Peggy Hickman

Associate Professor, Chair

PHONE: (267) 620-4132

EMAIL: hickmanp@arcadia.edu

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Biography

Research Interests: RTI, multicultural special education, educator preparation related to diverse and multicultural populations, and educational leadership in diverse cultural and linguistic environments, with children in general and special education

Hometown: Roslyn

Home Country: U.S.A.

Languages: English, Spanish

Peggy Hickman, PhD is an Associate Professor of Education at Arcadia University. She completed her doctorate in Multicultural Special Education at the University of Texas, Austin, as well as an M.Ed. in Educational Administration from UTAustin and an M.Ed. in Bilingual/Elementary Education from Arizona State University. Her dissertation was titled Sociocultural Dimensions of White Principal Leadership in Multicultural Elementary Schools. Her research interests include multicultural special education, educator preparation related to diverse and multicultural populations, and educational leadership in diverse cultural and linguistic environments, with children in general and special education. She has consulted regionally and presented regionally, nationally and internationally on these topics. She has published articles in Learning Disabilities Quarterly, Exceptional Children, Teaching Exceptional Children, and The Reading Teacher, and a co-authored book published by the International Reading Association entitled Dynamic Read-Aloud Strategies for English Learners: Building Language and Literacy in the Primary Grades. She has also co-authored publications on these topics with EdD students in Arcadia’s Doctoral Program in Education. In addition, Dr. Hickman taught school-aged students for 9 years including students in pre-kindergarten through second grade, in monolingual English and bilingual inclusive settings.

Publications

NYS TESOL Journal, 1(2), 130-141
First Author
1970

NYS TESOL Journal, 1(2), 130-141
Co-Author
1970

Curriculum and Teaching, 26(2), 85-100
Co-Author
1970

International Reading Association
first author
1970

“Teacher, it’s just like what happens at my house.”
TEACHING Exceptional Children Plus, 5(6)
Co-Author
1970

Storybook Reading: Improving Vocabulary and Comprehension for English-Language Learners
The Reading Teacher, Vo. 57, no. 88, pp. 2-12
first author
1970

Elementary School Journal, 103(3), 221-237
Co-Author
1970

Exceptional Children, 69(4), 391-410
Co-Author
1970

Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 17(4), 242-251
Co-Author
1970

Professional Experience

Arcadia University

Research Summary

Peggy Hickman, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Education at Arcadia University. She completed her doctorate in Multicultural Special Education at the University of Texas, Austin, as well as an M.Ed. in Educational Administration from UTAustin and an M.Ed. in Bilingual/Elementary Education from Arizona State University. Her dissertation was titled Sociocultural Dimensions of White Principal Leadership in Multicultural Elementary Schools. Her research interests include multicultural special education, educator preparation related to diverse and multicultural populations, and educational leadership in diverse cultural and linguistic environments, with children in general and special education. She has consulted regionally and presented regionally, nationally and internationally on these topics. She has published articles in Learning Disabilities Quarterly, Exceptional Children, Teaching Exceptional Children, and The Reading Teacher, and a co-authored book published by the International Reading Association entitled Dynamic Read-Aloud Strategies for English Learners: Building Language and Literacy in the Primary Grades . She has also co-authored publications on these topics with Ed.D. students in Arcadia’s Doctoral Program in Education. In addition, Dr. Hickman taught school-aged students for 9 years including students in pre-kindergarten through second grade, in monolingual English and bilingual inclusive settings.

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