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Recent Publications, Presentations, and Podcasts
Publications
Hawkins, M., Irvine Belson, S., McClave, R., Kohls, L.*, Little, S.*, & Snelling, A. in Androutsos, O., & Charmandari, E. (2022). Childhood Obesity. Healthy Schoolhouse 2.0 Health Promotion Intervention to Reduce Childhood Obesity in Washington, DC: A Feasibility Study. (pp. 199-210). MDPI, Basel https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-0365-5094-7
Cruz, S. and Irvine Belson, S. (2023) The Role of School Leaders in Increasing Access to Literacy Interventions. In Robinson, S. and Ellis, A. Critical Literacy and Its Impact on African American Boys’ Reading Readiness: Implications for Special Educators. Information Age Publishing, Charlotte, NC.
De León Sautú, N., León, M., D’Alfonso, D., Warren, N., Griffin, J., & Sodani, D. (2024).Teachers learning: understanding continuous professional development in Panama. Professional Development in Education, 51(1), 135–148.
Sodani, D.G. & Irvine Belson, S. (2025). Until every child can read: Spanning boundaries in research–practice partnership focusing on reading and dual language instruction. In D. K. Zenkov, D. Polly & L. Rudder (Eds.) Boundary-Spanning in School-University Partnerships (pp. 47-65). Information Age Publishing Inc.
Ellis, A. and Irvine Belson, S. (Eds.). (2025). Advancing Special Education Through Improvement Science: A Practical Guide. Myers Education Press, Gorham, ME.
Anderson, A., Sodani, D. G., Dennis, T., Smith, M., & Irvine Belson, S. (2025). The Influence of Culturally Responsive Literacy Practices on Students’ Literacy Motivation. SAGE Open, 15(2).https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440251326378
Presentations
AERA 2025
Dr. Sarah Irvine Belson and Dr. Danielle Gervais Sodani, "Balancing transformation in Research-Practice Partnerships: The need for intentional goal setting for researchers"
Dr. Sarah Irvine Belson and Anne Murphy Karabell, "Context Matters: Effects of School-Level Factors on the Reading Trajectories of Students With Disabilities"
NARST 2025
Dr. Sarah Irvine Belson, Dr. Danielle Gervais Sodani Dr. Carolyn Parker, Dr. Shari Watkins, Dr. Kiho Kim, and Peter Locher, "STEM Teacher Persistence: Teacher Preparation Programs that Support Identity and Belonging"
CEC 2025
Dr. Sarah Irvine Belson and Anne Murphy Karabell, "Reading Growth Trajectories: The Effects of School Level Factors"
Noyce Summit 2024
Dr. Danielle Gervais Sodani, "Partnering for Success: Collective Reflection on Partnerships that Support Identity and Belonging"
SSSR 2024
Dr. Sarah Irvine Belson and Anne Murphy Karabell, "Context matters: Examining effects of school-level factors on students’ reading growth trajectories"
NARST 2024
Dr. Sarah Irvine Belson, Dr. Danielle Gervais Sodani Dr. Carolyn Parker, Dr. Shari Watkins, and Dr. Kiho Kim, "New STEM Teachers’ Experiences: Teacher Preparation, Culture, Identity, and Belonging"
AERA 2024
Dr. Sarah Irvine Belson and Dr. Danielle Gervais Sodani, "Intentionally Constructing Educational Possibilities: How Intensive Is Enough in Reading Interventions?"
Dr. Sarah Irvine Belson, Dr. Danielle Gervais Sodani, Dr. Lauren Shea, and Anne Murphy Karabell, "Dual and Multi-Languages: How Teachers, Parents and Communities Can Build"
AERA 2023
Dr. Sarah Irvine Belson, Dr. Danielle Gervais Sodani, Dr. Alida Anderson, Dr. Traci Dennis, Dr. Ocheze Joseph, and Dr. Carolyn Parker, Consequential High Intensity Tutoring: Developing Literary Identities Within Foundational Reading Intervention Through Culturally Responsive Practices
Podcasts

The RPP Exchange
Episode 1: Transforming Literary Instruction: Listening and Collaboration Open the Door to an RPP with District of Columbia Public Schools
Episode 2: Transforming Literary Instruction: Remaining Responsive to Partners' Needs
Episode 3: Transforming Literary Instruction: Equal Power and Practical Implications in the Classroom
Literacy in Color
Episode 15: Black Language and Structured Literacy with Dr. Jasmine Rogers
Science of Reading: The Podcast
Season 6, Episode 12: Celebrating many meanings: Language comprehension and biadilectical students
Season 8, Episode 6: Like teacher, like student: Showing up as your full self
All Means ALL
Episode 4: Why Ebonics Should be Centered in Teaching Black Kids to Read