Martha Ritter, PhD

• Ritter, M. (November 2017).  Finding a Witness; Learning as Witnesses. Presented at the annual meetings for the American Educational Studies Association, Pittsburgh, PA.
• Stemhagen, K., Nomi, B., Bagley, S., and Ritter, M. (November 2017). Teacher Activism and Higher Education: Theory, Research, and Praxis. Presented at the annual meetings of the American Educational Studies Association, Pittsburgh, PA.
• Whitaker, R. W. III, Bryde, B., Ritter, M. and Conway, T. (March 2017). When Saying No is Better than Saying Yes: A Case Study of a Partnership That Was Intentionally Stopped! Paper presented at annual meetings of National Association for Profession Development Schools, Washington D.C.
• Ritter, M. (November 2016). Learning from the Heart about Race and Equity.  Presented at annual meetings of the American Educational Studies Association, Seattle, WA.
• Gentile, A., Bryde, B., and Ritter, M. (October 2016). Seizing Partnership Initiatives: Engaging in Culturally Responsive Pedagogy and Meeting Teacher Shortages through a Field/Student Teaching Immersion Experience. PAC-TE, Harrisburg, PA.
• Ritter, M. and Mosley, A. (2014, December). (Re)Organizing Data-Driven Decisions about Student Teaching. Paper presented at annual Christa McAuliffe Technology Conference, Manchester, NH.
• Ritter, M. (2012, November). Close All Borders: Responses to Immigration in a Middle School Classroom.  Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Association of Moral Education, San Antonio, TX.
• Ritter, M. (2011, March). Who Belongs? Moral Conversations in an Eighth Grade Classroom.  Paper presented at annual meetings of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.
• Ritter, M. (2010, November). Sustaining Democracy: Conversations about the Vietnam War in an Eighth Grade Class. Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Association for Moral Education, St. Louis, MO.
• Ritter, M. (2009, November). We Don’t Love to Read.  Paper presented at the annual meetings of the National Council of Teachers of English, Philadelphia, PA.
• Ritter, M, Henning, S. and Eick, C. (2009, November).  Reading Paulo Freire. Panel presentation at the annual meetings of the American Educational Studies Association, Pittsburg, PA.
• Ritter, M. (2007, November).  Bearing Witness and Social Justice. Paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Educational Studies Association, Cleveland, OH.
• Ritter, M. (2006, November). Where are we going? Navigating a Course in Teacher Education. Paper presented at the annual meetings of the National Council of Teachers of English, Nashville, TN.
• Ritter, M. (2003, July) Finding a Witness. Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Association for Moral Education, Krakow, Poland.
• Ritter, M. (2003, April). Can I Find a Witness? Testimony and Response in Public School Classrooms. Paper presented at meeting of the California Association of Philosophers of Education, Palo Alto, CA.
• Ritter, M. (2000, July). What if That Were You? Moral Reciprocity and Pluralism. Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Association for Moral Education, Glasgow, Scotland.
• Ritter, M. and Marshall, J. (1999, November). Interspection: Reading Student Writing as a Witness. Paper presented at the annual meetings of the AERA SIG Research on Women and Education, Hempstead, NY.
• Ritter, M. (1997, April). Unearthing Treasures: Vision and Voice in Story. Paper presented at the National Council of Teachers of English, Charlotte, NC.

Publications

• Ritter, M. (2007).  “The Significance of Finding A Witness for Liberatory Education,”Philosophy of Education 2007. Urbana, IL: Philosophy of Education Society.
• Ritter, M. (1998). “Finding a Path in the Forest: Tracing Journeys and Meeting in the Common.” JCT: Journal of Curriculum Theorizing 14(4): 46-51.
• Ritter, M. (1996). Children of Law 1008 in San Sebastian Prison.  Cochabamba, Bolivia: Andean Information Network Monograph.

Reports

• Program Review submitted to Pennsylvania Department of Education for certification programs in the Teacher Education Department at Franklin Pierce.
• Teacher Education Program Assessment System submitted to the Council for Teacher Education, New Hampshire State Department of Education, March 2014. (Co-author)
• Vision for Teacher Education, University White Paper submitted to Provost and Deans, Franklin Pierce University, NH, August 2012. (Co-chair of committee, Author)
• University Program Review Self Study of Education Department submitted to Dean of the College of Rindge, Franklin Pierce University, NH, May 2012. (Chair of committee, Author)
• Federal Title II Report on Teacher Education Programs (2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014)
• University Program Review Self Study of American Studies Program submitted to the Dean of the College of Rindge, Franklin Pierce University, NH, December 2011. (Co-author)
• Progress Report on Franklin Pierce Teacher Education Programs submitted to the Council for Teacher Education, New Hampshire State Department of Education, November 2011 (Author)
• Implementation of New General and Liberal Education Requirements, University White Paper, Franklin Pierce University, NH, August 2011. (Co-author)
• Retention Ad Hoc Committee Report to the President, Franklin Pierce University, NH, June 2010. (Co-author)
• Self-study Report for Accreditation of Teacher Education Programs submitted to the Council for Teacher Education, New Hampshire State Department of Education, April 2009. (Co-author)
• NCATE SPA Report for Secondary English Program, Mount St. Mary’s University, MD, August 2008. (Chair of committee, lead author)
• English Language Arts Accreditation Report submitted to California State Department of Education, Fresno Pacific University, CA, May 2003. (Author)

• Buzzallino Family Faculty Scholars Award, “Fleeing from Danger:  Refugees’ Stories in Elementary School Classrooms” 2017-2018.
• Faculty Research Grant, “Sustaining Democracy: Moral Conversations in Middle School Classroom” Franklin Pierce University, 2009-2011.
• Delaplaine Seminar, “First Principles: Reflections on the American Founding,” Mount St. Mary’s University, Summer 2007 
• James O. Marshall Award for graduate scholarship in Philosophy of Education Department of Education, University of New Hampshire, May 2001.
• Graduate Student Research Enhancement Award for research in Bolivia. Graduate School, University of New Hampshire, June 1998.
• Teacher-Research Grant for project with writing groups in Cochabamba, Bolivia. National Council of Teachers of English, 1996.