Trena Paulus, an associate professor in the Educational Psychology and Counseling Department, has distinguished herself for both scholarship and teaching effectiveness. She has been a finalist for the Chancellor’s Excellence in Teaching Award and has authored over 30 peer-reviewed journal articles, practitioner articles, book chapters, and conference proceedings. Her primary research areas include qualitative inquiry methodologies, transformation of large undergraduate lecture courses, and online/blended collaborative learning environments. In the past three years, she has published 16 articles in peer-reviewed national and international journals and her work has been presented at such distant locations as Rhodes, Greece, and Taipei, Taiwan.
The research of Trena Paulus is featured in the Selected Works Author Gallery of Trace, UT’s digital showcase and archive.
Selected Publications
Paulus, T.M., Payne, R. & Jahns, L. (2009). “Am I making sense here?” What blogging reveals about undergraduate student understanding. Journal of Interactive Online Learning, 8(1).
Paulus, T.M. (2009). Online but off-topic: Establishing common ground in small learning groups. Instructional Science, 37(3): 227-245.
Paulus, T., Woodside, M., & Ziegler, M. (2008). Extending the conversation: Qualitative research as dialogic collaborative process. The Qualitative Report, 13(2): 226-243.
Paulus, T.M & Phipps, G. (2008). Approaches to case analyses in synchronous and asynchronous environments. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 13: 459-484.
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