Dr. Sydney Brown

BA, K-6 Education, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
MEd, K-12 Literacy Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
PhD, Culture, Curriculum and Change, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Executive Editor, IMPROVE: Instructional modules for professional learning responding to opportunities and valuing educators. 2015-ongoing
Coordinator, Doctoral Program in Curriculum and Instruction. 2012-ongoing. GWU
Dissertation Chair, School of Education. 2010-ongoing. GWU
University teaching at both undergraduate and graduate levels. 2004-present. GWU
Elementary school teacher in various school settings. 1991-1999

Outstanding Graduate Faculty Award, Gardner-Webb University. 2013
Students’ Choice Award, Gardner-Webb University. Gardner-Webb University. 2004-2005, 2006-2007, 2007-2008, 2008-2009, 2009-2010
The President’s Award for Community Engagement, Gardner-Webb University. 2005-2006

Gillman, C., Brown, S., Edmunds, J. Hatt-Echeverria, B., & Noblit, G. (2002). A perspective on readiness from the kindergarten classroom. A policy report submitted to the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute.
Hatt, B. & Brown, S. (2012). Taming the children: The social construction of school readiness. In Adkins, A. and Gordon, J. (Eds) Taming reform: “Reinventing government” yields to “business as usual” for young children. Hampton Press: Creskill, NJ.
Hatt, B., Quach, L., Brown, S. & Anderson, A. (2009). Coffee talk: Negotiating/disrupting the hidden curriculum of graduate school. Journal of Curriculum Theorizing 25 (1). 60-67.
Hinson, G., Rogers, D., Brown, S. & Bauman, A. (2004). Music matters: Asking questions, fostering agency, and building community in arts-based educational programming. Journal of Thought 39 (4). 15-34.

Working in concert: Elementary Teachers’ Experiences in the Curriculum, Music, and Community Project