Lindsay Wexler

Dr. Lindsay Joseph Wexler is an Assistant Professor of Education. She grew up in Naperville and prior to earning her Ph.D., Dr. Wexler taught fifth grade in Palatine, IL. Her research focuses on ways to support novice educators during student teaching and the induction years, specifically looking at the role of the mentor(ing) in the learning to teach process. 

Selected Scholarship

Guenther, A., Wexler, L. J., and Evert, K. (2025). Opportunities lost: First-year teachers' perceptions of evaluation and how it influences their instruction. Leadership and Policy in Schools, 24(2), 453-474.

Wexler, L. J., (2023). Supporting mentor teacher learning and reflection through audio recordings in professional development. Reflective Practice, 24(5), 659-679.

Wexler, L. J. (2021). Learning about social justice through literature circles in an elementary literacy methods course. Action in Teacher Education, 43(4), 464-478.

Wexler, L. J. (2020). How feedback from mentor teachers sustained student teachers through their first year of teaching. Action in Teacher Education, 42(2), 167-185.*  

*Winner of Editor’s Choice Award for the 2020 Outstanding Article

Stanulis, R. N., Wexler, L. J., Pylman, S., Guenther, A., Farver, S., Croel Perrien, A., White, K., & Ward, A. (2019). Mentoring as more than “cheerleading”: Looking at educative mentoring practices through mentors’ eyes. Journal of Teacher Education, 70(5), 567-580.

Courses Taught

EDUC 260

EDUC 460

EDUC 494