Research on Teacher Identity: Mapping Challenges and Innovations

Dionne Cross Francis is an associate professor of mathematics education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at Indiana University and the Director of the Center for P-16 Research and Collaboration. Her research interests include investigating the relationships among psychological constructs such as beliefs, identity and emotions and how the interplay between these constructs influence teachers’ instructional decision-making prior to and during the act of teaching (mathematics).

Ji Hong an Associate Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Oklahoma. Her research focuses on pre-service and in-service teachers’ professional identity development, motivation to teach, emotions, and resilience in relation to teacher retention and teacher effectiveness. She is an Associate Editor of Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, and an Editorial Board member of Contemporary Educational Psychology.