Faculty Directory

Ed.D., (Elementary Education) Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 1990
Specialization: Communication Arts
Dissertation title: Girls and Reading: Children, Culture and Literary Experience

M.A., (English Literature) Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, 1970

B.A., (English Education) University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, 1969

2003 - 2007    Professor of Education, Faculty of Education, University of Regina

2002 - 2003    Visiting Scholar, Department of Language Education, University of Georgia

1997 - 2002    Associate Dean, Faculty of Education, University of Regina

1995 - 1997    Director, Teaching Development Centre, University of Regina

1993 - 1997    Co-ordinator of Program Development, Faculty of Education, University of Regina

1995 - 2002    Full Professor, Language and Literacy Education, University of Regina

1985 - 1995    Associate Professor, Language and Literacy Education, University of Regina

1981 - 1985    Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Regina

1978 - 1981    Special Lecturer and Sessional Lecturer, Faculty of Education, University of Regina

1975 - 1978    Grade 7 and 8 teacher, Regina Public School Division, Regina, Saskatchewan

1974 - 1975    Grade 7 English teacher, Muscatine School Board, Muscatine, Iowa

1972 - 1974    Grades 7, 8, and 9 English teacher, School District #11, Colorado Springs, Colorado

1970 - 1972    Grades 7, 8, and 9 English teacher, Boston Public Schools, Boston, Massachusetts

I have taught undergraduate courses on language arts curriculum, language arts methods, literature education, teaching writing, children's literature, young adult literature, the skills and strategies of elementary school teaching, and the sociology of teaching young adolescents. I have taught graduate courses on theories of teaching literature, and on advocacy research in literacy education.

PhD supervision

Wendy Shaw. In Progress.

Karen Andress. In Progress.

Valerie Mulholland. Completed 2006. Title: "Conscious of My Fictions: A Postcolonial Reading of the Autobiography of a Saskatchewan English Teacher."

MEd theses supervised

Corinne Miller. In Progress.

Kristinia Bakken. In Progress.

Amanda Gebhard. In Progress.

Lynell Streifel. In Progress.

Trisha Sotropa. In Progress. Working title: "Saskatchewan Middle Years Teachers Working for Social Justice in Their Classrooms."

Donna Yakobowski. Completed December 2004. Title: "Grade 12 Women Tell Stories of Their Lives in a Technology-Enhanced Drafting Classroom."

Hillary Ibbott. Completed 2002 May. "Life and Literature: Grade Seven and Eight Girls Talk with Their Teacher in School."

Jusheng Geng. Completed 2001 March. "An Interpretive Study of the Teaching Methods of an ESL Teacher".

Barbara Riou. Completed 2000 December. "What Is It Like to Be a Girl? Five Teenagers Speak About Their Lives."

Maria Chow. Completed 2000 March. "Listen to Their Voices: Grade Six Girls, Computers and the Internet".

Xu, Xiao Juan. Completed 1999 December. "Teaching Literature in English in China: Three Theoretical Perspectives."

Robert Davies. Completed 1998 March. "Saskatchewan's Secondary English Curriculum: A Postcolonial Analysis of English Language Arts B30"

Myra Froc. Completed May 1997. "Holistic Scoring: French Immersion Teachers Experiencing Change".

Gillian Sernich. Completed 1995 March. "What Does It Mean to Be a Good Person? Conversations with Seven Adolescent Girls".

MEd projects supervised:

Angela Harding. Completed 2001 July. "Let a Hundred Flowers Bloom: A Handbook for Nurturing Intellectual Diversity".

Beverly Zizzy. Completed 2001 March. "Exploring Literature with Literature Circles: A Handbook for Secondary English Teachers".

Jill Britton. Completed 1998 December. "In Search of Community: Four Perspectives."

Poppy Cumming. Completed 1994 December. "But I Don't Want to Go Out for Recess: One Teacher's Adventure in Curriculum Design".

Greg Smith. Completed 1994 March. "Student-Centered Methods for Teaching Language Arts: A Handbook for Grade 6 Teachers".

REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES
"Fire and Ice: Teacher Education for Social Justice".  Journal of  Professional Studies, Volume 7, Issue 2, pp. 7-17. 2000 June. R

"Two Teachers Theorize About Practice: The Politics of Doing Macbeth".  Theory Into Practice: Vol. 37, No. 3, pp. 229-237.  Co-author with S. Shrofel. 1998 Summer. R

BOOKS
Advocacy Research in Literacy Education. With Dr. Helen Harper. Mahwah, N.J. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. 2007.

Private Practices: Girls Reading Fiction and Constructing Identity. London. Taylor & Francis. 1994.

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS
"A Critical Issue in Critical Literacy: The Popularity Effect." With Dr. Carole Edelsky. In The Practical Critical Educator. Karyn Cooper and Robert White, Editors. Toronto: Kluwer Academic Press.  In press for 2005.

"Reading Elisabeth's Girlhood: History, Culture and Fiction at Work in the Subjectivity of a Tween" In Seven Going on Seventeen: Tween Culture in Girlhood Studies. Claudia Mitchell and Jaqueline Reid-Walsh, Editors. New York: Peter Lang.  In press for 2005.

"Young Adolescents Constructing Identity: Reading Gender".  In Intersections: Young Adolescents Meet Literature.  Trevor Gambell and Mary Clare Courtland, Editors.  Vancouver: Pacific Educational Press. 2000. R

"Teaching Beyond Reader Response: Reading the Culture to Know the Self".  In Advocating Change: Contemporary Issues in Subject English.  Barrie Barrell and Roberta Hammett, Editors.  Toronto: Irwin Publishing. 2000.  R

REVIEW ESSAYS
"Teaching for Equity and Diversity: Research to Practice." Policy and Practice in Education. Spring 2006.

"Out of This World: Why Literature Matters to Girls." Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy. 43, 2: 199-200. 2005.

"Nellie's Quest." Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 43, 2: 199-200.  October 1999.

"X-Changes on the X-Files." Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 42, 1: 495-500. Co-authored with Linda Christian-Smith. March 1999.

"Daily Meaning: A Review Essay". Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 45, 4: 479-482. Winter 1999. R

OTHER REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
"Girls Literacies". A 5000 word entry for the Encyclopedia of Girlhood. Claudia Mitchell & Jacqui Reid-Walsh, Editors. Accepted for Publication December 2006.

"Criticisms of Reader Response". Literacy in America: An Encyclopedia of History, Theory, and Practice: Volume 1: 115-118 (Barbara J. Guzzetti, Editor). Santa Barbara, California:  ABC CLIO. 2002. R  
Reports

"Women in Senior Administration at the University of Regina: Factors Affecting Choice". A Research Report for the Employment Equity Committee and the President's Office.  June 2002.

PRESENTATIONS

INVITED PRESENTATIONS
"Advocacy Research on English Language Teaching." Invited Keynote for the My_CASELT Conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, June 7-9, 2006.

"Advocacy Research in Literacy Education." An invited presentation for the Sterling McDowell Conference in Saskatoon. Nov. 19, 2006. 

"Plenary Session and Summary Remarks" for the Symposium: "I Could Not Speak My Heart". University of Regina. 2004 Oct. 16.

"From One White Person to Another: Let's Talk About Racism". Qu'Appelle Valley Schools Teachers' Convention, Balgonie, SK. 2004 Feb. 17, and North Battleford Catholic Schools, April 20, 2005.

"Advocacy Research in Literacy Education: Seeking Higher (and Lower) Ground" with Helen Harper. National Reading Conference, Miami, Florida. 2002 Dec. 4.

"Mission Impossible? Raising Kids Who Care" Presentation for the Saskatchewan School Trustees Association Winter Seminar, 2001 Feb. 9, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

"Gender and University Teaching" Presentation for the Luther College (U of R) Teaching Circle, 2001 March 27, Regina.

"Mission Impossible? Raising Kids Who Care" Presentation for the Prairie East Teachers' Association Convention, 2001 Oct. 5, Regina.

"The Women in Leadership Program at the University of Regina" Presentation for the Human Resources Association of Universities in Western Canada. 2001 Oct. 2, Regina.

"Teaching for Social Justice". Greater Edmonton Teachers' Convention.  Edmonton, Alberta.  2001 March 2.

"Mission Impossible?  Raising Kids Who Care".  Keynote Address, Equity in Education Forum Fall Seminar. 2000, Nov. 30.  (General Public)

"Fire and Ice: Teacher Education for Social Justice".  WestCAST Conference Keynote and Sixth Annual Education Lecture, 2000, Feb. 24.  (General Public)Conference Presentations

"Power to the People!: SchoolPlus, Community, and Participatory Democracy." SchoolPlus Congress, Regina Saskatchewan. 2004 Nov. 5.

"Teacher Education as Persuasive Work". Second Annual International Conference on Teacher Education for Social Justice. San Francisco, CA. 2004 July 23.

"The Future of Advocacy Research in Literacy Education." ISJR (International Society for Justice Research) Conference. Regina, Saskatchewan. 2004, July 1.

"Negotiating Gender and Sexual Identity in Three Canadian Young Adult Novels". STELA Conference, Regina, SK, 2003 October 31.

"Qualitative Research in Literacy Education as Advocacy Work" with Helen Harper. QUIG (Qualitative Inquiry Group) Conference, Athens, Georgia. 2003 Jan. 4.

"Teaching Novels for Social Justice"  CCTELA (Canadian Council of Teachers of English Language Arts) National Conference, Montreal. 2002 April 26.

"Good Books for Middle Years Kids" SMYA (Saskatchewan Middle Years Association) Conference, Regina. 2002 March 22.

"Teaching Novels for Social Justice." STELA (Saskatchewan Teachers of English Language Arts) Provincial Conference, Regina. 2002 March 15.

"Contrapuntal Readings: Teaching Novels in Pairs".  Showcase 2001 Conference, Regina.  2001 Feb. 27.

PRESENTATIONS FOR UNIVERSITY FACULTY
"Program Renewal: Where Have We Been and Where Are We Going?" Faculty of Education, University of Regina, Fall Seminar, August 30, 2006.

"Updating Our Notions of Equity". SIDRU Seminar with Dr. Carol Schick. University of Regina. 2004 Oct. 6.

"Advocacy Research in Literacy Education: Seeking Higher Ground". Presentation for the Department of Language Education, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia.  February 2003.

"Feminist Method and Institutional Research." Presentation for the Teaching Development Centre, University of Regina. 2002 April 17.

"Preparing for Change by Deconstructing Our Identities as Teacher Educators." With Dr. Carol Schick. SIDRU Seminar, November 21, 2001.

"Teaching High School English and Working for Social Justice: Can You (or Should You) Do Both at Once?" SIDRU Seminar.  2000 Feb. 2.

PRESENTATIONS FOR K-12 CLASSROOM TEACHERS
"Critiques of Writing Workshop Pedagogy." A presentation for EC&I 857, a graduate course offered by the Regina Public School Board and the University of Regina. July 2006.

"Adolescent Literacies". Thunder Creek School Division, Moose Jaw, SK. 2004 Oct. 26

"From One White Person to Another: Let's Talk About Racism" Regina Catholic Schools. 2004 March 29.

"Let's Get the Guys Reading" with Tim Caleval. Regina Public Schools Professional Development Days. 2002 March 5 and April 19.

"Mission Impossible? Raising Kids Who Care", a presentation for the North Battleford Roman Catholic School Division, May 10, 2001. North Battleford, Saskatchewan.
Other Presentations

"From One White Person to Another: Let's Talk About Racism". Presentation for LEADS Summer Short Course at Waskesiu. 2003 August 8.

Saskatchewan Learning Middle Years Language Arts Curriculum Renewal Reference Committee 2003-2005
Equity in Education Forum 1995-2005 ; Chair 1999-2002 and 2004-2005.
Gender Equity Subcommittee of the Equity Forum 1995-2002
Saskatchewan Education Middle Years Language Arts Curriculum Reference Committee 1993-1996
Saskatchewan Education Gender Equity Implementation Committee, 1993-1996
Founding member of WILL (Women in Leadership and LEADS) 1997
Co-founder of the U of R Women in Leadership Program

Luther Bach Choir 1983-2007
Luther Bach Choir Secretary 1994-2007
Co-Editor of  Unbeaten Paths: The Newsletter of the Saskatchewan Christian Feminist Network 1981-2007
Member of Our Savior's Lutheran Church 1979-2007
Church Choir 1995-1999 and 2007
Sunday School Teacher 1990-1997

2003 - 2005    Graduate Scholarships Committee, Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research. Subcommittee 2006-2007.

SWAAC 2002 Conference Planning Committee (Senior Women Academic Administrators of Canada)

1998 - 2002    University of Regina Employment Equity Committee

1996 - 1997    Planning and Priorities Committee

1993 - 1995    Committee on University Teaching

1997 - 2000    Teaching Development Centre Advisory Committee

1993 - 2001    Executive of Council

1992 - 1995    President's Advisory Committee on Women's Issues

1989 - 1992    Faculty Liason for Project Child at Kitchener Community School