Texas Tech University

Heather Greenhalgh-Spencer, Ph.D.

Associate Dean - Graduate School & Associate Professor
Curriculum & Instruction

Email: heather.greenhalgh-spencer@ttu.edu

Phone: 806.834.5132

Dr. Greenhalgh-Spencer, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at Texas Tech University. Her research emerges at the intersection of Educational Technology, Pedagogical Innovation, Diversity and Equity in Education, Philosophy of Technology and Personalized Learning. Dr. Greenhalgh-Spencer has published in multiple international journals of education. She teaches courses on e-learning, blended/personalized learning pedagogies, diversity ideologies and policies, and educational philosophy.

Heather Greenhalgh-Spencer, Ph.D.

Education

  • Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dissertation Topic: Creating Embodied Engagement in Online Learning Spaces.
  • Ph.D. Minor (Certification) in Gender and Women's Studies

Areas of Expertise

  • Educational Technology
  • Digital Divides
  • Identity making with Technology
  • Digital Ethics
  • Philosophy of Education
  • Philosophy of Technology
  • Gender Studies
  • Global Studies in Education
  • Blended and Personalized Learning

Selected Publications

Book:

McCarthy, C., Greenhalgh-Spencer, H. and Mejia, R. (2011).  New Times: Making Sense of Critical / Cultural Theory in a Digital Age. New York: Peter Lang.

Selected Publications:

Greenhalgh-Spencer, H. (In Press). “Gender and Technologies of Embodiment”. Oxford Research in Education.

Greenhalgh-Spencer, H. (2020). “Gender and Technology in Education”. Oxford Research in Education. (2020) Issue: June.

Greenhalgh-Spencer, H. (2020). “A Touch in the Present: Reactions and Rhizomes.” Philosophy of Education. 76 (3). pp. 75-79.

Greenhalgh-Spencer, H. (2020). “On Being and Becoming”. Philosophy of Education. 76 (3). pp. iv-ix.

Greenhalgh-Spencer, H. (2020). “The Purposes and Connections of School” Philosophy of Education. Vol. 76 (2). pp. vi-viii.

Greenhalgh-Spencer, H. (2020). “Making Stories for the Moments of Our Time” Philosophy of Education. 76 (1). pp. v-vii.

Kim, J.-H., Cruz, J., Hite, R., Dwyer, J., Gottlieb, J., Greenhalgh-Spencer, H., Park, M., Smit, J., Smith, P., Zimmerman, A. S. (2020). Affective writing as a promise of “Yet-To-Become”: Unearthing the meaning of writing through the voice of tenure-track assistant professors. Taboo: The Journal of Culture and Education., 19(5), 103-119.

Greenhalgh-Spencer, H. (2020). “Teaching within Regimes of Computational Truth”. Philosophy of Education. 75(1). 686-699.

Greenhalgh-Spencer, H. and Taylor, A. (2019). “Gendered Harassment as Concept and Experience in Educational Spaces.” Educational Theory. 69(1). Pp. 5-15.

Greenhalgh-Spencer (2019). “The “Discourse of Invasive Species”: Another Consideration for the Rebel Teacher” Philosophy of Education. Vol.74 (1). pp. 598-602

Greenhalgh-Spencer, H. (2019). “Cyber Safe Curricula and Online Harassment”. Educational Theory. 69(1). 73-89.

Greenhalgh-Spencer, H. and Zaliwska, Z. (2019). “Storying Ruptures as Educational Practice”. Studies in Philosophy of Education. 38(1). Pp.1-6.