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Sarah W. Beck
CURRICULUM VITAE
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
Associate Professor, English Education September 2009- present New York University, Steinhardt School of Education
Department of Teaching and Learning
Assistant Professor, English Education September 2002 – August 2009
New York University, Steinhardt School of Education
Department of Teaching and Learning
English Teacher September 1993 – June 1996
Hawken School,
Gates Mills, Ohio
EDUCATION:
Ed.D., Harvard University, Graduate School of Education 2002
Doctoral Program in Language and Literacy/
Human Development and Psychology
Spencer Research Training Grant (Multi-Year Fellowship: 1997-2000)
M.F.A., Washington University in St. Louis 1993 Writing Program, Fiction
A.B., Harvard-Radcliffe College 1991 Major: Literature; Magna cum Laude.
PUBLICATIONS:
(* Denotes graduate student co-authors; + denotes undergraduate student co-authors)
Peer-Reviewed Articles:
Beck, S., *Jones, K., & *Storm, S. (in press). Equity-based writing assessment as structured improvisation.
English Journal.
Beck, S., +Cavdar, D., & +Wahrman, A. (2018). Learning to teach writing through dialogic assessment.
English Education, 50, 4, 305-336.
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Beck, S., Llosa, L., *Black, K., & *Anderson, A. T. G. (2018). From assessment to instruction in
writing: What do high school teachers prioritize? Assessing Writing, 37, 68-77.
Beck, S. (2017). Educational innovation as re-mediation: A sociocultural perspective. English Teaching:
Practice and Critique, 16, 1, 29-39.
Beck, S., Llosa, L., *Black, K., & *Trzeszkowski-Giese, A. (2015). Beyond the rubric: Think-alouds as a
diagnostic assessment tool for high school writing teachers. Journal of Adolescent and Adult
Literacy, 58, 8, 670-681.
Beck, S., Llosa, L., & *Fredrick, T. (2013). The challenges of writing exposition: Lessons from a study of
ELL and non-ELL high school students. Reading and Writing Quarterly, 29, 4, 358-380.
Llosa, L., Beck, S., & *Zhao, G. (2011). An investigation of academic writing in secondary schools to
inform the development of diagnostic classroom assessments. Assessing Writing, 16, 256-273.
Beck, S. (2009). Composition across secondary and post-secondary contexts: Cognitive, textual and social
dimensions. Cambridge Journal of Education, 39, 3, 311-327.
Beck, S., & *Jeffery, J. (2009). Genre and thinking in academic writing tasks. Journal of Literacy
Research, 41, 2, 228-272.
Beck, S. (2009). Individual Goals and Academic Literacy: Finding a balance between authenticity and
explicitness. English Education, 41, 3, 259-280.
Beck, S. & *Jeffery, J. (2007). Genres of high-stakes writing assessments and the construct of writing
competence. Assessing Writing, 12, 1, 60-79.
Beck, S. (2006). Subjectivity and intersubjectivity in the teaching and learning of writing. Research in the
Teaching of English, 40, 4, 413-460.
Beck, S., Coker, D., Hemphill, L., & Bellinger, D. (2003). Literacy Skills of Children with a History of
Early Corrective Heart Surgery. In Diane L. Schallert, Colleen M. Fairbanks, Jo Worthy, Beth
Maloch, & James V. Hoffman.(Eds). 51st Yearbook of the National Reading Conference, (pp. 106-
116). Oak Creek, WI: National Reading Conference.
Duke, N.K. & Beck, S. (1999). Education should consider alternative formats for the dissertation.
Educational Researcher, 28, 3, 31-36.
Books:
Beck, S. (2018). Think-aloud writing assessment: Analyzing process and product with adolescent writers.
New York: Teachers College Press.
Beck, S., & Nabors-Olah, L. (Eds.), (2001). Beyond the Here and Now: Perspectives on Language and
Literacy. (Harvard Educational Review Reprint Series No. 35.) Cambridge, MA: President and
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Fellows of Harvard College.
Book Chapters and Book Reviews:
Beck, S. (2016). “Telling tales out of school.” In, K. Scott & A. Henward (Eds), Women Education
Scholars and Their Children's Schooling.” (pp. 127-140). New York: Routledge.
Beck, S. (2010). Composition: Cognitive, Textual and Social dimensions. In R. Andrews, D. Wyse and J.
Hoffman (Eds.) The International Handbook of English, Language and Literacy Teaching. New
York: Routledge.
Beck, S. (2008). Cultural variation in narrative competence and its implications for children’s academic
success. In A. Bailey, A. McCabe, & G. Melzi (Eds). Spanish Language Narration and Literacy:
Culture, Cognition and Emotion (pp. 332-350). New York: Cambridge University Press.
Beck, S., & Milne, C. (2004). The use of text for thinking and learning in science. In P. Fraser-Abder
(Ed.), Pedagogical Issues in Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, (pp. 42-70).
Syracuse, NY: New York Consortium for Professional Development.
Beck, S. (2004). Context, text, and tests: Issues in English assessment. In B. Barrell, R. Hammett, J.
Mayher, & G. Pradl (Eds.). De-Centering Traditions in Subject English: Cross Border
Perspectives. New York: Teachers College Press.
Cazden, C., & Beck, S. (2003). “Classroom Discourse.” In A. Graesser, M. Gernsbacher, & S. Goldman
(Eds.), Handbook of Discourse Processes. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Beck, S. (2001). Editor‘s Review of Vygotskian Perspectives on Literacy Research: Constructing Meaning
Through Collaborative Inquiry and Inside City Schools: Investigating Literacy in Multicultural
Classrooms. Harvard Educational Review, 71, 2, 296-309.
MANUSCRIPTS UNDER REVIEW:
*Jones, K. M., & Beck, S. (under review). “It sound like a paragraph to me”: The negotiation of writer
identity in dialogic writing assessment. Submitted to Linguistics and Education, (April 1, 2019).
MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION:
Beck, S., *Jones, K., & *Storm, S. (in preparation). Interactional scaffolding in the dialogic assessment of
student writing.
Beck, S., & *Jones, K. (in preparation). Opportunities for student agency in think-aloud writing
assessment. (37 pp.)
Beck, S., Jensen, L. A., Anderson, D.A., & Davis, L.A. (in preparation). Aspects of teacher knowledge in
writing assessment: A review of the literature.
Beck, S., Burns, B., & Anderson, D. (in preparation). Literacy tools for literary understanding: The use of
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Questioning Heuristics to Develop Thematic Understanding of Literature.
Van Booven, C., Llosa, L., & Lee, O., & Beck, S. (in preparation). Spontaneous Analogies in Elementary
Student Writing: An “Untapped” Resource for Constructing Scientific Explanations.
FUNDED RESEARCH
Principal Investigator, A think-aloud approach to writing assessment: Analyzing process and product
with adolescent writers.
Funded by: Steinhardt Professional Development Fund, Awarded 12/21/16
Amount: ???
Principal Investigator, Teacher Thinking in the Assessment of Writing: A Pilot Study Funded by: Steinhardt Research Challenge (IDEA) Grant (Period: 9/1/13 to 8/31/14)
Amount: $4,920
Principal Investigator. What is academic writing? Investigating this construct as a basis for diagnosing
secondary students’ writing difficulties Funded by: The Spencer Foundation (Period: 9/1/07 to 8/31/08)
Amount: $39,817
Principal Investigator. Developing a diagnostic assessment of academic writing: The construct
definition phase (with Lorena Llosa, NYU)
Funded by: Steinhardt Faculty Challenge Grants Competition--Doctoral Graduate Assistant Award
(Period: 9/1/2007-5/31/2008)
Amount: $31,710
Principal Investigator. Developing an evidentiary framework for the construct of academic writing
(with Lorena Llosa, NYU)
Funded by: New York University Research Challenge Grant (Period: 6/1/07- 5/31/08)
Amount: $10,326
Principal Investigator. The nature of academic writing in secondary education: Implications for
diagnostic assessment (with Lorena Llosa, NYU) Funded by: Steinhardt Faculty Challenge Grants Competition--IDEA Award (Period: 6/1/07 – 5/31/08)
Amount: $5,000
Principal Investigator. Developing a diagnostic assessment of academic writing: The construct
definition phase (with Lorena Llosa, NYU) Funded by: Steinhardt Faculty Challenge Grants Competition—Summer Development Award
(Funding Period: 6/1/07-5/31/08)
Amount: $5,000
Principal Investigator – Learning the Genres of History and English
Funded by: Steinhardt Research Assistantship Challenge Fund
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Funding Period: 9/1/05 to 5/31/06
Amount: $27,995
Principal Investigator – Literacy within and across subjects in an urban school
Funded by: The Spencer Foundation
Funding Period: 10/1/04 to 11/31/05
Amout: $32, 834
Principal Investigator - Academic Literacy and Literary Expertise: A Pilot study of the Process of
Literary Interpretation in Experts and Students
Funded by: NYU Steinhardt Research Challenge Fund
Funding Period: 5/31/03 to 5/31/04
Amount: $3,996
CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT GRANT:
Co-Principal Investigator - Designing Instructional Modules to Support the Methods Courses for
NYU-Steinhardt's New Dual Certification Programs in Secondary Content Areas and Special
Education
Funded by: University Curriculum Development Challenge Fund
Funding Period: 6/1/2015 to 5/31/2016
Amount: $6,919
INVITED TALKS:
Beck, S. (2015, July). Classroom Writing Assessment in Middle and High School: A focus on students'
individual strengths and challenges. International Literacy Association Pre-Conference, St. Louis, MO.
Beck, S. (2015, December). Think-aloud protocols as a diagnostic assessment measure. Writing Research
Study Group of the Literacy Research Association (LRA).
Beck, S. (2014, January). Introduction to Educating Rita, Cabaret Cinema at The Rubin Museum of Art,
New York NY
Beck, S. (2007, November). "Cognitive, textual and social dimensions of academic writing: Implications
for the instruction and assessment of adolescent learners. Invited Talk, Michigan State University.
Beck, S., & Llosa, L. (2007, October). Developing a diagnostic assessment of academic writing: The
construct definition phase. Language and Literacy Research Series, Department of Teaching and
Learning, New York University.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:
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Beck, S., *Jones, K., & *Storm, S. (2018, December). Supporting High School Students’ Writing
Development with Interactional Scaffolds. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Literacy
Research Association, Indian Wells, CA.
Beck, S., & *Jones, K. (2018, December). Identity development in interactive writing assessment. Paper
presented at the Annual Meeting of the Literacy Research Association, Indian Wells, CA.
Beck, S., *Jones, K., & *Tramantano, J. (2018, November). Promoting student agency in dialogic writing
assessment. Roundtable presentation at the Annual Convention of the National Council of Teachers of
English (NCTE), Houston, TX.
Beck, S., *Jones, K., & *Tramantano, J. (2018, April). Teacher talk in writing assessment conversations.
Poster presentation, Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York,
NY.
Beck, S., & *Jones, K. (2018, April). Opportunities for student agency in interactive think-aloud writing
assessment. Poster presentation, Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association,
New York, NY.
Beck, S., & *Jones, K. (2017, December). Teacher as Partner: Mediation and agency in the dynamic
assessment of adolescent students’ writing. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Literacy
Research Association, Tampa, FL.
Beck, S., & *Jones, K. (2017, November). Dynamic Assessment of Adolescent Students’ Writing
Processes. Presentation at the Annual Convention of the National Council of Teachers of English, St.
Louis, MO.
Beck, S., *Black, K., & *Trzeszkowski-Giese, A. (2016, December). How teachers’ imagined identities
for student writers shape their use of questions in the dynamic assessment of students’ composing
processes. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Literacy Research Association, Carlsbad, CA.
*Trzeszkowski-Geise, A., Beck, S., & *Black, K. (2015, April). A Tango of Teachable Moments: How an
Expert Teacher Uses Questioning to Assess and Develop Students’ Writing. Paper presented at the
Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.
Beck, S., *Black, K., & *Trzeszkowski-Giese, A. (2014, December). Teacher and student perspectives in
the formative assessment of writing using a think-aloud protocol. Paper presented at the Annual
Meeting of the Literacy Research Association, Marco Island, FL.
Beck, S., Llosa, L., *Trzeszkowski-Geise, A., & *Black, K. (2014, April). How useful is the think-aloud
protocol as a tool for the diagnostic classroom assessment of high-school students’ writing?: Insights
from teachers’ and students’ experiences. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American
Educational Research Association, Philadelphia, PA.
Beck, S., Llosa, L., *Trzeszkowski-Geise, A., & *Jensen, L. (2013, December). Developing a diagnostic
assessment of academic writing. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Literacy Research
Association, Dallas, TX.
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Beck, S., Burns, B., & *Anderson, D. (2011, May). Developing Interpretive Stance in Adolescent Readers:
The Use of Questioning Heuristics to Develop Thematic Understanding of Literature. Poster
Presentation at the International Reading Association Conference, Orlando, FL.
Beck, S., Burns, B., & *Anderson, D. (2011, April). Literacy tools for literary understanding:
An investigation of heuristics in the English classroom. Paper presented at the International Federation of
the Teaching of English Conference, Auckland, NZ.
Beck, S., Llosa, L., *Fredrick, T., & *Smith, A. (2009, November) A developmental perspective on high-
school writers‘ strengths in academic writing. Presentation at the Annual Convention of the National
Council of Teachers of English: Philadelphia, PA.
Beck, S., Llosa, L., *Fredrick, T., & *Smith, A. (2009, April) High school students‘ difficulties with
academic writing: Implications for instruction and assessment. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting
of the American Educational Research Association: San Diego, CA.
Llosa, L., Beck, S., *Zhao, C. (2009, April). Developing a Diagnostic Assessment of Academic Writing
for High School Students: The Construct Definition Phase. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of
the American Educational Research Association: San Diego, CA.
Llosa, L., Beck, S., *Zhao, C. (2009, March). Defining the construct of academic writing to inform the
development of a diagnostic assessment. Paper presented at the 30th annual Language Testing
Research Colloquium (LTRC), Denver, CO
Beck, S. (March 28, 2008). The use of narrative textual strategies in high school students‘ expository
writing about history. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research
Association: New York, NY.
Llosa, L., & Beck, S. (2007, June). Developing a diagnostic assessment of academic writing: The
construct definition phase. Work-in-Progress presented at the 28th annual Language Testing Research
Colloquium (LTRC), Barcelona, Spain
Beck, S., & *Jeffery, J. (April 10, 2007). How students view the genre demands of writing about History
and Literature: Insights from retrospective accounts. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the
American Educational Research Association: Chicago, IL.
Beck, S., & *Jeffery, J. (2006). The role of content knowledge in writing about History and Literature:
Insights from students’ retrospective accounts. Paper Presented at the 56th National Reading
Conference. Los Angeles, California.
Beck, S. (2006, April). Students’ understanding of goals for school-based writing: Linking the affective
and the cognitive. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research
Association, San Francisco, CA: April 8, 2006.
Beck, S., *Giordano, P., & *Jeffery, J. V. (2006). ―I just want them to write an essay: How teachers think
about integrating literacy skills and content knowledge. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the
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American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA: April 7, 2006.
Beck, S. (2005). Orientations to Literary Response: Attitudes and Processes. Paper presented at the 55th
Annual Meeting of the National Reading Conference, Miami, Florida: November 30-December 3,
2005.
Beck, S., & *Jeffery, J. (2005). Genres of academic writing and of high-stakes assessment: Exploring the
difference. Paper presented at the 55th Annual Meeting of the National Reading Conference, Miami,
Florida: November 30-December 3, 2005.
Beck, S., & McCallister, C. (2005). Enacting Literacy Learning Goals: How Teachers Guide Student
Intentionality. Paper presented at the 55th Annual Meeting of the National Reading Conference, Miami,
Florida: November 30-December 3, 2005.
Beck, S. (2004). How writing extends students‘ reasoning about literature. Paper presented at the 94th
Annual Convention of the National Council of Teachers of English. Indianapolis, Indiana: November
18-24, 2004.
Beck, S., & Milne, C.M. (2004). The use of texts for thinking and learning in science. Paper presented at
the 5th Annual Conference on Sharing Our Success in Urban Science and Math Teaching. New York,
NY: May, 2004.
Beck, S. (2004). Literacy assessment for individual and cultural development. [Round table presentation at
the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association. San Diego, CA: April, 2004.
Beck, S. (2003). How do we know where our pre-service teachers are coming from? Paper presented at the
Annual Meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English, San Francisco, CA, November 21,
2003.
Beck, S. & Peterson, S. (2003) When are two minds better than one? Reciprocal influence between teacher
and researcher in the investigation of students’ academic literacy (18 pp.). Penn Ethnography Forum.
Philadelphia, PA: March 1, 2003.
Beck, S. (2002). The development of ninth grade students’ criteria for literary analysis essays in
pedagogical context. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research
Association. New Orleans, LA: April, 2002.
Beck, S. (2002). How an Urban Teacher Supports the Development of Ninth Grade Students’ Knowledge
about and Competence in Demonstrating Criteria for the Literary Analysis Essay. Round Table
Presentation at the Annual Convention of the National Council of Teachers of English. Atlanta, GA:
December, 2002.
Beck, S., Coker, D., Hemphill, L., & Bellinger, D. (2001). Exploring areas of vulnerability in the literacy
skills of children with a history of corrective heart surgery. Paper presented at the National Reading
Conference, December 2001, San Antonio, TX.
Beck, S. (2000). The Structure of Talk in a Classroom Discussion of Student Writing. Paper presented at
Department of Teaching and Learning
Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and
Human Development
New York University
239 Greene St. (East Bldg) #520.
New York, NY 10003
Phone: 212-998-5473 (office);
Fax: 212-995-4198
E-mail: [email protected]
33 West 93rd Street #4E
New York, NY 10025
Cell: 646-642-2221
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the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, April, 2000, New Orleans,
Louisiana.
Beck, S. (1999). New Paradigms, New Practices: A Theoretical Review of Reading Comprehension
Assessments. Paper Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research
Association, April 1999, Montréal, Canada.
TEACHING AND ADVISEMENT
Courses Taught at New York University
TCHL-UE.1185 - Advanced Composition
TCHL-UE.1030 - Language Acquisition and Literacy Education in a Multilingual/Multicultural Context
ENGED-UE.1030 – Literature Seminar for English Education
TCHL-GE.3037 – Doctoral Proseminar in Teaching and Learning
ENGED-GE.2120 – Curriculum and Research in the English Language Arts
ENGED-GE.3919 – Doctoral Seminar in Written Discourse
ENGED-GE.2509 – Teaching Reading in the English Classroom
LITED-GE.2016 – Reading and Writing: Foundations
ENGED-GE.2511— Teaching Expository Writing
ENGED-GE.2501 – Masters Seminar in English Education
ENGED-GE.2049 – Teaching English in the Inner City
TCHL-GE.3001/2 – Dissertation Proposal Seminar
ENGED-GE.2028 – Evaluating Learning in English and the Humanities
Research Mentor for Undergraduate Honors Students
(2017-2018)
Lauren Seritella
Kassidy Williams
Christine Park
(2016-2017)
Aislinn Kerrigan
Sabrina Rizzi
Deborah Kim
(2015-2016)
Diler Cavdar
Allison Wahrman
Research Mentor for Visiting Scholar 2014-2015
Lisa Orth, Doctoral Student, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
Completed Doctoral Dissertations Advised and Directed (*)
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Qian Zhang* The Writing Strategies and Literacy Sponsors of
Successful Adolescent Writers of Chinese Descent (Graduated: 5/18)
Kenneth Logan Exploring the relationship between polysemous word knowledge, executive
function, and reading comprehension among early adolescents (graduated:
5/18)
Michael Stoll Teachers’ Conceptualizations of Writing and Historical Thinking in Social
Studies (graduated 12/17)
Alyssa Trzeszkowski-Geise* The Role of Teacher Instructional Discourse in Scaffolding Adolescent
Students’ Argumentation Thinking in Small Group Text-Based Discussion
(Graduated 6/17)
Laura Davis Dialogues on Difference: Constructing Understandings of Diversity in
Preservice Teacher Education (Graduated: 5/14)
Susan Fields Using an identity lens to examine the analytical writing development of
(Boston University) adolescents in an alterantive high school preparatory program.
(Graduated 5/14)
Regine Rossi Three Lenses on Composing: English Teacher Educators’ Views of School
Writing, Writing Instruction, and the Preparation of English Teachers
(Graduated: 5/14)
Anna Smith NEED TO ADD TITLE
(Graduated: 5/14)
Catherine M. Sigler* Painful Memories: Grieving and the Reconstruction of Meaning in
Contemporary Memoir
(Graduated: 12/13)
Tim Fredrick* Students Accomplishing Academic & Social Actions through Language
(Graduated: 12/11)
Heather B. Finn Narratives of English Literacy Learning: Women‘s Participation in a
Community-Based Adult ESL Writing Class
(Graduated: 5/11)
Jill V. Jeffery* Exploring the Intersection Between Voice Criteria and Genre
Demands in Direct Writing Assessments.
(Graduated: 9/10 – currently a Lecturer at Leiden University, Netherlands)
Cecilia Guanfang Zhao The relationship between voice intensity and writing quality in post-
secondary L2 writers
(Graduated: 9/10)
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Margaret V. Gardineer* Exploring the Familiar in the Strange: Readers‘ Responses to a Canonical
Text
(Graduated: 5/09)
Gabriel Reich* Measuring Achievement in History: Multiple Choice, High Stakes, and
Unsure Outcomes
(Graduated 9/07; currently an Associate Professor at Virginia
Commonwealth University)
Jody N. Polleck Constructing Identity, Constructing Community: Book Clubs with Urban
Adolescent Females
(Graduated 5/07)
Emily Klein Theory into Practice: Professional Development Design and
Implementation in a Small High School Development Project.
(Graduated 5/12/05)
Chia-Jung Lin Contrastive Rhetoric Revisited: Taiwanese Advanced ESL Learners‘
Organizational Structures in Persuasive English writings
(Graduated 9/24/07)
Dissertation Reader
Stacie Brensilver 5.22.2019
Christopher van Booven 5.30.2017
Amy Scallon 5.18.2016
Christina Walsh 9.22.2014
Carolyn Strom 4.17.2013
Kim Woo 5.21.2014
Anne Beitlers 5.21.2014
Matthew Hall 9.23.2013
Ilka Kostka 3.20.2012
Christine Rosalia 3.25.2010
Jonna Perillo 1.24.2005
Carley Moore 5.13.2004
Brendan Walsh 9.22.2003
OTHER TRAINING AND WORK EXPERIENCE
Consultant in Writing Assessment, 2001-2002
Snowden International High School, Boston, MA
Evaluation Consultant, October 2000- August 2002
Faculty Writing Seminars of the Bard College
Institute for Writing and Thinking
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“The Art of Writing About Teaching” – Workshop organizer January-September 2000
Harvard Educational Review
Research Assistant to Dr. Lowry Hemphill, January 1997- June 2002
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Research Assistant to Nell K. Duke, Spring 1997
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Curriculum Consultant, Max Warburg Courage Curriculum Summer 1997
LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE (EXTERNAL)
International and National Leadership and Service
Member, International Literacy Association, Writing Task Force 2018-2019
Chair, Selection Committee for the Alan Purves Award 2017-2018
National Council of Teachers of English
Co-Chair, Area 4 (Assessment, Evaluation and Public Policy) 2015- 2017
Literary Research Association Annual Meeting
Member, Selection Committee for the Alan Purves Award 2007
National Council of Teachers of English
Member, Standing Committee on Research, 2006-2008
National Council of Teachers of English
Chair (Area 9, Literature and Text Analysis) 2005, 2006
National Reading Conference Annual Meeting
Editorial Boards:
Editorial Board Member, Research in the Teaching of English 2014-2016
Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Literacy Research 2004-2013
Senior Editor, Harvard Educational Review 2001-2002
Editorial Board, Harvard Educational Review 1998-2000
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Ad Hoc Reviews:
Ad-Hoc Reviewer, Book Chapter, G. Bunch & Aida Walqui, Amplifying the Curriculum: 2019
Designing Quality learning opportunities for English Learners (Teachers College Press)
Ad-Hoc Reviewer, Book Proposal, Richard Andrews, A prosody of free verse 2015
(Routledge)
Ad-Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology 2019
Ad-Hoc Reviewer, English Teaching: Practice and Critique 2018-Present
Ad-Hoc Reviewer, Reading Research Quarterly 2015-Present
Ad-Hoc Reviewer, Cambridge Journal of Education 2014
Ad-Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Second Language Writing 2014
Ad-Hoc Reviewer, Research in the Teaching of English 2001, 2008, 2012
Ad-Hoc Reviewer, Language Testing 2011-12
Ad-Hoc Reviewer, Assessing Writing 2009-present
Guest Reviewer, Discourse Processes 2000
Proposal Reviewer, Division C (Learning and Instruction) and 2007, 2012
Division K (Teacher Education)
Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association
Proposal Reviewer, 2005, 2006
(Division C, Learning & Instruction; Writing and Literacies SIG)
Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association
External Tenure Reviewer
Arizona State University
East Carolina University
Regional Leadership and Service
Chair, Development Committee and Member, Executive Committee
Board of Trustees, Manhattan Country School 2014-2019
New York, NY
Member, Board of Trustees, The New Group Theater Company 2015-2018
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LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE (INTERNAL):
Career Week Panelist, NYU Office of Field Studies February, 2019
Member, Search Committee: Clinical Assistant Professor, 2017-2018
Literacy and Early Childhood Education
Member, Promotion and Tenure Committee 2009-present
Chair, Promotion and Tenure Committee, Department of Teaching and Learning 2013-2014
Steinhardt School of Education
Member, Search Committee for the Director of the Expository Writing Program 2013-2014
NYU – College of Arts and Sciences
Co-Chair, Doctoral Program, Department of Teaching and Learning 2011-2013
Steinhardt School of Education
Program Director, English Education, Department of Teaching and Learning 2008-present
Steinhardt School of Education
Chair, Faculty Search Committee, Literacy/English Education 2011-2012
Department of Teaching and Learning
Member, Faculty Search Committee, English Education 2007-2008
Department of Teaching and Learning
Member, Advisory Board, University Neighborhood Middle School 2004-2005
(a New York University Partnership School)
Member, Faculty Search Committee, English Education 2005-2006
Department of Teaching and Learning
Member, Steinhardt Teacher Education Council 2005-2007
Member, Teacher Education Research Advisory Committee 2005-2006
Department of Teaching and Learning
Member, Student Academic Life Committee 2002-2004
New York University, Department of Teaching and Learning
Faculty Search Committee (Literacy Education),
Department of Teaching and Learning 2002-2003
Harvard Graduate School of Education, 2000-2001
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Committee on Rights and Responsibilities 1996-1997
Harvard Graduate School of Education, 1998-1999
Search Committee for Professor in Language and Literacy
Harvard Graduate School of Education 1997-1998
Student Research Conference and International Forum,
Steering Committee
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS: American Educational Research Association
Literary Research Association (formerly National Reading Conference)
National Council of Teachers of English
International Literacy Association (formerly International Reading Association)