Research interests
David Holliway’s research focus is on the development of perspective-taking in writing discourse and on the development of his own teaching practice. His interests include writing development, cogniton and language, Collaboration in Informal Sience Education (ISE) programs, educational assessment, program evaluation, and media literacy
Teaching/professional interests
Dr. Holliway teaches various classes in educational research, educational psychology, and classroom assessment for undergraduates in the teacher education program, masters students in the MIT and M.Ed. programs, counseling students in the M.Ed. program, and doctoral students in the Educational leadership program. Prior to coming to WSU Tri-Cities, he was an assistant professor at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia.
Recent accomplishments
- Holliway, D. (accepted for publication). Aria, Nacirema, and Bafa Bafa: Small steps toward cultural understanding through Educational Psychology. Instructional Psychology
- Holliway, D. (in press). Towards a sense-making pedagogy: Writing activities in an undergraduate learning theories course. The International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.
- Holliway, D. (2007). “You say it looks like a dragon:” Spontaneous analogies and spatial referencing in written descriptions. Communication and Cognition 40(1-2), pp. 125 – 156.
- Holliway, D. & Roman, H. (2008). Spatial Cognition in Children’s written route descriptions. American Psychological Association (APA), Division 7. Boston, MA.
- Holliway, D. & Zuljevic, A. (2008). Developing reader awareness through revising written informational descriptions. American Psychological Association (APA), Division 15. Boston, MA.
- Campbell, A., Holliway, D. & Trevisan, M. (2008). Accesso la ciencia: Haciedo la ciencia accesible para los padres y los ninos Latinos en communidades rurals: First year evaluation findings. American Educational Research Association (AERA), New York, NY.
- Holliway, D. (2007, July 3 - 13). Complementary possibilities in Education Research. Presentation at Khon Kaen University, Khon Kean Thailand.
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Samuel H. and Patricia W. Smith Teaching and Learning Endowment, Office of Undergraduate Study. $2,150.00, May 2008. Complementing the Informational with the Critical: An assessment model for an undergraduate Education course.
Educational background
- Ph. D. Educational Psychology, Human Development and Cognition, University of Washington, Seattle, 2000
- M. A. Sociolinguistics, Psycholinguistics and Discourse Analysis, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, 1986
- B. A. Linguistics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, 1984
