David Cherry
Professor
300 W. Hawthorne Road
Spokane, WA 99251
Phone: 509.777.4408
Fax: 509.777.3785
Office Location: Dixon Hall 313
Email: dcherry@whitworth.edu
Education
Ph.D. Claremont Graduate School
M.A., B.A. San Diego State University
Year Joined Whitworth Faculty
1995
Areas of Specialization / Expertise
Education; educational psychology; multicultural education; bilingual education
Selected Publications / Presentations / Honors
Member of the executive committee and treasurer of the Washington Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. Presentations include: "The Preparation of Culturally Responsive Teachers in the MIT Program at Whitworth College" at the Northwest Association of Teacher Educators conference (2007). "Preparing New Teachers: Collaboration Efforts Between Higher Education and P-12 Professionals" (2002), presented at the Washington State ASCD Conference, Seattle, Wash. "Preparing School Leaders: Integrating Personal Leadership, Action Research, and Mentoring" (2000) paper presented at the National Conference of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, Chicago, Ill. "Pre- and In-Service Practitioner Collaborative Action Research: New Relationships between Graduate Teacher Education Programs and K-12 Schools" (1999), paper presentation at the National Conference of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, Washington, D.C. "Performance-Based Assessment in a Master in Teaching Program" (1999), co-presented at the National Symposium for the National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification, Seattle, Wash. Publications include: Sanders, B. & Cherry, D. (1999). "Collaborative Action Research: Pre- and In-service Teachers" in News & Views. Association of Independent Liberal Arts Colleges for Teacher Education. Vol 11. No. 3. Cherry, D. & Kline, F. (1998). "Washington State Essential Learning Requirements and Student Achievement: Building Bridges Between Higher Education and K-12 School Districts" in VISIONS. Washington State Staff Development Council. Vol.15, No. 6.