Elizabeth J Pope

Interests

Research

Student-teacher relationships, teacher preparation and education, teacher efficacy.

Teaching

Teacher preparation and education, child development, using assessment to drive instruction in the classroom.

Courses

Scholarly Contributions

Chapters

• Pope, E. J., Dotzler, K. A., Burross, H. L., & Schutz, P. A. (2024). Considerations and importance of generational changes for teaching. In Teaching Human Development for Educators, Theory to Practice: Educational Psychology for Teachers and Teaching.
• Pope, E. J. (2022). Developing autonomy, competence, and relatedness at the annex. In Educational Psychology and Transformational Classrooms: Research and Theory Meets Teaching and Learning.

Journals/Publications

• Pope, E. J. (2023). COVID-19 and HSIs: Students' Perceptions, Attitudes, and Emotions Surrounding Online Spaces. Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice.
• Pope, E. J. (2023). Early Childhood Teachers’ Experiences During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Cultural Examination of Teachers from Pakistan and the US. Early Childhood Education Journal.
• Pope, E. J. (2023). How learning gardens foster well-being and development through the promotion of purposeful play in early childhood and beyond. Theory Into Practice.
• Pope, E. J. (2023). Narcissistic or overwhelmed by emotions? Divergent pathways to academic entitlement. Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue.
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  Academic entitlement (AE) is expecting favorable academic outcomes regard- less of performance. This study tests relationships between AE, narcissism, self-esteem, self-efficacy, and self-compassion to identify pathways for reduc- ing AE. Results revealed two divergent pathways to AE, narcissism and over identifying with negative emotions (OI). OI, holding onto negative emo- tions, is the opposite of mindfulness, further supporting AE as a maladaptive coping response. Mindfulness, a component of self-compassion, should be explored in interventions reducing AE.
• Pope, E. J. (2013). Fractions as Subtraction: An Activity-Oriented Perspective from Elementary Children. School Science and Mathematics.

Presentations

• Ab Latif, F. B., Pope, E. J., Franco, M. A., & Erbacher, M. K. (2023, April). Achievement emotions among graduate students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Western Psychological Association Annual Meeting. Riverside, CA: Western Psychological Association.
• Khalid, M., Pope, E. J., Franco, M. A., & Smith, M. K. (2023, April). Undergraduate students emotional and mental well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic. Western Psychological Association Annual Meeting. Riverside, CA: Western Psychological Association.
• Marston, S., Larson, S., Pope, E. J., & Thompson, M. S. (2023, March). Anatomy of a university-school district partnership. American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting. Denver, CO: American Association of Geographers.
• Pope, E. J. (2023, February). Challenges and Dilemmas Facing Teachers: How Teachers See Themselves and Their Tasks and How They Are Perceived by Others. Critical Questions in Education Conference. San Diego, CA.
• Pope, E. J., Marston, S., & Thompson, M. S. (2023, November). How learning gardens foster well-being and development in early childhood and beyond. International Webinar on Cognitive and Behavioral Neurosciences.
• Pope, E. J., Thompson, M. S., & Marston, S. (2023, February). School gardens as transformative spaces: From theory into practice. Critical Questions in Education Conference. San Diego, CA.
• Marston, S., Thompson, M. S., Larson, S., & Pope, E. J. (2022). Do school gardens cultivate resilience? “Binding, mending and assembling interdisciplinary approaches for recovery”. Institute of British Geographers International ConferenceRoyal Geography Society.
• Franco, M. A., Erbacher, M. K., & Pope, E. J. (2021, March). Arizona Hispanic serving institutions: A study on student & faculty experiences during COVID-19. Alliance for Hispanic Serving Institution Educators Annual Conference.
• Schutz, P. A., Pope, E. J., Burross, H. L., & Roloff, T. A. (2021). Growth and learning at the annex. APA Annual Convention.

Poster Presentations

• Khalid, M., Roloff, T. A., Erbacher, M. K., Pope, E. J., & Franco, M. A. (2022). Self-compassion in undergraduate students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Teaching, Learning, & Sociocultural Studies Graduate Student Colloquy.
• Pope, E. J., & Pierce, L. (2020, February). Narcissistic or Overwhelmed by Emotions? Divergent Pathways to Academic Entitlement. Conference on Academic Research in Education. Las Vegas, NV: UNLV.
• Burross, H. L., Olson, A. M., & Freiberg, E. J. (2014, August). Preservice Teachers' Perceptions of Working with Learners Who Struggle. American Psychological Association Annual Convention.