Home / People / Dr. Sydney Brown Dr. Sydney Brown Dean, GBP School of Graduate Studies; Professor, College of Education Education 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 Professional Experience 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 Awards and Recognition Outstanding Graduate Faculty Award, 成人视频. 2013 Students鈥 Choice Award, 成人视频. 成人视频. 2004-2005, 2006-2007, 2007-2008, 2008-2009, 2009-2010 The President鈥檚 Award for Community Engagement, 成人视频. 2005-2006 Courses Taught All courses in EdD in Curriculum and Instruction All courses in Masters in Teacher Leadership in Curriculum and Instruction Selected Publications 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: 鈥淩einventing government鈥 yields to 鈥渂usiness as usual鈥 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. Dissertation Title Working in concert: Elementary Teachers’ Experiences in the Curriculum, Music, and Community Project Areas of Research Expertise Qualitative Methods Mixed Methods Teacher Leadership School Culture Reading Program Evaluation Technology Action Research Case Study Ethnography