Suzanne Myers, EdD
- Associate Director, KU Center for Research on Learning
- Assistant Research Professor
Contact Info
1200 Sunnyside Ave.
Lawrence, KS 66045-3101
Personal Links
Biography —
Suzanne “Suzy” Myers joined KUCRL in 2018. She has worked in the education field for more than 20 years as a high school English teacher, District Curriculum Coordinator, and State Education Agency Coordinator for Academic Standards and Leader of K-12 ELA Standards and Assessment. Her current work and research centers on secondary literacy instruction, digital/connective literacies, adaptive professional learning, and virtual instructional coaching.
Education —
Research —
Research Interests
- Virtual and on-site instructional coaching
- Virtual and on-site professional learning
- Adaptive professional learning
- Adolescent literacy
- Connective and digital adolescent literacies
- Writing instruction
Selected Publications —
Rowland, A., Myers, S., Elford, M. & Smith, S. (2023). Coaching Virtually to Support Professional Learning. Journal of Special Education and Technology. 38(1).75-85.
Myers, S. & Washburn, J. (2022). Increasing Teacher Access to Instructional Coaching Through Virtual Tools: Advantageous Before, During, and After the Pandemic. Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 30(3), 1-29.
Myers, S., Rowland, A., Elford, M (2022) Implementing a Virtual Coaching Model for Teacher Professional Development. IGI Global.
Myers, S. (2017). Virtual communities of practice: A study of capacity-building professional learning for teachers (Doctoral dissertation).
Myers, S. & Vest, J. (2016). From Lenin to Lennon: Using music to revive the classics. In L. Johnson & C. Goering (Eds.) Recontextualized: A framework for teaching English with music (pp. 113-128). Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.
Oertel, S., Seeger, V., & Shaw, K. (2014) Kansas ELA College and Career Ready Standards: Best Practices and Misconceptions, Kansas Journal of Reading, 30.
Service —
She currently serves on the Executive Board for the Kansas Masonic Literacy Center, is a Flint Hills Writing Project fellow (2006) and is National Board Certified in Adolescent/Young Adult English Language Arts.