Curriculum & Instructional Technology

Education: Ph.D., Curriculum & Instructional Technology, Iowa State University, 1997; M.S., Scientific Bases, University of Oklahoma, 1988; M.Ed., Special Education, University of Arkansas, 1978; B. A, Speech and Hearing Therapy, The Ohio State University, 1968.

Research Interests:

Equity in access and use of technology; history of segregation and desegregation of public schools; social justice and the equality of educational opportunity; preparing teachers for urban school environments.

 

Office: N105B Lagomarcino Hall

Phone:515.294.3748
Fax: 515.294.6206
Email: pleigh@iastate.edu

Highlighted Publications:

• Leigh, P. R. (in press). Historical perspectives on analog and digital equity with a critical race theory approach. In Social Information Technology: Connecting Society and Cultural Issues. Hershey, PA: Idea Group Publishing, Inc.

• Leigh, P. R. (in press). Economics and Education: A history of inequalities in land, labor, capital and educational opportunities. In Handbook of Research on the Sociocultural Foundations of Education. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, Inc.

• Leigh, P. R. (2005). Fly in the ointment: School segregation and desegregation in the Ohio valley. New York, NY: Peter Lang Publishing, Inc.

• McShay, J. & Leigh, P. R. (2005). Reconceptualizing equity pedagogy in technology teacher education: A double infusion model. Multicultural Perspectives, 7(3), 10-19.

• Leigh, P. R. (2003). Interest convergence and desegregation in the Ohio valley. Journal of Negro Education, 72(3), 269-296.