Faculty Profile

Jacquie Forbes

Assistant Professor of Educational Studies (2021)

Contact Information

forbesj@dickinson.edu

57 S College St 57 S College St 3
717-254-8079

Education

  • B.A., Spelman College, 2003
  • Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2021

2026-2027 Academic Year

Spring 2027

EDST 250 Curriculum Theory
An examination of how the curriculum of educational institutions is shaped as well as how curriculum serves as a shaping force for educational institutions. This includes an examination of various conceptions of curriculum and of knowledge as well as curriculum ideologies and structures. Finally, the course examines how diverse student populations may experience the curriculum.Prerequisites: 120 or 130, and 140.

EDST 330 Gender and Education
Cross-listed with WGSS 330-01.

WGSS 330 Gender and Education
Cross-listed with EDST 330-01.

EDST 470 Senior Seminar
The design and implementation of a study in an individual area of interest within the major concentration culminating in the writing of a conference paper or publishable article. Students will develop a review of the related research literature on their chosen topic using on-line catalogs, databases and other open access resources to access sources, gather data related to their topic employing quantitative, qualitative, and/or historiographic methodologies enhanced by electronic devices as appropriate, analyze their data using digital software as appropriate, write a conference paper or publishable article, electronically submit their conference proposals/articles, and disseminate their work via conference, digital, or paper publication formats. Prerequisites: 120 or 130, and 140, 250, 260, 300 or 310.