Tonia’s Voice: From Dirt Roads to the Ivory Tower

Abstract

In the interest of full disclosure, let me say that I could not and would not be where I am today without the unwavering, if not sometimes confused, support and love of my parents. Both of my parents served in the U.S. Navy, my mother a disabled veteran and my father retired after serving in Vietnam, Lebanon, and Granada. Neither of my parents went to college, but they were insistent on raising an independent young woman who would get a college degree. Some days, I wonder if they knew what they were getting into when they made that decision.

Selected Publications

• Branch, R.M., and T.A. Dousay. 2015. Survey of instructional design models, 5th ed. Bloomington, IN: Association for Educational Communications & Technology.

• Darrington, B., and T.A. Dousay. 2015. Using multimodal writing to motivate struggling students. TechTrends 59(6): 29–34. doi:10.1007/s11528-015-0901-7.

• Dousay, T.A. 2014. Multimedia design and situational interest: A look at juxtaposition and measurement. In Educational media and technology yearbook, vol. 38, ed. M. Orey, S.A. Jones, and R. Branch. New York: Springer.

• ———. 2015a. Reinforcing content through design activities. In Visualizing learning: Essentials of teaching and integrating visual and media literacy, ed. D. Baylen and A. D’Alba. New York: Springer.

• ———. 2015b. Digital literacy in elementary and secondary education. In SAGE encyclopedia of educational technology, ed. J.M. Spector, 219–221. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

• Dousay, T.A., and R.M. Branch. 2013. Visual competency. In Encyclopedia of terminology for educational communications and technology, ed. R.C. Richey. New York: Springer.

• Shepherd, C.E., T.A. Dousay, C. Kvenild, and T. Meredith. 2015. Fostering technology-rich service learning experiences between school librarians and teacher education programs. Knowledge Quest 44(2): 44–52.