Melissa Newberry
Assistant Professor
Teacher Education, Department of
Education, David O. McKay School of

Office: 201 T MCKB
Phone: 801-422-2548
Email: Melissa_Newberry@byu.edu

Area of Discipline / Professional Expertise

• Moral and social dimensions of education
• Qualitative design and analysis
• Teacher quality and development

Research

• Focus on student- teacher relationships and emotional regulation in teaching. Qualitative inquiry and design from a socio-cultural perspective.

Education

• Ph.D., Educational Psychology, The Ohio State University, 2008
• M.A., Psychological Studies in Education, The Ohio State University, 2006
• B.A., Spanish, Brigham Young University, 1998

Affiliations

• Secondary Education - Primary

Selected Publications

• "The role of elementary teachers' conceptions of closeness to students on their differential behavior in the classroom", Teaching and Teacher Education, Newberry, M. & Davis, H.A., Volume 24, November, 2008  View Abstract

Experience

Teaching

• Assistant Professor, Brigham Young Univeristy, 2008

Languages

• Spanish