Amy L. Eva, Ph.D. , Associate Professor of Education. Areas of emphasis: metacognition, language arts, the psychology of reading, teacher education, mindfulness-based educational programs.

Dr. Eva received her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Washington. With a background in language arts and psychology, her research interests have centered on cognition, affect, and the psychology of reading. She has published articles in top journals (e.g., the Journal of Educational Psychology, Discourse Processes, and the Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy) in her field that feature “think aloud” methods for reading poetry—all of which examine the genre-specific strategies that high school and college students can use to better understand poetry.

Dr. Eva is also currently conducting a self-study that examines cutting-edge practice in teacher education as she and her colleague, Dr. Bridget Walker, have partnered in revising and improving a foundational course in teaching and learning in the MIT Program. The study examines the effectiveness of co-teaching as a model, along with curricular elements to better integrate general education and special education practices for both general and special education pre-service educators.

In the creative realm, Dr. Eva has contributed to a book featuring poems that inspire teachers (Teaching with Fire: Poetry That Sustains the Courage to Teach), and she has also recently published an article called “Take two poems and call me in the morning (or why teachers need poetry)” in Encounter: Education for Meaning and Social Justice.