Miranda is a professor of early childhood education. She received her Ph. D. in Early Childhood Education from Florida State University. Miranda has taught children of various ages in Florida, Taiwan, and China. She has presented her scholarly work worldwide and has more than 35 publications in early childhood education, service-learning, family engagement, multicultural education, teacher preparation, and global education. Miranda is also the co-editor of "Critical Issues in Early Childhood Teacher Education," Volume 1(US perspectives), Volume 2 (international perspectives), and Rekindling Embers of The Soul: An Examination of Spirituality Issues Relating to Teacher Education (2024). She was the PI of the Illinois Gateways to Opportunity® ECE credential competency project (2020 & 2021) and the Illinois Early Childhood Faculty Preparation Grant (2023-2024). Miranda has brought over 1.3 million external grant dollars to support student learning.
TCH 110.002 Cross Cultural Teaching And Learning
TCH 271.002 Prekindergarten Education
TCH 271.004 Prekindergarten Education
TCH 291.001 Undergraduate Teaching Experience In Curriculum & Instruct
Early Childhood Curriculum
Child Development
Bilingual and Bicultural Education
Learning Theories
Anti-bias Education
Service-learning
Teacher Preparation
Family Engagement
Global Education