Jamie Vescio

Jamie is a doctoral student in the Department of Teaching and Learning, specializing in Learning and Design. Originally from Lexington, Kentucky, she received her B.A. in Anthropology and French from Transylvania University and her M.Ed. in Elementary Education from Vanderbilt University. She has taught in a variety of settings, including middle school French at a creative and performing arts school, kindergarten mathematics within a dual-language French immersion classroom, and high school English through the Fulbright Program in France. As both a former student and eventual educator within arts-integrated K-12 spaces, Jamie currently explores the role of play-based learning and child-centered methodologies in expanding opportunities for participation, learning, and recognition within primary mathematics classrooms.

Faculty Advisor: Melissa Gresalfi

Research Interests

Elementary mathematics education, play, situative and sociocultural theories of learning, critical childhood studies, qualitative methodologies, child-centered research

Education:

B.A. Anthropology and French Language & Literature, Transylvania University, 2017

M.Ed. Elementary Education, Vanderbilt University, 2018