June 2026: Faculty scholarship and recognitions
From groundbreaking research to professional honors, faculty representing Arizona State University’s Mary Lou Fulton College for Teaching and Learning Innovation advance ideas that shape teaching and learning. The listings below, drawn from the college's regular scholarship survey, highlight recent contributions.
Juliet Hart Barnett, professor, published an invited article examining practical strategies to help children with autism better understand time. Hart Barnett translates research on autism, executive functioning and temporal processing into evidence-informed, accessible strategies for families using visual supports, routines and structured independence to strengthen children’s time awareness and daily functioning.
Listed as: Hart Barnett, J. E. (2026). Helping your child with autism understand time. Exceptional Parent, April, 2026.
Tara Bartlett, assistant professor, and Daniel Schugurensky, professor, published an article examining how schools can address challenges related to democracy and civic education through participatory learning experiences. Their peer-reviewed study used a social pedagogy framework to explore how Project Citizen (from the Center for Civic Education) and school participatory budgeting foster youth agency, civic engagement and democratic participation.
Listed as: Bartlett, T., & Schugurensky, D. (2026). Social pedagogy and civic education: Comparing school participatory budgeting and Project Citizen. International Journal of Social Pedagogy.
Pablo Bezem, assistant professor, and colleagues published a peer-reviewed article investigating California’s cross-enrollment policy, which allows community college students to take courses at public universities as a pathway to support transfer. The study tested interventions designed to reduce informational, logistical and financial barriers to participation.
Listed as: Baker, R., Hill, M., Ledezma, G., Dorman, J., Fagioli, L., Bezem, P., Cooper, M., & Li, X. (2026). Inducing Cross-Sector Enrollment for Community College Students through Burden Reduction. AEA Papers and Proceedings.
Linsay DeMartino, assistant professor, co-edited a book that examines how schools can shift toward more inclusive, student-centered and justice-oriented educational practices. In 11 chapters, authors explore how curriculum and pedagogy shape what knowledge and perspectives are valued in schools, emphasizing the need to move beyond traditional instructional models toward approaches that foster equity, engagement and meaningful learning.
Listed as: Fetman, L., & DeMartino, L. (Eds.). (2026). Moving from traditional to transformative curriculum and pedagogy. Myers Education Press.
Janice Mak, clinical assistant professor and assistant director of ASU’s Learning Engineering Institute, published a conference paper examining the role of K–12 education in preparing students for the future of data and computing. Exploring recommendations from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, Mak highlights how advances in computing and communication technologies are reshaping educational priorities and workforce demands.
Listed as: Mak, J. (2026). The Role of K-12 in Developing Competencies for the Future of Data and Computing: Implications of the NASEM Consensus Report for Technology and Teacher Education. Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference Proceedings.
MLFC faculty are invited to submit their scholarship through the faculty survey form.