Rate My Professor Marjorie Ringler

Dr. Ringler's scholarship focuses on instructional leadership, leader professional development addressing academic language literacy for Multilingual Learners, action research, second language acquisition, linguistics, curriculum and instruction, and principal preparation. Her publications include the book Academic Language Literacy: Developing Instructional Leadership Skills for Principals and Teachers (2015) and articles such as "Backward design: Integrating active learning into instructional leadership courses" (2023), "Impact of the Multicultural Classroom Teacher Model in Addressing Beginning Teacher Self-efficacy and Retention" (2022), "Shifting principal preparation candidates’ common beliefs of diversity in school settings" (2021), "The Role of School Leaders in Teacher Leadership Development" (2018), "Preparing Principal Candidates to Be Instructional Leaders Through Virtual Coaching Preservice Teachers" (2018), and "Broadening Our View of Linguistic Diversity" (2010). With 137 citations on ResearchGate, her work influences educational leadership training. She served as Co-PI on a $2 million National Science Foundation grant to improve computer science department culture and teaching. In 2025, she was inducted into the East Carolina University College of Education Educators Hall of Fame.