Presentations

I  have presented at a number of international, national, and state level conferences with the goal of sharing and gaining perspective on my work from a variety of audiences including practicing K-12 classroom teachers, literacy specialists, administrators, teacher educators, and literacy researchers.  

Nov., 2017 New York State Reading Association (Saratoga Springs, NY), (Co-Authored/Presented, SUNY New Paltz Graduate Candidates Monet Halliday and Kayla Kessler), Authentic Literacy Within Integrated Science Units. 

Nov., 2017 Association of Literacy Educators & Researchers (St. Petersburg, FL) 

  • Implications of Cooperating Teachers’ Experiences with edTPA.
  • (Co-Authored/Presented, Dr. Catherine McGeehan, et al.) Preparing Preservice Teachers to Provide Higher Level Comprehension Instruction

 Nov., 2016 New York State Reading Association Conference (Rochester, NY), Leading in Literacy with School-University Partnership.

Nov., 2016 Association of Literacy Educators & Researchers (Myrtle Beach, SC), Leading Literacy Leaders Through School-University Partnership.

Nov., 2015 Association of Literacy Educators & Researchers (Costa Mesa, CA), Applying Research Findings to Improve edTPA Experiences: Supporting edTPA  Stakeholders from Conception to Completion.

Nov., 2014 Association of Literacy Educators & Researchers (Delray Beach, FL)

  • Exploring edTPA Implementation
  • Launching a Career in Higher Education
  • (Co-Authored/Presented, Dr. Kiersten Greene) Developing Communities of Mentorship in Higher Education

April, 2014 Collaborative for Equity in Literacy Learning Conference on Literacy (Newburgh, NY), Teacher Judgment to Support Striving Readers

Nov., 2013 Association of Literacy Educators & Researchers (Dallas, TX), (Co-Authored/ Presented, Dr. Caroline Hopenwasser) Nursing a Foothold: Developing and Sustaining School Partnerships in Teacher Education

Nov., 2012 Association of Literacy Educators & Researchers (Grand Rapid, MI), Planning on Preservice Teachers’ Affective Domains of Reading.

 April, 2013 International Reading Association (San Antonio, TX), Beyond the Bottom Line: Valuing, Developing, and Voicing Teacher Judgment in the Diagnosis and Remediation of Reading Difficulties. 

April, 2012 International Reading Association (Chicago, IL), Discovering and describing preservice teachers’ affective domains of reading in children’s literature courses: The impact of attitudes, beliefs, and values of reading. 

April, 2012 Rhode Island College Feinstein School of Education and Human Development Annual Conference (Providence, RI), Planning on Preservice Teachers’ Affective Domains of Reading.

Nov., 2011 Association of Literacy Educators & Researchers (Richmond, VA), Identifying and Utilizing Typologies of Preservice Teacher Readers to Improve the Affective Domain of Reading.

April, 2011 New England Educational Research Organization (New Bedford, MA), Redefining Roles and Redesigning Teacher Education in Reading.

April, 2010 American Educational Research Association (Denver, CO), Teacher Voices and Student Choices: Factors influencing student text choices for independent reading, Poster Presentation.

April, 2009 University of Northern Colorado Research Day (Greeley, CO), Teacher Voices and Student Choices: Factors influencing student text choices for independent reading, Poster Presentation.