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Katia Ciampa, PhD

  • Director of Reading Programs
  • Associate Professor
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Education

  • PhD, Education, Cognition & Learning (2014)
    Brock University (Ontario, Canada)

About Me

I'm an Associate Professor in the Center for Education at Widener University where I teach undergraduate and graduate courses in reading/literacy. My research interests include digital literacy, teacher self efficacy beliefs for literacy instruction, culturally responsive literacy instruction, the role of motivation in literacy learning, supporting pre-service and in-service teachers鈥 literacy instructional and assessment practices in the 21st century.

Publications

Ciampa, K., Reisboard, D., & McHenry, N. (2022). What analysis reveals about teacher educators鈥 understanding of culturally responsive instruction and translation into practice. The Teacher Educator, 1-22.   

Ciampa, K., & Jagielo-Manion, R. (2021). Teaching and assessing early literacy during  COVID-19 and beyond: Key findings. Journal of Language and Literacy Education, 17(2), 1-18.

Ciampa, K., & Gallagher, T. L. (2019). Exploring Canadian and American pre-service teachers鈥 self-efficacy and knowledge of literacy instruction. Teaching Education. doi:10.1080/10476210.2019.1658925

In the Media

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Noteworthy

  • Article by Faculty and Staff Published in Journal of Research on Technology in Education

    A new article authored by Katia Ciampa, associate professor and director of reading programs, Zora Wolfe, associate professor and associate dean of the College of Health & Human Services, and Jessica Storey, director of teaching and learning with technology, has been published in the Journal of Research on Technology in Education.

    The article, titled 鈥,鈥 examines the success of the trio鈥檚 one-year cohort in the Online Teaching Fellows Program at Widener.

    The 14-week program included graduate and undergraduate faculty from across the university for professional development activities and discussions focused on creating authentic and equitable learning opportunities for students.  

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  • Education Professors Publish Article in Teaching in Higher Education

    Dr. Katia Ciampa, an assistant professor in the Center for Education, and Dr. Zora Wolfe, an associate professor in the Center for Education, published a peer-reviewed article in "Teaching in Higher Education" in September 2020. The article, titled "," was a retrospective case study to examine the implementation of peer-review practices in a doctoral dissertation proposal course.

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