Professor and Department Head
Human Development, Consumer and Family Sciences
South Dakota State University, Box 2275A
Brookings, SD 57007-0295
Office: NFA 369A
Tele: (605) 688-6815
Fax: (605) 688-4888
Email: andrew.stremmel@sdstate.edu
Academic Responsibilities
Professional Associations/Leadership Positions
American Educational Research Association, Chair-Elect Early Education/Child Development SIG
Association for Childhood Education International
National Association for the Education of Young Children
National Association of Early Childhood Teacher Educators
National Organization of Child Development Laboratory Schools, President
Current Research
Teacher Action Research
Reggio-Inspired Early Childhood Education/Teaching as Inquiry
Recent Selected Publications
Stremmel, A.J. (2007). The value of teacher research: Nurturing professional and personal growth through inquiry. Beyond the Journal: Young Children on the Web, Voices of Practitioners, http://www.journal.naeyc.org/btj/vp/.
Stremmel, A. J., Arnold, M., Donovan, K., Mistry, V., & Helling, M.K. (2007). Assisting and supporting new department heads: An academic leadership program, The Department Chair, 18(2).
Few, A. L., Piercy, F. P., & Stremmel, A. (2007). Balancing the passion for activism with the demands of tenure: One professionals story from three perspectives. National Womens Studies Association Journal, 19 (3). Special Issue on Women, Faculty, Tenure, and Promotion.
Stremmel, A. J. (2005) Turning the soul: Nurturing the inner lives of student teachers. Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 25, 375-381.
Hill, L. T., Stremmel, A. J., & Fu, V. R. (2005). Teaching as inquiry: Re-thinking curriculum in early childhood education. Boston, MA: Pearson Allyn & Bacon.
Sluss, D. J., & Stremmel, A. J. (2004). A socio-cultural investigation of the effects of peer interaction on play. Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 12(4), 293-305.