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Anita Weisburger PhD
Dr. Anita Weisburger, Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Education, brings to Coppin State more than 25 years of professional and faculty experience within higher education, K-12, educational consulting, and non-profit development. She has worked with students across all populations and at many points along the education pipeline. Dr. Weisburger has experience developing and teaching undergraduate and graduate courses, providing academic advising and coaching, building student support programs, and writing curricula. She has a Bachelor of Music degree from California State University, Northridge, a Master of Arts in International Education from The George Washington University in Washington, DC and received a PhD in Curriculum and Instruction with a focus on Early Childhood Teacher Education from the University of Maryland, College Park. Her research has focused on gathering the student perspective of community college early childhood teacher education students during their first two years of preservice training as well as after transfer to complete certification. Other areas of interest are qualitative research to elicit student perspectives on diversity in early childhood education and the study of the preparation of early childhood and elementary educators in the area of arts integration.
- Personnel Preparation for Culturally Responsive Intensive Intervention, Office of Special Education Programs 2024 Conference, August 5-8. Caitlyn Majeika, AIR; Nicole Anthony, Coppin State University; Anita Weisburger, Coppin State University.
- Repairing Pathways: Enhancing Diversity in Special Education Teacher Preparation; AERA Annual Meeting, April 23-26, 2025. Nicole Anthony, Anita Weisburger, K'yeona Winston, Coppin State University, Tameka Porter, Towson University.
- Early Childhood Education Program Coordinator, Dept. of Teaching and Learning, Coppin State University, 2023 to current.
- Maryland State Department of Education Child Care Career Professional Development Fund Coordinator, 2024 to current.
Ph.D., Curriculum and Instruction, Early Childhood Teacher Education, Department of Teaching and Learning, Policy and Leadership, College of Education, University of Maryland, College Park
Master of International Affairs, International Education focus, George Washington University, DC
Maryland State Teacher Certification, Music and ESOL K-12, valid to 7/01/2026
Bachelor of Music, Cum Laude, California State University, Northridge, CA
- NAEYC Higher Education Peer Reviewer, 2022 to current
- NAEYC Public Policy Forum participant, March 2025
- American Education Week Planning Committee, 2024, 2025
- Coppin State Faculty Senate Representative for the Department of Teaching and Learning, 2024-current
- CSU Transfer Fair Representative: BCCC, Montgomery College, PGCPS, Baltimore Childcare Resource and Referral Fair
Research has focused on gathering the student perspective of community college early childhood teacher education students during their first two years of preservice training as well as after transfer to complete certification. Other areas of interest are qualitative research to elicit student perspectives on diversity in early childhood education and the study of the preparation of early childhood and elementary educators in the area of arts integration.
Co-Principal Investigator, Project POSE, $1.2 million US Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs grant so support 20 undergraduate students at Coppin State in completing their BS in Special Education.
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