Justine Schwarz
Assistant Professor in the School of Education, Adam State University
Dr. Justine Schwarz holds a bachelor of science in elementary education from Truman State in Kirksville, Missouri, a master’s in teaching and leadership from St. Xavier University in Chicago, and a doctorate in cognition and instruction from Grand Canyon University in Phoenix. Dr. Schwarz taught pre-k, elementary, and middle school for 35 years in Illinois, Georgia, and Utah. She has experience teaching at private and public schools, as well as in rural, suburban, and urban settings. She joined Adam State University in 2023. Dr. Schwarz is currently an assistant professor of education in ASU’s School of Education, where she teaches literacy and language classes. Her research interest areas are vocabulary instruction and the reading-writing connection.