Education:
Ph.D. Candidate in Teaching and Learning, University of South Carolina (anticipated graduation May 2023)
M.Ed. in Divergent Education, Columbia College
B.S. in Elementary Education, Winthrop University
Research and Special Interests:
teacher education, rural education, equitable STEM outcomes, teaching and learning in virtual spaces, educational accountability, gifted education
Awards & Honors:
Clinical Practice Fellow - Association of Teacher Educators (ATE)
2020 Eddie B. Griffen Memorial Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Position Paper - Southeastern Association for Science Teacher Education (SASTE)
2019 Invited Scholar - 26th Annual Institute on Teaching and Mentoring - Southern Regional Education Board (SREB)
Peer-Reviewed Articles
Roy, G., Guest, J., Baker, M., Compton-Lilly, C., Adgerson, A., Crooks-Monastra, J., Carolina Teaching Collaborative. (2023). Compelling cases: The complexities of a paraprofessional becoming a teacher. Teacher and Teacher Education. (in review)
Thompson, S., Curcio, R., Adgerson, A., Harbour, K., D’Amico, L., West, H., Roy, G., Baker, M., Guest, J., Compton-Lilly, C. (2022). Virtual summer institutes as a method of rural science teacher development. Theory & Practice in Rural Education, 12(2), 153-178. https://doi.org/10.3776/tpre.2022.v12n2p153-178
D'Amico, L., West, H., Baker, M., Roy, G., Curcio, R., Harbour, K., Thompson, S., Guest, J., ComptonLilly, C., Adgerson, A. (2022). Using improvement science to implement and evaluate a teacher residency program in rural school districts. Theory & Practice in Rural Education, 12(1), 83–104. https://doi.org/10.3776/tpre.2022.v12n1p83-104
Peer-Reviewed Book Chapters
Adgerson, A., Harbour, K. (2023). Supporting an emerging identity through a virtual third space: The informal mentorship between a novice teacher educator and experienced mentor. In B. Butler, J. Ritter, A. Cuenca (Eds.), How teacher educators learn: Profiles in emerging teacher educator learning (accepted)
Published Reports
Adgerson, A., & Lavery, M. (2022). Parent climate survey report: 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 school years. South Carolina Education Oversight Committee. https://eoc.sc.gov/sites/eoc/files/Documents/Parent%20Survey%20Reports/Parent%20School%20 Climate%20Survey%20Report%20(2022%2008%2007%20-%20with%20appendices).pdf
Presentations:
Adgerson, A., & Harbour, K. (2023, February). The informal mentorship between a novice mathematics teacher educator and experienced mentor. Chapter to be presented at the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators Annual Conference. New Orleans, LA.
Adgerson, A. (2022, August). South Carolina school climate report to South Carolina Education Oversight Committee. Report presented at the South Carolina Education Oversight Committee Annual Retreat. Hartsville, SC.
D’Amico, L., West, H., Baker, M., Roy, G., Fan X., Adgerson, A., Compton-Lilly, C., Curcio, R., Harbour, K. E. Harbour, Guest, J., & Thompson, S. (2022, April). Advancing teacher recruitment and retention: Using improvement science to develop a teacher residency program. Paper presented virtually at AERA Annual Meeting Showcasing Plural Perspectives on the Scholarship of Improvement: The Improvement Science SIG Roundtable” Roundtable Session.
Thompson, S., & Adgerson, A. (2022, March). Examining virtual rehearsals and practice science teaching as support systems for rural elementary teacher residents. Paper presented at the National Association for Research in Science Teaching Annual International Conference. Vancouver, BC.
Crooks-Monastra, J., Fan, X., D’Amico, L., Costner, K., Adgerson, A. (2022, March). STEM teachers’ experiences with COVID: How it shaped their teaching and career intentions. Paper presented virtually at the South Carolina Educators for the Practical Use of Research 34th Annual Conference.
Adgerson, A., & Thompson, S. (2021, October). Mitigating rural teacher shortages: The conceptualization of a responsive teacher preparation program within a school-university partnership. Virtual presentation at Professional Development Schools Southeastern Regional Vision for Education Conference.
D’Amico, L., Hall, W., Baker, M., Curcio, S., Roy, G., Thompson, S., Adgerson, A., & Guest, J. (2021, April). Using improvement science to implement and evaluate a teacher residency program in rural school districts. Paper presented virtually at AERA Annual Meeting SIG Sessions, SIGRural Education Paper and Symposium Session.
Adgerson, A. (2020, November). Improving science teachers’ web-based teaching through the use of equity frameworks. Presentation at South Carolina ACT® Virtual Conference.
Adgerson, A., Baker, M., Curcio, R., Guest, J., Roy, G., Thompson, S., D’Amico, & L., West, H. (2020, October). Reinterpreting rural teacher education within the context of virtual spaces. Presentation at Professional Development Schools Southeastern Regional Vision for Education Virtual Conference.
Adgerson, A. (2020, October). Micro-serving through science: A socio-scientific framework for schoolbased science club implementation. Presentation at 5th Southeastern Association for Science Teacher Education Virtual Annual Meeting.
Adgerson, A., & Bailey, S. (2020, January). Reclaiming science: Cultural sustainability and the science teacher. Presentation at 3rd Annual Equity in Education Conference.
Adgerson, A. (2019, June). Executive functioning hacks for children of poverty. Presentation at Francis Marion Center of Excellence to Prepare Teachers of Poverty Summer Institute.