• Teacher preparation, school reform and restructuring

Education

• Ph.D., Curriculum and Instruction, 1997, Washington State University.
• M.A. Curriculum and Instruction, 1996, Washington State University.
• B.A. English/Social Studies Education, 1988, Washington State University.

Professional Experience

• 2000 - present, Secondary Teacher Certification Coordinator (Graduate program), Department of Teaching and Learning, Washington State
  University.
• 1998 - present, Program Coordinator for Secondary Education (Undergraduate Program), Department of Teaching and Learning, WSU.
• 1997 - present, Assistant Professor, Department of Teaching & Learning.
• 1998 - 2000, Faculty Coordinator for Elementary/Secondary Education
  Practicum Program, Department of Teaching & Learning.
• 1994 - 1997, Teaching Assistant, Washington State University.
• 1988 - 1994, English/Social Studies Teacher, grade eight, Lincoln Middle School, Pullman School District, WA.
• 1993 - 1994, Vice President and President Pro Tempore, Pullman Education Association.

Awards

• AcademicKeys Who's Who in Education, May 2003
• Outstanding Manuscript Award, Research Category, Journal of Industrial Teacher Education, Volume 39, 2001-2002.
• Graduate Faculty Status, Washington State University, 2002.
• College of Education Faculty Excellence Award for Service, May 2001.
• College of Education Collaborative Teacher Preparation Excellence Award Nominee, April 2000.
• Contextual Teaching & Learning Academy Fellow, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, May 1999.

Teaching

• Those Who Can, Teach! (University Discovery Course)
• Middle and Secondary Instructional and Content Literacy Methods
• Diversity in Schools and Society
• Elementary and Secondary Practicum
• Social Foundations of Education

Selected Publications and Book Sections

• Akmal T.T. & Larsen, D.E. (2004, March). Keeping History from Repeating Itself: Involving Parents about Retention Decisions to Support Student Achievement. Research in Middle Level Education Quarterly, 29.
• Akmal, T. & Miller, D. (2003, May). Overcoming resistance to change: A case study of revision and renewal in a secondary education teacher preparation program. Teaching and Teacher Education, 19, 409-420.
• Akmal, T.T. & Ayre-Svingen, B. (2002, November/December) Integrated biographical inquiry: A student centered approach to learning. The Social Studies, 93, 272-277.
• Akmal, T., Oaks, M.M., & Barker, R. (2002, Summer). The state of technology education: A national report on the state of the profession. Journal of Industrial Teacher Education, 39(4), 1-20.
• Akmal, T.T. (2002, January/February). Ecological approaches to silent sustained reading: Relating to middle school readers through conferences and contracts. The Clearinghouse, 75, 154-157.
• Akmal, T.T. (2002, Spring). Who knows it all when it comes to middle school social studies? The almanac! Social Studies Journal, 3, 14-24.
• Akmal, T.T. (2000). Teach middle school and all this too? Teachers’ concerns about standards based curricula. In Parkay, F.W. and Hass G. (Eds.), Curriculum Planning: A Contemporary Approac,h, (7th Ed.). (pp. 394-397). Boston: Allyn & Bacon.