Faculty Academy Publications & Presentations

Faculty Academy Publications:

Refereed Journal Articles 

1. *McDonald, D., Craig, C. J., Markello, C., & Kahn, M. (2016). Our academic sandbox: Scholarly identities shaped through play, tantrums, building castles, and rebuffing backyard bullies. The Qualitative Report, 21(6), 1145-1163 (Faculty Academy publication). [IF 0.135, Q2] (25 citations as of 06/01/26) As per Dimensions, compared to other publications in the same field, this publication is highly cited and has received approximately 3.24 times more citations than average. .

* Tier I publications

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Faculty Academy Edited Books (3) 

1. Craig, C. J., McDonald, D. M., & Curtis, G. A. (Eds.). (2023). Learning, leading, and the best-loved self in teaching and teacher education. Palgrave Macmillan. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-11902-6 
2. Craig, C. J., Turchi, L., & McDonald, D. M. (Eds.). (2020). Cross-disciplinary, cross-institutional collaborations in teacher education. Palgrave Macmillan. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-56674-6 
3. McDonald, D. (2019). Facing challenges and complexities in retention of novice teachers. Information Age.

Collaborative Book Chapters (55)

1. Auzenne-Curl, C. (2020). Fear, fellowship, and finding a voice: An autobiographical narrative on being and becoming in an established research community. In C. J. Craig, L. B. Turchi, & D. McDonald (Eds.). Cross-disciplinary, cross-institutional collaboration in teacher education: Cases of learning while leading (pp. 97-112). Palgrave Macmillan. (Peer reviewed chapter)
2. Beaudry, C. & Gauna, L. (2010). When qualifications are not enough: A Latina Spanish bilingual teacher's decision to leave. In D. McDonald (Ed.), Facing challenges and complexities in retention of novice teachers (pp. 257-278). Information Age.
3. Burgess Monroy, M. Norton, M., & Craig, C. J. (2023). Unleashing the best-loved self: Autobiographical narratives of experience in higher education. In C. J. Craig, D. M. McDonald, & G. A. Curtis (Eds.), Learning, leading, and the best-loved self in teaching and teacher education (pp. 171-193). Palgrave Macmillan. (Peer-reviewed chapter)
4. Cooper, J. M., Gauna, L. M., & Beaudry, C. E. (2023). Composing our best-loved selves: Using the educational disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic to reforge our teacher educator identities. In C. J. Craig, D. M. McDonald, & G. A. Curtis (Eds.), Learning, leading, and the best-loved self in teaching and teacher education (pp. 305-325). Palgrave Macmillan. (Peer-reviewed chapter)
5. Cooper, J. M., Gauna, L. M., Beaudry, C. E., & Curtis, G. A. (2020). Sustaining critical practices in contested spaces: Teacher educators resisting the narrowing of curriculum. In C. J. Craig, L. B. Turchi, & D. McDonald (Eds.), Cross-disciplinary, cross-institutional collaboration in teacher education: Cases of learning while leading (pp. 327-250). Palgrave Macmillan. (Peer reviewed chapter; 8 citations (14 book) as of 12/01/25)
6. Cooper, J. M., Turchi, L., & Kuczynski, M. (2020). Discovering stories data might be telling: Collaborative research as leadership and lessons learned in promoting a culture of evidence. In C. J. Craig, L. B. Turchi, & D. McDonald (Eds.). (2020). Cross-disciplinary, cross-institutional collaboration in teacher education: Cases of learning while leading (pp. 305-326). Palgrave Macmillan. (Peer reviewed chapter)
7. Craig, C. J., Evans, P., Li, J., & Stokes, D. (2019). The Gordian knot of teacher induction: When context trumps teacher preparation and the desire to teach. In D. McDonald (Ed.), Facing challenges and complexities in retention of novice teachers (pp. 185-204). Information Age.
8. Craig, C. J. (2020). Generous scholarship: A counternarrative for the region and the academy. In C. J. Craig, L. B. Turchi, & D. McDonald (Eds.). (2020). Cross-disciplinary, cross-institutional collaboration in teacher education: Cases of learning while leading (pp. 351-365). Palgrave Macmillan. (Peer reviewed chapter)
9. Craig, C. J. (2023). The best-loved self: Where to from here? In C. J. Craig, D. M. McDonald, & G. A. Curtis (Eds.), Learning, leading, and the best-loved self in teaching and teacher education (pp. 333-342). Palgrave Macmillan. (Peer-reviewed chapter)
10. Craig, C. J. (2023). Tracing the roots of the best-loved self. In C. J. Craig, D. M. McDonald, & G. A. Curtis (Eds.), Learning, leading, and the best-loved self in teaching and teacher education (pp. 9-29). Palgrave Macmillan. (Peer-reviewed chapter)
11. Craig, C. J., Turchi, L. B. & McDonald, D. (Eds.). (2020). Cross-disciplinary, cross-institutional collaboration in teacher education: Cases of learning while leading. In C. J. Craig, L. B. Turchi, & D. McDonald (Eds.). Cross-disciplinary, cross-institutional collaboration in teacher education: Cases of learning while leading (pp. 367-383). Palgrave Macmillan. (Peer reviewed chapter)
12. Curtis, G. A. (2023). Afterword: The best-loved self. In C. J. Craig, D. McDonald, and G. A. Curtis (Eds.) Learning, leading, and the best-loved self in teaching and teacher education (pp. 343-344). Palgrave Macmillan. 
13. Curtis, G. A. (2023). Introducing the book and the best-loved self. In C. J. Craig, D. M. McDonald, & G. A. Curtis (Eds.), Learning, leading, and the best-loved self in teaching and teacher education (pp. 1-8). Palgrave Macmillan. (Peer-reviewed chapter)
14. Curtis, G. A., & Craig, C. J. (2020). Faculty Academy: A new version of an established concept of collaboration. In C. J. Craig, L. B. Turchi, & D. McDonald (Eds.). (2020). Cross-disciplinary, cross-institutional collaboration in teacher education: Cases of learning while leading (pp. 9-24). Palgrave Macmillan. (Peer reviewed chapter) 
15. Divoll, K., & Ribeiro, A. (2023). Exploring your past to strengthen your best-loved self. In C. J. Craig, D. M. McDonald, & G. A. Curtis (Eds.), Learning, leading, and the best-loved self in teaching and teacher education (pp. 145-169). Palgrave Macmillan. (Peer-reviewed chapter)
16. Divoll, K., Gauna, L., & Ribeiro, A. (2019). Career changers' experiences as neophyte middle school ESL teachers. In D. McDonald (Ed.), Facing challenges and complexities in retention of novice teachers (pp. 83-140). Information Age.
17. Evans, P. K. (2023). She even gave me her liver: A story given back. In C. J. Craig, D. M. McDonald, & G. A. Curtis (Eds.), Learning, leading, and the best-loved self in teaching and teacher education (pp. 251-268). Palgrave Macmillan. (Peer-reviewed chapter)
18. Han, X. (2020). Bridging the East and the West: Reflections on learning, leading, and life.  In C. J. Craig, L. B. Turchi, & D. McDonald (Eds.). (2020). Cross-disciplinary, cross-institutional collaboration in teacher education: Cases of learning while leading (pp. 135-149). Palgrave Macmillan. (Peer reviewed chapter)
19. Han, X. (2019). Integrating technology in the classroom: Is it happening?  In D. McDonald (Ed.), Facing challenges and complexities in retention of novice teachers (pp. 237-256. Information Age.
20. Han, X. & Bu, Y. (2023). What makes a good teacher: One female educator’s lived experiences. In C. J. Craig, D. M. McDonald, & G. A. Curtis (Eds.), Learning, leading, and the best-loved self in teaching and teacher education (pp. 81-97). Palgrave Macmillan. (Peer-reviewed chapter)
21. Kahn, M. (2019). Walking with fish, swimming with cats: Novice teachers and equity. In D. McDonald (Ed.) Facing challenges and complexities in retention of novice teachers (pp. 3-22). Information Age.
22. Kelley, M., Curtis, G. A., & Craig, C. J. (2023). Vignettes of the best-loved self. In C. J. Craig, D. M. McDonald, & G. A. Curtis (Eds.), Learning, leading, and the best-loved self in teaching and teacher education (pp. 123-144). Palgrave Macmillan. (Peer-reviewed chapter)
23. Kiekel, J. (2020). Introverts as leaders: How involvement in a professional learning community can facilitate development of skills. In C. J. Craig, L. B. Turchi, & D. McDonald (Eds.). (2020). Cross-disciplinary, cross-institutional collaboration in teacher education: Cases of learning while leading (pp. 179-196). Palgrave Macmillan. (Peer reviewed chapter)
24. Kiekel, J. (2019). Jekyll and Hyde: One teacher—two schools. In D. McDonald (Ed.), Facing challenges and complexities in retention of novice teachers (pp. 63-82). Information Age.
25. Kiekel, J. (2023). Kicking and screaming: Reflections of a reluctant educator. In C. J. Craig, D. M. McDonald, & G. A. Curtis (Eds.), Learning, leading, and the best-loved self in teaching and teacher education (pp. 99-111). Palgrave Macmillan. (Peer-reviewed chapter)
26. Manuel, M. (2023). Discovering the E in STEM: The best-loved self mirrored back. In C. J. Craig, D. M. McDonald, & G. A. Curtis (Eds.), Learning, leading, and the best-loved self in teaching and teacher education (pp. 233-250). Palgrave Macmillan. (Peer-reviewed chapter)
27. Manuel, M., Evans, P. K., & McAlister-Shields, L. (2020). teachHOUSTON alumni: Agents of change in secondary STEM education. In C. J. Craig, L. B. Turchi, & D. McDonald (Eds.). (2020). Cross-disciplinary, cross-institutional collaboration in teacher education: Cases of learning while leading (pp. 285-303). Palgrave Macmillan. (Peer reviewed chapter)
28. Markello, C. (2019). Becoming an art teacher: Prismatic experiences of three beginning visual art teachers. In D. McDonald (Ed.),Facing challenges and complexities in retention of novice teachers (pp. 157-184). Information Age.
29. Markello, C. (2020). Reflecting on growth and change: The persistence of the Faculty Academy (2002-2020). In C. J. Craig, L. B. Turchi, & D. McDonald (Eds.). (2020). Cross-disciplinary, cross-institutional collaboration in teacher education: Cases of learning while leading (pp. 25-44). Palgrave Macmillan. (Peer reviewed chapter)
30. McDonald, D. M. (2023). A challenging teaching experience cultivated profound professional and person rewards. In C. J. Craig, D. M. McDonald, & G. A. Curtis (Eds.), Learning, leading, and the best-loved self in teaching and teacher education (pp. 31-59). Palgrave Macmillan. (Peer-reviewed chapter)
31. McDonald, D. (2019). I feel like Edith Piaf: A novice teacher's expression of sorrow and hope. In D. McDonald (Ed.), Facing challenges and complexities in retention of novice teachers (pp. 23-62). Information Age.
32. McDonald, D. M. (2023). Journey of discovery: Finding one’s best-loved self. In C. J. Craig, D. M. McDonald, & G. A. Curtis (Eds.), Learning, leading, and the best-loved self in teaching and teacher education (pp. 327-331). Palgrave Macmillan. (Peer-reviewed chapter)
33. McDonald, D. M. (2020). Longstanding lessons of propriety as a leader. In C. J. Craig, L. B. Turchi, & D. McDonald (Eds.). (2020). Cross-disciplinary, cross-institutional collaboration in teacher education: Cases of learning while leading (pp. 151-178). Palgrave Macmillan. (Peer reviewed chapter)
34. 34.McDonald, D., Craig, C., & Curtis, G. A. (2019). A big picture view of teacher induction experiences across the disciplines helping policy makers see the forest through the trees. In D. McDonald Facing challenges and complexities in retention of novice teachers (pp. 279-282). Information Age. 
35. McDonald, D., Craig, C. J, & Curtis, G. A. (2019). Book summary: A big picture view of teacher induction experiences across the disciplines helping policy makers see the forest through the trees. In D. McDonald (Ed.) Facing challenges and complexities in retention of novice teachers (pp. 279-282). Information Age.
36. 36. McDonald, D., Craig, C. J., & Curtis, G. A. (2019). Situating teacher induction in the urban teaching context: A Journey through new terrain as novice teachers' share stories of finding their way. In D. McDonald (Ed.) Facing challenges and complexities in retention of novice teachers (pp. 1-2). Information Age.
37. McDonald, D. M., Craig, C. J., & Turchi, L. (2020). The Faculty Academy in review: What, so what, now what? In C. J. Craig, L. B. Turchi, & D. McDonald (Eds.). Cross-disciplinary, cross-institutional collaboration in teacher education: Cases of learning while leading (pp. 367-384). Palgrave Macmillan. (Peer reviewed chapter)
38. McDonald, D. M., Divoll, K., Newsum, J. M., Williams-Duncan, O. M., Auzenne-Curl, C., & Kiekel, J. (2020). Involvement in a professional community yields unexpected skills: Faculty Academy members’ stories of leadership and learning. In C. J. Craig, L. B. Turchi, & D. McDonald (Eds.). Cross-disciplinary, cross-institutional collaboration in teacher education: Cases of learning while leading (pp. 25-44). Palgrave Macmillan. (Peer reviewed chapter)
39. Newsum, J. M. (2020). Leading from the shadows: School librarian leadership. In C. J. Craig, L. B. Turchi, & D. McDonald (Eds.). (2020). Cross-disciplinary, cross-institutional collaboration in teacher education: Cases of learning while leading (pp. 221-239). Palgrave Macmillan. (Peer reviewed chapter)
40. Newsum, J. M. (2023). Joined at the hip: Learning the ropes and the charge to pass it on. In C. J. Craig, D. M. McDonald, & G. A. Curtis (Eds.), Learning, leading, and the best-loved self in teaching and teacher education (pp. 113-122). Palgrave Macmillan.
41. Norton, M. & Curtis, G. A. (2023). A milieu for flourishing as your best-loved self: A mentored knowledge community learning about mentoring. In C. J. Craig, D. M. McDonald, & G. A. Curtis (Eds.), Learning, leading, and the best-loved self in teaching and teacher education (pp. 209-232). Palgrave Macmillan. (Peer-reviewed chapter)
42. Pohl, B. (2019). Experiences from the field: Voices of novice special education teachers during their induction years. In D. McDonald (Ed.), Facing challenges and complexities in retention of novice teachers (pp. 141-156). Information Age.
43. Pohl, B. (2020). Musings on the sidelines: Leadership and learning during the tenure-track experience. In C. J. Craig, L. B. Turchi, & D. McDonald (Eds.). (2020). Cross-disciplinary, cross-institutional collaboration in teacher education: Cases of learning while leading (pp. 113-133). Palgrave Macmillan. (Peer reviewed chapter)
44. Quander, J., Sack, , J. J., & Redl, T. A. (2020). Learning through co-teaching as critical friends. In C. J. Craig, L. B. Turchi, & D. McDonald (Eds.). (2020). Cross-disciplinary, cross-institutional collaboration in teacher education: Cases of learning while leading (pp. 241-255). Palgrave Macmillan. (Peer reviewed chapter)
45. Raven, S., Davis, T. J., & Craig, C. J.  (2020). The mentor-mentee faculty relationship: Cases of reciprocal learning and leading. In C. J. Craig, L. B. Turchi, & D. McDonald (Eds.). (2020). Cross-disciplinary, cross-institutional collaboration in teacher education: Cases of learning while leading (pp. 83-95). Palgrave Macmillan. (Peer reviewed chapter)
46. Sack, J. J. (2023). My best-loved self. In C. J. Craig, D. M. McDonald, & G. A. Curtis (Eds.), Learning, leading, and the best-loved self in teaching and teacher education (pp. 195-207). Palgrave Macmillan. (Peer-reviewed chapter)
47. Sack, J. J. & Pohl, B. (2023). Bernardo through Jackie’s eyes and Jackie through Bernardo’s eyes. In C. J. Craig, D. M. McDonald, & G. A. Curtis (Eds.), Learning, leading, and the best-loved self in teaching and teacher education (pp. 293-303). Palgrave Macmillan. (Peer-reviewed chapter)
48. Sack, J. & Quander, J. (2019). Care as an approach for supporting induction years secondary mathematics teachers. In D. McDonald (Ed.), Facing challenges and complexities in retention of novice teachers (pp. 223-236). Information Age.
49. Sack, J. J., & Vázquez, I. (2020). Learning and leading as teacher researchers. In C. J. Craig, L. B. Turchi, & D. McDonald (Eds.). (2020). Cross-disciplinary, cross-institutional collaboration in teacher education: Cases of learning while leading (pp. 257-269). Palgrave Macmillan. (Peer reviewed chapter)
50. Stokes, D. W. (2023). Discovering your best-loved self as a multifaceted mentor. In C. J. Craig, D. M. McDonald, & G. A. Curtis (Eds.), Learning, leading, and the best-loved self in teaching and teacher education (pp. 269-291). Palgrave Macmillan. (Peer-reviewed chapter)
51. Stokes, D. W., & Evans, P. K. (2020). Learning and leading as collaborative physics education/physics partners: Building a physics teacher education program. In C. J. Craig, L. B. Turchi, & D. McDonald (Eds.). (2020). Cross-disciplinary, cross-institutional collaboration in teacher education: Cases of learning while leading (pp. 271-284). Palgrave Macmillan. (Peer reviewed chapter)
52. Turchi, L., & Nance, K. (2019). Supporting new English language arts teachers as nascent professionals: What enables and impedes their instructional designs and their intentions to help secondary students succeed with the curriculum and required assessments. In D. McDonald (Ed.), Facing challenges and complexities in retention of novice teachers (pp. 205-222). Information Age.
53. Turchi, L., Craig, C. J., & McDonald D. M. (2020). Cross-disciplinary, cross-institutional collaborations in teacher education: Cases of learning and leading. In C. J. Craig, L. B. Turchi, & D. McDonald (Eds.). (2020). Cross-disciplinary, cross-institutional collaboration in teacher education: Cases of learning while leading (pp. 1-8). Palgrave Macmillan. (Peer reviewed chapter)
54. Watson, S. W. (2023). Recognizing and fostering the best-loved teacher self: One teacher’s story. In C. J. Craig, D. M. McDonald, & G. A. Curtis (Eds.), Learning, leading, and the best-loved self in teaching and teacher education (pp. 61-80). Palgrave Macmillan. (Peer-reviewed chapter)
55. Watson, S. W. (2020). Resiliency and women: The journey in academic STEM leadership.  In C. J. Craig, L. B. Turchi, & D. McDonald (Eds.). (2020). Cross-disciplinary, cross-institutional collaboration in teacher education: Cases of learning while leading (pp. 197-219). Palgrave Macmillan. (Peer reviewed chapter)

Presentations at National and International Professional Meetings:   

1. Kiekel, J., Kelley, M., Craig, C. J., Cooper, J. M., & Curtis, G. A. (2026, April 7). The untold stories of policy impacts on Faculty Academy [Paper presentation]. Invisible College for Research on Teaching. Los Angeles, CA, United States. (Faculty Academy)
2. Pohl, B. (2026, April 7). Animating dead spaces: Critical journeys of leadership and the revival of the field with the mango tree [Paper presentation]. Invisible College for Research on Teaching, Los Angeles, CA. (Faculty Academy) 
3. Watson, S. W., Divoll, K., McIntush, K. E., & Stokes, D. W. (2025, Apr. 27). The Faculty Academy Invisible College: beyond mentors and collaborators to accelerators

[paper presentation] in Invisible Colleges: Small group spaces for growth, inquiry, healing, and repair [Symposium paper presentation]. American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference, Denver, CO, United States. (Faculty Academy)

1. Cooper, J. M., McDonald, D., Watson, S., Curtis, G. A., Baker, S., Gauna, L., Craig, C. J., Williams-Duncan, O., Newsum, J., Pohl, B., Keikel, J., Stokes, D., & Wandix-White, D., (2023, October). Academic transitions impart scholarly identity shifts through stressors and opportunities for growth [Paper presentation]. American Association of Teaching and Curriculum Annual Meeting, Louisville, Kentucky. (Faculty Academy)
2. Wandix-White, D. & Divoll, K. (2024, April ). Faculty Academy as an Inter-institutional Invisible College: Generous scholarship as a focal point for novice faculty support [Presentation]. Invisible College for Research on Teaching, Philadelphia, PA. (Faculty Academy)
3. Cooper, J. M., McDonald, D., Watson, S., Curtis, G. A., Baker, S., Gauna, L., Craig, C. J., Williams-Duncan, O., Newsum, J., Pohl, B., Keikel, J., Stokes, D., & Wandix-White, D., (2023, October). Walking in wisdom: Lessons learned from long term engagement in the Faculty Academy [Paper presentation] (Faculty Academy’s most attended session). American Association of Teaching and Curriculum Annual Meeting, Louisville, Kentucky.
4. Craig, C. J., McDonald, D. M., Curtis, G. A., Beaudry, C., E., Bu, Y., Cooper, J. M., Divoll, K., Evans, P. K., Gauna, L. M., Han, X., Kelley, M., Kiekel, J., Manuel, M., Burgess Monroy, M., Newsum, J. M., Norton, M., Pohl, B., Ribiero, A., Sack, J. J., Stokes, D. W., & Watson, S. M. (2023, Feb. 16). Learning, leading, and the best-loved self in teaching and teacher education [Webinar book launch]. Collaborative for Innovation in Teacher Education, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. h and learn how we can
5. McDonald, D., Craig, C. J., Pohl, B., Sack, J., Watson, S., Gauna, L., Cooper, J., Beaudry, C., Divoll, K. (2021, October 7). Crossing disciplines and institutions: Proliferating and pro-liberating possibilities in learning to lead through collaboration [Paper presentation] American Association of Teaching and Curriculum Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico (Faculty Academy).
6. McDonald, D., Craig, C. J., Pohl, B., Sack, J., Watson, S., Cooper, J., Williams-Duncan, O., Gauna, L., Beaudry, C., & Divoll, K. (2021, October 7). Muses that amuse: Inspirational stories of teachers’ best-loved selves [Panel discussion] American Association of Teaching and Curriculum Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico. (Faculty Academy). 
7. 10.McDonald, D., Craig, C. J., Pohl, B., Sack, J., Watson, S., Cooper, J., Williams-Duncan, O., Gauna, L., Beaudry, C., & Divoll, K. (2021, October 7). Muses that amuse: Inspirational stories of teachers’ best-loved selves [Panel discussion]. American Association of Teaching and Curriculum Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico. (Faculty Academy). 
8. Craig, C. J., McDonald, D., Auzenne-Curl, C., Curtis, G., Divoll, Kent., Davis, T., Evans, P., Gauna, L., Kiekel, J., Manuel, M., McAlister-Shields, L., Newsum, J., Pohl, B., Turchi, L., Watson, S., Williams-Duncan, O. & Raven, S. (2021, April 8). Collective and collaborative understanding of leadership within a knowledge community [Paper Presentation]. American Educational Research Association Meeting (virtual) (Faculty Academy).
9. McDonald, D., Baker, S., Craig, C. J., Crawford, C., Divoll, K. & Shulsky, D. (2021, February 16). First generation college students who became professors of education: Experiential insights for championing inclusiveness, equity and excellence in marginalized learners [Paper Presentation]. Association of Teacher Educators Annual Conference (virtual) (Faculty Academy).
10. McDonald, D., Craig, C. J., Pohl, B. E., Divoll, K., Evans, P., Sack, J. J., Kiekel, J., Han, X. & Markello, C. (2018, April 14). Challenges in effective mentoring and retention of novice teachers [Paper Presentation]. American Educational Research Association Meeting, New York City, New York (Faculty Academy).
11. McDonald, D., Carman, C. A., Craig, C. J. & Crawford, C. M. (2017, April 29). Seeking liberty within an oppressive system through satire [Paper Presentation]. American Educational Research Association Meeting, San Antonio, Texas (Faculty Academy). 
12. McDonald, D., Craig, C. J., Kahn, M., Markello, C., Garcia-Penalvo, M., Smith, D. & Kiekel, J. (2012, April 17). Exploring scholarly identity development in our academic sandbox: Building castles and rebuffing backyard bullies [Paper Presentation]. American Educational Research Association Meeting, Vancouver, Canada (Faculty Academy).