Denise Frazier

Assistant Professor, School of Education
Member, Honors Program Committee
Tom Raper Hall 351
765-973-8214
dkfrazie@iu.edu

Education

• PhD Reading Education, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, 2014
• MA Elementary Education, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, 2004
• BA Organizational Communications and Public Relations, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1989

Current Teaching Interests

• Reading methods, social studies methods, literacy education

Current Research or Creative Interests

• Teacher perceptions of technology integration; teacher education and literacy; school/university partnerships

Selected Publications

• Frazier, D. & Trekles, A. (2020). Preservice teacher perceptions of coding in literacy instruction. Journal of Computer Science Integration, 3(1), 1-34.
• Frazier, D. (2020). Novel study participation positively impacts children: A focus on community-partner learning. Illinois Reading Council Journal, 48(3), 5-10.
• Frazier, D., Trekles, A., & Spores, J. (2019). The second year withiPads. What have we learned? A longitudinal study comparing year one to year two of 1:1 iPad implementation. Computers in the Schools, 36(1), 19-37.
• Frazier, D. (July/August 2019). STEM collaboratory: Grounding STEM lessons in literacy and literature. International Literacy Association, Literacy Today, 37(1). Published in the Open Access Conference Issue.
• Frazier, D. (2018). Engaging high-ability students in literacy; A university and elementary school transformational partnership. Mid-Western Educational Researcher, 30(1), 180-201.
• Frazier, D., & Trekles, A. (2017). 1:1 iPad implementation: Successes and struggles during the first year. Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 46(4), 463-484.
• Martin, L., Kragler, L., & Frazier D. (2017). Professional development and educational policy: A comparison of two fields in education. Journal of Educational Research and Practice, 7(1), 60-73.

Selected Presentations

• Frazier, D. & Honaker, D. (proposal submitted for 2020, November). Liberating faculty from teacher candidate supervision: One university’s innovative idea. Paper presentation proposal for the Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers (ALER) 2020 Conference, Santa Fe, NM, November 5-8, 2020. Conference cancelled on June 26, 2020 due to COVID-19.
• Frazier, D. & Trekles, A. (2020, October) How to implement basic coding literacy into the elementary classroom through the hour of code. Paper presentation at the International Literacy Association (ILA) Conference, Columbus, OH, October 15-18, 2020. (accepted for an open space session; conference cancelled on May 13, 2020 due to COVID-19.
• Frazier, D. (2019, November). The bridge built between a university and an elementary school impacts children’s reading. Paper presentation at the Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers (ALER) 2019 Conference, Corpus Christi, TX, November 7-10, 2019.
• Trekles, A., & Frazier, D. (2019). Little readers and coding: Using Scratch for sight word acquisition. Paper presentation at the International Society for Technology in Education Conference, Philadelphia, PA, June 22-26, 2019.
• Frazier, D., Trekles, A., & Brusca-Vega, R. (2019). Technology for the inclusive classroom. Paper presentation at the Council for Exceptional Children Annual Conference, Indianapolis, IN, January 29 - February 2, 2019.
• Frazier, D. (2018, July) Novel studies: Teacher candidates and intermediate students as change makers. Poster presentation at the International Literacy Association (ILA) Conference, Austin, TX, July 20-23, 2018.
• Frazier, D., & Trekles, A. (2018). 1:1 in the Elementary setting: One year later. Paper presentation at the International Society for Technology in Education Conference, Chicago, IL, June 24-27, 2018.