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  • Hayley Diehl

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    Howdy! My name is Hayley, and I am a sophomore EC-6 Generalist Education major at Texas A&M University! After graduating with my Bachelor’s degree, I plan on pursuing an online Master’s degree while beginning my teaching career. While I do not yet know what grade would be ideal to teach, I am currently planning on teaching anywhere from kindergarten to third grade. I have had experience as a Christian summer camp counselor, VBS leader, and Sunday School teacher and have observed many public classrooms.

    I am from Spring, Texas, and I completed my high school education at Klein Collins High School. While attending Klein Collins, I was involved in my school’s drumline, which provided me with a total of ten years of experience in percussion. When not playing or listening to music, I can be found spending time with family and friends (and pets!), taking walks around campus, and letting out my creativity through drawing and painting!

    This is my first semester as a UPMT (University Peer Mentor – Technology), and I am beyond excited to help with any questions and concerns that arise. Feel free to reach out at any time! Cheers to a busy and bright fall semester!

  • Diana Delgadillo

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    Howdy! My name is Diana Delgadillo, I am a sophomore and my major is Pre-K-6th Generalist Certification. I am from Bakersfield, California and proud to be a member of the Fightin’ Texas Aggie Class of 2026! Upon graduating from Texas A&M University, I aspire to be an early elementary school teacher, primarily teaching 1st-3rd grade focusing on literacy subjects and skills. 

    Throughout my free time I love going on sunset walks, finding new recipes to bake in the kitchen, or spending time at the Kappa Delta sorority house with my sisters and helping out with fundraisers! 

    I am here to help with any problems, concerns, and questions you may have. I am so excited to be your UPMT for EDCI 365 this semester, it is going to be a great one – Gig em!

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  • Dr. Patrick Slattery

    DR. PATRICK SLATTERY

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    Dr. Patrick Slattery is Professor and Associate Department Head for Graduate Studies in the Department of Teaching, Learning & Culture in the College of Education and Human Development at Texas A&M University where he teaches courses in Philosophy of Education, Curriculum Theory, Social Foundations of Education, and Arts-Based Research. His books include: “Curriculum Development in the Postmodern Era” (Third Edition, Routledge, 2013); the co-authored text with Dana Rapp “Ethics and the Foundations of Education: Teaching Convictions in a Postmodern World” (Allyn and Bacon, 2003); the co-authored text “Understanding Curriculum” (Peter Lang Publishers, 1995); and the co-authored text “Contextualizing Teaching” (Addison-Wesley Longman, 2000). Dr. Slattery has published research articles in Harvard Educational Review, Journal of Curriculum Studies, Educational Theory, Qualitative Inquiry, Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy, Journal of Teacher Education and Practice, JCT: Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, and Curriculum Inquiry. He is a former editor of JCT: Journal of Curriculum Theorizing and co-editor (with James Henderson of Kent State University) of The Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy. Patrick Slattery is a past-president of the American Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies (AAACS), a member of Professors of Curriculum, the former chair of the Arts-Based Educational Research SIG of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), and a council member of the Curriculum and Pedagogy Group (C&P). He is also an artist, lecturer, and activist for social justice issues in organizations such as Austin Childrens’ Shelter, Queer Studies SIG of AERA, Campaign to End the Death Penalty (CEDP), and the Human Rights Campaign (HRC). The central theme of his work is the promotion of a just, compassionate, and ecologically sustainable global culture through holistic and reconceptualized approaches to curriculum, constructive postmodern understandings of education, queer studies in gender and sexuality, and Process philosophical visions of creativity and change. In his research he contends that spiritual, ethical, and social transformation is intimately linked to visual culture, public pedagogy, and aesthetics, and that wisdom can emerge in the artistic process.

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    Dr. Valerie Hill-Jackson

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    Dr. Valerie Hill-Jackson received her Interdisciplinary Doctorate in Educational Leadership degree, summa cum laude, in 2003 from St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She joined the Department of Teaching, Learning, and Culture at Texas A&M University in September 2004 and teaches courses in the Culture and Curriculum program area. She is a nationally and university recognized educator having garnered: 2007 Maybelline / People Magazine Women Who Empower Through Education Award; The 2008 Texas A&M University (TAMU) Association of Former Students Award for Distinguished Teaching; 2008 Transfer Camp Namesake; 2010 Student Led Award for Teaching Excellence (SLATE) at TAMU; 2010 Outstanding Panhellenic Professor; 2011 National Society of Collegiate Scholars Inspire Integrity Top 10 Finalist award; Honorary Guest Coach for the Texas A & M University Women’s Basketball Team, 2011 NCAA Champs, at the McNeese U. Home Game 2011; 2013 Upton Sinclair award; 2015 Aggies Commit to Transforming Lives Administrative Fellow; and the 2016 Educational Institution Image Award by the Edwards Ministerial Association.

    She developed three new graduate courses including one that is integral to the Educational Leadership in Curriculum and Instruction program. Dr. Hill-Jackson’s research interests include: critical teacher education, transformative/servant leadership, service learning/community education, ethnography, gifted education, culture + curriculum, and STEM education for underserved learners. Early in her career, Dr. Hill-Jackson received the prestigious American Educational Research Association / Spencer fellowship for her qualitative dissertation and was conferred with the LEAD Poisoning Star Award for her research in community education. In 2013, Hill-Jackson won a Traditional Core Fulbright Award and was hosted by the Center for Critical and Cultural Theory at the School of English Communication and Philosophy at Cardiff University in Cardiff, Wales. Dr. Hill-Jackson’s teaching philosophy is best explained with her simple quote, “students first through action research”.

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    Jenny Folsom

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