Faculty Vita

Christine Leland, ED.D.

Academic Degrees

Professional Experience

Faculty Teaching

Selected Publications

(* = refereed)

*Lewison, M., Leland, C., Flint, A. S., & Möller, K. (in press). Dangerous discourses: Using controversial books and conversations to support diversity and difference. The New Advocate.

*Harste. J., Leland, C., & Jackson, C. (in press). Little Red Riding Hood goes to college: Inviting the language of critique in teacher education. In J. Hoffman, D. Schallert, C. Fairbanks, and J. Worthy (Eds.), Fifty-first Yearbook of the National Reading Conference, Chicago, IL: National Reading Conference.

Lewison, M. & Leland, C. (in press). Critical literacy. In B. Guzzetti (Ed.), Literacy in America: An encyclopedia. New York: ABC.

*Leland, C. & Kasten, W. (January, 2002). Literacy education for the 21st century: It's time to close the factory. Reading and Writing Quarterly, 18(1), 5-15.

*Leland, C., & Harste, J. (2001). “That’s not fair!” Critical literacy as unlimited semiosis. The Australian Journal of Literacy and Language, 24(3), 208-219.

Flint, A. S., Leland, C., Patterson, B., Hoffman, J., Sailors, M., Mast, M., & Assaf, L. C. (2001). “I’m still figuring out how to do this teaching thing”: A cross-site analysis of reading preparation programs on beginning teachers’ instructional practices and decisions. In C. Roller (Ed.), Learning to teach reading: Setting the research agenda (pp. 100-118). Newark, DE: International Reading Association.

Indiana Study Group. (2001). School reform: Needed conversations. In J. Cumming and C. Wyatt-Smith (Eds.), Literacy and the curriculum: Success in senior secondary schooling (pp. 182-190). Melbourne, Australia: Acer Press. [Indiana Study Group members who worked on this project (alphabetical order): Cynthia Brabson, Beth Berghoff, Pat Tefft Cousin, Jerome Harste, Christine Leland, and Mitzi Lewison]

*Leland, C., Harste, J., Jackson, C., & Youssef, O. (2001). Making teacher education critical. In J. Hoffman, D. Schallert, C. Fairbanks, J. Worthy, and B. Maloch (Eds.), Fiftieth Yearbook of the National Reading Conference, Chicago, IL: National Reading Conference.

*Harste, J. & Leland, C. (Winter, 2000). The discus thrower: The reading of literature as a metaphor for curricular reform. The New Advocate, 13 (1), 61-69.

*Indiana Study Group. (2000). Making curriculum critical (Themed issue of Primary Voices). Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English. [Indiana Study Group members who worked on this project (alphabetical order): Beth Berghoff, Jerome Harste, Amy Seely Flint, Christine Leland, Mitzi Lewison]

Leland, C., Harste, J., & Helt, C. (2000). Multiple ways of knowing: Lessons from a blue guitar. In M. Gallego & S. Hollingsworth (Eds.), Challenging a single standard: Multiple perspectives on literacy (pp. 106-117). New York: Teachers College Press.

*Leland, C., & Harste, J. (2000 A). Critical literacy: Enlarging the space of the possible. Primary Voices, 9(2), 3-7.

*Lewison, M., Leland, C., & Harste, J. (2000). "Not in my classroom!” The case for using multiple perspective books with children. Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, 23(1), 8-20.

*Harste, J. & Leland, C. (1998). No quick fix: Education as inquiry. Reading Research & Instruction, 37 (3), 191-205.

*Leland, C., Harste, J., & Youssef, O. (1997). Teacher education and critical literacy. In C. Kinzer, K. Hinchman & D. Leu (Eds.), Inquiries in literacy theory and practice (pp. 385-396). Chicago, IL: The National Reading Conference.

Funded Projects

2002 Creative Pathways to Peace Grant Award ($25,000)

2000 IUPUI Grant-in-Aid for Research ($3,000)

2000 Overseas Conference Fund Award, Indiana University ($900)

2000 IUPUI Honors Department Research Fellowship ($2,000)

1999 Indiana Reading Corps Tutor Training Grant ($3,000)

1998 IUPUI General Education Fund ($5,000)

1997 International Projects and Activities Grant, Indiana University ($750)

1996-98 Spencer Foundation Grant ($30,000)

1995-97 RITE (Research in Teacher Education) Grant, Indiana University ($20,000)

1994 NET-Service Learning Grant, IUPUI ($6,000)

1994 Student Undergraduate Research Grant, IUPUI ($1,500)

1994 Indiana University Inter-Campus Research Grant ($8,330)

1994 Overseas Conference Fund Award, Indiana University ($800)

1993 Indiana University Inter-Campus Research Grant ($6,000)

1993 Faculty Forum Grant, IUPUI ($1,000)

1992 Faculty Development Grant, IUPUI ($250)

1992 Overseas Conference Fund Award, Indiana University ($600)

1987 Durrell, Cooper, and Crossley Research Scholarship, New England Reading Association ($1,500)

1986-87 International Reading Association Fellowship ($10,000)

Current Professional and Academic Association Memberships

American Educational Research Association

Indiana State Reading Association

Indianapolis Area Reading Council

International Reading Association

National Council of Teachers of English

National Reading Conference

Whole Language Umbrella

Australian Literacy Educator's Association

Conference Presentations

(*=refereed)

International

2001, July. The quilt maker’s gift: Critical literacy, the arts and curriculum. Keynote address with J. Harste at the Fifth Latin American Conference on Literacy, QUITO, ECUADOR.

2001, July. Critical Literacy and Teacher Education. Presentation at the Fifth Latin American Conference on Literacy, QUITO, ECUADOR.

*2000, July. "Is this appropriate for children?" Literature that supports a critical perspective. Roundtable discussion at the 18th World Congress on Reading, AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND.

*1998, July. Reforming Schools: Education as Inquiry. Presentation at the 17th World Congress on Reading, OCHO RIOS, JAMAICA.

1998, March. The Role of Oral Language in Literacy Development. Invited talk at the Institute of Education, University of the South Pacific, SUVA, FIJI.

*1996, July. Valuing diversity through multiple ways of knowing. Presentation at 16th World Congress on Reading, PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC.

*2002, March. Critical literacy, the arts and curriculum. Presentation at the

National (Selected)

*2002, March. Critical literacy, the arts and curriculum. Presentation at the Council of Teachers of English Spring Conference, Portland, OR. *2001, December. Little Red Riding Hood goes to college: Inviting the language of critique in teacher education. Presentation at the National Reading Conference, San Antonio, TX.

*2001, Nov. Critical literacy in the classroom: A hands on experience. Presentation at the National Council of Teachers of English annual convention, Baltimore, MD. (Presentation included 5 undergraduates and 1 graduate student.

2001, April. Making teacher education critical. Perspectives on critical literacy. Institute at the annual convention of the International Reading Association, New Orleans, LA.

*2001, March. Putting a critical edge on inquiry-based learning. Presentation at the National Council of Teachers of Reading Spring Conference, Birmingham, AL. (Presentation included 4 undergraduates.)

*2000, December. Teacher Education and Critical Literacy. Presentation at the National Reading Conference, Scottsdale, AZ.

*2000, Nov. Is this appropriate for children? Bringing realistic social issues into the classroom. Presentation at the National Council of Teachers of English annual conference, Milwaukee, WI. (Presentation included 5 undergraduates and 1 graduate student.)

*2000, Nov. Can cross-age interaction create enthusiastic readers?. Presentation at the National Council of Teachers of English annual conference, Milwaukee, WI. (Presentation included 2 undergraduates.)

2000, Nov. Making curriculum matter: Classroom excursions in critical literacy. Institute at the National Council of Teachers of English annual conference, Milwaukee, WI. (Presentation included 5 undergraduates and 1 graduate student.)

Service/Outreach Projects

(selected)

International

Australian Literacy Educators' Association 2000- Member, Editorial Review Board, Australian Journal of Language and Literacy.

International Reading Association

2002- Member, Critical Perspectives on Literacy Committee

1999- Member, Commission on Excellence in Preparing Preservice Teachers to Teach Reading

1995-97 Chair, Newspaper in Education Committee

National

National Reading Conference

2001- Member, Editorial Board, NRC Yearbook

1996 Proposal reviewer

State

Indiana State Reading Association

1995-96 Chair, Hospitality Committee

Indiana Professional Standards Board

1997-98 Member, English/ Language Arts Advisory Group Edit Team

Indianapolis Public Schools

2001-2002 Member, Beginning Teacher Internship Program Task Force

2001-2002 Literacy consultant for IPS Farrington Middle School

Honors/Awards

2002 Trustees’ Teaching Award, Indiana University

2000 TERA (Indiana University Teaching Excellence Recognition Award)

1999 TERA

1998 TERA

1997 TERA

1986 Phi Delta Kappa Honor Society Pi Lambda Theta Honor Society

1985 Elizabeth Sylvester Memorial Scholarship Award, Boston University

1984-86 International Reading Association Doctoral Fellowship Award