Teaching in Rural Places

Amy Price Azano is a teacher educator in the School of Education at Virginia Tech. She grew up in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley and focuses her scholarship on issues of equity for rural learners. Devon Brenner transplanted from Michigan to Mississippi over 20 years ago. A professor of literacy teacher education at Mississippi State University, she engages in research that focuses on rural education policy and practice.Jayne Downey is a professor at Montana State University where she directs the Center for Research on Rural Education. Born and raised on a farm on the prairies, her research and service are dedicated to working with and for rural schools and communities around the world. Karen Eppley is a former fifth grade teacher who has lived her entire life in one rural valley. Her research interest is at the intersection of literacy education and rural education. She is an associate professor of curriculum and instruction at Penn State University where she teaches in the reading specialist certification program.Ann K. Schulte is a professor at California State University, Chico. She has been a teacher and teacher educator in primarily rural contexts for 30 years. Her scholarship interests focus on self-study, teacher identity, and university-community partnerships in rural contexts.