Faculty and Staff Profiles

Angiline (Angie) Powell received her doctorate in mathematics education from the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa.  Her dissertation was entitled “African Americans and Their Reflections of Exemplary Mathematics Teachers.”  Dr. Powell’s research involves  urban education, exemplary mathematics teaching practices, and technology for pre-service teachers. Dr. Powell taught middle and high school mathematics in Mobile County for eight years.  Dr. Powell was awarded a grant for professional development from the Tennessee Higher Education Commission. She and her CoPI are currently implementing the grant that serves the two local merging school districts Memphis City Schools and Shelby County Schools. This grant is an expansion of a local grant that she was awarded.

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• Doctoral (Chair) - Rachel Askew - 2019
• Doctoral (Chair) - Bernard Chandler - 2013
• Doctoral - Karla Webb - 2009

• Water, Water, Everywhere, Professional Development - Tennessee Higher Education Commission - $ 200,000 - 2012-2014
• Stem Academy - Tennessee Board of Regents - $ 90,000 - 2015

• LeMoyne-Owens - Local Elementary Teachers - October 18, 2008 - Strengthing Instruction in Tennesse Elementary Schools (SITES)
• Woodway Elementary - Career Day - May 2003 - Fort Worth School District
• Everman Junior High School - Career Night - October 2003 - Everman School District
• Morningside Middle Afterschool Program - 6-8th grade students - 1999-2004 - Candidate
• Commercial Appeal Spelling Bee - Service Community - 2005 - Commercial Appeal
• Getwell Elementary School - Fourth Grade Teachers - 2005 - Memphis City Schools
• Vollintine- Evergreen Newsletter Distributer - 1400 Block Residents - 2005-2010 - VECA Historic District
• Pleasant View Elementary School - K-6th teachers - August 2008 -  
• Volluntine Evergreen Community Association - Board Member Southwest Quadrant - 2001-2013 -  
• Lakeview Elementary School - K - 5 students - 2010 -  
• National Lab Day - Students - May 11 2011 - Oakhaven Middle School
• Haberman Education Foundation - Memphis City School Administrators - 2009 -  
• Volluntine Evergreen Community Association -   - Fall 2013 - VECA Historic District

• University - Faculty Tenure & Promotion Appeal Committee - 2013-2016
• University - Engaged Scholarship Networking Committee - Spring 2013
• College - Core Team - 2004 - present
• College - TEP Interviews - 2004 - 2010
• College - Faculty Development Advisory Committee - 2004-2008; 2005-2007 Co- Chair
• College - Co- Chair Professional Development - 2005-2006
• College - Urban Aspiration Team - 2005-2007
• College - Pi Day - 2006-2008, 2010
• College - Welcome Back Students - 2006-2007; 2009 -2010
• College - Search Committee Health and Sports Science - 2007
• College - Participated in Student Centered Culture Assessment - April 2007
• Professional - Reviewer Proposal AERA Submissions - 2000-2001, 2005-2015
• Professional - National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Educational Materials Committee - 2004-2007
• Professional - Reviewer Teaching Children Mathematics - 2006-2010
• Professional - Reviewer Mathematics Teaching in the Middle Schools - 2006-2010
• Professional - Reviewer for Mid-South Education Research Association - 2007
• Professional - Reviewer School Science Mathematics Association - 2007-2010
• Professional - Reviewer Tennessee Association of Middle Schools - 2009
• Professional - Middle School Journal Reviewer - 2014-2015
• Professional - Journal of Urban Mathematics Education Reviewer - 2013-2015
• Professional - Journal of Mathematics Education Leadership Reviewer - 2013
• Professional - Faculty Women of Color at the Academy - 2014
• Departmental - Master Comprehensive Exam - 2004 - 2015
• Professional - Membership Committee School Science Mathematics Association - 2012-2015
• Departmental - Participated in Integrating Video Technology with the Five Standards for Effective Pedagogy (2005-2006) and TLINC(2006) - 2005-2006; 2006
• Professional - Technology Committee Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators - 2015 to present
• Departmental - Faculty Research Grant (Chair) - 2006-2007
• Departmental - Financial Advisory Committee - 2006-2007 Co-Chair 2007-2008
• Departmental - Middle Grade Search Committee - 2006-2007
• Departmental - Elementary Education Search Commitee - 2007-2009
• Departmental - Science Education Search - 2011-2012
• Departmental - Mathematics Education Search - 2011-2012
• Departmental - Elementary Education - 2011-2012
• Departmental - Mathematics Education Search Committee - 2012
• Departmental - Reaching the Core: Memphis Conference - 2013
• Departmental - NCATE Writer Middle School SPA - 2014

• Fort Worth Independent School District - August 2002
• Math, Science and Technology Institute - October 2002
• Math, Science and Technology Institute - October 2002
• Math, Science and Technology Institute - February 2003
• Math, Science and Technology Institute - April 2003
• Fort Worth Independent School District - August 2003
• Everman High School - October 2003
• Everman Junior High School - October 2003
• Math, Science and Technology Institute - November 2003
• Math, Science and Technology Institute - November 2003
• Memphis City Schools - 2005, 2009
• Memphis City Schools/ The University of Alabama at Birmingham - July 2005
• Fayette County, TN - June 2005 to May 2007; 2008-2010
• Brighton Elementary, Tipton County - 2006-2007
• Eastside Elementary School - January 2008
• Educational Testing Service - March 2008
• Educational Testiing Service (SITES) - March 2008
• Memphis Business Academy - 2013-2014
• Project Grad - Summer 2015

• Rousseau, C., & Powell, A. (2005). Understanding the significance of context: A framework to examine equity and reform in secondary mathematics. High School Journal 88(4), 19-31.      
• Perkins, J. H., Powell, A., & Key, S. (2006). The power of vocabulary knowledge: Social studies, science and mathematics. Tennessee's Children, (1), 25-30.          
• Ray, B., Powell, A., & Strickland, J. (2006). Technology integration and the pre-service teacher: A roadmap for reflection and observation during early field experiences teaching & learning. The Journal of Natural Inquiry & Reflective Practice, 21, 30-51.       
•  Powell, A., & Berry, R. (2007). Achieving success: Voices of successful African American mathematics students. In M. Brown & R. Bartee (Eds.). Still not equal: Expanding educational opportunity in society (pp.167-175). New York: Peter Lang.       

• Powell, A., & Anderson, C. R. (Winter, 2007-2008).  Educators, parents and numeracy:  Partnerships for successful African American students.  Childhood Education, 84, 70-74.

   
• Anderson, C. R. & Powell, A. (2009). " Metropolitan Perspective on Mathematics Education: Lessons Learned from a “Rural” School District"  Journal of Urban Mathematics Education,2 (1), 5-21. 
•  Powell, A. & Seed, A. H. (March, 2010). Developing a caring ethic for middle school mathematics classrooms. Middle School Journal 41(4). 44-48.
• Powell, A. & Ray, B. (2012). Supporting mathematics for young children through technology. In S. Blake, D. Winsor, & L. Allen (Eds.) Child development and the use of technology: Perspectives, applications and experiences (pp146-168). Hershey, PA: IGI Global
• Ray, B. & Powell, A. (2014) Preparing to teach with flipped classroom in teacher preparation programs. In J. Keengwe (Ed.), Promoting active learning through the integration of mobile and ubiquitous technologies. Hershey, PA: IGI Global
• Ray, B. B., Powell, A., & Jacobsen, B. (2014). Exploring preservice teacher perspectives on video games as learning tools. Journal of Digital Learning in Teacher Education,31(1), 28-34. doi:10.1080/21532974.2015.979641
• Anderson, C., Bullock, E., Cross, B. & Powell, A. (2017). From corporation to community: Culturally relevant pedagogy in an urban laboratory for school. Teachers College Record,119, (1)1-34.
• Counsell, S. and Powell, A. (accepted) Increasing young children's STEM learning with ramps and pathways: The potential role of teaching philosophy, instructional
• Powell, A., Bonner, S., Salem, W., & Askew, R. (2019). Is our water safe to drink? Science Scope, 42(6), 57-64.

• *Powell, A., & Berry, R. (2006, April). Successes and characteristics of successful African-American math students. Paper presented at American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.          
• *Powell, A., & Abraham, A. (2006, April). Assessing the assessors.  Paper presented at National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, St. Louis, MO.        
• *Rousseau-Anderson, C., Powell, A., Watts, L., Franceschini, L., & Vogel, T. (2007, April). Down in the delta: Improving mathematics education for African American students in the rural south. Symposium presented at the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL        
• Powell, A. (2007, May). Down in the delta. Paper presented at the Southeastern Atlantic Section of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), Memphis, TN.     
• *Powell, A. (2007, June). You can build us a future! Things that work with urban mathematics students.  Paper presented at University of Memphis Panhellenic Building, Memphis, TN. 
•  Powell,A. ( 2007, August). Making sense of fractions:  I got it! Paper presented at the Memphis Area Council of Teachers of Mathematics Miniconference, Memphis, TN.    
•  Powell, A. (2007, November). Good teaching matters!  You matter... Keynote address presented at Alabama Association of Developmental Education(ALADE). Orange Beach, AL.      
• *McCullough, A., Powell, A., & Rousseau Anderson, C. (2007, November). Mathematics Professional Development in a Rural School District: Rewards and Challenges. Paper presented at School, Scienceand Mathematics Conference (SSMA).  Indianapolis, IN.  
•  Powell, A. & Anderson C. R. (2008, November). Down in the Delta:  Improving mathematics education for African Aamerican students in the rural South. Paper presented at the Benjamin Banneker Conference,  Little Rock, AR

• Powell, A. (2010, May) I have problems, you have problems, students have problems. Confference on Inclusions Memphis, TN

• Powell, A., & Seed, A., (2010). Caring ethnic Middle school conference TAMS Memphis, TN 
• Powell, A. (2009) fractions I got it , Inclusion conference Fayette County,TN 
•  Powell. A., & Nichols, S. (2010, November). Math Assistive Technology and Reading (MATR). Teacher Education Division Council for Exceptional Children,  St. Louis, MO.  
• Powell, A., & Blake, S. (2011, April).  A Case of the Blues: “Urban” Teacher Education in Memphis. AERA New, Orleans, LA
• Choi, S., & Powell, A., Reeder, A.  (2011, November).  Developing Student Academic Literacy through a Community-Based Integrated Science and Mathematics Curriculum. School, Science, and Mathematics Association. Colorado Springs, Colorado.
• Powell, A., William, A., Anderson, C., & Boyd S.(2012, Nov). From Math to STEM: Challenges in an Urban Summer Academy. School Science and Mathematics Associatin 2012 Annual Convention: E-Merging Math and Sciences, Birmingham, Alabama.
• Powell, A.(2013, Apr). Increasing Urban Middle Grade Students’ Attitudes Toward Math and Science Through a Community Based Curriculum. Instruction and Curriculum Leadership Research Symposium, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN.
• Choi, S. Powell, A. (2014, March). Bring Community Into Teaching Mathematics and Science. American Education Research Association Annual Convention, Philadelphia, PA April 5-8, 2014.
• Powell, A, (2014, September) Geometry for K-3 students. Paper presented at Memphis Area Council of Teacher of Mathematics Memphis, TN September 20, 2014.
• Powell, A, (2014, September) Math and literature. Paper presented at Memphis Area Council of Teacher of Mathematics. Memphis, TN September 20, 2014.
• Powell, A., Ray, B. (2014, October). An after school program from inception to implementation. Paper accepted Annual Engagement Scholarship Conference Consortium October 7 - 8, 2014.
• Hall, A., Powell, A., & Davis, M. (2014, October). The Effects of Problem- and Project-based Learning on Student Interests in STEM Paper presented at School Science Mathematics Conference, Orlando, FL November 6-8, 2014
• Bullock, E., Anderson, C., Powell, A, (2015, February) Secondary Mathematics Teacher Preparation in/for Urban Environments Paper presented at Association Mathematics Teacher Educators Annual Conference, Orlando, FL February 12-14, 2015
• Anderson, C. R., Powell, A., Cross, B.E. and Bullock, E. (2015, April) Culturally Relevant Pedagogy and Teacher Professional Development in a Laboratory for School Reform. Paper presented at American Research Association. Chicago, IL
• Powell, A., Salem, W., (2016, October). Problem Based Learning for Urban High School Students. Presented at School, Science, and Mathematics Conference (SSMA). Phoenix, AZ.
• Powell, A. (2016, October). Youn can Ken-Ken and Sudoku 2. Paper presented at Association for Middle Level Education Conference (AMLE). Austin, TX.
• Powell, A. (2017, October). Using web-based technology to support mathematics content knowledge. Paper presented at School, Science and Mathematics Annual Convention, Lexington, KY
• Powell, A., Bullock, E., & Salem, W. (2018, April) Considering barriers to district-university partnerships in developing stem infrastructure. paper presented at American Education Research Association Annual Convention, New York, NY
• Askew, R. K. & Powell, A. (2018, April). Summer STEM camp: Pump or filter for urban student? Paper presented at American Education Research Association Annual Convention, New York, NY
• Powell. A., & Hall, A. (2018, October). Eureka! Building a university and school district partnership with math. Paper presented at School, Science and Mathematics Annual Convention, Little Rock, AR