Rebekah C. Louis

Biography

Rebekah Louis is an assistant professor, co-director of graduate teacher education, and graduate clinical education coordinator for graduate teacher education at Stonehill College. She has taught in higher education for nearly a decade, drawing upon her many years of experience as a teacher in the public schools. 

She researches the clinical experience aspect of teacher preparation, with two main research strands: investigating how technology use in clinical preparation impacts teacher candidates’ experiences and the impact of placement factors on teacher candidates’ clinical experiences. She is co-principal investigator of Project InSIDE: Instantiating Social Justice, Inclusivity, Democracy, and Equity: A Self-Study of Teacher Education Practices, examining whether/how equity-centered program ideologies extend to clinical placements. She is also a researcher with Project SOLVE, a multi-year national research project, examining the impact of the pandemic on teachers and teaching and implications for clinical experiences in teacher preparation programs. She is also a member of a multi-university research team focused on the impacts of special education teachers’ working conditions on teacher candidates’ self-efficacy and intent to teach. 

Education

• B.A., Boston College
• M.Ed., Boston College
• Ed.D., Northeastern University

Courses Taught

• Language & Literacy in Special Education
• Literacy for Adolescent Students with Disabilities
• Reflective Seminar: Professional Practice
• Classroom Pedagogy
• Curricular Innovations & Assistive Technology