Title:	Assistant Professor
	Office #:	Lewis Towers 1132, WTC
	Phone:	312.915.6918
	E-mail:	rmccul1@luc.edu
	Degree:	Ph.D., University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
	CV:	Curriculum Vitae (PDF)

Program Areas

• Curriculum and Instruction
• Instructional Leadership

Research Interests

• Culturally relevant teaching and learning
• Culturally-bound prior knowledge
• Reading comprehension
• Literacy instruction
• Multicultural education
• Small schools
• Black education
• Program evaluation
• Urban Education

Classes

• CIEP 425 Classroom Assessment
• CIEP 442 Curriculum Development and Implementation
• CIEP 475 Children and Adolescent Literature
• CIEP 476 Reading Research
• CIEP 541 Seminar on Curriculum Issues

Professional & Community Affiliations

• American Educational Research Association
• International Reading Association
• National Council of Teachers of English: Research Assembly
• Chicago Scholars
• Anna J Julian Society
• Qualitative Researcher’s Circle