Cynthia McCallister
Curriculum Vitae/Syllabi
Cynthia McCallister is Associate Professor of Literacy Education and Director of the MA Program in Literacy Education in the Department of Teaching and Learning. Professor McCallister's scholarship focuses on the influences of culture on children's academic development. She has worked extensively as a classroom teacher, staff developer and school reform consultant in elementary, middle and high schools in New York City and rural Maine.
Degrees Held
- Ed.D.
University of Maine
1995
Literacy Education - M.Ed.
University of Maine
1990
Literacy Education - B.S.
Ball State University
1984
History/Political Science
Education Credentials
New York State Public School Teacher Certificate, Permanent, Pre Kindergarten, Kindergarten and Grades 1-6
New York State Public School Teacher Certificate, Permanent, Reading Teacher
Professional Experience
Assistant Professor of Education, New York University (1998-2004)
Assistant Professor of Education, Hofstra University (1996-1998)
Assistant Professor of Education, Muhlenberg College (1995-1996)
Instructor, University of Maine (1993-1994)
Classroom Teacher, Milford, ME (1987-1992)
Assistant Teacher, The Buckley School, New York, NY (1986-1987)
Courses
- Administration and Supervision of Literacy Programs
- Child Development
- Dissertation Proposal Seminar
- Doctoral Proseminar
- Langauge and Literacy Development
- Literacy Assessment
- Literacy Education in Early Childhood, Childhood and Adolescence: Reading
- Literacy Education in Early Childhood, Childhood and Adolescence: Writing
- Reading and Writing Foundations
- Student Teaching Supervision
Links
www.genrepractice.org
www.learningcultures.net
www.unisonreading.com
Selected Publications
- "Unison Reading: Socially Inclusive Group Instruction for Equity and Achievement." Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press, 2011.
- "Reconceptualizing Literacy Methods Instruction: To Build a House that Remembers Its Forest." New York: Peter Lang Publishing, 1998.
- McCallister, C. (September, 2008). “The Author’s Chair Revisited.” Curriculum Inquiry, 38, 4, p. 455-472.
- McCallister, C. (Winter, 2004). “Schooling the possible self.” Curriculum Inquiry 34 (4): 425-461.
- McCallister, C. (September, 2002). "The power of place and time in teaching.” Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy. A journal of the International Reading Association 4 (1): 2-9.
- McCallister, C. (September, 2002). “Letting them learn: Yielding power to students in a literacy methods course.” English Education. A journal of the National Council of Teachers of English 34 (4): 281-301.
- McCallister, C. (November, 2000). “Making history with a reader.” Language Arts. A journal of the National Council of Teachers of English 78 (2): 138-147.
- McCallister, C. (Spring, 1998). “Classroom inquiry: Transforming perplexity into pedagogy.” Teaching and Learning: The Journal of Natural Inquiry 12 (2): 28-35.
Research Interests
- Curriculum
- Teacher development
- School reform
- Literacy assessment and instruction
- Culture and education