Dr. Amanda O. Latz is an Assistant Professor of Adult,
Higher, and Community Education in the department of Educational Studies at
Ball State University. She holds a BS in sociology with a minor in human
resource development from James Madison University (2001), an MA in higher
education administration from Appalachian State University (2006), and an Ed.D.
in Adult, Higher, and Community Education (2011) as well as a Certificate in
College and University Teaching (2009) from Ball State University. Her
dissertation, titled Understanding the
Educational Lives of Community college Students through Photovoice, was
funded in part by the Myra Sadker Dissertation Award.
Her research interests reside in
the following areas: the lived experiences of individuals involved within the
community college setting, particularly students and faculty; qualitative
research methods; the scholarship
of teaching and learning, especially innovative pedagogies; college and
university faculty development; collegiate athletics; and gender, social class,
and popular culture and education. She has presented her research and
theoretical papers at a number of national and international conferences. In
addition, her work has appeared in a variety of peer-reviewed journals such as Transformative
Dialogues: Teaching and Learning Journal, Journal for the Study of Sports &
Athletes in Education, and Academic
Exchange Quarterly.
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