Emma Mecham

School of Teacher Education and Leadership

Professional Practice Assistant Professor


Emma Mecham

Contact Information

Office Location: EDUC 333
Phone: 435-797-8435
Email: emma.mecham@usu.edu

Educational Background

PhD, Education, (Education, Culture, and Society), University of Utah, 2008
Working Out Rhetorical Sovereignty in Challenging Rhetorical Situations: The Importance of Epistemologies in the Writing of American Indian University Students
MS, Rhetoric and Literature, Utah State University, 2004
BA, International Development, (Latin America Area Studies), Brigham Young University, 2002

Teaching Interests

My teaching interests are focused on the social foundations of education and helping students to examine the relationship between societies, cultures, and educational policy and practice.

Research Interests

My research interests focus on how teachers learn, how policy and practice impact equity in schools, and place-based education.

    Publications | Book Chapters

  • Brayboy, B.M, Mecham, E., (2011). Indigenous Knowledges and the Story of the Bean: Education for a Multicultural Society. Harvard Educational Review
  • Brayboy, B.M, Castagno, E., Mecham, E., (2008). Indigenous Epistemologies and the Neoliberal View of Higher Education. Routledge

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Publications | Journal Articles

Academic Journal

  • Mecham, E., Newell, E.J, Rhodes, S., Reina, L.J, (2021). Accurate, Age-appropriate and Sensitive: Reconsidering How to Teach the Utah Studies Fourth Grade Social Studies Core. Social Studies Research and Practice, doi: 1922-5415
  • Mecham, E., Newell, E., Reina, L., Stewart, C., (2021). Navigating Pandemic Schooling for Novice Teachers. Educational Research: Theory and Practice, 32:1, 90-96.
  • Brayboy, B.M, Castagno, E., Mecham, E., (2007). Equality and Justice for All? Examining Race in Education Scholarship. Review of Research in Education, 31:1, 159-194.

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Publications | Other

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Teaching

, Fall 2023
ELED 4150 - Assessment and Differentiation Across the Curriculum, Fall 2023
ELED 3002 - Foundations Practicum, Fall 2023
ELED 3002 - Foundations Practicum, Fall 2023
ELED 3002 - Foundations Practicum, Fall 2023
ELED 3002 - Foundations Practicum, Fall 2023
ELED 3003, 3002 - Foundations Practicum, Fall 2023
ELED 3000, 3001 - Historical, Social, and Cultural Foundations of Education (CI), Fall 2023
ELED 3000 - Historical, Social, and Cultural Foundations of Education (CI), Fall 2023
ELED 3000 - Historical, Social, and Cultural Foundations of Education (CI), Fall 2023
USU 1010 - University Connections, Fall 2023
TEAL 6220 - Workshop in Early Childhood Education, Fall 2023
ELED 4150 - Assessment and Differentiation Across the Curriculum, Spring 2023
ELED 3002 - Foundations Practicum, Spring 2023
ELED 3002 - Foundations Practicum, Spring 2023
ELED 3002 - Foundations Practicum, Spring 2023
ELED 3002 - Foundations Practicum, Spring 2023
ELED 3002 - Foundations Practicum, Spring 2023
ELED 3000, 3001 - Historical, Social, and Cultural Foundations of Education (CI), Spring 2023
ELED 3000, 3001 - Historical, Social, and Cultural Foundations of Education (CI), Spring 2023
ELED 3000 - Historical, Social, and Cultural Foundations of Education (CI), Spring 2023
, Fall 2022
ELED 4150 - Assessment and Differentiation Across the Curriculum, Fall 2022
ELED 3002 - Foundations Practicum, Fall 2022
ELED 3002 - Foundations Practicum, Fall 2022
ELED 3002 - Foundations Practicum, Fall 2022
ELED 3002 - Foundations Practicum, Fall 2022
ELED 3002 - Foundations Practicum, Fall 2022
ELED 3000 - Historical, Social, and Cultural Foundations of Education (CI), Fall 2022
ELED 3000 - Historical, Social, and Cultural Foundations of Education (CI), Fall 2022
ELED 3000 - Historical, Social, and Cultural Foundations of Education (CI), Fall 2022
USU 1010 - University Connections, Fall 2022
ELED 4150 - Assessment and Differentiation Across the Curriculum, Spring 2022
ELED 4150 - Assessment and Differentiation Across the Curriculum, Spring 2022
ELED 3002 - Foundations Practicum, Spring 2022
ELED 3002 - Foundations Practicum, Spring 2022
ELED 3002 - Foundations Practicum, Spring 2022
ELED 3002 - Foundations Practicum, Spring 2022
ELED 3002 - Foundations Practicum, Spring 2022
ELED 3000, 3001 - Historical, Social, and Cultural Foundations of Education (CI), Spring 2022
ELED 3000, 3001 - Historical, Social, and Cultural Foundations of Education (CI), Spring 2022
ELED 3000 - Historical, Social, and Cultural Foundations of Education (CI), Spring 2022
, Fall 2021
ELED 3002 - Foundations Practicum, Fall 2021
ELED 3002 - Foundations Practicum, Fall 2021
ELED 3002 - Foundations Practicum, Fall 2021
ELED 3002 - Foundations Practicum, Fall 2021
ELED 3002 - Foundations Practicum, Fall 2021
ELED 3002 - Foundations Practicum, Fall 2021
ELED 3000, 3001 - Historical, Social, and Cultural Foundations of Education (CI), Fall 2021
ELED 3000, 3001 - Historical, Social, and Cultural Foundations of Education (CI), Fall 2021
ELED 3000 - Historical, Social, and Cultural Foundations of Education (CI), Fall 2021
USU 1010 - University Connections, Fall 2021
CETE, TEAL 6710 - Diversity in Education, Summer 2021
ELED 3000, 3001 - Historical, Social, and Cultural Foundations of Education (CI), Spring 2021
ELED 3000, 3001 - Historical, Social, and Cultural Foundations of Education (CI), Spring 2021
ELED 3000, 3001 - Historical, Social, and Cultural Foundations of Education (CI), Spring 2021
ELED 3000, 3001 - Historical, Social, and Cultural Foundations of Education (CI), Fall 2020
ELED 3000 - Historical, Social, and Cultural Foundations of Education (CI), Fall 2020
ELED 3001, 3000 - Historical, Social, and Cultural Foundations of Education (CI), Fall 2020
ELED 3001, 3000 - Historical, Social, and Cultural Foundations of Education (CI), Fall 2020
EDUC 7670 - Literature Reviews in Education and Psychology, Summer 2020
TEAL 6410 - Social Foundations of Education, Summer 2020
ELED 4480 - Early Childhood Education Kindergarten Through Grade 3, Spring 2020
TEAL 3000, 3001 - Historical, Social, and Cultural Foundations of Education, Spring 2020
TEAL 3000, 3001 - Historical, Social, and Cultural Foundations of Education (CI), Spring 2020
TEAL 3000 - Historical, Social, and Cultural Foundations of Education (CI), Spring 2020
TEAL 3000 - Historical, Social, and Cultural Foundations of Education (CI), Fall 2019
TEAL 3001, 3000 - Historical, Social, and Cultural Foundations of Education (CI), Fall 2019
TEAL 3001, 3000 - Historical, Social, and Cultural Foundations of Education (CI), Fall 2019
TEAL 6410 - Social Foundations of Education, Summer 2019
TEAL 6190 - Theories of Learning and Models of Teaching, Summer 2019
TEAL 3002 - Foundations Practicum, Spring 2019
TEAL 3000, 3001 - Historical, Social, and Cultural Foundations of Education, Spring 2019
TEAL 3000, 3001 - Historical, Social, and Cultural Foundations of Education (CI), Spring 2019
TEAL 3000 - Historical, Social, and Cultural Foundations of Education (CI), Spring 2019
TEAL 6190 - Theories of Learning and Models of Teaching, Spring 2019
TEAL 3000, 5560 - Historical, Social, and Cultural Foundations of Education (CI), Fall 2018
TEAL 3000, 5560 - Historical, Social, and Cultural Foundations of Education (CI), Fall 2018
TEAL 3000 - Historical, Social, and Cultural Foundations of Education (CI), Fall 2018
TEAL 5560 - Special Topics, Fall 2018
TEAL 5560 - Special Topics, Fall 2018
TEAL 6410 - Social Foundations of Education, Summer 2018
ELED 3000 - Historical, Social, and Cultural Foundations of Education and School Practicum, Spring 2018
ELED 3000 - Historical, Social, and Cultural Foundations of Education and School Practicum, Spring 2018
ELED 3000 - Historical, Social, and Cultural Foundations of Education and School Practicum, Fall 2017
ELED 3000 - Historical, Social, and Cultural Foundations of Education and School Practicum, Fall 2017
ELED 3000 - Historical, Social, and Cultural Foundations of Education and School Practicum, Fall 2017
TEAL 6410 - Social Foundations of Education, Summer 2017
ELED 3000 - Historical, Social, and Cultural Foundations of Education and School Practicum, Spring 2017
ELED 3000 - Historical, Social, and Cultural Foundations of Education and School Practicum, Spring 2017
ELED 3000 - Historical, Social, and Cultural Foundations of Education and School Practicum, Spring 2017
TEAL 6410 - Social Foundations of Education, Spring 2017
ELED 3000 - Historical, Social, and Cultural Foundations of Education and School Practicum, Fall 2016
ELED 3000 - Historical, Social, and Cultural Foundations of Education and School Practicum, Fall 2016
ELED 3000 - Historical, Social, and Cultural Foundations of Education and School Practicum, Fall 2016
TEAL 6410 - Social Foundations of Education, Summer 2016
ELED 3000 - Historical, Social, and Cultural Foundations of Education and School Practicum, Spring 2016