Assistant Professor / Program Coordinator
OFFICE LOCATION
364
OFFICE HOURS
MW 12:30 - 2:00 PM
MAILING ADDRESS
Box 41071
Lubbock, TX 79409-1071
DIRECT PHONE
742 - 1997 x244
DEPARTMENT PHONE
(806) 742-1997
FAX NUMBER
(806) 742-2179
EMAIL ADDRESS
Dr. Douglas Hamman, Ph.D.
short biography
Dr. Hamman is an Associate Professor of Curriculum Studies | Teacher Education at Texas Tech University. He is a Lubbock native who graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 1995 with a degree in Educational Psychology. Currently, he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in adolescent development and instructional theory & design, and works with several university and community entities in the area of program evaluation.
Research / professional interests / activities
His research interests include teacher identity, pedagogical interaction during student teaching, and new teacher retention. He is also a “digital immigrant” who enjoys learning about new ways of using technology for teaching, and has a growing interest in the school factors that influence teachers’ use of instructional technology.
Recent publications
Hamman, D. (accepted). Erik Erikson: Identity development and student-teacher interaction. In E. M. Anderman, L. Anderman, C. Chinn, T. Murdock, & H. L. Swanson (Eds.), Psychology of classroom learning: An encyclopedia. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA (2009).
Lesley, M. K. , Hamman, D., Olivarez, A. & Button, K. (2009). “I’m prepared for anything now”: Student teacher and cooperating teacher interaction as a critical factor in determining the preparation of “quality” elementary reading teachers. The Teacher Educator, 44, 40-55.
Hamman, D., Fives, H., & Olivárez, A. (2007). Efficacy and pedagogical interaction in cooperating and student teacher dyads. Journal of Classroom Interaction, 41-42 (1), 55-63.
Fives, H., Hamman, D., & Olivárez, A. (2007). Does burnout begin during student teaching? Analyzing efficacy, burnout, and support during the student teaching semester. Teaching and Teacher Education, 23, 916-934.
Stevens, T. Hamman, D., & Olivárez, Jr., A. (2007). Hispanic students’ perceptions of white teachers’ mastery goal-orientation influences sense of school belonging. Journal of Latinos and Education, 6 (1) 53-68.
Hamman, D., Olivárez, Jr., A., & Stevens, T. (2006-2007). Developing the learning to teach questionnaire: Measuring interaction between cooperating and student teachers. National Forum of Applied Educational Research Journal, 20 (2), 4-36.
Manuscript Under Review or Revising
Hamman, D., Gosselin, K., Romano, J., & Bunuan, R. L. (2008, December). New teachers’ possible selves. Manuscript submitted for publication.
Hamman, D., & Romano, J. (2009, January). The desired cooperator: Preservice preferences for qualities and interaction during the teaching practicum. Manuscript resubmitted for publication.
Simpson, D. J., & Hamman, D. (2008, May). John Dewey on adolescence and teaching: Exploring the relevance for contemporary high school reform. Manuscript being revised.