.001, Legal, Organizational and Professional Issues in Teaching, Summer 5W1 2007 
                    

                    EDSE 3800.001, Legal, Organizational and Professional Issues in Teaching, Spring 2007 
                    

                    EDSE 3800.002, Legal, Organizational and Professional Issues in Teaching, Spring 2007 
                    

                    EDSE 3830.003, Teaching/Learning Process and Evaluation, Spring 2007 
                    

                    EDSE 3800.001, Legal, Organizational and Professional Issues in Teaching, Fall 2006 
                    

                    EDSE 3800.002, Legal, Organizational and Professional Issues in Teaching, Fall 2006 
                    

                    EDEE 4103.760, Student Teaching in Grades 4 8, Fall 2006 
                    

                    EDSE 4108.752, Student Teaching in the Secondary School, Fall 2006 
                    

                    EDSE 4118.752, Student Teaching in the Secondary School, Fall 2006 
                    

                    EDSE 5108.752, Student Teaching in the Secondary Schools, Fall 2006 
                    

                    EDSE 5118.752, Student Teaching in the Secondary Schools, Fall 2006 

          


          
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  Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of
  higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for
  undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.
  

        

      

    

  

  
  	

	

	  

		

		   
Published Publications



  

  
Published Intellectual Contributions


  
Book
King, K. M. (2010). Call her a citizen: The work of educator-activist Anna  J. H. Pennybacker. Texas A & M Press. 
Book Chapter
King, K. M., Geneser, P. V. (2012). Pamela Kramer Ertel: Keeping teachers growing. In M. Spearman & O.L. Davis, Jr. (eds.),  A century of leadership: The presidents of Kappa Delta Pi.  Charlotte, NC: Information Age. 
Book Review
King, K. M. (2004). Review of the book Closing the Book on Homework. Enhancing Public Education and Freeing Family Time. Kappa Delta Pi Record. 
King, K. M. (1994). Review of the book Comes the Voyager at Last. Wasafiri. 
Journal Article
B., King, K. M., Van Tassell, S. F. (2023). Everybody is somebody at Johnston: The irony of integrated excellence in Austin, Texas. American Educational History Journal. 50(2), 153-170. IAP. https://www.infoagepub.com/series/American-Educational-History-Journal
King, K. M., Kathryn, K., Gonzalez-Carriedo, R., Dixon-Krauss, L. A. (2021). Transformation and cross-cultural adaptation of teacher candidates in an international student teaching program. Journal of Transformative Education. Sage. https://journals-sagepub-com.libproxy.library.unt.edu/home/jtd
Paufler, N. A., King, K. M. (2020). Delivering on the Promise of Support for Growth? Evaluator Perceptions of a New State Teacher Evaluation System. Journal of Educational Supervision. 3(2), 32.  Orono, ME: University of Main. 
Paufler, N. A., King, K. M., Zhu, P.  (2020). Promoting professional growth in new teacher evaluation systems: Practitioners’ lived experiences in changing policy contexts. Studies in Educational Evaluation. 65(100873), . Elsevier. 
King, M. M., Paufler, N. A. (2020). Excavating Theory in Teacher Evaluation: Evaluation Frameworks as Wengerian  Boundary Objects. Education Policy Analysis Archives. 28(57), .  Tempe, AZ: Arizona State University. https://epaa.asu.edu/ojs/about
Colvin, R., King, K. M. (2019). Dewey's patrimony: The influence of Pestalozzi. Journal of Philosophy and History of Education. 69(1), .  Frisco: Society of Philosophy and History of Education. 12313 Burgess Ln.
Ezzani, M. D., King, K. M. (2018). Whose Jihad? Oral history of an American Muslim educational leader and U.S. public schools. 50(2), 113-129.  Melbourne, Australia:. https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cjeh20/current
Strunc, A., King, K. M. (2017). Politics and the citizenship curriculum: A critical discourse analysis of the Texas government standards. Critical Approaches to Discourse Analysis across Disciplines. 9(1), 113-117.  Sussex: International Network for Critical Approaches to Discourse Analysis across Disciplines. http://cadaadjournal.com
King, K. M. (2015). The neo-conservatives’ John Dewey: An analysis of online discourse.. Journal of Philosophy and History of Education. 
King, K. M. (2014). How educational historians establish relevance: Rationales given for papers published in the Journal of the MHES and the AEHJ, 1972-2007. American Educational Research Journal. 
S., Schellen, J.  (2014). Preservice teachers in the middle grades: The benefits of multiple multicultural learning opportunities in one teacher preparation program.. 
King, K. M. (2012). Called to teach: Percy and Anna Pennybacker's contributions to education in Texas,1880-1899. American Educational History Journal. 
King, K. M. (2012). Teacher transgressions and district disputes: Appeals to the Texas state superintendent of education, 1899-1900. Journal of Philosophy and History of Education. 
King, K. M. (2006). Reading purposes: An examination of the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for sixth grade reading with respect to Foshay's curriculum matrix. Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue. 
King, K. M. (2004). Educator response to the September 11 attacks: A case study. Other. 
King, K. M. (2004). Unreconstructed history: Anna J.H. Pennybacker's A New History of Texas and the politics of Texas textbooks in the early twentieth century. American Educational History Journal. 



	
		
		
	  

	

	

  
    
	

	

	  

		

		   
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Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research  

 	 
	 	 
  
Grant - Research   
King, K. M. (Co-Principal), Ezzani, M. D. (Co-Principal), Paufler, N. A. (Co-Principal), "Qualitative Inquiry Group," Sponsored by University of North Texas, University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (October 1, 2018 – Present).
Boyd, R. R. (Principal), King, K. M. (Co-Principal), Y. (Supporting), "Charn Grant -  Teacher Education in Arandas, Mexico," Sponsored by CHARN, University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (May 2017 – August 2018).
Grant - Service   
Golden, T. (Principal), King, K. (Co-Principal), Aoyama, K. (Co-Principal), Wilson, A. (Co-Principal), "Faculty Mentoring: 2015‑2016 Faculty Writing Group," Sponsored by Vice Provost for Faculty Success, University of North Texas, $4260 Funded. (2015 – 2016).
Grant - Teaching   
Pratt, S. (Co-Principal), King, K. M. (Principal), Eddy, C. M. (Co-Principal), Gonzalez-Carriedo, R. (Co-Principal), Martin, T. (Co-Principal), Leavell, A. G. (Co-Principal), Revelle, C. (Co-Principal), Young, J. (Co-Principal), "Development of Online Courses for a Master’s in Curriculum and Instruction," Sponsored by CLEAR Online Program Initiative, University of North Texas, $12500.00 Funded. (April 1, 2015 – August 31, 2015).



	
		
		
	  

	

	

	
	

  
  
  

  	

		

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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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			This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
				
      
					
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