For eight years, I taught English and German to high school
students in predominantly low-income, diverse urban high schools
in the Midwest and Southwest. When I returned to graduate school
at UW Madison, I focused on multicultural education, literacy,
and teacher education. Graduate experiences include teaching
multicultural education, literature for children, literature
across the curriculum, reading methods, and working with developing
student teachers.
My graduate focus on preservice teachers led me to scholarship
that explores their experiences in my introductory education
course. For example, I examined how students’ experiences
in traditional classroom settings shaped their expectations
for both me and themselves in my more democratically oriented
course. My latest scholarship seeks to reveal how students’
spiritual/faith backgrounds and experiences impact their understanding
of and reactions to particular issues in my course.
Date of First Employment at
UW Oshkosh: Fall 2002
Years of P-12 Experience: 8Years
