Stephanie Huffman

Stephanie HuffmanDr. Stephanie P. Huffman is a professor in the Department of Leadership Studies. This is currently her 18th year at the University of Central Arkansas. She has published over 30 peer reviewed articles, book chapters, and edited books in the field of library science and instructional technology. A few of her publications include edited books entitled Technology Tools for the Literacy Classroom and Cases for Building Quality Distance Delivery Programs and journal articles entitled The Use of Audiobooks in the School Library, The Lack of Citations and Copyright notices in Multimedia Presentations, Socratic Dialogue and Order in Online Chat Rooms, and Technology Planning: The SIMPLE Model. She has been honored by receiving several awards, in 2009 the Technology Leader of the Year award from the Arkansas Association of Instructional Media, in 2012 the Retta Patrick Leadership award from the Arkansas Library Association, and in 2012 Pat McDonald Outstanding Individual Achievement Award from the Arkansas Association of Instructional Media. Her research interests include distance education, technology planning and leadership, literacy, and teacher leadership.

Publications

Cultivating Critical Discourse in the Classroom
Cultivating Critical Discourse in the Classroom
Stacie Lynn Finley, Pamela Correll, Cathy Pearman, Stephanie Huffman. © 2023. 341 pages.
The use of academic discourse in today’s educational environment has the potential to improve education for students from all backgrounds. To achieve this, further study on the...
Empowering Students Through Multilingual and Content Discourse
Empowering Students Through Multilingual and Content Discourse
Stacie Lynn Finley, Pamela Correll, Cathy Pearman, Stephanie Huffman. © 2023. 340 pages.
Empowering Students Through Multilingual and Content Discourse is a peer-reviewed research book that challenges the traditional monolingual classroom approach, where the...
Handbook of Research on Opening Pathways for Marginalized Individuals in Higher Education
Handbook of Research on Opening Pathways for Marginalized Individuals in Higher Education
Stephanie P. Huffman, Denise D. Cunningham, Marjorie Shavers, Reesha Adamson. © 2022. 462 pages.
In recent years, gaps in college opportunities have contributed to diminished social mobility and are influenced by disparities in collegiate experiences. An integral part of the...
Leveraging Technology to Improve School Safety and Student Wellbeing
Leveraging Technology to Improve School Safety and Student Wellbeing
Stephanie P. Huffman, Stacey Loyless, Shelly Albritton, Charlotte Green. © 2020. 329 pages.
From implementation in the classroom to building security, technology has permeated all aspects of education throughout the United States. Though hardware has been developed to...
Ensuring Ethics and Equity With Classroom Assessments and Mobile Technology: Advancing Online Education
Ensuring Ethics and Equity With Classroom Assessments and Mobile Technology: Advancing Online Education
Nancy P. Gallavan, Stephanie Huffman, Erin C. Shaw. © 2017. 22 pages.
As online education continues to grow in both K-12 and higher education environments, teachers are becoming more attentive to the presence and power of their classroom...
Technological Tools for the Literacy Classroom
Technological Tools for the Literacy Classroom
Jeff Whittingham, Stephanie Huffman, Wendy Rickman, Cheryl Wiedmaier. © 2013. 316 pages.
Emerging technologies and its pervasiveness within our society has changed the definition of literacy in the classroom. It is therefore important for literacy and language art...
Cases on Building Quality Distance Delivery Programs: Strategies and Experiences
Cases on Building Quality Distance Delivery Programs: Strategies and Experiences
Stephanie Huffman, Shelly Albritton, Barbara Wilmes, Wendy Rickman. © 2011. 349 pages.
The field of education is continually changing to reflect the needs and demands of students. The greatest impact on education came with the introduction of audiovisual...
Transitioning from a Traditional Classroom to the Online Environment: The SIMPLE Model
Transitioning from a Traditional Classroom to the Online Environment: The SIMPLE Model
Barbara Wilmes, Stephanie Huffman, Wendy Rickman. © 2008. 9 pages.
This chapter will focus on how faculty can effectively determine their technological needs as they move from the traditional classroom to an online teaching environment through...