Eastern Michigan University

Rethinking Development: Communitarianism and Capabilities in African Contexts

Amartya Sen’s capability approach has been very influential in reframing development as the expansion of people’s substantive freedoms rather than mere growth, and in tying evaluation to what individuals are actually able to be and do. Building on this insight, I argue that a rel...

Preservice mathematics teachers’ design of launches for statistical tasks

The success of teaching through statistical tasks relies upon the way in which the tasks are launched, including the way students are introduced to a dataset and its context. This research study investigates how four key characteristics for launching statistical tasks were includ...

Interpreter Use and Challenges in Primary Care

This survey study investigates use of interpreters and challenges experienced by physicians treating patients with limited English proficiency.