PRIMARY PROFESSIONAL AND SCHOLARLY INTERESTS
Early Childhood Education (social and emotional development of young children)
Social-Emotional Learning and Character Development (teaching SEL skills to young children)
Special Education (development of young children with disabilities)
Mindfulness (development of awareness of self and others)
Multicultural education (anti-bias education, culturally responsive pedagogy)
Teacher preparation
Quantitative research methodologies (multiple regression, multivariate analyses, hierarchical linear modeling)
Qualitative research methodologies
PUBLICATIONS
REFEREED ARTICLES
Young, J. L., Butler, B. R., Dolzhenko, I. N., & Ardrey, T. (2018). Deconstructing teacher quality in urban early childhood education. Journal for Multicultural Education, 12(1), 25-34. doi:10.1108/JME-08-2016-0046
Dolzhenko, I. N. (2009). System design of social and pedagogical work of teachers and school administration with single-parent families. Bulletin of LTSNU: Pedagogical Science, pp.74-80. Lugansk: Alma-mater, Ukraine.
Dolzhenko, I. N. (2006). Using social and pedagogical methodologies in teachers and school administrations’ work with single-parent families. Social Pedagogic: Theory and experience, pp. 34-38. Lugansk: Alma-mater, Ukraine.
Dolzhenko, I. N. (2006). Socialization of a child from single-parent family. Bulletin of LTSNU: Pedagogical Science, pp.261-265. Lugansk, Ukraine.
Dolzhenko, I. N. (2005). Work with single-parent families as one of the major purposes of teacher and school administrations’ activities. Bulletin of LTSNU: Pedagogical Science, pp.276-282. Lugansk, Ukraine.
OTHER ARTICLES AND PUBLICATIONS
Young, J. R. & Dolzhenko, I. N. (2018, May). Review of the book Color and Character: West Charlotte High and the American Struggle over Educational Equality, by P. Grundy. Teachers College Record.
Dolzhenko I. N. (2008). Using global methods to analyze social politics in western European countries. Science Journal, Science Studio of Sociology Forum of Lviv, Lviv Ivan Franko National University, Lviv, Ukraine.
Dolzhenko I. N. (2004). Music as the means of moral and esthetic development of elementary school students. Bulletin of LTSNU: Pedagogical Science, pp.218-222. Lugansk, Ukraine.
UNDER REVIEW AND FORTHCOMING ARTICLES
Young, J. L., & Dolzhenko, I. N., Young J. R. (2018). School quality matters: A multilevel analysis of school effects on the early reading achievement of black girls. Manuscript edited and submitted for publication at the Journal of Culture and Education.
BOOK CHAPTERS
Dolzhenko, I. N., & Young, J. L. (2018). Understanding teachers’ cultural competencies: Supporting the development of teachers’ self-awareness and social awareness. In G. Onchwari & J. Keengwe (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Pedagogies and Cultural Considerations of Young English Language Learners (pp. 111-131). Hershey, PA: IGI Global. doi: 10.4018/978-1-5225-3955-1