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Beth Murray-Pendergraft

Department Chair

Beth Murray-Pendergraft

Department Chair

Associate Professor

Academic Appointment(s)

College of Education and Human Development
Department of Teaching and Leading

The Graduate School

Other Duties

Program Director, Teaching and Leading

  • (706) 737-1496
  • UH 382

Education

  • Ph.D., Education, Other Georgia State University, 2008

  • MED, Early Childhood Education and Teaching Augusta State University, 1993

  • BA, Early Childhood Education and Teaching Augusta State University, 1987

Courses Taught Most Recent Academic Year

  • EDTD 6223

    Applications/Effective Reading

  • EDTD 6222

    Current Best Prac. in Literacy

Scholarship

Selected Recent Publications

  • Empowering Young Children in Poverty by Improving Their Home Literacy Environments, 2016
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Examining Elementary Teachers’ Self-Efficacy in three settings in the Southeast. , 2014
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Understanding the impact of a state-wide reading consortium on literacy teacher educators, 2006
    Journal Article, Academic Journal

Department Service

  • 2015 - Present

    Role: Faculty Advisor

  • Program Coordinator 2015 - Present

  • University Curriculum and Academic Policies Committee 2015 - 2017

    Role: Committee Member

  • Strategic Planning Environmental Scanning Committee 2016 - 2017

    Role: Committee Member

College Service

  • College of Education Faculty Development Committee 2016 - Present

    Role: Committee Member

  • COE Promotion and Tenure 2015 - Present

    Role: Committee Member

  • College of Education Curriculum and Academic Policies Committee 2015 - Present

    Role: Committee Member

  • Professional Education Council 2015 - Present

    Role: Committee Member

  • COE Scholarship Committee 2015 - 2017

    Role: Committee Chair

University Service

  • University Curriculum and Academic Policies Committee 2015 - Present

    Role: Committee Member

  • 2015 - Present

    Role: Attendee, Convocation

  • 2015 - Present

    Role: Attendee, Graduation

  • Institutional Study Abroad 2010 - Present

    Role: Committee Member

  • SACS Visit Review 2016 - 2016

    Role: Other

Professional Service

  • International Literacy Association 2014 - Present

    Role: Committee Member

  • International Literacy Association 2012 - Present