School of Education

Education

• Ph.D. in Educational Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University
• M.A. in English/Literature, George Mason University
• B.A. in English, Randolph-Macon College
  
  

Recent publications

• Marshall, D. T., Smith, N. E., Love, S. M., Neugebauer, N. M., and Shannon, D. M. (2024). “At Some Point We're Going to Reach Our Limit”: Understanding COVID‐19's impact on teacher burnout and subjective mental health. Psychology in the Schools. https://doi.org/10.1002/pits.23084
• Marshall, D. T., Shannon, D. M., Love, S. M., and Norris, L. (2024). Teacher sense of efficacy and COVID-19: Capturing the initial transition to remote instruction. Journal of Education, 204(2), 412-426. https://doi.org/10.1177/00220574221138078
• Pressley, T., Marshall, D. T., Love, S. M., and Neugebauer, N. M. (2023). Teacher Morale and Mental Health at the Conclusion of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Education Sciences, 13(12), 1222. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci13121222
• Marshall, D. T., Shannon, D. M., Neugebauer, N. M., and Love, S. M. (2023). Factors related to teacher resilience during COVID-19. International Journal of Education Policy and Leadership, 19(1), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.22230/ijepl.2023v19n1a1257
• Marshall, D. T., Love, S. M., Neugebauer, N. M., and Smith, N. E. (2023). How additional professional time benefitted teachers during COVID-19. In S. M. McCarther & D. M. Davis (Eds.), Breakthrough: From pandemic panic to promising practice. Information Age Publishing.
• Love, S. M., and Marshall, D. (2022). Video Feedback and Instructor Social Presence in an Asynchronous Online Course. Journal of Effective Teaching in Higher Education, 5(2), 43– 58. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.36021/jethe.v5i2.324
• Marshall, D. T., Pressley, T., and Love, S. M. (2022). The times they are a-changin’:Teaching and learning beyond COVID-19. Journal of Educational Change, 549– 557. https://rdcu.be/cZa0O
• Love, S. M., and Yesbeck, D. M. (2022). Understanding student perceptions of diversity in education. Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice, 22(1), 106-118.
• Love, S.M., and Marshall, D.T. (2022). Teacher Experiences during COVID-19. In D.T. Marshall (Ed.), COVID-19 and the Classroom: How Schools Navigated the Great Disruption (pp. 2166). Lexington Books.
• Love, S.M., and Yesbeck, D.M. (2022). Lessons learned from a liberal arts teacher preparation program. In D.T. Marshall (Ed.), COVID-19 and the Classroom: How Schools Navigated the Great Disruption (pp. 213-230). Lexington Books.
• Marshall, D.T., Shannon, D.M., Love, S.M. (2022). Teaching during the transition to remote instruction. In D.T. Marshall (Ed.), COVID-19 and the Classroom: How Schools Navigated the Great Disruption (pp. 9-20). Lexington Books.
• Love, S.M. and Rufer, L.S. (2021). Am I Student or an Athlete? A Mixed Methods Examination of Motivation and Identity in DIII Student-Athletes. Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics 14, 67-94
• Yesbeck, D. and Love, S. (2020). Making the grade: Measuring completers’ success in K-12 classrooms. Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice, 20(8), 107-119.
• Marshall, D.T., Shannon, D.M., and Love, S.M. (2020). Teaching during COVID-19: How teachers experienced the transition to remote instruction. Phi Delta Kappan, 102(3), 46-50. https://doi.org/10.1177/0031721720970702

Bio

Dr. Savanna Love joins Virginia Commonwealth University's School of Education after 10 years at Randolph-Macon College (RMC), where she served as Director of Accreditation, Assessment, and Accountability, Assistant Professor and Field and Clinical Placement Coordinator in the Education Department. Prior to joining the RMC faculty, Dr. Love worked in athletics as the assistant women’s volleyball coach and coordinator for men’s and women’s volleyball. Dr. Love is a graduate of VCU’s School of Education and has taught a variety of teacher preparation and educational psychology courses at both the undergraduate and graduate level at RMC and VCU. Her research interests include teacher preparation program evaluation, online teaching and learning, and the impact of COVID-19 on education. Prior to working in higher education, Dr. Love was as a high school English teacher and volleyball coach in Northern Virginia.

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