Suzanne Myers, EdD


Suzanne Myers, EdD
  • Associate Director, KU Center for Research on Learning
  • Assistant Research Professor

Contact Info

Joseph R. Pearson Hall
1122 West Campus Road
Lawrence, KS 66045-3101

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

Ed.D. in Curriculum and Instruction, The University of Kansas, 2017
M.S. in Curriculum and Instruction, Kansas State University, 2010
B.A. in English Education, Washburn University, 2005
B.S. in Journalism-Advertising, The University of Kansas, 2001

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.