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William Kist School of Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Studies

College of Education, Health & Human Services

Kent State University

404 White Hall

P.O. Box 5190

Kent, Ohio 44242-0001

(330) 672-5839 wkist@kent.edu

www.williamkist.com

https://twitter.com/williamkist

Education

Ph.D., Curriculum & Instruction (Focus: Literacy), Kent State University

Master of Arts, Educational Administration, The University of Akron

Bachelor of Arts, Secondary Education, The University of Akron

Field: Communication Comprehensive (Concentration in English)

Experience

2007-Present Professor, Teaching, Learning & Curriculum Studies, Kent State University

2000-2007 Assistant/Associate Professor, Teaching Leadership & Curriculum Studies, Stark Regional Campus,

Kent State University

Previous employers: Akron Public Schools (teacher) and Medina County ESC and Hudson City

Schools (Curriculum Supervisor)

Research

Peer-Refereed Journal Articles

Kist, W., & Morgan, K. (2017). “I’ve had conversations that have gone on for hours”: A portrait of an autistic

youth’s online relationship building. Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 28(4), pp. 397-416.

Semingson, P., O’Byrne, I., Mora, R.A., & Kist, W. (2017). Social scholarship and the Networked scholar: Researching, reading and writing the web. Educational Media

International, 54(4), pp. 360-372.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09523987.2017.1391525

Pytash, K.E., Kist, W., & Testa, E. (2017). "Remixing My Life: The Multimodal Literacy Memoir

Assignment and STEM." Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 61, 163-172.

Kist, W. (2017) Life moments in texts: Analyzing multimodal memoirs of preservice teachers.

English Journal, 106(3), 63-68.

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Batchelor, K., Kist, W., Kidder-Brown, M., & Bejcek-Long, B. (2015). “Ogres remind me of expanding”: First-

graders’ multimodal autobiographies. Ubiquity: The Journal of Literature, Literacy, and the Arts, Research Strand, 2(1), 124-155.

Retrieved from:

http://ed-ubiquity.gsu.edu/wordpress/batchelor-kist-kidder-brown-and-bejcek-long-2-1/

Kist, W., Srsen, K., & Bishop, B. F. (2015). Social media and ‘kids today’: A counter-narrative, from a U.S.

high school. English Journal, 104(3), 41-46.

Kist, W., & Pytash, K. (2015). “I love to flip the pages”: Pre-service teachers and new literacies within a field

experience. English Education, 47(2), 131-167.

Kist, W., Tollafield, K. A., & Dagistan, M. (2014.) Leading ourselves (tweets optional): An analysis of selected twitter users. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 58, 317-326.

Pytash, K., Batchelor, K., Kist, W., & Srsen, K. (2014). Linked text sets in the English classroom. The Alan

Review, 42(1), 52-62.

Pytash, K. E., Ferdig, R. E., Kist, W., & Kratcoski, A. (2013). 21st century literacies: Stories from visionary

classrooms. Ohio Journal of English Language Arts, 53(1), 7-14.

Kist, W. (2012). Middle schools and new literacies: Looking back and moving forward. Voices from the Middle,

19(4), 17-21.

Kist, W. (2007). Basement new literacies: Dialogue with a first-year teacher. English Journal, 97(1), 43-48.

Kist, W. (2002). Finding ‘new literacy’ in action: An interdisciplinary high school western civilization class.

Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 45, 368-377.

Kist, W., & Fawcett, G. (2001). Reading just for fun? The power of teachers’ literature circles. Ohio Reading

Teacher, 35(1), 2-10.

Kist, W. (2000). Beginning to create the new literacy classroom: What does the new literacy look like? Journal

of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 43, 710-718.

Reprinted in Rycik, J., & Irvin, J. (2001). What adolescents deserve (pp. 226-239). Newark, DE: International Reading Association.

Articles Published in Peer-Refereed Journals (Invited)

Kist, W. (2019). Curating your life: Using the writer’s notebook that’s in your pocket. Ohio Journal of English

Language Arts 58(2), 81-83.

Kist, W. with Semingson, P. (2017). The multimodal memoir project: Remembering key YA texts.

The Alan Review, 44(1), 92-97.

Kist, W. & Aljasser, A. (2015). Live from Riyadh and live from Kent: Our experience with a synchronous

international online learning experience. The Journal of Media Literacy, 62(3 & 4), 75-80.

Kist, W. (2014). Exit tweets and wiki blue books: Assessment possibilities. Voices From the Middle, 22(2),

39-41.

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Kist, W. (2011). From Queen Mab to Big Boy: A century of “new” literacies. English Journal, 101(1), 93-100.

Kist, W., Tollafield, K. A., Oberhauser, C., & Rudd, L. (2011). Updates from the classroom: Students and

teachers at work. Ohio Journal of English Language Arts, 51(1), 27-30.

Kist, W., Doyle, K., Hayes, J., Horwitz, J., & Kuzior, J. T. (2010). Web 2.0 in the elementary classroom:

Portraits of possibilities. Language Arts, 88(1), 62-68.

Kist, W. (2008). I gave up MySpace for Lent: New teachers and social networking sites. Journal of Adolescent

& Adult Literacy, 52, 245-247.

Kist, W. (2008). Assessment memories. Ohio Journal of English Language Arts, 48(1), 80-82.

Kist, W. (2007). Elephant in the room: Students and technophobia. Ohio Journal of English Language Arts,

47(1), 35-37.

Kist, W. (2006). New literacies: Working with standards and stretching professional development. Language

Arts, 84(1), 63-64.

Kist, W. (2006). Voices in my head: The power of teacher comments. Ohio Journal of English Language Arts,

46(2), 48-52.

Kist, W. (2005). Walking the walk: New literacies in my own classroom. Ohio Journal of English Language

Arts, 46(1), 49-57.

Kist, W. (2005). Can educators swing the pendulum? Political advocacy. The Ohio Reading Teacher, 37(1),

81-82.

Kist, W. (2005). ur ALL da’bomb!!! Assessing a Changing Language. Ohio Journal of English Language Arts,

45(2), 7-12.

Kist, W. (2005). Election results: Suckers for a story. Ohio Journal of English Language Arts, 45(1), 51-55.

Kist, W. (2004). May we change the subject already? Ohio Journal of English Language Arts, 44(2), 64-69.

Kist, W. (2003) Thinking about the achievement gap. Ohio Journal of English Language Arts, 44(1), 42-45.

Kist, W. (2003). Building university/school partnerships: Lessons learned. Ohio Middle School Journal, 28(1),

22-26.

Kist, W. (2003). Student achievement in new literacies for the 21st century. Middle School Journal, 35(1), 6-13.

Rasinski, T., & Kist, W. (2002). New millennium, new schools, new literacies. Ohio Journal of the English

Language Arts, 43(1), 80-82.

Editor-Reviewed Journal Articles

Kist, W. (2016) Entrée to global understanding. Educational Leadership, 74(4), online only.

Retrieved from: http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/dec16/vol74/num04/Entr%C3%A9es-

to-Global-Understanding.aspx?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=Social-Organic&utm_medium=social

Kist, W. (2013). New literacies and the common core. Educational Leadership, 70(6), 38-43.

Kist, W. (2012). Class, get ready to tweet: Social media in the classroom. Our Children: The National PTA

Magazine, 38(3), 10-11. Translated into Spanish.

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Golden, S., Kist, W., Trehan, D. M., & Padak, N. (2005). A teacher’s words are tremendously powerful: Stories

from the GED scholars initiative. Kappan, 87, 311-315.

Kist, W. (2004). The new literacies movement: Reading and writing in the digital age. Independent School, 63(4), 28-36.

Books

Kist, W. (2015). Getting started with blended learning: How do I integrate online and face-to-face instruction?

Alexandria, VA: ASCD.

Kist, W. (2013). The global school: Connecting classrooms and students around the world. Bloomington, IN:

Solution Tree Press.

Kist, W. (2010). The socially networked classroom: Teaching in the new media age. Thousand Oaks, CA:

Corwin.

Kist, W. (2005). New literacies in action: Teaching and learning in multiple media. New York, NY: Teachers

College Press.

Book Chapters and Forewords

Pet, S.R., Silvestri, K., Loomis, S., O’Byrne, I.O., & Kist, W. (2017). 10 mentored open online communities

(MooCs) as a third space for teaching and learning in higher education. In R. Bennett & M. Kent (Eds.),

Massive open online courses and higher education: What went right, what went wrong and where to next? (pp.

137-150). New York: Routledge.

Kist, W. (2015). Foreword. In P. Goble & R. R. Goble, Making curriculum pop: Developing literacies in all

content areas. Minneapolis, MN: Free Spirit Publishing/NCTE.

Srsen, K., & Kist, W. (2015) “I wanted to film, so I read the book”: Filmmaking in the English classroom. In T.

Rasinski, K. Pytash, & R. Ferdig (Eds.), Using technology to enhance reading: Innovative approaches to

literacy instruction (pp. 175-186). Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.

Kist, W. (2014). Love in a time of mapping. In L. Reynolds (Ed.), Imagine it better: Visions of what school

might be (pp. 75-84). Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

Kist, W. (2014). Taking the global and making it local: A qualitative study. In H. Hayes Jacobs (Ed.), Leading the new literacies: Digital, media, global (pp. 53-65). Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.

Kist, W. (2014). The world is a village: Conceptualizing uses of new media in “flat classrooms.” In B. S. De

Abreu & P. Mihailidis (Eds.), Media literacy education in action: Theoretical and pedagogical perspectives

(pp. 52-58). London, England: Routledge.

Kist, W. (2014). The writing process and multimodal composition: Conversations with four artists. In R. E.

Ferdig & K. E. Pytash (Eds.), Exploring multimodal composition and digital writing (pp. 69-83). Hershey, PA:

IGI Global.

Kist, W. (2012). Foreword. In J. K. Dowdy (Ed.), Artful stories: The teacher, the student and the muse (pp. xiii-xix). New York, NY: Peter Lang.

Kist, W. (2011). Foreword. In M. Bowdon & R. Carpenter (Eds.), Higher education, emerging technologies,

and community partnerships (pp. xxv-xxvii). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.

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Kist, W. (2011). Virtual role playing. In J. K. Dowdy & S. Kaplan (Eds.), Teaching drama in the classroom: A

toolbox for teachers (pp. 37-40). Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.

Kist, W. (2011). Learning with new literacies. In R. Vacca, J. Vacca, & M. Mraz (Eds.), Content area reading

(10th ed., pp. 28-49). Boston, MA: Pearson.

Kist, W. (2010). It’s in the margins: Social media and implications for learning. In M. Christel & S. Sullivan

(Eds.), Lesson plans for developing digital literacies (pp. 73-80). Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of

English.

Kist, W., & Ryan, J. (2009). How can adolescents’ literacies outside of school (including use of social

networking sites, file sharing, texting) be brought into the classroom? In J. Lewis (Ed.), Essential questions in

adolescent literacy: Teachers and researchers respond together on what works in classrooms (pp. 58-76). New

York, NY: Guilford.

Kist, W. (2009). Dr. William Kist on new literacies. In J. L. Vacca, R. T. Vacca, M. K. Gove, L. C. Burkey, L.

A. Lenhart, & C. A. McKeon (Eds.), Reading and learning to read (7th ed., pp. 10-11). Boston, MA: Pearson/Allyn & Bacon.

Kist, W. (2008). Film and video in the classroom: Back to the future. In J. Flood, D. Lapp, & S. B. Heath (Eds.),

Handbook of research on teaching literacy through the communicative and visual arts (Vol. 2, pp. 521-527).

Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Kist, W. (2007). Vocabulary media journals: Finding multimedia to define words. In M. T. Christel & S.

Sullivan (Eds.), Lesson plans for creating media-rich classrooms (pp. 23-29). Urbana, IL: National Council of

Teachers of English.

Book Reviews

Kist, W. (2015). Review of U2: Above, across and beyond. The Popular Culture Studies Journal, 3 (1&2),

525-528. Available from http://mpcaaca.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/PCSJ-Volume-3-Issues-12.pdf

Kist, W. (2014). Review of present shock: When everything happens now by Douglas Rushkoff. Journal of

Media Literacy, 61(1& 2), 75-77.

Kist, W. (2014). Review of face2face by David Lee King. Teachers College Record. Available from

http://www.tcrecord.org/Content.asp?ContentID=17671

Kist, W. (2014). Review of Feeling mediated: A history of media technology and emotion. The Popular Culture

Studies Journal, 2(1&2), 298-300. Available from http://mpcaaca.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/PCSJ_v2.pdf

Kist, W. (2013, August 25). Stop. Breathe. Read. Flow. The Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Kist, W. (2013, August 4). Pioneering photographer focused more on money than on the pursuit of art. The

Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Kist, W. (2013, July 28). Author reflects on people, places and birds. The Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Kist, W. (2013, July 14). This Klosterman takes his views from on high too seriously. The Cleveland Plain

Dealer.

Kist, W. (2013, July 7). The terrible wizard of invention. The Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Kist, W. (2013, June 30). Beloved sitcom proved something funny about women. The Cleveland Plain Dealer.

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Kist, W. (2013, May 5). Parenting books. The Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Kist, W. (2013, April 14). Not sure we get the big picture about author’s view of new media. The Cleveland

Plain Dealer.

Kist, W. (2013, March 17). “Big data” does the math, but will that be a good thing? The Cleveland Plain

Dealer.

Kist, W. (2012, November 4). Sports books. The Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Kist, W. (2012, October 21). How Hoover, Reagan rose up to put down free speech, activism. The Cleveland

Plain Dealer.

Kist, W. (2012, September 9). There’s a lot to learn from actor Danza’s teaching ‘career’. The Cleveland Plain

Dealer.

Kist, W. (2012, July 22). A Pekar-like look at Pekar’s last book. The Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Kist, W. (2012, March 25). Little is gained from going back again to author’s beginnings. The Cleveland Plain

Dealer.

Kist, W. (2012, March 4). One woman’s fight for equal pay stirs lasting change. The Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Kist, W. (2012, February 26). Novel’s plot is thick, but the setting is thin. The Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Kist, W. (2012, January 1). Humor. The Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Kist, W. (2011, December 4). “Pearl Harbor Christmas” lacks personal touch. The Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Kist, W. (2011, November 27). Spying on inner lives has dishonest veneer. The Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Kist, W. (2011, September 4). A look at classic child characters. The Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Kist, W. (2011, August 21). Author finally reveals his story in “Secrets.” The Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Kist, W. (2011, July 24). Short messages? Yep. Helpful tips? Nope. The Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Kist, W. (2011, June 26). Schoolteachers’ letters brought hardships of the frontier home. The Cleveland Plain

Dealer.

Kist, W. (2011, April 3). When songs were a-changin’: History of protest music and those who wrote it is

absorbing. The Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Kist, W. (2011, March 20). Heroically navigating life in its later stages. The Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Kist, W. (2011, March 13). Collection offers musings on the culture of print. The Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Kist, W. (2011, January 16). A teen sends 3,500 texts a month; Are we alone together? The Cleveland Plain

Dealer.

Kist, W. (2010, December 5). Books about reading. The Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Kist, W. (2010, November 28). Richness of genre soared with pioneering spirit. The Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Kist, W. (2010, November 9). Review of multiliteracies in motion: Current theory and practice. Teachers

College Record.

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Kist, W. (2010, September 19). The Italian connection in American songs. The Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Kist, W. (2010, August 1). Heroes in “Typo Hunt” just plain mean. The Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Kist, W. (2010, July 4). What American corporations were really selling on 1950s TV. The Cleveland Plain

Dealer.

Kist, W. (2010, June 20). Film buffs: Add this one to your reference shelf. The Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Kist, W. (2010, April 4). Do not be afraid of “Philosophy of Horror.” The Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Kist, W. (2009, September 14). Multicultural families, home literacies, and mainstream schooling: Reviewed by

William Kist. Teachers College Record.

Miscellaneous Publications

Kist, W. (2014). Using social media to engage learners. National Dropout Prevention Center/Network

Newsletter, 24(4), 5.

Kist, W. (2011, Winter). The socially networked classroom. Seen Magazine, pp. 23-25, & 27.

Kist, W. (2010, May 20). Teaching in a socially networked classroom. eSchool News.

Kist, W. (2009). From web 2.0 to school 2.0: Tales from the field. In Perspective. Columbus, OH: ORC.

Kist, W. (2007). 150 years of teaching English. Council Chronicle 17(2), 29-30. Urbana, IL: National Council

of Teachers of English.

Duncan, B., Andersen, N., Fuller, B., Kist, W., Baker, F, Costanzo, W., & Bruce, D. (2006). Off the desktop:

Reflections and directions from experts in the field. The Journal of Media Literacy, 53(2), 2-7.

Ambrosh, K. (2006). An interview with William Kist, author of New Literacies in Action: Teaching and

learning in multiple media. The Journal of Media Literacy, 53(2), 78-80.

Kist, W. (2003—actually published 2006). Non-academic challenges faced by GED scholars: A report of the

GED Scholars Initiative. Adult Learning, 14(3), 11-13.

Kist, W. (2005). Teachers entering the profession: What supplies do they need? Slate Newsletter, 31(1). Urbana,

IL: National Council of Teachers of English.

Kist, W. (2003, May). Writing: Keeping it real. Teacher to Teacher. Kent, OH: Ohio Literacy Resource Center,

1-4.

Kist. W. (2001, October). Using rubrics. Teacher to Teacher. Kent, OH: Ohio Literacy Resource Center, 1-3.

Kist, W. (2001, July/August). Searching for new literacy classrooms: An invitation. Reading Online 5(1).

Media (Professional and Popular Press) Interviews

“Making a Selfie Teaches Students to Write and Reflect.” District Administration, June, 2017

“The Internet is Not Harming You,” Fast Company, November, 2014

“American Themes Dominate New Crop of TV Movies & Miniseries,” Variety, June 12, 2014

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“Classroom Issue or not, sexting is a school subject,” The Plain Dealer, May 5, 2014

“Guide to Education” (Flipped Classrooms), Cleveland Magazine, October, 2013

“Risk Factor,” Cleveland Magazine, March 2012

“Cheating in Schools,” The Sound of Ideas, 90.3 WCPN/Cleveland NPR. Broadcast November 22, 2011

“The Homework Debate,” The Regina Brett Show, 89.7 WKSU/Kent NPR. Broadcast August 24, 2011

“Beachwood Middle School Uses Technology to Individualize Learning for Kids” WVIZ/Cleveland PBS,

Broadcast April 13, 2011

“Schools That Work, Part 2: Beachwood.” WCPN/Cleveland NPR, Broadcast April 13, 2011

“Social Networking Under Fresh Attack As Tide of Cyber-Skepticism Sweeps US” The Observer (UK),

January 22, 2011

“Beyond Google,” Instructor, March/April 2010, pp. 49-53

“Tweeting Your Way To Better Grades,” U.S. News and World Report, June 15, 2009

“Professors Incorporate New Teaching Methods.” Daily Kent Stater, March 3, 2009

“Overtexting?” Columbus Dispatch, February 22, 2009

“Can Technology Make Teens Better Writers?” MSN Encarta, November 2008

“Several Kent State Majors Blog for An Important Purpose,” Daily Kent Stater, May 1, 2008

“Dis maks my teacha cry,” Las Vegas Review-Journal, February 21, 2008

“Text Messages May Be Classroom Conduit,” The Columbus Dispatch, December 10, 2007

“Amazon Product ‘Kindles’ the Desire to Read,” The Review (University of Delaware), December 4, 2007

“The Shift to 21st Century Literacies,” The Council Chronicle, 17(2), 4-8.

“Reading and Writing 2.0.” Cable in the Classroom Magazine, November 2007

“Tapping Instant Messaging” Education Week’s Digital Directions, September 12, 2007

“R T33ns KO’ing Eng?” Hartford Courant, August 24, 2007

“Unified Students struggle with ‘reading to learn.’” Racine Journal-Times, June 15, 2007

“Creating ‘New Literacy’ Leaders.” Kent State Magazine, Spring 2006

“Literacy More Than Words on Paper” Calgary Herald, September 23, 2005

Grant-Funded Projects

PI, “Writing Ourselves3” ($26,250) funded by Martha Holden Jennings Foundation (2017-2018)

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Key Personnel, “Kent Completion and Success Grant” ($200,000) funded by Great Lakes Community

Investments (2016-2018) PI: N.J. Akbar

PI, “Writing Ourselves2” ($34,346) Funded by Martha Holden Jennings Foundation (2016-2017)

PI, “College Today: A Collaborative Initiative with Kent State University and the Akron Public Schools.”

($480,000) funded by Great Lakes Community Investments (2015-2017)

PI, “Writing Ourselves: Digitally Capturing Best Practices for Struggling Writers.” ($36,000). Funded by

Martha Holden Jennings Foundation. (2015)

Co-PI, “Why the Humanities: Answers from the Cognitive and Neuro-Sciences.” ($10,000) funded by Ohio

Humanities. PI: Mark Bracher, English Department. Co-PI, Tammy Clewell, English Department (2015)

Project Co-Director, “Minding the Gap,” funded by the Ohio Department of Education and Ohio Board of

Regents (2012-2014)

(Key Personnel) 2011-2012. The ICT2 Project: Increasing Collaboration Among Teachers for Information

Communication Technologies. ($100,000) sponsored by eTech Ohio (Co-PIs: Dale Cook, Rick Ferdig,

Annette Kratcoski, Cindy Kovalik. Key Personnel: Joanne Caniglia, Lisa Donnelly, William Kist)

2006 Information Literacy in Teacher Education Grant ($3,500) sponsored by the Institute for Library and

Information Literacy Education (ILILE), written by Rob Kairis (Library and Information Science) and

William Kist. “Preparing Middle School Educators for Teaching Information Literacy”

2002-2003 Information Literacy Fellowship Grants at Bowling Green State University and Kent State

University ($5,000) written by Rob Kairis (Library and Information Science), Maureen Kilcullen (Library

and Information Science), William Kist and Carrie Schweitzer (Geology). “Information Literacy for Geology and Middle Childhood Education Students”

2001 PT3 (Preparing Tomorrow’s Teachers to Use Technology) Individual Project Grant ($2400) “Infusing

Technology into a Reading/Writing Course for Pre-Service Teachers.” William Kist

Research Center for Educational Technology/AT&T Learning Network Fellowship ($5000) “Finding ‘New

Literacy’ In Action.” William Kist

International Partnership

Mentor, Building Leadership for Change through School Immersion (2018-2019) a grant project funded by

The Ministry of Education, Saudi Arabia. For this project, I was a mentor to nine Saudi teachers who wrote

and created Individual Professional Learning Plans for instigating change at the school, district or system

level upon their return to Saudi Arabia.

Peer-Refereed Presentations

International

April 2005. “New Literacies Infusion Into a Middle Childhood Methods Course: A Case Study.” Paper

presented at American Educational Research Association (AERA), Montreal.

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September 2003. What Does the “Multiliteracies” Classroom Look Like? Paper presented at the AILA

Conference, “Multiliteracies: The Contact Zone,” Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.

(http://memling.rug.ac.be/aila/). The Association Internationale de Linguistique Appliquee (AILA) is a

non-governmental organization in operational relations with UNESCO which was founded in 1964, and is

the international association for applied linguistics worldwide.

National

November, 2018. Kist, W., Ausperk, M., Fahey, M., LaCroix, B., Spear, E., Starcher, J. “Writing

Ourselves: Ideas for Bridging the Gap Between High School and College Writing. National Council of

Teachers of English, Houston.

November, 2018. Kist. W. “’Can We Pretend We’re on the iPad?’: Perspectives on Screentime from a

Triplet Dad.” National Council of Teachers of English, Houston.

November, 2017. Kist, W., Parmelee, J., Segura, N., Allen, L., Neal, C., & Novotny, A. “Bringing College to High School: Lessons from College Today.” National Council of Teachers of English, St. Louis.

July 2017. Kist, W. “Getting Started with Blended Learning: How Do I Integrate Online and Face-to-Face

Instruction?” VIP Presenter, High Schools That Work Conference, Nashville.

Mora, R.A., & Kist, W. (2016). “Museums as Sites for Literacy Research Consciousness: A Trans-national

Comparison of Two Experiences.” Literacy Research Association, Nashville.

Pytash, K., Testa, E., Kist, W., Bartman, C., Blanton, M., & Ritchey, M. (2016). “Engaging Youth in

Writing wirh Ditgital Media to Promote Literacies in a Juvenile Detention Facility.” National Council of

Teachers of English, Atlanta.

July 2016. Kist, W. “10 Proven Ways to Engage High School Students with Blended Learning”. VIP

Presenter, High Schools That Work Conference, Louisville, KY.

December 2015. Pytash, K.E., Kist, W., & Testa, L. “Remixing my life.” Literacy Research Association.

Carlsbad, CA.

April 2015. Kist, W., Srsen, K. L., & Bishop, B. F. “‘Hey guys, this will be fun’: A narrative analysis of a

twitter hazing incident.” American Educational Research Association. Chicago, IL.

April 2015. Kist, W., & Pytash, K. “Smelling that new book smell: A case study of preservice teachers in an English education program.” American Educational Research Association. Chicago, IL.

November 2014. Kist, W., Testa, E., Tonsing, C., Gabalis, B., Nohra, C., Reid, J., & Rogucki, J. “Digital

badges for the English classroom.” National Council of Teachers of English. Washington, DC.

April 2014. Kist, W. “Schools, technology and the comics: What the funnies can tell us.” Pop Culture

Association National Conference. Chicago, IL.

December 2013. Kist, W. “The iPad goes to kindergarten: A case study.” American Reading Forum Annual

Conference. Sanibel Island, FL.

November 2013. Kist, W., Boardwine, D., Browning, S., Carter, W., Dalzell, B., DiAlesandro, A., Eubank,

H., Ibos, L., Menegos, D., Sargiovanni, M., Turnbull, K., & Williams, T. “Apps to the Core: Integrating

Tablets and Smartphones into Today’s English Classroom.” National Council of Teachers of English

(NCTE). Boston, MA.

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November 2012. Zimmerman, B. S., Kruse, S., Kist, W., Niesz, T., Kidder-Brown, M. K., & Kindervater,

T. “Facebook me: Student teachers’ on-line communities of practice and the teaching of writing. Literacy

Research Association (LRA). San Diego, CA.

November 2012. Kist, W. “Are we getting our apps updated today? A kindergarten iPad project.” Literacy Research Association (LRA). San Diego, CA.

November 2012. Kist, W. “Have we got an ‘App’ for you!” National Council of Teachers of English

(NCTE). Las Vegas, NV.

November 2011. Pytash, K., Kist, W., Christo, K., Covelli, M., Bowers, R., Drake, S., Graning, J.,

Heffernan, A., Holecko, J., Jackson, S., May, K., Nedbalski, S., Rhinehart, B., Robinson, C., Rocco, J.,

Willis, A., Wintrow, J. “From Dead White Men to BFF: Using new media to cross reading divides.”

National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). Chicago, IL.

April 2011. Foot, R., & Kist, W. “‘Dinner ladies’ and the fear factor: A case study of web 2.0 in an adult literacy classroom.” American Educational Research Association (AERA). New Orleans, LA.

November 2010. Kist, W., Slowinski, M., Christo, K., Covelli, M., Gwyn, N., & Wascak, L. “The writing’s

on the wall: Engaging in collaborative learning using Facebook.” National Council of Teachers of English

(NCTE). Orlando, FL.

April 2010. Kist, W. “New literacies and the teaching of inference.” International Reading Association.

Chicago, IL.

August 2009. Kist. W., & Baker, F. “New literacies and media literacy: Engaging students in new and

exciting ways.” National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE). Detroit, MI.

April 2009. Kist, W. “New literacies and home schoolers: ‘Unschool’ versus ‘Old School?’” American

Educational Research Association (AERA), San Diego, CA.

March 2008. Kist, W. “New literacies in an alternative middle school setting: A case study” American

Educational Research Association (AERA), New York, NY.

April 2007. Kist, W. “New literacies for new middle school teachers: An ongoing case study.” American

Educational Research Association (AERA), Chicago, IL.

February 2007. Kist, W. “New literacies and new teachers: A longitudinal study.” National Council of Teachers of English Assembly for Research Mid-Winter Conference, Embassy Suites Nashville at

Vanderbilt

November 2006. Kist, W., & Fisher, C. “Updating literacy: What’s new in new literacies?”

National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) 96th Annual Conference, Nashville, TN.

November 2005. Kist, W., Fisher, C., Elmerick, K., Ryan, J., & Welker, J. “Teaching and

assessing new literacies.” National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) 95th Annual

Conference, Pittsburgh, PA.

November 2004. “What is composition in nonprint media?” National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) 94th Annual Conference, Indianapolis, IN.

April 2004. “Multiliteracies in action: Case studies of multiliteracies classrooms.” Presented as

part of “Explorations of Middle Level Education” sponsored by the SIG—Middle Level Education

Research. American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Diego, CA.

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November 2003. “Case studies of ‘new literacy’ in action.” Presented as part of a research roundtable entitled:

“What Do Kids Learn in New Literacy Classrooms?” National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) 93rd

Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA.

April 2003. What counts as “achievement? Looking at a “new literacy” middle school classroom. Part of a Symposium: Perspectives on Middle Level Student Achievement. American Educational Research

Association (AERA), Chicago, IL.

April 2003. “Case studies of new literacies classrooms.” Poster Session. American Educational Research

Association (AERA), Chicago, IL.

November 2002. “‘New literacy’ for pre-service teachers: A case study.” 46th Annual Conference, College

Reading Association, Philadelphia, PA.

May 2002. “Language experience with nonprint texts.” Language Experience Special Interest Group

Session, International Reading Association Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA.

November 1998. Kist, W., “A Case for a New Literacy: Theory and Practice,” College Reading

Association 42nd Annual Conference, Myrtle Beach, SC.

November 1998. Merkel, C., & Kist, W., “Integration of technology: Unplanned conversations,” College

Reading Association 42nd Annual Conference, Myrtle Beach, SC.

Regional

October 2014. Kist, W. “The spoonful of sugar helps the core go down: An analysis of pop culture in

selected K-12 classrooms.” Midwest Popular Culture Association. Indianapolis, IN.

October 2012. Kist, W. “Schools, technology and the comics: What the funnies reveal society’s

technophobia.” Midwest Popular Culture Association. Columbus, OH.

October 2001. Kist, W. “Redesigning a Language Arts methods course: A ‘new literacy’ partnership.”

Thirteenth Annual Great Lakes Regional Conference, International Reading Association, Cincinnati, OH.

October 2001. Peck, J., Padak, N., & Kist, W. “Sidestepping the propaganda trap: Becoming an effective

literacy advocate.” Thirteenth Annual Great Lakes Regional Conference, International Reading

Association, Cincinnati, OH.

State

March, 2019. Kist, W., Ausperk, M., Fahey, M., LaCroix, B., Starcher, J., & Spear-Hoffman, E. “Writing

Ourselves: Ideas for Bridging the Gap Between High School and College Writing.” Ohio Council of

Teachers of English Language Arts, Columbus, OH.

October 2013. Brueck, J., Buckley, M., Gordon, J., Kidder-Brown, M., Kist, W., Still, K., Pytash, K., &

Zimmerman, B. “Meet the NEO New Literacies and Digital Media Collaborative.” Annual Reading

Conference, Cleveland State University.

March 2013. Pytash, K.E., Kist, W., Batchelor, K., Bober, M., Cowles, S., Cox, L., Erste, M., Hintemyer,

S., Krause, J., & Ward, A. “Linked Text Sets in the English Language Arts Classroom.” The Ohio Council of Teachers of English Language Arts, Columbus, OH.

March 2013. Batchelor, K., Pytash, K. E., Kist, W. Bober, M., Chou, R., Cowles, S., Cox, L., Erste, M.,

Hintemyer, S., Krause, J., Page, M., Regan, K., Ward, A., & Willgues, J. “Flash Fiction.” The Ohio

Council of Teachers of English Language Arts, Columbus, OH.

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March 2004. Kist, W. “Professional Voices: Advocacy and the State of the State.” Spring Conference, The

Ohio Council of Teachers of English Language Arts (OCTELA), Columbus, OH.

April 2003. Kist, W., Edwards, M., Emrich-Bobey, L., & Kirker, S. “‘New Literacies’ and Future Middle School Teachers: An Infusion of 21st Century Literacies.” Ohio Middle School Association State

Conference, Akron, OH.

March, 2002. “Using Technology in the Classroom without Using much Technology.” Spring Conference,

The Ohio Council of Teachers of English Language Arts (OCTELA), Columbus, OH.

April, 2001. Kist, W., & Khourey-Bowers, “Building a Site-Based Education Program with Local Middle

Schools,” Seventh Annual Conference, Association for University Regional Campuses of Ohio (AURCO),

Kent State University, Stark Campus.

February 1999, Kist, W., Koberna, C., & Fossler, A., “Multiple Forms of Representation in Action,” Ohio Conference of the International Reading Conference, University of Akron, OH.

Invited Presentations

National

Keynote, American Reading Forum, Sanibel Island, Florida, December, 2016

Pre-Conference Presentation, “New Literacies for the Engaging Classroom.” National Dropout Prevention

Center Conference, Louisville, KY. November 2014

Keynote Webinar, Reinventing the Classroom, May 1, 2014

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4FCWlSz3ag&feature=youtu.be

Keynote, South Carolina Council of Teachers of English. Kiawah Island, SC. January 2013.

Texas Council of Teachers of English Language Arts (TCTELA), January 2013

Keynote, GlobalEd Online Conference, November 15, 2012

http://www.globaleducationconference.com

Education Week Webinar, with Eric Sheninger, August 29, 2012. “Creating Learning Connections:

Effective Use of Social Media in the Classroom”

July 2012. Kist, W. Four Sessions. Midwest Conference on Differentiated Instruction. Staff Development

for Educators. Chicago, IL

Mount Teacher Institute, Mount St. Mary’s University, Frederick, MD. June 2012

International Association for Entertainment Marketing Professionals. June 2011

Keynote Address for Creative Educators’ Forum

Cumberland County Schools, Fayetteville, NC

Presented breakout sessions on new literacies, June 2010

NCTE Spring Virtual Conference

Presented in Illuminate, Spring 2010

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The Future of Education

Webcast, March 24, 2010, with host Steve Hargadon, Classroom 2.0

http://www.learncentral.org/event/60490

Teachers Teaching Teachers Webcast, February 17, 2010, with Mike Slowinski and host Paul Allison

http://edtechtalk.com/node/4719

NCTE Webinar

Presented a webinar to participants nationwide on “The Socially Networked Classroom” February 2010

Featured speaker. Think, Teach, Play Conference. Teachers College, Columbia University. April 2009

Keynote address: South Carolina Council of Teachers of English Annual Conference, Kiawah Island

Resort, SC. January 2009

Keynote address: Wisconsin Council of Teachers of English Annual Conference, Madison, WI. October

2008

Featured Speaker. NCTE Institute for 21st Century Literacies. Indianapolis, IL. July 2008

“Educating the Millennial Generation” Conference, Midlands Technical College, Columbia, SC

Presented at this conference, providing participants with hands-on experiences/specific ideas or exercises

for working with millennial generation students in the English classroom. September 2006

Keynote address. Fourth Annual Northeast Media Literacy Conference. University of Connecticut. March

2006

Presenter. “Midwest Meeting, the Urban Schools Network, funded by the U.S. Department of Education,

Chicago, IL. March 1994

Regional

Panelist. “New Technological Innovations in Teaching. Midwest Popular Culture Association.

Indianapolis, IN. October 2014

Keynote Address. Western Pennsylvania Council of Teachers of English. Pittsburgh, PA. March 2010

WVIZ/PBS Ideastream Advisory Council

Presented to over 60 Education Technology Leaders from Northeast Ohio

November 2010 and October 2005

State

“Minding the Gap: A Consortium of Kent State University, The University of Akron, Stow-Munroe Falls

City School District, and nine Partner Districts” Ohio’s Statewide Education Conference (Race to the Top).

Columbus. October 2013.

“The Socially Networked Classroom: Classroom Examples” Ohio’s Statewide Education Conference (Race to the Top). Columbus. October 2013

“Media Literacy Meets New Literacies” Summer Workshop sponsored by Ohio Educational

Library Media Association (OELMA), Columbus. June 2013, Co-presented with Frank Baker

Ohio Conference on Middle Level (SDE), Columbus. November 2012

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Keynote address. Ohio Association of Community Colleges. Columbus. December 2011

Keynote address. Innovative Learning Environments Conference, Columbus. August 2011

Keynote Address, Youth Services Librarians Staff Development, Cuyahoga County Public Library. May

2011

Keynote address. Ohio Council of Teachers of English/Language Arts (OCTELA) Spring Conference.

Columbus, OH. March 2011

Presenter. Ohio Department of Education internal inservice, Curriculum and Instruction Department, June

2010

Presenter. English Language Arts Supervisors’ Network, Ohio Resource Center, Columbus. May 2010

Presenter. Pre-Conference session and During Conference. Ohio Educational Library Media Association

(OELMA), Columbus. October 2009

Presenter. 2007 Ohio Literacy Institute Conference: Literacy for the 21st century, sponsored by the Office

of Literacy--Ohio Department of Education and the Ohio Council of the International Reading Association.

June 2007

Presenter. Fall Professors’ Meeting, Ohio Middle School Association (OMSA), Stark Regional Campus,

Kent State University. October 2002

Presenter. Language Arts Supervisors’ Network, Columbus, OH. May 2001

Local

Kist, W., LaCroix, B., & Spear, E. “Writing Ourselves: Ideas for Bridging the Gap between High School

and College Writing.” 2018 Annual Literacy Conference/Virginia Hamilton Conference. October, 2018

Presenter with teachers from Writing Ourselves, Kent Education Excellence Partnership (KEEP) Academy,

June, 2017

Keynote Address to entire middle school and high school teaching staff. Kenston Local Schools, Chagrin

Falls, OH. February, 2011

Featured Speaker. Technology Integration Fall 2006 Kick-Off Conference, R. G. Drage Center, sponsored

by the Stark County Educational Service Center. September 2006

Presenter. August Administrative In-Service for Stark County (Ohio) School Administrators, sponsored by

the Stark County Educational Service Center. August 2006

Presenter. RCET Fellows Roundtable Presentation. Fourth Annual Research Conference, Research Center

for Educational Technology, Moulton Hall, Kent State University. January 2003

Member of Panel on Important Research Studies. With panelists, Karen Swan and Theresa Franklin, and Moderator Nancy Padak. Fourth Annual Research Conference, Research Center for Educational

Technology, Moulton Hall, Kent State University. January 2003

Presenter with Padak, N., Golden, S., Anderson, R., Baycich, D., Ropog, M., & Wisniewski, R.

“Introducing the GED Scholars Initiative.” Brown Bag Lunch, Department of Teaching, Leadership and

Curriculum Studies, Kent State University, Kent, OH. October 2002

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Presenter. The Emerson Project, a staff development project for language arts teacher leaders of Stark

County, OH. February 2002

Presenter. Third Annual Research Conference, Research Center for Educational Technology, Moulton Hall, Kent State University. January 2002

Presenter. Reading Conference Co-Sponsored by Kent State’s Reading and Writing Center and University

of Akron’s Center for Literacy, Kent State University’s Student Center, Kent, OH. November 2001

Presenter. Annual Kent State Reading Conference, Kent, OH. November 2000

Teaching

Undergraduate courses taught (Fall 2000–Spring 2019)

Kent Campus (2007–present)

Teaching Literature in Secondary Schools (ADED 43315)

Fall 2014, Fall, 2018

College Writing I (ENG 11011)

Summer 2014; Summer 2015

Multi-Modal Literature in Secondary Classrooms (ADED 43325)

Spring 2009–Spring 2015, Spring, 2018-2019

Teaching Language & Composition (ADED 43335)

Fall 2009; Fall 2010; Fall 2013

Assessment in Language Arts (ADED 42278)

Fall 2007

Field Work Practicum—Language Arts (ADED 42292)

Fall 2007; Fall 2009; Fall 2010, Fall 2011; Fall 2014; Fall, 2017-2018

Inquiry into Professional Practice (ADED 49525)

Spring, 2008

Language, Literacy, & Learning (SEED 42147)

Spring 2008

Stark Campus (2000–2007)

Teaching Reading with Adolescent Literature (MCED 40007)

Spring 2007

Inquiry into Professional Practice (MCED 49525)

Spring 2007

Reading and Writing in Middle Childhood (MCED 40006)

Fall 2006

Effective Use of Phonics (pre-2006)

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Inquiry into the Profession (pre-2006)

Graduate Courses (Fall 2006–Spring 2019)

Kent Campus

Theory and Research in Teaching (CI 87000)

Spring 2016-2019

Research in Reading and Language Arts (CI 87398)

Fall, 2017

Research in Reading (CI 87340)

Spring 2015

Seminar in Writing Research (CI 87343) Spring 2010

New Literacies in Practice (CI 6/87517)

Summer 2009–Summer 2018, Spring, 2019

Four individual investigations

Stark Campus

Special Topic: New Literacies (CI 67395) Spring 2007

Theory & Practice in the Teaching of Reading (CI 67310)

Fall 2006 (Two sections—Stark Campus and

Barberton Off-Campus Cohort)

Two Individual Investigations

Dissertations or Thesis Directed, Co-Directed, or Served as Committee Member

Member, Dissertation Committee of Beatriz Fontanive Bishop. “Gardens, Prisons, and Asylums: An

Explication of Incongruities in Metaphorical Conceptions of School.” March, 2019

Director, Dissertation of Lisa K. Hart. “’Three-Quarters College Student’: A Multiple-Case Study of Dual

Credit at a High School Site and on a College Campus.” March, 2019

Member, Dissertation Committee of Chad A. Allan. “Decision-Making: A Reflective Journey of the Lived

Experiences of Experienced Teachers.” November, 2018

Director, Dissertation of Amal J. Aljasser. “New literacies and ESL teachers: A case study.” May, 2018.

Co-Director (with Kristine E. .Pytash), Dissertation of Elizabeth Walsh-Moorman. “Multimodal composing

in support of disciplinary literacy: A search for context in ELA and history classrooms.” December, 2017.

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Director, Dissertation of Jennifer L. Toney. “Third grade students’ literacy practices as they compose

multimodal texts in a digital writing workshop.” October, 2017.

Member, Master’s Thesis Committee of Katelyn Lusher. “Recognizing student emotion: Resistance and

pathos in the composition classroom.” March, 2017. For the degree of Master of Arts in English.

Director, Dissertation of Julie Ann Senita, “Defining Critical Thinking Experiences of Senior Nursing

Students.” March, 2017

Director, Dissertation of Karen Andrus Tollafield. “Writing Matters: Understanding the Writing Practices

of Five Young Adults Self-Identifying on the LGBTQ Spectrum.” June, 2016.

Member, Master’s Thesis Committee of Giselle Isaza Velasquez. “The impact of concept mapping as a

learning tool on student perceptions of an experiences with introductory statistics.” January, 2016. For the

degree of Magister en Procesos de Aprendizaje y Ensenanaza de Segundas Lenguas, School of Education

and Pedagogy and Advanced Education System of Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Sede Central Medellin, Colombia.

Co-Director (with Karl Kosko), dissertation of Dawn-Marie Trehan. “The Impact of Concept Mapping as a

Learning tool on Student Perceptions of and Experiences with Introductory Statistics.” November 2015.

Member, Dissertation Committee of Elizabeth Testa. “Behind the screens: A case study exploring the

integration of digital readers into a 12th grade English classroom.” (University of Akron doctoral student).

September 2014.

Member, Dissertation Committee of Philip J. Sloan. “Assembling the Identity of ‘Writer.’” English

Department. July 2014.

Member, Dissertation Committee of Jamie L. Reynolds. “A Case Study Analysis of Reinstated Students’

Experiences in the Learning to Establish Academic Priorities (LEAP) Reinstatement Intervention

Program.” January 2013.

Member, Dissertation Committee of Kristin K. Webber (University of Akron doctoral student). “How

Adolescents Use Instructional Technology to Construct Meaning While Reading and Writing in An

Alternative School Program.” December 2012.

Member, Dissertation Committee of Jeffrey P. Drake. “Civil Talks: Analysis of Online Discussions in

Social Studies Classrooms.” May 2012.

Co-Director (with Tim Rasinski), dissertation of Celia Huffman. “Student Interactions With CD-ROM

Storybooks: A Look at Potential Relationships Between Multiple Intelligence Strengths and Levels of

Interaction.” January 2012.

Director, dissertation of Steven J. Howell. “Implications of Classroom Writing Instruction Emphasizing

Imagination, Creativity, and Dialogue: A Case Study.” March 2011.

Committee Member, dissertation of Jennifer A. Powers “‘Designing’ in the 21st century English classroom:

Processes and influences in creating multimodal video narratives,” August 2007.

Co-director (with Dr. Nancy Padak), dissertation of Mary Schwartz: “Inquiry into the experiences of pre-

service teachers in a constructivist literacy classroom,” September 2005.

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Honors or Awards

2017 OCTELA Outstanding College Level English/Language Arts Educator Award (Ohio Council of

Teachers of English Language Arts)

Distinguished Faculty Member, 2009–2010, Awarded by Order of Omega, Panhellenic Council, and

Interfraternity Council, Kent State

Faculty Recognition Award, Mortar Board, Laurels Chapter, Kent State, 2008–2009

2012 The Global School: Finalist--ForeWord Reviews 2012 Book of the Year Award

1993 “OEBIE” Honorable Mention, News and Public Affairs Category, for work as Segment Producer on

“The Learning Age.” “OEBIES” are presented by the Ohio Educational Broadcasting Network

Commission for outstanding contributions to educational broadcasting in Ohio

1992 Regional Emmy Nominee: Outstanding Achievement in Non-News Programming (Music

Composition), The Cleveland Chapter of The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, for “Our

Family”

Service

Curriculum and Assessment Writing

Higher Education Consultant, English Language Arts, Ohio Performance Assessment Pilot Project (Ohio

Department of Education and Stanford University), 2009–2010.

Lead Co-Editor, Content Development Team, NCTE’s Pathways for 21st Century Literacies, an online

professional development curriculum focusing on new literacies, Summer 2008.

Writing Team, Adolescent Core Curriculum Materials designed to support staff development of teachers of

adolescents across the state of Ohio, a project of the Ohio Department of Education, Summer 2004.

Writing Team, Instructional Units for Project AdLIT, a collaborative between the Ohio Resource Center for

Mathematics, Science, and Reading (www.ohiorc.org/) and the Office of Reading Improvement, Ohio

Department of Education. Instructional units were developed to address the unique literacy needs of

adolescent learners, Summer 2004.

Recent Staff Development Presentations/Partnerships with School Districts and Agencies

Caring for Kids Adoption and Foster Care Agency, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio

Presented “Encouraging the Discouraged Student” for Foster Parents (March, 2019)

Cleveland Metropolitan School District

Provided 22 days of coaching to ELA Teachers at Glenville High School (2018-2019)

Provided in-service on the Common Core and teaching reading to K-12 teachers (August 2014)

Brunswick City Schools, Brunswick, Ohio

Presented two parent presentations focusing on motivation, one with Stephanie Kist (November, 2018)

Provided in-service on technology integration to middle school and high school teachers (March 2012)

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Medina County ESC

Presented a two-day workshop: “Motivating the Unmotivated Learner” (June, 2018)

Created one online course: “Motivating the Unmotivated Learner”

Cuyahoga County ESC Provided a two-day workshop: “Writing Ourselves” (Spring, 2018)

Jackson Local Schools

Provided a one-day workshop (with Jake Miller): “Digital Writers’ Workshop” (January, 2018)

Kent City Schools

Provided 5.5 days of curriculum map facilitation (Spring, 2017)

Provided 2 days of curriculum map facilitation (Spring, 2019)

Coxsackie-Athens Central School District (New York)

Provided two days of face-to-face presentations and two webinars on technology integration to K-12

teachers (2015)

Delaware Department of Education

Provided in-service on the state level to secondary English teachers and curriculum leaders, both face-to-

face presentations and webinars (2014-2015)

North Canton City Schools

Provided in-service on the Common Core to English, Arts, and Technical Education teachers (August

2014)

Many additional schools and districts (list available upon request)

Reviewer

Editorial Review Board, Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 2008–present

Reviewer, English Education, 2007, 2012–present

Reviewer, Journal of Literacy Research, 2012–present

Reviewer, Reading Research Quarterly, 2015-present

Reviewer, Language Arts, 2009-2013

Reviewer, Child & Youth Services, 2019-present

Reviewer, Early Childhood Education, 2019-present

External reviewer for promotion of Dr. Sara Kajder to the rank of Associate Clinical Professor, University

of Georgia, Fall, 2017.

External reviewer for promotion and tenure of Dr. Michael Manderino, Northern Illinois University, Fall,

2016

External reviewer for promotion file of Dr. Lawrence Baines to full professor, University of Oklahoma,

September 2009

Reviewer of book proposal for Corwin Press, June 2009

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Reviewer of manuscript for Pedagogies: An International Journal, (Eds. Alan Luke and Anneliese

Kramer–Dahl) June 2009

Reviewer of manuscript for Research in Teaching English, May 2008

Reviewer for Literacy Specialist Program of Study, Ohio Department of Education, July 2007

Reviewer of revision of Teaching Word Recognition Skills for Pearson/Merrill/Prentice–Hall Publishers,

August 2005

Reviewer for special issue of Language Arts focusing on multimodal literacies, August 2005

Reviewer of manuscripts for Teaching Education (2004)

(http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/10476210.asp)

Reviewer of Proposals for the 14th World Congress of Applied Linguistics, hosted by the American Association for Applied Linguistics, July 2005, Madison, WI

Reviewer of Curriculum for the State Institute for Reading Instruction: Adolescent Literacy, for the Ohio

Department of Education, June 2004

Reviewer of “Core Curriculum for Adolescent Literacy: A Framework for Teaching Reading and Writing

(Grades 4–12)” for the Ohio Department of Education’s Ohio Literacy Initiative, August 2003

Reviewer of proposal for a new textbook, Function and Form: Teaching Language to Middle and High

School Students for Prentice Hall/Merrill Education Publishers, March 2004

Reviewer of a new textbook (Content Literacy: An Inquiry–Based Case Approach) for Prentice

Hall/Merrill Education Publishers, February 2003

Reviewer of a new textbook (Adolescent Literacy Strategies) for Prentice Hall/Merrill Education

Publishers, Summer 2002

Reviewer of proposals for AERA Conference 2003 (Division G: Section 3: Social Context of Multiple

Languages and Literacies and Division C: Section 1: Literacy and Language Arts)

Member of the Reading Content Committee for The Ohio Resource Center for Mathematics, Science, and

Reading––a project of the State University Education Deans, funded by the Ohio General Assembly and

established by the Ohio Board of Regents to identify and disseminate effective instructional and

professional development resources and best practices to schools, school districts, and higher education institutions.

Service/Boards and Committees

Graduate Faculty Representative for Dissertation of Norma Jones (College of Communication and Information)

“Drivers and Danica, Start Your Engines! The Case of Danica Patrick in NASCAR.” March, 2016

Graduate Faculty Representative for Dissertation of Dayna Virginia Goldstein (English Department)

“A Macdonald’s sentence style disciplinarity analysis of honors theses in three genres.” July 2015.

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Graduate Faculty Representative for Dissertation of Matthew Anthony Williams

“Intrinsic Advance Primers: An Investigation of the Effects of Personalized Extraneous Multimedia

Upon Intrinsic Interest and Student Achievement.” June 2012.

Moderator for Dissertation Defense for Patrick W. Thomas

“A Discourse-Based Analysis of Literacy Sponsorship in New Media: The Case of Military Blogs.”

English Department, March 2011

Graduate Faculty Representative for Dissertation of Thomas G. Welsh, Jr.

“Cross-Purposes: Catholic disunity and the decline of Youngstown’s Parochial Elementary Schools,

1964-2006.” March 2009.

Graduate Faculty Representative for Dissertation of Sally Missimi

“The Relationship of Medical Surgical Registered Nurses’ Perceived Work Stress Levels and Organizational Culture in Teaching and Non-Teaching Hospitals,” September 2007.

Ohio Committees

High School and Higher Education Alignment Committee, a joint project of the Ohio Department of

Education and the Ohio Board of Regents, 2011

Kent State Committees & Projects

Member, May 4 50th anniversary Communication Committee (2018-present)

Faculty Advisory Council (FAC), School of Teaching, Leadership and Curriculum Studies, 2014-2015 and

2015-2016 College Advisory Council (CAC), College of Education, Health and Human Services, 2014-2015 and 2015-

2016

Advertising and Media Co–Chair (with Karen Tollafield), Kent State’s Out of the Darkness Walk, 2013–

2015.

Member, Search Committee, NTT Faculty, Undergraduate Studies, Stark Campus, Spring 2014 (Hired:

Martha Daniels)

Chair, Search Committee, NTT Faculty, ADED, Spring 2013 (Hired: Dr. Elizabeth “Lisa” Testa and Sonya

Irving)

Search Committee, Clinical Experience Placement Specialist, Summer 2010

ADED Coordinator, Spring 2009 (Interim) and August 2010–August 2014

NCATE report re-writes, 2009 and 2010

Chair, Search Committee, Adolescent Literature/English Education Tenure–Track Faculty member, Spring

2010 (Hired: Dr. Kristy Pytash)

Member, Search Committee, Non–tenure–track faculty member, ITEC/EFFS, Spring 2008

Discussion Leader, Summer Reading Project, Kent Campus, The Namesake, Summer 2007, Persepolis,

2009, and The Circle, 2014

Member, Stark Campus Technology Committee, 2006–2007

Chair, Faculty Search for Literacy Education Tenure-Track Position, Spring 2006 (Hired Dr. Lori Wilfong)

Researcher, GED Scholars Initiative (2002–2006)

Chair Faculty Search for Literacy Middle Childhood Education Tenure-Track Position, Spring 2004

(Search abandoned)

Member, College (of Education) Advisory Committee (CAC) 2004–2006

Member, Dean’s Ad Hoc Committee on Reappointment and Tenure Procedures, 2006–2007

Member, University Council on Teacher Education Steering Committee (2003–present)

Member, Undergraduate Council, College of Education (2001–2005, 2006–2007)

Convener, Inquiry Seminar Standing Committee (2002–2004)

Member, Scholarship Committee, Stark Campus (2001–2003, 2005–2007)

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Search committee for an English position (non-tenure-track) for Fall 2001 at Kent State, Stark Campus,

chaired by Virginia Carroll Horvath

Other Committees and Boards

Assistant Chair, Excellence in Graphic Novels Award, YA Category, Pop Culture Classroom, 2019

Trustee, Weathervane Community Playhouse, 2016-present

Member, Code of Best Practices in Fair Use Position Statement Committee, NCTE, 2018

Chair, Media Literacy Award Committee, NCTE, 2006–2015

Reader, Academic Challenge, Copley Invitational, Copley High School, February 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018-

2019; Summit County Academic Challenge League Tournament at Kent State, February 2014, 2016-2019

Judge, Poetry Out Loud National Recitation Contest, Tallmadge High School, February 2013 and February

2014

Director, National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Commission on Media (2007–2010); Member

(2004–2007)

Member, Northeast Ohio Writing Project Advisory Board (2002–2004)

Co–author (with David Bruce, Nancy McCracken, and David Bloome) on “Resolution on Composing with Nonprint Media,” accepted by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Board of Directors,

93rd Annual Conference, San Francisco, California (November 2003)

Adolescent Literacy Task Force, (2000–2002), Ohio Department of Education

Ohio Council of Teachers of English Language Arts (OCTELA) Executive Board Member, Fall 2000–2005

(Issues Chair)

Editor of OCTELA Issues Listserv, Fall 2000–2005 (distributed to 150 subscribers)

Original Facilitator, Ohio Language Arts Supervisors’ Network (1996–1999)

Board of Directors (Research Chair), Ohio Association for Curriculum Development, 1996–1997

Planning and Communications Council, East Regional Professional Development Center (ERPDC), 1994–

1998

Educational Advisory Board, “Project 330,” a joint project of Ameritech, WVIZ-TV (Channel 25) and

WNEO-WEAO-TV (Channels 45/49)

OCTELA Spring Conference (1998) Steering Committee

Professional Affiliations

American Educational Research Association (AERA)

National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)

Ohio Council of Teachers of English Language Arts (OCTELA)

American Association of University Professors (AAUP), Kent State

Ohio Licensure

High school teacher (7-12, Communication Comprehensive)

High school principal

Assistant Superintendent

Superintendent

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Creative Activity

Video and Film Production

Video Producer, Project AdLit: Advancing Adolescent Literacy Instruction Together

(http://www.ohiorc.org/adlit/video/), under the direction of The Ohio Resource Center for Mathematics,

Science, and Reading, in collaboration with The Ohio Department of Education, office of Reading

Improvement and The University of Akron (2005)

Associate Producer/Editor, “Breaking the Mold: Integration and Tech Prep,” videos and teleconferences for

the National Center for Research in Vocational Education, Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, VA

(1991)

Producer/Director, “Multiplying the Options,” videotapes on Tech Prep and Apprenticeships, Rock Valley

College and CEANCI school consortium, Rockford, IL (1993)

Segment Producer/Writer, “The Learning Age,” for Kent Teleproductions, broadcast on WNEO/WEAO,

Channels 45/49 (1992)

Music Scorer, “Our Family” and “Just Watch Us Now,” for Kent Teleproductions, broadcast on

WNEO/WEAO, Channels 45/49 (1992)

Production Coordinator, “Coming Home, 1865,” Produced by Cinemark and the Summit County Historical Society

Producer/Director, “Why the Chimes Rang,” and “Summer’s Journey,” self-distributed

Theater Directing

Director, “Concerto for an Organ in B-Sharp,” One-Act Play Festival, Firestone High School, Campus for

International Baccalaureate and Visual and Performing Arts, January 2004

Director, “Singin’ in the Rain,” Firestone High School, March 1991

Theater Acting

“Vernon Gersch,” They’re Playing Our Song, Weathervane Playhouse, Akron, September 2010