April Bedford, PhD

Professor and Interim Dean

Office: ED 242
Phone: (504) 280.1278
Fax: (504) 280-1120
E-mail: april.bedford@uno.edu

April Whatley Bedford, Ph.D. became the Interim Dean of the College of Education and Human Development in November 2010. She is a professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction and was Chair of that department from 2006 to 2010. She teaches courses in elementary literacy, curriculum, and qualitative research methods and works extensively with doctoral students. Dr. Bedford’s professional interests include literacy, children’s literature, and narrative research. She is a past editor of the Journal of Children’s Literature; the chair of the 2008 Notable Books for a Global Society committee; past president of the Children’s Literature and Reading Special Interest Group of the International Reading Association; board member of the Children’s Literature Assembly of the National Council of Teachers of English; incoming chair of the Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts committee; and a member of the publications committee of the Association for Childhood Education International.

Education

• Ph.D., Curriculum and Instruction, Texas A&M University, 1997
• M.Ed., Curriculum and Instruction, Baylor University, 1991
• B.S.Ed., Curriculum and Instruction, Texas A&M University, 1985

Courses

• EDLS 3100: Introduction to Children’s Literature
• EDCI 3160/4160: Elementary Social Studies Methods
• EDCI 3161: Field Experience for Elementary Social Studies Methods
• EDCI 3400/4400: Foundations of Literacy
• EDCI 3410/4410: Early Literacy Instruction
• EDCI 3411: Field Experience for Early Literacy Instruction
• EDCI 3425/4430: Literacy Instruction for Content Learning
• EDCI 3426: Field Experience for Literacy Instruction for Content Learning
• EDCI 6434: Developmental Reading
• EDCI 6493: Practicum in Diagnostic and Remedial Reading
• EDCI 6900: Doctoral Readings in Curriculum and Instruction
• EDCI 6992: Doctoral Seminar in Curriculum Theory
• EDCI 6994: Doctoral Seminar in Teacher Development
• EDCI 6721: Qualitative Data Analysis
• EDCI 6731: Advanced Qualitative Research Methods