JANE ASHDOWN

DEAN

HARVEY HALL
ROOM 112

p - 516-877-4065

f - 516-877-4078

e - JASHDOWN@ADELPHI.EDU

Diplomas/Degrees

Ph.D, University of Pennsylvania (1990)

Grants/Sponsored Research

Cost Effectiveness Analysis as a Decision Tool in Selecting and Implementing Instructional Interventions in Literacy. (2010). Barbara Hummel-Rossi and Jane Ashdown. Technical Report funded through a grant from the Reading Recovery Council of North America and available at readingrecovery.org

Book Chapters

Ashdown, J., Hummel-Rossi, B., & Tobias, R. (2006). Linking teacher induction, teacher development, and student learning: An examination of conceptual and measurement challenges. In J. R. Dangel (Eds.). Research on Teacher Induction: Teacher Education Yearbook, XIV. (pp. 19-35). Langham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield Education.

Refereed Articles

Ashdown, J., Burton, D., Hogan, M. & Levinson, D. (2012, Fall), A counter-policy collaboration among Schools of Education: What promise for transforming teacher education? Excelsior: leadership in teaching and Learning, 7(1), 45-53.

Hummel-Rossi, B. & Ashdown, J. (2006), An investigation of reciprocal effects: Literacy achievement and self- beliefs. The International Journal of Learning, 12(10).

Conference Presentations/Papers

Hummel-Rossi, B. Tobias, R., & Ashdown, J. (2009). Creating useable knowledge to improve teacher education programs serving urban public schools. In American Educational Research Association (pp. Roundtable Discussion). San DIego, CA..

Community and Corporate Leadership

Member and Vice President Board of Directors, Early Years Institute, Plainview, NY (2010 to present).
Member of Board of Trustees of Explore Charter School, Brooklyn, NY (2005-2012).