Joan Whipp, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Director of Teacher Education

Degrees Held

B.A. English Marquette University
M.A. English University of Wisconsin-Madison
M.S. Educational Psychology University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Ph.D. Urban Education University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 1996

Research Interests

Urban teacher education and development
Urban teacher retention
Culturally responsive teaching

Courses Taught

Introduction to Learning and Assessment
Seminar: Sociocultural Perspectives on Teaching
Theories of Learning Applied to Instruction
Seminar: Analysis of Teaching
Foundations of Curriculum
Teaching in the Middle School

Recent Publications/Presentations

2013

Whipp, J. (in press). Developing Socially Just Teachers: The Interaction of Experiences Before, During, and After Teacher Preparation in Beginning Urban Teachers. Journal of Teacher Education.

Whipp, J. & Buck, B. Socially Just Teaching in High-Poverty Schools. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, April, 2013, San Francisco.

Whipp, J. & Geronime, L. Factors that Predict the Choice to Teach in High-Poverty Urban Schools. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, April, 2013, San Francisco.

2012

Whipp, J. & Scanlan, M. (2012). Catholic Universities and Catholic Schools Partnering for Social Justice, Digital Journal of Lasallian Research. (published in English, French, and Spanish)

2011

The Questions that Teacher Educators Ask: Emerging Programs of Self-Study Research in Teacher Education Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the European Association of Researchers on Learning and Instruction (EARLI),Exeter, U.K., September, 2011

Preparing Socially Just Teachers for Urban Schools. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the European Association of Researchers on Learning and Instruction (EARLI), Exeter, U.K., September, 2011

2010

Developing Dispositions to Teach for Social Justice Before, During, and After an Urban Teacher Preparation Program. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Denver, April, 2010.

2009

Whipp, J. & Scanlan, K. (2009). Catholic IHE/School Partnerships for Social Justice: A Call for Scholarship. Catholic Education Journal. 13(2), 205-223.

Whipp, J. Strategic Supports for Learners in Online Teaching. In Fanghanel, J., Rege Colet, N. & Bernstein, D. (Eds) (2009) London Scholarship of Teaching and Learning 7th International Conference (2008) Proceedings, Volume 4, City University London, ISBN 978-0-9543742-4-2

Whipp, J. & Lorentz, R.A. (2009). Cognitive and social help giving in online teaching: An exploratory study. Educational Technology Research and Development, 57, 169-192.

Whipp, J. Developing an Ethos for Culturally Responsive Teaching. Paper presented at the European Association of Researchers on Learning and Instruction (EARLI), Amsterdam, August, 2009.

Whipp, J. & Chubbuck, S. Developing Moral Sensibility in an Urban Teacher Preparation Program. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, April, 2009.

Whipp, J.Cognitive and Social Supports for Professional Teachers in Online and Blended Courses, presentation at the annual meeting of the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education (AACTE), Chicago. February, 2009.

2008

Whipp, J. "Preparing teachers to teach in culturally diverse schools: Some preliminary findings." Presentation at European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction Special Interest Group on Cultural Diversity and Learning, Gothenburg, Sweden, May, 2008.

Whipp, J. "Teaching online as strategic help giving." Presentation at the scholarship of teaching and learning conference sponsored by the Centre for Educational and Academic Practices, City University London, May, 2008.

Discussant, Paper Session: "Teacher Education Pedagogies in Practice." Annual meeting of American Educational Research Association, New York, 2008.

2007

Burant, T., Chubbuck, S. & Whipp, J. Reclaiming the moral in the dispositions debate. Journal of Teacher Education, 58(5), 397-411.

Chubbuck, S.M., Burant, T.J., & Whipp (2007). The presence and possibility of moral sensibility in beginning pre-service teachers. Ethics and Education, 2(2), 109-130

Session Organizer and Chair – Symposium: "Teaching and Learning Physical Science in Urban Secondary Schools: Assessing the Assessments," annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, 2007.

(with Terry Burant and Sharon Chubbuck). "Developing Moral Sensibility in Preservice Teachers," paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, 2007,

Discussant, Paper Session: Technology Research: Issues in Teacher Practices and Professional Development With Technology, annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, 2007.

Recent Grants:

Principal Investigator, Partnering to Develop Inclusive Teachers through Culturally Relevant Differentiation Practices, awarded by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, $9996. September, 2012-August 2013

Principal Investigator, Workshops to Jump-Start the Development of Summative Performance Assessments for Student Teaching in Marquette’s Teacher Education Programs, $3000 mini-grant, awarded by Marquette’s Office of Assessment, December 2011.

Principal Investigator (with M. Politano, Department of Physics), Modeling in Physical Science for Urban Teachers, $97,000, from Wisconsin ESEA II Improving Teacher Quality Higher Education Professional Development Program , U.S. Department of Education. 2004-2006 .

Marquette Liaison, Creative Educator Institutes. $75,000 awarded through Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design (MIAD), U.S. Department of Education, Wisconsin ESEA II Improving Teacher Quality Higher Education Professional Development Program, 2003-2007.

Principal Investigator, Technology for Tomorrow’s Urban Teachers. $1.5 million , U.S Department of Education, Preparing Tomorrow’s Teachers in Technology (PT3), 2000-2004.

Faculty & Staff