Rebecca Lindsay Woodard

Assistant Professor

College of Education
Curriculum and Instruction

Research Interests

Rebecca Woodard researches writing and multimodal composing. Utilizing primarily qualitative methods, she examines teaching in k-16 classrooms, professional development, and learning in out-of-school contexts.
Dr. Woodard is honored to be a team member on Young People's Science Theater, a project funded by the university's Presidential Initiative to Celebrate the Arts and Humanities, which will enhance and expand an existing partnership between UIC and Chicago neighborhood elementary and middle schools that cultivates young people’s science knowledge through theatrical and embodied ways of learning. In their classrooms, students will explore science topics such as greenhouse gases intertwined with social issues and share their thinking through creative performance. Supported by Chicago Public School (CPS) teachers, and UIC students and faculty in science and in theatre, young people’s performances will showcase their understanding of and passion for science and its relation to the social world, positioning them as leaders of social change.
Finally, Dr. Woodard is involved with the UIC's College of Education brand new Make Good Lab, a space focused on cultivating innovative teaching and learning experiences that involve making and/or digital media production.

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