I am currently working on topics related to literacy and the arts, examining the relationship between an arts-integrated curriculum and the development of student literacy in both elementary and secondary schools.
My research addresses lititeracy theory, literacy and the arts, preparation and professional development of secondary school teachers, teacher research. I am studying collaborations among teachers and arts professionals to create and co-teach literacy curriculum in secondary schools.
U.S. Department of Education: Cultural Partnerships-$860,000, over three years. 20022005
U.S. Department of Education: Model Development and Dissemination Grant. $780,000 over three years. 20032006
National Endowment for the Arts:Learning in the Arts: $75,000. 2003; $65,000 2004; $40,000. 2006.
Massachusetts Cultural Council/National Endowment for the Arts Teacher Institute: $40,000. 2005
Boston Public Schools, Model Development and Dissemination Grant. $100,000, over three years 20052008
Education Foundation of America: $50,000, over two years. 20042005
US Dept. of State: $12,000, over two years 20052006
Rhode Island State Council on the Arts: $2,000 each year, for three years. 20042006
Spencer Foundation Small Research Grant: $35, 000. 2000-2001
"Give me MOOR Proof": Othello in Seventh Grade." English Journal. September 2005.
Performance as the foundation for a secondary school literacy program: A Bakhtinian perspective. Arnetha F. Ball and Sarah Wsarshauer Freedman (eds.) Language, Literacy and learning: Bakhtinian Perspectives,Cambridge University Press. 2004
The personal inquiry: An example of teacher research in a fifth-year teacher education program. In Milner, J., R. Edelfelt, and P. Wilbur (eds). Developing Teachers: Fifth Year Programs for Outstanding Students. University Press of America. 2001
Narrative interviews: An approach to studying teaching and learning in English classrooms. High School Journal. Feb-March, 2001
"Postcards from America": Linking Classroom and Community in an ESL Newcomer's Class. English Journal. May, 2001
Mutual mentoring: Designing and teaching a linked university/secondary school course on literacy. English Journal. September, 1998
A traveler's tale: Possibilities and pitfalls in school reform. (Review of McDonald, (1996). Redesigning School: Lessons for the 21st century. San Fransisco: Jossey-Bass). In English Journal. September, 1997
Analysis of Learning Results Surveys. Prepared for the Maine State Board of Education, August, 1995.
Project Review, Pacesetter English, The College Board. December 1995.
