Faculty Profile

Sarah Hamsher

Sarah Hamsher

Professor

Division of Liberal Arts

Ph.D.

Sarah Hamsher is a Professor for the School of Integrated Learning and Development at Indiana Wesleyan University.
PHD

University of Akron , 2011

MA
Education

Malone University , 2007

BA

Grove City College , 1997

Books:

  1. Hamsher, Sarah. Unlocking Literacy: From Learning to Read to Achieving Fluency and Comprehension. Independently published, 2023.
  2. Hamsher, Sarah. Learning Differences and Disabilities: An Educational Guide for Homeschool Parents. Independently published, n.d. (available as a trade book under Dr. Sarah Hamsher’s name; the specific publication year is not clearly listed in accessible sources).

Book chapters:

  1. Hamsher, Sarah, and Merissa Waddey.
    “Implications for Assessment of Student Interest in the Classroom: A Case for Affective Domain.” In Integrating the Affect Domain: Challenges and Implications for Assessment and Instruction, pp. 45–58. Linus Books, 2019.

Peer-reviewed journal articles:

  1. Dieterich, Cynthia A., Sarah Hamsher, and Amie Anderson.
    “Maximizing the Needs of School Leaders in Online Educational Leadership Coursework.” eJEP: eJournal of Education Policy 23, no. 2 (2022).
  2. Dieterich, Cynthia A., and Sarah Hamsher.
    “Maximizing Online Instructional Pedagogy in Teacher Education Courses for Career Changers.” Journal of Educators Online 17, no. 1 (2020): Article n1.
  3. Hamsher, Sarah.
    “A New Perspective: Spontaneous Character Education Using Positive Causal Attribution Training.” Journal of Character Education 14, no. 1 (2018): 45–58.
  4. Hamsher, Sarah, and Cynthia A. Dieterich.
    “Creating a Positive Atmosphere in Online Courses: Student Ratings of Affective Variables.” Journal of Instructional Technology and Distance Learning 14, no. 7 (2017): 75–84.
  5. Hamsher, Sarah.
    “Students’ with SLD Meaning Construction While Reading Naturally Occurring Texts and Traditional Leveled Passages.” Article dated October 2013.
  6. Hamsher, Sarah.
    “Naturally Occurring Text in the Classroom: Student Preference and Assessment Possibilities.” Affective Reading Education Journal 26 (2011): 27–40.