Professor
Towson University
Lea Ann Christenson, PhD, is a Professor in the Department of Early Childhood Education at Towson University. Her research interests include early literacy and STEM instruction for young Dual Language Learners and professional development for in service and pre-service teachers in urban and international settings (El Salvador, Nepal, Zimbabwe, China, Sweden and Denmark). During Spring 2020 she was a visiting Scholar at DPU, Danish School of Education in Copenhagen. Prior to earning her PhD at the University of Maryland, College Park in Curriculum and Instruction with a focus on early literacy, she taught Kindergarten-second grade and ESOL, and was an Assistant Principal in California public schools, and a literacy specialist at the Maryland State Department of Education.
Saturday, February 17, 2024
1:00 PM – 1:30 PM MST