Sarah Irvine Belson Interim Vice Provost for Research School of Education
- Additional Positions at AU
- Interim Vice Provost for Research
- Executive Director, Institute for Innovation in Education
- Professor, Education
- Degrees
- PhD, Arizona State University, 1995 MA, Arizona State University, 1992 BAE, Arizona State University, 1990
- Favorite Spot on Campus
- Fraley Pool, Reeves Aquatic Center
- Book Currently Reading
- Brain Rules
- Bio
- Dr. Sarah Irvine Belson holds a PhD from Arizona State University in Curriculum and Instruction with a cognate in Special Education. Her research explores educational opportunity for children with disabilities and teacher education policy. Her focus on applied interventions for children at risk attends to two major areas of research, namely special education technology and teacher education policy and practice. She is the author of over 50 research papers and chapters on practice and policy in special education and education reform. Dr. Irvine Belson’s experience as a K12 special educator and her focus on interventions designed to increase educational opportunity for children with disabilities is a cornerstone of her research and teaching. In addition to her work in policy and practice, she also collaborates with colleagues across departments at American University, including Anastasia Snelling (health studies) and Kiho Kim (environmental science) to inform policy and improve outcomes for children. Dr. Irvine Belson served as Dean of the School of Education, Teaching & Health from 2002-2015, a role in which she was pleased to support faculty and students in pursuit of excellence in the classroom, in the field, and in research.
- See Also
- sarahatau @ twitter
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Teaching
Spring 2019
Partnerships & Affiliations
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American Educational Research Assocation
Member and Reviewer -
Math for America-DC
Advisory Board Member (ex-officio)
Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities
Grants and Sponsored Research
District of Columbia, Office of the State Superintendent for Education: Master Teacher Cadre Secondary Special Education Cadre. Role: PI $ 142,861, October 2017 to June 2018.
US Department of Agriculture, Institute of Food Safety & Nutrition: Healthy Schoolhouse 2.0: Teachers and Parents Working Together to Improve Student Health Role: co-PI with Anastasia Snelling, Department of Health Studies $900,000 March 2017 to February 2021.
National Science Foundation: Noyce Teaching Fellows: From the Laboratory to the Classroom (Role: Co-PI with John Nolan, Math/Stat and Kiho Kim, Environmental Science) $1,884,606, October 2012 to September 2019.
Toyota Foundation: Lab to Class: Science Education program (PI) ($499,799) June 2012 to December 2019.
Selected Publications
Irvine Belson, S. (2018) "Chapter 11: Hope Courage and Strength in Urban Special Education Classrooms", in the ATE Yearbook XXVI. Association for Teacher Education.
Snelling, A.M., Belson, S.I., Van Dyke, H., Malloy, E. (2017) Measuring the implementation of a school wellness policy. Journal of School Health, 12(0), doi:10.1111/josh.12548
Irvine Belson, S. & Husted, T. A. (2015). Impact of National Board for the Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) certification on student achievement. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 23(0), 91. http://doi.org/10.14507/epaa.v23.2074
Snelling, A. M., Belson, S. I., Watts, E., George, S., Van Dyke, H., Malloy, E., & Kalicki, M. (2015). Translating school health research to policy. School outcomes related to the health environment and changes in mathematics achievement. Appetite, 93, 91-95.
Snelling, A., Belson, S. I., Beard, J., & Young, K. (2015). Associations between grades and physical activity and food choices: Results from YRBS from a large urban school district. Health Education, 115(2), 141-151. doi:10.1108/HE-03-2014-0028
Belson, S. I., Hartmann, D., & Sherman, J. (2013). Digital Note Taking: The Use of Electronic Pens with Students with Specific Learning Disabilities. Journal of Special Education Technology, 28(2).
Snelling, A., Ernst, J., and Irvine Belson, S. (2013) Teachers as Role Models in Solving Childhood Obesity, Journal of Pediatric Biochemistry.