Diane Bottomley is an Associate Professor in the
Elementary Education Department at Ball State University.
She teaches undergraduate and graduate literacy courses and
serves as a Professional Development School (PDS) liaison
with a local elementary school. Providing professional
development to teachers is one of her responsibilities as a
PDS liaison. Her research interests include teacher
preparation, assessment, PDS, and literacy instruction. She
has presented at numerous local, state, national, and
international educational conferences and published in a
variety of professional journals. Her Ph.D. is in
Curriculum and Instruction with a concentration in language
and literacy from the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign.
Peggy Rice is an Associate Professor of English at
Ball State University where she teaches English education
methods courses at both the undergraduate and graduate
level. Prior to earning her doctorate, Dr. Rice taught 10
years in the public schools. Recently, she collaborated
with Dr. Bottomley on a two year project, creating and
implementing an integrated literacy block in a Professional
Development School, working with K-6 classroom teachers and
preservice teachers. That project was funded from a BSU
Title II Grant in the amount of $28,610.00. Her research
interests include teacher preparation, curriculum
development, assessment, literacy instruction, and
children’s literature. She has presented at numerous
national and international educational conferences and
published in several educational journals. Her Ph.D. is in
Curriculum and Instruction with a concentration in English
education from the University of Louisiana at Baton Rouge.
Matthew Stuve is an Associate Professor and the
Director of Educational Technology Programs in Teachers
College, Ball State University. From 1999-2003, Dr. Stuve
was co-principal investigator of a $3M PT3 funded by the
U.S. Department of Education. The BSU PT3 project involved
campus- and school-based reform efforts to improve teacher
education and professional practice of in-services
teachers. Some of Dr. Stuve’s work in the PT3 project
included developing web portals for K-12 collaboration and
assessment. As a doctoral student in 1996, Dr. Stuve wrote
and directed a $67K grant from the Illinois Department of
Education for a community-based, curriculum development
project that involved 15 teachers from all schools in rural
K-12 school district. His research interests include
educational informatics, assessment technologies, digital
and representational literacies, and technology in teacher
education. His Ph.D. is in Educational Psychology from the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with emphases in
learning, cognition and technology.
