Early-Career Scholar Series Presenter: Dr. Nicole Mancevice and Scholar Facilitator Dr. Marjorie Elaine

The UCLA Department of Education Early-Career Scholar Series invites Department faculty, staff, and students to come together to engage with early-career scholars and their research, and build community over a Department lunch at noon following the session. At each session, an early-career scholar will either present their research or workshop a paper or study in progress facilitated by an advanced-career scholar.

This monthly event strives to foster community and connection within our Department, come together to learn more about our early-career scholars, and support their work. Coffee and refreshments will be served.

In this session, Dr. Mancevice will workshop a preliminary analysis of data from a yearlong study of young children’s pathways of becoming readers. The primary data source for the analysis was a series of photograph-based interviews conducted during three periods of the school year. Dr. Mancevice encourages comments and questions regarding the analysis as well as next steps for future research.

Dr. Mancevice is an Assistant Professor-in-Residence in the Social Research Methodology Division and Associate Director of CONNECT. Her research focuses on reading instruction, curriculum design, and teachers’ professional learning. She is especially interested in collaborative approaches to designing and conducting research with educators. Dr. Mancevice’s current work examines young children’s pathways of becoming readers from their perspectives.