Marcus B. Weaver-Hightower
Education Ph.D., Curriculum and Instruction (minor in Educational Policy Studies), University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2006. Michael W. Apple, advisor. M.Ed., English Education, Vanderbilt University, 2000. David Bloome, advisor. B.A., English, Winthrop University, 1995. Professional Employment Professor. School of Education, Foundations of Education program. Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia. August 2020 to present. Professor. Department of Educational Foundations and Research. University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota. August 2014 to August 2020. (Visiting Assistant Professor, 2004-2006; Assistant Professor, 2006-2010; Associate Professor, 2010-2014) Department Chair. Department of Educational Foundations and Research. University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota. August 2013 to June 2017. Interim Chair. Higher Education Program of the Department of Educational Leadership. University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota. August 2016 to June 2017. Interim Director. Bureau of Education Services and Applied Research (BESAR). University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota. November 2014 to September 2015. Visiting Associate Professor (sabbatical). Department of Educational Studies. University of South Carolina. August 2012 to May 2013. English Teacher, grades 9, 10, and 11. Goose Creek High School, Goose Creek, South Carolina. September 1995 to June 1998, Summers of 1996 and 1999. Publications Books
Articles
Book Chapters (*equal contributions with arranged authorships)
Essay Reviews, Book Reviews, Short Commentaries, and Encyclopedia Entries
Awards, Honors, Fellowships, and Scholarships
Conference Activity Panels Organized
Papers Presented
Panelist
Discussant
Invited Keynotes, Talks, and Workshops
Technical Reports
University Teaching Experience Virginia Tech
University of North Dakota (all graduate level; underlined courses I created)
Vanderbilt University
Select Open Access Instructional Materials (as of December 2019) Weaver-Hightower, M. B. (2019). Companion site for How to Write Qualitative Research. https://routledgetextbooks.com/textbooks/9781138066304/default.php Weaver-Hightower, M. B. (2015, April 6). How to write up a discourse analysis [video file]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkwfJlNkRvw Weaver-Hightower, M. B. (2015, January 28). What is discourse analysis? [video file]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUeA0PEF_g4 Weaver-Hightower, M. B. (2014, March 17). Writing tip #3: Writing Qualitative Findings Paragraphs [video file]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmKuvwk8x84 Weaver-Hightower, M. B. (2014, February 11). Conceptual frameworks (part 1) [video file]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guUdGZWgKdw Weaver-Hightower, M. B. (2014, January 17). How to make a pecha kucha [video file]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32WEzM3LFhw Research Experience Consultant and evaluator. Gateway Learning Community (Brisbane, Australia). Boys’ Education Lighthouse School grant-funded project. 2003-2004. Graduate Project Assistant, University of Wisconsin, 2000-2002. Michael Apple, supervisor. Grant & Contract Work Funded UND College of Education and Human Development Student Technology Allocation Grant. Funding to purchase a lightboard for online and flipped video production. (Competitive internal). April 2016. $8295. Weaver-Hightower, M. B., & Hunter, C. North Dakota Department of Health, Comprehensive Cancer Prevention and Control Program. Workshop for Healthcare Workers on Conducting Focus Groups. Fall 2015-Spring 2016. $5790. UND Education and Human Development Mini-Grant. Travel grant for research on sequential art in qualitative research. Spring 2013. $855. Partially funded ($650). UND Education and Human Development Mini-Grant. Travel grant for research on mixed methods design. Spring 2012. $661. UND Graduate School Summer Professorship. Fall 2010. Grant to conduct research on school food politics and hire a graduate assistant. (Competitive internal). $14,000. UND Education and Human Development Summer Professorship. Fall 2010. (Competitive internal). $3500. Awarded, but declined. UND Education and Human Development Mini-Grant. Travel grant for research on school food politics. Spring 2009. $750. Faculty Instructional Development Grant. University of North Dakota. Grant for instructional material purchases. December 2008. $1322. Partially Funded ($528). UND Senate Scholarly Activities Committee New Faculty Scholar Award. Grant for basic research on the politics of food in schools. (Competitive internal). March 2008. $5,000. UND Student Technology Fee Grant (co-authored with Steven LeMire). University of North Dakota. Grant for qualitative research software for graduate courses. (Competitive internal). June 2007. $9094.64. UND Faculty Instructional Development Grant. University of North Dakota. June 2007. $1030. Vilas Travel Grant for International Research. University of Wisconsin. Grant for research travel to Australia in March 2005. (Competitive internal). $1500. Berkeley County Service Learning Mini-Grants. Spring 1998. Two awards of $500 each. Not Funded Bush Foundation Major Initiatives Grant. Pre-proposal. Spring 2015. Not selected. National Science Foundation, Division of Social and Economic Sciences, Dissertation Improvement Grant. Principal investigator for Bruce Farnsworth's dissertation grant. Spring 2012. $17,992. Livescribe Education Grant. Spring 2011. Grant to get five smartpens for use in training qualitative researchers. (Competitive external). $995.75. University of North Dakota Summer Graduate Research Professorship. Spring 2010. (Competitive internal). $14,000. National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship. Spring 2010. $55,000. National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship. Salary replacement grant for year of research on the politics of food in schools. Spring 2009. $55,000. UND Faculty Research Seed Money Grant. University of North Dakota. Grant for basic research on rural schools in North Dakota and Australia. (Competitive internal). December 2007. $29,793. Spencer Dissertation Fellowship. Grant for writing dissertation. Fall 2004. $20,000. Co-authored a tender to recast the Australian national educational gender equity policy with Martin Mills, Bob Lingard, Jane Kenway, and others. Fall 2003. $68,0055. Professional Service Grant Reviewer National Science Foundation (NSF) INCLUDES grant program. February 27-28, 2017. Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, Division of Social Sciences. 2011. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. 2010, 2011. Editorial Service Editorial board member. Sex Roles (international; ranked 1 of 41 in women's and gender studies). 2018 to present. Editorial advisory board member, Routledge Critical Studies in Gender and Sexuality in Education book series. 2014 to present. Book Peer Reviewer Sage: 9 proposal or manuscript reviews Routledge: 4 proposal or manuscript reviews Bloomsbury: 1 review Palgrave Macmillan: 1 revie Rowman & Littlefield: 1 review Journal Peer Reviewer Review of Educational Research. 2008 to present. 1 article manuscript. (international) Reading Research Quarterly. 2010 to present. 7 article manuscripts. (international) Sociology of Education. 2011 to present. 2 article manuscripts. (international) American Educational Research Journal. 2010 to present. 1 article manuscript. (international) Teachers College Record. 2003 to present. 2 article manuscripts. (international) Gender and Education. 2003 to present. 5 article manuscripts. (international) Journal of Mixed Methods Research. 2013 to present. 11 article manuscripts. (international) Sex Roles. 2015 to present. 8 article manuscripts. (international) Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education. 2008 to present. 8 article manuscripts. (international) Gastronomica: The Journal of Critical Food Studies. 2017 to present. 1 article manuscript. (international) Men and Masculinities. 2008 to present. 1 article manuscript. (international) Journal of Contemporary Ethnography. 2012 to present. 4 article manuscripts. (international) Journal of Education Policy. 2012 to present. 1 article manuscript. (international) Youth and Society. 2009 to present. 3 article manuscripts. (international) Qualitative Sociology. 2015 to present. 1 article manuscript. (international) Critical Studies in Education. 2015 to present. 1 article manuscript. (international) Appetite. 2013 to present. 2 article manuscripts. (international) Food and Foodways. 2016 to present. 1 article manuscript. (international) Politics, Groups, and Identities. 2017 to present. 1 article manuscript. (international) Australian Journal of Education. 2012 to present. 1 article manuscript. (international) International Journal of Educational Development. 2014 to present. 1 article manuscript. (international) Health Education Journal. 2015 to present. 1 article manuscript. (international) Journal of Homosexuality. 2012 to present. 1 article manuscript. (international) Thymos: Journal of Boyhood Studies. 2013 to present. 1 article manuscript. (international) American Journal of Men’s Health. 2007 to present. 2 article manuscripts. (national) Population Research and Policy Review. 2012 to present. 1 article manuscript (3 readings). (international) African Journal of Political Science and International Relationships. 2008 to present. 1 article manuscript. (international) Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education. 2015 to present. 1 article manuscript. (international) Asia Pacific Journal of Education. 2013 to present. 1 article manuscript. (international) Asia Pacific Education Review. 2010 to present. 1 article manuscript. (international) Berkeley Review of Education. 2012 to present. 1 article manuscript. (national) Education (Basel). 2012 to present. 1 article manuscript. Teaching & Learning: The Journal of Natural Inquiry and Reflective Practice. 2006 to present. 3 article manuscripts. (national) Conference Reviewing and Service Roundtable moderator. Michael Apple and the Struggle for Educational Justice conference. Madison, WI. March 9, 2018. AERA Annual Meeting Program Committee Member. Politics of Education SIG. 2009-2010. Reviewer. AERA Division L Dissertation Award. 2008. Reviewer. American Educational Research Association Annual Meetings. Divisions D, G, K, L, multiple SIGs. 2002 to present. Reviewer. Beyond Boundaries technology conference (Grand Forks, ND). 2006 annual meeting. External Reviews Dissertation examiner, Don Sanderson, Queensland University of Technology (Australia), Allan Luke, chair, 2013. Tenure evaluator, Wichita State University College of Education, 2015. Tenure evaluator, University of Massachusetts-Amherst Department of Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies, 2011. Tenure evaluator, University of Buffalo Department of Learning and Instruction, 2010. Select Departmental & University Service Graduate Director, Educational Foundations and Research, 2013-2014. Graduate Curriculum Committee, College of Education & Human Development, (Member) 2008 to 2009, 2014 to 2016, (Chair) 2017 to present. Organizer. Gershman/Ahler Distinguished Lecture Series in Qualitative Research. 2012 to present (annual). Organizer. Educational Foundations and Research Critical Documentary Film Series. 2005 to present. New faculty mentor. Aimee Rogers (Teaching & Learning, 2015-16). Brad Serber (Communications, 2017-18). Member. College Reorganization Committee, College of Education & Human Development, 2016-2017. Member. University Senate Conflict of Interest & Scientific Misconduct Committee. Fall 2016 to present. Member. University Registrar Search Committee. 2015-16. Member, Vice President for Research and Economic Development Advisory Committee for Research Administration, 2015. Member. University Program Prioritization Taskforce, University of North Dakota. 2014-2015. Member. University Senate Scholarly Activities Committee. 2009 to 2012. (Vice Chair, 2012) Member. University Children’s Center Advisory Council (Grand Forks, ND). 2011 to present. Member. Senate Student Policy Committee, UND. 2006. Member on 12 faculty position hiring committees (chair of 2) Select School & Community Service Member. Altru Hospital Infant Bereavement Program Advisory Board. 2009 to present. Volunteer photographer. Altru Hospital Infant Bereavement Program. 2011 to present. Co-leader. Phoenix Elementary School Comics Club. 2017. Volunteer and curriculum advisor. DREAMS program for boys. Nehemiah Community Corporation, Madison, Wisconsin. Fall 2000 to Spring 2001. Quest academic competition coach. Public speaking and composition for underclassmen. Goose Creek High School. Spring 1997 and 1998. Assistant coach. Varsity girls’ soccer. Goose Creek High School. Spring 1997 and 1998. Professional Memberships American Education Research Association American Educational Studies Association Comics Studies Society Comparative and International Education Society Doctoral Advising Chair
Master’s Advising Advisor Daniel Wehr (2011). Teaching Photography for a Museum Field Trip: A Curriculum (scholarly project). Media
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