Department Faculty - LeAnn G. Putney, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Educational Psychology
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
4505 Maryland Parkway
Box 453003
Las Vegas, NV 89154-3003

Office Phone: (702) 895-4879
Office Fax: (702) 895-1658
Room: CEB 235
Email: putneyl@unlv.nevada.edu
Website: http://www.unlv.edu/faculty/putney/

LeAnn G. Putney is an associate professor in educational psychology who joined the UNLV faculty in 1997. She earned her B.A. in Spanish and English from Indiana State University, her M.A. in Multicultural/Multilingual Education from California State University, Stanislaus, and her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology with an emphasis in Language, Culture, and Literacy from the University of California, Santa Barbara. LeAnn specializes in teaching courses in qualitative research. Her most recent research has focused on how teachers and students construct responsible communities for academic success in elementary school. She is now extending this line of research to examine how responsible community construction can be implemented at the secondary level as well. LeAnn has co-authored a supplemental educational psychology textbook on the research of Lev Vygotsky as it applies to teaching and learning.

Specialties

Qualitative Research