Christina L. Romero-Ivanova, Ph.D.
[email protected]
Indiana University Kokomo School of Education
Main Building, Room 174A
2300 S. Washington Street
Kokomo, IN 46902-9003
Tel. (765) 455-9584
BRIEF BIO
Dr. Christina Romero-Ivanova is an assistant professor of education at Indiana University Kokomo. She teaches courses in reading methods, English Language Arts methods, using technology in education. She is also a university supervisor for student teachers. Dr. Romero-Ivanova teaches courses in the Tomorrow's Teachers program, Elementary and Secondary education programs, Transition to Teaching program, and in the Freshman Learning Community. Her research centers on narrative inquiry and investigates individuals' silencing and multiliteracies. Her expertise involves artifactual, narrative, and sacred literacies. Dr. Romero-Ivanova is currently a Mosaic Fellow with Indiana University and a Mary Jo Small Scholar with the Society for Values in Higher Education. She has published articles related to action research, sacred literacies, and conceptions of literacy (media, narrative, and gaming). Dr. Romero-Ivanova's work also includes service learning with her students, and she and her students currently work with the Kokomo Domestic Violence Shelter and Kokomo Bridges Outreach teaching digital storytelling.
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Literacy, Culture & Language Education September 2018
Minor: Anthropology
Dissertation Title: A Narrative Inquiry for Understanding Women’s Experiences with being Silenced & Their, Resistance/Talking Back & Resilience
Committee: Mary Beth Hines (Co-Chair), Carmen Medina (Co-Chair), Seraphin Coronel-Molina (member - LCLE),
Marvin Sterling (member – Anthropology)
INDIANA UNIVERSITY, Bloomington, Indiana
M.S.Ed. in Language Education December 2009
INDIANA UNIVERSITY-PURDUE UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS, Indianapolis, Indiana
Minor: Reading
B.A. in English, distinction May 2000
EASTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY, Portales, New Mexico
Minor: History
A.G.S. May 2000
CLOVIS COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Clovis, New Mexico
A.A. May 1997
CLOVIS COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Clovis, New Mexico
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Narrative Inquiry/Stories, Digital Storytelling, Women’s Storytelling, Sacred Literacies, Women’s Silencing/Women’s Ways of Knowing Silence, Artifactual Literacies, Dark Funds of Knowledge, Women’s Ways of Knowing, Literature Circles/Book Discussion Groups
Assistant Professorship, 2018- Present
TEACHING
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF EDUCATION 2018-present
School of Education, Indiana University
Kokomo, Indiana
INSTRUCTOR’S USES OF INNOVATION
• 2019-2020: Google Pilot, Indiana University
W200 Freshman Learning Community (FLC) course received Google chrome books for each student as part of the IU pilot study. Used apps (Google Hangouts, Google Slides, as examples) for communicating with students, course projects, collaborations
• Zooming with Public Figures/Authors/Speakers
Fall 2019, W200 Tomorrow’s Teachers course: Sujo John – Presentation of 9/11 survival story
Spring 2019, M452 & F200 courses: Steve Pemberton – Presentation and background of his book A Chance in the World
• 2019-2020: Zoom classes
Fall 2019- present: Zoom sessions biweekly with F200 and W200 courses in the Tomorrow’s Teachers program. 2019-2020 Mosaic Fellowship Institute methods used: zoom chatrooms and group work; independent conferences
Spring semesters: Bespoke ELA methods to create digital escape rooms for projects in W200
•2019: Video Digital Recording
Fall 2019, E340 course: students used a chapter reading of an elementary level graphic novel to STSA (Story Act, Story Tell) an imagined conclusion to the chapter. Recording of the STSA graphic novel response group work
STUDENTS’ USES OF INNOVATION
• W200 course: Students construct digital stories over a crucial event from their lives; students create web quests constructed from 1-2 Indiana State Department of Education academic standards from their subject area(s); students create a teacher website for their future classroom; students research a new technology and create a PowerPoint/Prezi about the new technology, its background, its future use in their classroom, and provide a mini lesson integrating the new technology
COURSES INSTRUCTED – IU KOKOMO
• Digital Storytelling/Writing (W131) FLC course
• Examining Self as Teacher: Tomorrow’s Teachers high school early pathways program: introduced students new to the school of education courses about teaching as a profession. Course taught on a rotational basis in four area high schools.
• Using Computers in Education: Tomorrow’s Teachers high school early pathways program: using various digital literacies in the classroom to engage learners through lesson planning and instruction. Course was taught on a rotational basis in four area high schools.
• Methods of Teaching Reading I: using varied teaching methods to meet needs of struggling and English as a Second Language (ESL) learners.
• Using Computers in Education: Education FLC & Non-FLC: using various digital literacies in the classroom to engage learners through lesson planning and instruction. Spring course entails experiential/community learning and teaching in a women’s domestic violence shelter for 6 weeks.
• Methods of Teaching Senior High/Junior High/Middle School English: an early field experiences practicum for learning about/meeting challenges in secondary English education.
• University Supervisor for student teaching
COURSES/WORKSHOPS TAKEN FOR PROFESSIONALIZATION
• FALL 2019-SPRING 2020: “Teaching for Student Success: An Evidence-based Approach” – Indiana University Canvas course
COURSES/WORKSHOPS INSTRUCTED: NON-CREDIT/COMMUNITY
• September 16, 2019: Sacred Artifacts workshop – IU Kokomo campus
• March 2018-present (spring semester): Digital Storytelling – Kokomo Domestic Violence Shelter
•April 2019 - present: Digital Storytelling for teens – Bridges Outreach, Kokomo High School
NEWLY DESIGNED COURSES
• Using Computers in Education FLC course: Spring 2020
Redesigned W200 FLC course to include Steve Pemberton's book A Chance in the World. Houghton-Mifflin Harcourt pilot study.
• Writing/Digital Storytelling FLC course: Fall 2020
Collaboration with Dr. Paul Cook, School of Arts & Sciences, to design a new Freshman Learning Community (FLC) course that combines writing composition and digital storytelling.
GRANTS
• Spring 2020: IU Kokomo Summer Faculty Research Grant for book proposal (in-progress)
• November 2019: Women of Well House Grant – Poverty Simulations Kit & Training - $2,000 (under review)
• November 2019: Women of Well House Grant – Obtaining Technology for Kokomo Domestic Violence Shelter - $2,000 (under review)
• October 2019: Applied Learning Grant – IU Kokomo School of Education faculty (3) to attend Poverty Training Session - $650
• August 2019: Applied Learning Grant (4) – IU Kokomo students to attend National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) conference in Baltimore, MD, Fall 2019 (received) – 4 @ $500
• Spring 2019: IU Kokomo Google chrome books pilot School of Education grant writer and participant (received)
• April 2019, October 2018: Applied Learning Grant – EdSAC Teacher Panel Night - $700; $500
• August 2018: Community Research Center Grant for Tomorrow’s Teachers program
• July 2018 –IU Kokomo Community Research Center Grant for digital storytelling community workshop for survivors of sexual assault
• May 2018: Applied Learning Grant (1) for IU Kokomo senior who co-presented at IU Bloomington Literacy, Culture, and Language Education International conference
•November 2017: Applied Learning Grant (3) for IU Kokomo elementary and secondary teacher education program candidates to co-present and attend NCTE conference in St. Louis Missouri
• Spring 2017 – IU Kokomo Women of the Well House grant for digital storytelling in Kokomo domestic violence shelter
HONORS/AWARDS
• Fall 2020: Herman Frederic Lieber Award (in-progress)
• Spring 2020: IU Kokomo Trustees Teaching Award (in-progress)
• April 2019: School of Education nominee, IU Kokomo Trustees Teaching Award
FELLOWSHIPS
• Aug 2019-April 2020: Mosaic Teaching Fellowship – Indiana University
• July 2019-July 2020: Society for Values in Higher Education Scholar
• July 2018: Mary Jo Small Fellowship – Society for Values in Higher Education (SVHE)
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS/ASSOCIATIONS
• American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE)
• Center of Excellence for Women in Technology (CEWIT)
• Indiana State Reading Association (ISRA)
• National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
• International Literacy Association (ILA)
• International Conference of Qualitative Inquiry (ICQI)
• Latina Researchers Network (LRN)
• National Council of Teachers of English Assembly of Research (NCTEAR)
• Society for Values in Higher Education (SVHE)
CONFERENCES & ORGANIZATIONAL MEETINGS ATTENDED
• July 2019: SVHE conference, Loyola University, Chicago
Learners Conference, Queens University, Belfast, Northern Ireland
• April 2019: Indiana Regional Institutions of Higher Education meeting – attended as a faculty in Tomorrow’s Teachers (Grow Your Own program)
• February 2019: LEAP Digital Conference, IUPUI
• February 2019: State Colloquium on Internationalizing Schools of Education across Indiana, IUPUI
• July 2018: Society for Values in Higher Education, Seattle, Washington – Section Chair for “Cultural and Historical Perspectives”
MENTORING
• September 2019: Mentored and co-presented with Heather Amos, 2018 teacher education graduate and Emily Herschberger, 2018-2019 Tomorrow’s Teachers student: IU Kokomo Faculty Research Symposium, “Narrative Spaces: Providing Opportunities for Students’ Sacred Literacies within the Classroom”
• October 2018: Mentored and co-presented with Michaela Norwich, undergraduate teacher education candidate: IU Bloomington Literacy, Culture, & Language Education conference
•November 2017: Mentored and co-presented with Hannah Moody, undergraduate teacher education candidate: “Digital Storytelling”, NCTE conference, St. Louis Missourri; brought secondary English teacher candidate class to NCTE conference
RESEARCH
PUBLICATIONS: REFEREED
Romero-Ivanova, Christina Louise, Kingsley, Tara, Mason, Lance. 2019. “Three Conceptions of Literacy: Media, Narrative, and Gaming Literacies.” In Oxford Bibliographies in Education. Ed. Anne Hynds. New York: Oxford University Press.
Hines, M., Henze, A., Romero-Ivanova, C., Rowland, L., Waggoner, Lottie; Lisak,
Maria. (updated August 2019; under review). “Action Research.” In Oxford Bibliographies in Education. Ed. Luanna Meyer. New York: Oxford University Press.
Romero-Ivanova, C. (resubmitted, July 2019). Talking back through a memorial tattoo. Soundings – Society for Values in Higher Education.
Romero-Ivanova, C. (resubmitted, April 2019). Sacred literacies. The Forum - Society for Values in Higher Education
Romero-Ivanova, C. (under review, September 2019). The sacredness of remembering and re-storying. International Journal of Literacy, Culture, and Language Education.
Romero-Ivanova, C. (in-progress). The sacredness of remembering and re-storying: ‘A hero in my own life’. Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies.
CREATIVE WORKS
PUBLICATIONS: REFEREED
Romero-Ivanova, C. (under review, April 2019)). Hero. Huizache.
PRESENTATIONS
<= Invited += Keynote ~= Accepted *= Section Chair -=under review
^accepted, but unable to attend
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
~July 2020: “Narrative Spaces” – Conference on Learning, Universitat de Valencia –Learners Conference, Valencia, Spain. (paper)
~November 2019: “Digital Storytelling - Testifying to a Spirit & Inquiry of Hope”, National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) – Baltimore, Maryland. (roundtable)
~ September 2019: “Narrative Spaces: Providing Opportunities for Students’ Sacred Literacies within the Classroom”, Faculty Research Symposium, Indiana University Kokomo, Kokomo, Indiana. (paper)
<August 2019: “Community Collaborations” – Academic Affairs Faculty/Staff Retreat, Indiana University Kokomo, Kokomo, Indiana. (roundtable)
~July 2019: “Digital Storytelling as an Entry Point for Women’s Narratives of Hope” – Conference on Learning, Queen’s University –Learners Conference, Belfast, Ireland. (paper)
~ July 2019: “Narrative Spaces: Providing Opportunities for Students’ Sacred Literacies within the Classroom”, Society for Values in Higher Education (SVHE) Fellows Meeting – Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois. (paper)
^~*November 2018: “Teaching and Learning: Digital Storytelling in a Women’s Domestic Violence Shelter”, International Journal of Arts & Sciences (IJAS) – University of London Union – London, England. (paper)
REGIONAL/LOCAL
<February 2019: “Providing a Community Workshop for Miami County Sexual Assault Awareness”, IU Kokomo summer grant recipient presentation (paper)
<January 2019: “Interview with Dr. Romero-Ivanova: Dissertation Theoretical Framework of Women’s Ways of Knowing”- webinar, Dr. Faridah Pawan, IU Bloomington
<August 2018 & January 2019: Student Teaching Orientation, School of Education Classroom Management, presenter
<October 2018: “Tomorrow’s Teachers: An Early-in Pathway”, Indiana University Kokomo – Kokomo, Indiana, Applied & Community Research Center (AARC) grant presentation. (paper)
~October 2018: “Digital Storytelling: Teaching and Learning in a Women’s Domestic Violence Shelter”, Indiana University Bloomington – Bloomington, Indiana. (paper)
SERVICE
University Service
• 2018-2020 Indiana University Kokomo – Faculty Ambassador
• V.I.P. days, Indiana University Kokomo
• May 6, 2019: Honors Convocation – Faculty reader
• 2016-present: School of Education Recognition Ceremony – Faculty reader
• Spring 2019: Society for Values in Higher Education (SVHE) "I Love Learning; I Hate School": An Anthropology of College Reading for the Common Good book discussion, group facilitator
• November 16, 2018: IUK faculty representative for Indianapolis’ “Be a Teacher Day”, Banker’s Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Indiana
• New Student Convocations, School of Education Breakout Session faculty advisor
• 2017-Present: EdSAC (Educational Student Advisory Council) Faculty Advisor
Community Service
• February 25, 2019: “Why I didn’t Report” Howard County Family Services Association & Sexual Assault Awareness panel discussion – guest speaker/panel discussant & program PowerPoint creator
• January 2019: assisted former student in crafting her digital story for IU Kokomo School of Education presentation
• December 2018: Women’s Digital Storytelling Workshop, Carmel Seventh-day Adventist Church
GRANTS
• Fall 2019: Women of Well House grant for obtaining new technologies for the Kokomo Domestic Violence Shelter – Collaborative with IU Kokomo School of Business (submitted)
HONORS & AWARDS
• September 2018 – Virgil Hunt Distinguished Service Award
COMMITTEES
• 2019-2020: Applied Learning Grants, member
• 2019-2020: Honorary Degree, member; 2018-2019 Honorary Degree, Chair
• 2016-present IACTE Awards Committee, School of Education
• 2018-2019 IU Kokomo Duke Energy grant STEM committee (member/coordinator)
• 2018-2019 Promotion & Tenure committee, IUK School of Education (member)
• 2018-2019 Educational Policy (member)
• 2018-present Tier Committee (member)
University Collaborations
• Spring 2020: Partnered with colleagues teaching in the IU Kokomo Education FLC with using Google chrome books
• November 2017, 2018: Partnered with IUK Chancellor, Dr. Sue Sciame-Giesecke for W200 FLC Thanksgiving Breakfast
• Collaborated with IUK School of Education senior to create conference presentation on digital storytelling (October 2018)
• August 2018 – present: Faculty Mentor: Faculty-Student diversity mentorship program
• Co-collaborator/co-creator of Tomorrow’s Teachers program in the School of Education
Community Partnerships
• October 2019: F200 & M452 created a Zoom session for F200 & M452 classes with Steve Pemberton, author of A Chance in the World
• Connected with Indianapolis Soap Box Derby Director Bob Getts to coordinate an after-school soap box derby mentoring STEM program with Central Christian Academy, Indianapolis for 2019-2020 school year
• April 2019: Bridges Outreach – created a digital storytelling space for Kokomo High School Bridges after-school program (weekly, fall 2019 semester)
• February 2019: Digital storytelling teaching to clients at Kokomo Women’s Domestic Violence Shelter
•2018-2019: STEM grant, worked with Kokomo school staff to plan for Duke Energy Grant STEM family night at Indiana University Kokomo
• Summer 2018: Miami County Family Services Association (FSA): provided a presentation/workshop on Digital Storytelling for Sexual Assault Awareness
• September 2018: brought in Davey Blackburn as a speaker to the School of Education, IUK
• Fall 2018: FSA: after-school digital storytelling program (in-progress)
• Tomorrow’s Teachers school districts
WORKSHOPS & PROFESSIONALIZATION
• April 2020: FACET Experiential Learning certification
• October 2018: Using digital technology and Young Adult (YA) Literature to create Book Trailers
• September 2018: Minority Mentor training
• August 2018: Leadership Summit, IU Kokomo
• April 2018: FACET Service Learning Certification
Acting Assistant Professorship, 2017-2018
TEACHING: UNIVERSITY
ACTING ASSITANT PROFESSOR OF EDUCATION 2017-2018
School of Education, Indiana University
Kokomo, Indiana
COURSES INSTRUCTED
• Examining Self as Teacher: introduced students new to the school of education courses about teaching as a profession. Course was taught on a rotational basis in four area high schools.
• Honors Course: Methods of Teaching Reading I: using varied teaching methods to meet needs of struggling and English as a Second Language (ESL) learners.
• Methods of Teaching Reading I: using varied teaching methods to meet needs of struggling and English as a Second Language (ESL) learners.
• Using Computers in Education: using various digital literacies in the classroom to engage learners through lesson planning and instruction.
• Methods of Teaching Senior High/Junior High/Middle School English: an early field experiences practicum for learning about/meeting challenges in secondary English education.
• Methods for Kindergarten/Elementary Teachers: practice in unpacking elementary standards, lesson planning and unit planning.
• General Methods of Secondary Education: practice in unpacking secondary standards, lesson planning and unit planning.
• University Supervisor of Student Teaching: supervised student teachers; provided guidance and feedback with regard to all aspects of teaching.
SERVICE
University Service
• 2018-Present: EdSAC (Educational Student Advisory Council) Lead Faculty Advisor
• Spring 2018 - Honors College Faculty Mentor
• April 18, 2018, Girls Inc. of Indianapolis, Lunch Bunch Mentor: Guion Creek Middle School, Indianapolis
• March 26, 2018, Proctored colleague, JR Pico’s exam.
• November 2017, Boys & Girls Club of Bloomington presentation: “Reading Methods & Multicultural Readings”
• November 2017, Faculty sponsor for NCTE conference trip – brought M452 students and former student to conference, St. Louis, Missouri.
• October & November 2017, Campus Outreach faculty advisor for student groups
• September 2017, “Walk into My Future” faculty advisor for elementary sessions of students; Campus Outreach faculty advisor for student groups
• September 2017, Lead Faculty for campus-wide Nobel Laureate trip
• September 2017, FLC Bradford Woods trip - Faculty Advisor/Chaperone
• Panel on Community Partnering, FACET Faculty/Staff Retreat presentation (panel member)
• August 2017 - New Student Convocation, School of Education Breakout Session faculty advisor
• August 2017; January 2018 – Student Teaching Orientation, School of Education presenter on Classroom Management
• July 2017 – Black Expo – Indianapolis, IN – IUK School of Education representative
University Collaborations
• Partnered with IUK Chancellor, Dr. Sue Sciame-Giesecke for W200 FLC Thanksgiving Breakfast
• Partnering with Office of Diversity to create a Faculty-Student diversity mentorship program: August 2017 – present
• Collaborator on growing new high school dual credit program in IUK School of Education, 2017-present
Community Partnerships
• Miami County Family Services Association (FSA): provided a 3-day presentation/workshop on Digital Storytelling for Sexual Assault Awareness
• Celebration Banquet for women’s domestic violence shelter clients, March 2018
• November 2017: Created an on-campus movie night in connection with EdSAC partnering with Bon Air Elementary School Family Night
• October 2017: Created a technology learning experience with Women’s Domestic Violence Shelter; February 2018: Women’s Domestic Violence Shelter W200 Using Computers in Education students’ microteaching of PowerPoint & Digital Storytelling
2017-2018 Committees
• Tier Committee for TEP disciplinary review for student (member): December 2017
• Faculty Senate, Honorary Degree committee (member): Fall 2017, Spring 2018
• International Travel committee (member): Fall 2017, Spring 2018
• Educational Psychology search committee (member): Fall 2017, Spring 2018
PRESENTATIONS
<= Invited += Keynote ~= Accepted *= Section Chair
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
~ “Empathy Literacy: A Critical Practice Explored across Grade Levels – Digital Storytelling: Revealing Lived Experiences as Methods of Future Praxis”, presented with a student at National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), panel, St. Louis, Missouri, November 2017
REGIONAL/LOCAL
< Boys & Girls Club of Bloomington presentation on Reading Methods & Multicultural Children’s Books, November 2017
< Women of Wells grant proposal presentation, November 2017
< “Silencing on the Thin Blue Line: One Police Wife’s Experiences in Spoken Word” – presentation for J.R. Pico’s class, Indiana University Kokomo, September 11, 2017
GRANTS, HONORS & AWARDS
• March 2018 - Society for Values in Higher Education, Mary Jo Small summer fellowship
• January 2018 - Applied & Community Research Center Grant (Co-applicant)
• December 2017 - FACET Travel Award - $750
• November 2017 - Women of Wells House grant - $900
• November 2017 - KEY travel grant- IUK $900
• November 2017 – Applied Learning Grant – IUK - $500
• May 2017 – FACET Academy Awards Finalist: “Innovative Teaching with Digital Tools”
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
• American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE)
• Center of Excellence for Women in Technology (CEWIT)
• Indiana State Reading Association (ISRA)
• International Conference of Qualitative Inquiry (ICQI)
• International Literacy Association (ILA)
• Latina Researchers Network (LRN)
• Literacy Research Association (LRA)
• National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
• National Council of Teachers of English Assembly of Research (NCTEAR)
CONFERENCES ATTENDED
• Child Abuse Conference, April 2018
• Indiana Latino Institute, November 2017
• NCTE, November 2017
WORKSHOPS & PROFESSIONALIZATION
• Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA) certification, October 2019
• “Create an Interactive Syllabus” workshop, December 5-7, 2017
Pre-Dissertation
TEACHING: UNIVERSITY
VISITING LECTURER 2016-2017
School of Education, Indiana University
Kokomo, Indiana
COURSES INSTRUCTED
• University Supervisor of Student Teaching
• Methods for Kindergarten/Elementary Teachers: practice in unpacking elementary standards, lesson planning and unit planning.
• General Methods of Secondary Education: practice in unpacking secondary standards, lesson planning and unit planning.
• Methods of Teaching Reading I: using varied teaching methods to meet needs of struggling and English as a Second Language (ESL) learners.
• Using Computers in Education: using various digital literacies in the classroom to engage learners through lesson planning and instruction.
• Methods of Teaching Senior High/Junior High/Middle School English: an early field experiences practicum for learning about/meeting challenges in secondary English education.
FUTURE FACULTY TEACHING FELLOW 2015-2016
School of Education, Indiana University
Kokomo, Indiana
COURSES INSTRUCTED
• Methods of Teaching Reading: A survey of curriculum, methods, and materials for developing literacy in middle, junior, and senior high school (grade 5-12) content areas.
• Methods of Teaching Reading I: using varied teaching methods to meet needs of struggling and English as a Second Language (ESL) learners.
• Using Computers in Education: using various digital literacies in the classroom to engage learners through lesson planning and instruction.
• Methods of Teaching Senior High/Junior High/Middle School English: an early field experiences practicum for learning about/meeting challenges in secondary English education.
SERVICE
• University Faculty Ambassador – aided in New Student Orientation sessions
• April 2017: Faculty advisor for 200 2nd grade Mocanaquah students visit to campus
• Student Teacher Orientation – Classroom Management Seminar Presenter, August 2016 & January 2017
• EdSAC (Educational Student Advisory Council) presentations 2016, 2017: “Urban Teaching” & “New Literacies/Artifactual Literacies”
• New Student Orientation Breakout Session – Freshman Learning Community (FLC) Leader, August 2016
• Teaching Tidbits – Digital Stories Presenter, March 2016
• Howard County Project, September 2016, November 2015, – advisor for pre-service teacher participants
• Serving as supervisor for Elementary and Secondary Early Field Experiences; set up early field experiences for students.
• Assessing students’ lesson planning, teaching, classroom management and professional persona in relation to Methods of Teaching Reading & Methods of Teaching English Language Arts.
• Working with students as a School of Education faculty member within the campus Freshman Learning Community.
• Created a new early field experience for a course.
• Teaching online and onsite methods courses that include traditional students and Change to Education Students: students who received baccalaureate degrees in other fields and transition to Education for masters’ degrees.
• Working with students on the Education Student Advisory Council.
ADJUNCT/ASSOCIATE INSTRUCTOR 2011-2015
Department of Literacy, Culture & Language Education, Indiana University
Bloomington, Indiana
COURSES INSTRUCTED
• Early Field Experiences in English Education: an early field experiences practicum for learning about/meeting challenges in secondary English education.
• Advanced Approaches to Teaching Writing: advanced approaches to teaching writing, using writer’s and reader’s workshops.
• Topics in Secondary Education (Classroom Management): significant issues of classroom management covered through various learning strategies and applications.
• Field Experiences (Jr. High/Middle School): an early field experiences practicum for learning about/meeting challenges in middle school English education.
• Content Area Literacy: the use of multiple literacies through lesson planning, teaching and assessment to engage student learning.
SERVICE
• Served as supervisor for Secondary English Early Field Experiences in multiple locations and school districts across the state of Indiana.
• Assessed students’ lesson planning, teaching, classroom management and professional attributes in relation to methods of teaching English Language Arts.
GRADUATE ASSISTANT 2013
Department of Literacy, Culture & Language Education, Indiana University
Bloomington, Indiana
COURSE
• Young Adult Literature in a Diverse Society: using young adult literature to address various social and cultural issues within the classroom.
SERVICE
• Assistant to Professor Stephanie Power-Carter, course.
• Graded papers and exams.
• Edited documents.
• Organized and led class discussions on social and academic issues and the use of young adult literature to address these.
ENGLISH EDUCATION INTERN 2011
Department of Literacy, Culture & Language Education, Indiana University
Bloomington, Indiana
COURSE
Language Education Issues for English Language Arts: using lesson planning, instruction and assessment to address issues with struggling and detached learners and ESL learners.
SERVICE
• Interned for Professor Mary Beth Hines in the course.
• Created lesson plans, graded assessments and created discussion forum discussion questions and facilitated online discussion forums.
•Learned to craft engaging lessons and maintain discussions which are significant to the online learning experience.
ENGLISH TEACHER 2007-2010
George Washington Community High School, Indianapolis Public Schools
Indianapolis, Indiana
• Taught diverse urban students in grades 7- 11.
• Mentored students, created and implemented lesson plans.
• Collaborated with other teachers to create cross-curricular lesson plans and units.
• Supervised student teachers and mentored new teachers.
• Served as faculty sponsor in the Honor Society.
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS TEACHER 2006-2007
Sidener Learning Community, Indianapolis Public Schools
Indianapolis, Indiana
• Worked with diverse urban students in grades 7- 8.
• Mentored students in school and after school, created and implemented lesson plans.
• Collaborated with other teachers to create lesson plans that were differentiated and leveled to individual students’ needs.
• As team leader worked with 7/8 grade split team to create and implement reading across the curriculum.
• Integrated cooperative learning as students rotated in and out of leadership roles as peer tutors within the classroom.
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS TEACHER 2003-2006
McFarland Middle School, Indianapolis Public Schools
Indianapolis, Indiana
• Taught diverse urban students in grades 7- 8.
• Mentored students during and after school, created and implemented lesson plans.
• Collaborated with other teachers to create lesson plans that were cross-curricular, differentiated and leveled to individual students’ needs.
• Mentored students during lunch and in after-school tutoring sessions.
• Worked with students to establish and maintain an after-school Jr. Master Gardening program.
• Worked with committee members as 6+1 Traits of Writing Chair. Supervised student teachers.
HISTORY TEACHER 2001-2002
St. Barnabas Catholic School
Indianapolis, Indiana
• Worked with students in grades 6- 8. Mentored students, created and implemented lesson plans.
• Collaborated weekly with Special Needs Inclusion teachers to create lesson plans that were differentiated and leveled to individual students’ needs.
• Mentored students during an after-school History Club. Collaborated with others to write an 8th grade retreat grant.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
RESEARCH ASSISTANT 2012
Department of Literacy, Culture & Language Education, Indiana University Bloomington
Bloomington, Indiana
• Assistant to Professor Mary Beth Hines, conducting primary and secondary source New Literacies and Social Justice Research.
• Organized for the American Educational Research Association conference.
PUBLICATIONS
Hines, M., Henze, A., Ivanova, C., Rowland, L., Waggoner, Lottie; Lisak,
Maria. (2016). “Action Research.” In Oxford Bibliographies in Education. Ed. Luanna Meyer. New York: Oxford University Press.
Ivanova, C. (2014). Memories as sacred artifacts & remembering as a sacred literacy.
Humanities & Social Sciences Review, 3(5).
PRESENTATIONS
<= Invited += Keynote ~= Accepted *= Section Chair
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL:
~ “A Grounded Theory of Women’s Lives: K’s Story”, International Journal of Arts and Sciences: Harvard University Medical School, speaker and organizer, paper session, Boston, Massachusetts, May 2016.
~ “A Hero in My Own Life”, International Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies Conference, speaker and organizer, paper session. University of Ottawa, Canada, May 2015.
~ “The Technology of Sacred Literacies”, National Council of Teachers of English (New Literacies Strand), speaker and organizer, round table session, Washington, D.C., June 2014.
~* “Memories as Sacred Artifacts & Remembering as a Sacred Literacy”, International Journal of Arts and Sciences: American Canadian Conference for Academic Disciplines, speaker and organizer, paper session, Canada, May 2014.
~ “Weaving Spiritual Literacies: A Case Study”, National Council of Teachers of English (Graduate Student Session), speaker and organizer, round table session, Boston, Massachusetts, November 2013.
REGIONAL/LOCAL:
<”Digital Storytelling: Revealing Lived Experiences as Methods of Future Praxis”, Indiana Campus Compact Annual Service Engagement Summit 2017, Indianapolis, Indiana, February 27-28, 2017.
<"Digital Storytelling: Revealing Lived Experiences – Methods of Future Praxis", 20/20 presentation, Indiana University Kokomo, April 22, 2016.
< “Teaching Tidbits: Digital Stories” presentation, Indiana University Kokomo, March 7, 2016.
~ “Storying the Tattoo: A Sacred Literacy of Empowerment”, National Council of Teachers English Area Research (NCTEAR), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, February 2016.
<~ “The Life of a Future Faculty Teaching Fellow/Graduate Student”, Indiana University Kokomo, Brown Bag Lunch, December 2015.
<+ EDSAC, IUK, presenter on urban teaching experience in Indianapolis Public Schools, November 2015.
~ “The Sacredness of Remembering”, International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry (ICQI), speaker and organizer, poster session, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, June 2015.
< “Reading and Maneuvering within Abeka: First and Second Grade Students Share”, Indiana University Bloomington, speaker and organizer, main speaker, Bloomington, Indiana, April 2013.
~ “Layers of New Learning: Using Digital Medias to Learn about and Maneuver within Social Justice: A Case Study”, National Council of Teachers of English Area Research (NCTEAR), speaker and organizer, round table session, Columbus, Ohio, February 2013.
~ “At the Pumpkin Patch: A Photo Essay”, slideshow presentation, A Photo Gallery: Snapshot of U.S. Culture, Bloomington, Indiana, November 2012.
< “Reading with Peanuts: Looking at How Reading Circles work in a 1st/2nd Grade Classroom”, speaker and organizer, Indiana University Department of Anthropology, Art & Ethnography undergraduate course. Bloomington, Indiana, October 2012.
HONORS & AWARDS
-FACET Academy Awards Finalist: 2017
“Innovative Teaching with Digital Tools”
-Travel Award ($500) 2016
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
-Faculty Travel Award ($1100) 2016
Indiana University, Kokomo, Indiana
-Ruth Strickland Fellowship Award ($500) 2016
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
-Faculty Travel Award ($1,100) 2015
Indiana University, Kokomo, Indiana
-Faculty Research Reception 2015
Indiana University, Kokomo, Indiana
-Travel Award ($1,100) 2015-2016
Indiana University, Kokomo, Indiana
-Future Faculty Teaching Fellowship ($21,800) 2015-2016
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
-Ruth Strickland Memorial Fellowship ($500) 2015
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
-National Board of Visitors, 2014
Literacy Culture & Language Education Representative
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
-Travel Award ($500) 2014
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
-Educational Opportunity Fellowship ($1500) 2013-2014
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
-Ruth Strickland Memorial Fellowship, ($16,650) 2013
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
-Travel Award ($500) 2013
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
-Cultural Diversity Grant ($500) 2013
National Council of Teachers of English
-Educational Opportunity Fellowship ($1,500) 2012-2013
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
-Isabel Craig Memorial Scholarship ($1,447) 2012-2013
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
-Ruth Strickland Memorial Fellowship ($1,035) 2012-2013
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
-Big Ideas Fest Scholarship ($500) 2012
Big Ideas Fest Scholarship Committee
San Francisco, California
-Leo and Jean Fay Fellowship ($14,901) 2011-2012
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
-Who’s Who Among American Business Professionals 2010
-Lilly Teaching Scholarship ($500) 2007, 2009
Indianapolis Public Schools, Indianapolis, Indiana
-Minority Journalism Scholarship ($2,000) 2000
Eastern New Mexico University
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Manuscript Reviewer
American Educational Research Association 2015
• Reviewed paper and panel session manuscripts for the
Spirituality & Education Special Interest Group section.
Midwestern Regional Conference of the Comparative 2014
International Education Society
• Reviewed paper, poster and round table session manuscripts.
Working Papers in Literacy, Culture & Language Education 2013
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
• Reviewed literature reviews and research manuscripts.
National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) 2013-2014
21st Century Literacies Committee
NCTE Conference, Boston, Massachusetts
• Collaborated with others on 2014 Council on English Education
Conference theme.
Grant writer
Indianapolis Public Schools, Indianapolis, Indiana 2004-2007
-Collaborated with others on various grants:
• 11th grade field trip to Conner Prairie
• 7th grade field trip to Indiana Reparatory Theater
• 8th grade field trips to IMAX theater and Indiana State Museum
• Keep Indianapolis Beautiful Mini-PIE grant
• U.S. Department of Education Federal Technology grant (multi-million dollar).
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
Freshman Learning Community Advisory Council 2015-present
Indiana University Kokomo
• Invited
• Collaborated with other faculty in facilitating FLC courses and working on methods for continual improvement
Accreditation Team Member 2015-present
School of Education, Indiana University Kokomo
• Collaborated on the collection of data and writing of plans for Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP).
•Reviewed ELA Metastandards for correlation to SPA and IDOE standards.
•Collaborated on Metastandard 5 for self study.
School of Education, Indiana University Bloomington 2014
• Collaborated on collecting and entering data for Specialized Professional Associations (SPAs) accreditation process.
Education Student Advisory Council Faculty Sponsor 2015-2016
School of Education, Indiana University Kokomo
• Collaborated with faculty and students on university and
Community service learning projects.
• Served as an urban educator voice and mentor for School of Education students.
Undergraduate Scholarships Committee Member 2014
School of Education, Indiana University Bloomington
• Reviewed undergraduate scholarship applications.
• Collaborated with others for accepting scholarship applications.
Faculty sponsor for IACTE Statehouse trip 2017
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Car-line Assistant at Central Christian Academy 2016-2017
• Aided teachers in morning car line.
Mentor for Beginning Teacher at Central Christian Academy 2015 – 2016
• Mentoring in lesson planning, curriculum development, classroom
management
International Students Program Host 2012-present
International Host Program, Indianapolis University-Purdue University Indianapolis
• Mentoring and pairing with international students.
• Host holiday/traditional gatherings with students.
Sponsor, 6th Grade Reading Club 2011-2012
Central Christian Academy, Indianapolis, Indiana
• Mentored 6th grade students in reading and writing practices related to their lives and background experiences.
• Used young adult literature to extend reading to hands-on activities.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
• Blue Key Honor Society (lifelong)
•Indiana State Reading Association (ISRA)
•International Conference of Qualitative Research (ICQR)
•International Literacy Association (ILA)
•Latina Researchers Network (LRN)
• National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
• National Council of Teachers of English Assembly for Research (NCTEAR)
CONFERENCES ATTENDED
• Indiana Latino Institute, November 2016
CERTIFICATIONS
• Indiana Professional Educator license – English, grades 5-12
• Indiana State Mentor