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BRETT ELIZABETH BLAKE

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CURRICULUM VITAE

CURRENT POSITION

9/01-Present

ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY, Queens, NY

2001-Present. Professor, Department of Education Specialties and Senior Research Fellow, The Vincentian Center for Social Justice and Poverty.

2017 Coordinator, Masters Degree Literacy Programs. Charged with reviewing and scheduling course offerings and assignments, maintain integrity of programs; provide presence and visibility for recruitment; advise junior faculty members in literacy department.

(2003-2005). Associate Chairperson, Department of Early Childhood, Childhood, and Adolescent Education: Charged with observing and evaluating the teaching performance of adjunct faculty, reviewing scheduling and course assignments with Chairperson and maintaining visibility and integrity of department as well as performing other duties as prescribed by the Chairperson.

(2001-2010) Coordinator, Graduate Adolescent Education Programs, Department of Early Childhood, Childhood, and Adolescent Education. Charged with maintaining integrity of secondary programs (largest programs in School of Education); recruitment and advisement for programs; revision of programs commensurate with New York State regulations and requirements.

MAJOR AREAS OF RESEARCH AND TEACHING EXPERTISE

Writing across the curriculum, applied/socio linguistics, English as a Second language (ESL), urban education, adolescent education, first and second language acquisition, literacy to achieve social justice and equity among diverse learners (especially writing development and processes across content areas, methods, and alternative pedagogies); literacy and gender, ethnographic and feminist-based research methodologies.

EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO, Chicago, IL;

Ph.D. Curriculum and Instruction.

Dissertation title: Multiple voices: Critical struggles through writing among low

income, fifth grade urban girls.

Major advisors: Professor Christine C. Pappas and William Ayers

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, Evanston, IL;

M.A. Linguistics. Thesis title: The whole language philosophy at work in a third grade English as a Second language classroom: An ethnographic study.

Major advisor: Professor Joan G. Carson.

STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT STONY BROOK, NY;

B.A. French.

Minor field: Anthropology.

Major advisor: Professor Oscar C. Haac

LA SORBONNE, Paris, France;

Diplome Superieure: French Art & Literature 17th-20centuries.

PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS:

Wu, Y., & Blake, B.E. (2018, Forthcoming). Autoethnography in teacher education: A global perspective. New York, NY: Springer: Amsterdam/NY.

Blake, R.W. with Blake, B.E. (2017, Forthcoming). Literacy: Strategies for successful teaching and learning in the classroom: 1970-Present. New York, NY: Peter Lang Publishing.

Blake, R.W., Jr. & Blake, B.E. ( 2012). Becoming a teacher: Using narrative as reflective practice. A cross-disciplinary approach. New York, NY: Peter Lang Publishing.

Dunn, R. & Blake, B.E., (Eds)., (2007). Teaching all children to read. Latham, MD: Rowman/Littlefield.

Reutzel, R., Cooter, & Blake, B.E. (Contributor). ( 2007). Teaching children to read. The teacher’s the answer. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall.

Sinatra, R., Blake, B.E., Guastello, F. & Robertson, J. (2006). Engaging readers and writers in reflective and authentic literacy practices. Norwood, MA: Christopher-Gordon Publishers.

Blake, B.E. & Blake, R.W. (2005). Literacy Primer. New York: Peter Lang Publishing.

Blake, B.E. (2004). A culture of refusal: The lives and literacies of out of school adolescents. New York, NY: Peter Lang.

Blake, B.E. & Blake, R.W. (2002). Literacy learning: A reference handbook. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO.

Blake, B.E. (1997). She say, he say: Urban girls write their lives. Albany, NY: State University at New York Press.

REFEREED ARTICLES:

Wu, Y. & Blake, B.E. (2017, Accepted, Forthcoming). University English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers’ beliefs on learner autonomy: A cross-cultural study. Qualitative Research: Emerald Publishing.

Varuzza, M., Sinatra, R.C., Eschenauer, R., & Blake, B.E. (2014). The relationship between English language arts teachers’ use of instructional strategies and young adolecents’ reading motivation, engagement, and preferences. Journal of Education and Learning, 3, #2, 108-129.

Blake, B.E. & Sinatra, R.C. (2005). The 6Rs approach: Developing critical writers among poor, urban students in a summer literacy program. The Language and Literacy Spectrum, 15, 62-79.

Blake, B.E. (2001). Fruit of the devil: Writing and English Language Learners. Language Arts, 78, 5, 435-441.

Blake, B.E (1998). 'Critical' reader response in an urban classroom: Creating cultural texts to engage diverse readers. Theory into Practice, 37, 238-243.

Blake, B.E. (1995). Doing number 5: From process to cultural texts in an urban writing classroom. Language Arts, 72, 396-404.

Blake, B.E. (1995). Broken silences: Writing and the construction of cultural texts' by urban, pre-adolescent girls. Journal of Educational Thought, 29, 165-180.

Blake, B.E. (1995). Women's literature and voice: Implications for girls' writing in the classroom. The Language and Literacy Spectrum, 5, 57-60.

Blake, B.E. (1992). Talk in non-native and native English speakers' peer writing conferences: What's the difference? Language Arts, 69, 604-610.

BOOK CHAPTERS/BOOK FEATURES CONTRIBUTOR/GUEST EDITORSHIPS/LETTERS TO EDITOR

Blake, B.E. (2017, Forthcoming). ‘The Jungle:’ Adolescent refugees in France and experiential learning. To appear in: Steinberg, S., Down, B., & Nix-Stevenson, D. (Eds). The SAGE Handbook of Critical Pedagogies. Sage Publishing, UK.

Spiridakis, J. & Blake, B.E. (2017, Forthcoming). Translanguaging. To appear in: Liontas, John, I. (Ed). The TESOL Encyclopedia of English Language Teaching.

Blake, B.E. (February, 2017). A look at other side of long-term nursing care. In: The Democrat & Chronicle, Gannett Publishing, Rochester, NY.

Wu, Y. & Blake, B.E. (2017). Becoming a transformative teacher-researcher: An autoethnography of a Chinese visiting scholar in New York. In: Li, Y. (2016). Chinese experiences studying in American: One hundred and seventy years of cross-cultural learning. New York: The Society for Chinese-American Studies.

Blake, B.E. (2017, Forthcoming). Issues in ELL education. To appear in: Thornburg, D. & Mungai, A. School reform in high need schools: Teaching the next generation.

Blake, B.E. & Blake, R.W., Jr. (2016). Theodore R. Sizer, Horace’s Compromise: The dilemma of the American high school. In DeVitis (Ed.). Curriculum in the 20th century: A reader. Peter Lang: New York.

Blake, B.E. (2016). A broken arch, a broken bridge, and a broken promise: Using Kincheloe’s critical pedagogy concepts to teach about race in an urban graduate school classroom. In: Agnello, M.F. &Reynolds, W.M. (Eds). Practicing critical pedagogy: The influences of Joe L. Kincheloe. Springer: London.

Blake, B.E. (2015). Mothers aren’t the problem. Letter to the Editor. The New York Times.

Nayan, R. and Blake, B.E. (2014). From a culture of refusal to a culture of renewal: Criticalizing Muslim middle school girls’ lives through writing. In Ibrahim, A & Steinberg, S (Eds). The critical youth studies reader. Peter Lang Publishing, New York.

Blake, B.E. (2010). Culture of refusal: Theoretical directions for “multiply-marginalized” adolescent development. In DeVitis & Devitis (Ed.). Adolescent reader. Peter Lang Publishing: New York.

Blake, B.E. (2007). Discourse(s) of local literacy practices in adolescent jail classrooms: Cultural mediation through critical race theory. In Brown, II, M. Christopher, (Ed.). Still not equal: Expanding educational opportunity in society. Peter Lang Publishing: New York.

Blake, B.E. (2007) Disabilities in juvenile correction facilities. Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties. (Guest Editorship).

Blake, B.E. (2006). The mayor’s a real New Yorker now. Letter to the Editor, The New York Times.

Blake, B.E. Using portfolios with English language learners. (2002). In Cohen,J. &Weiner, R. Literacy portfolios: Using assessment to guide instruction. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill/Prentice Hall.

Blake, B.E. (1990). Whole language at work in an urban ESL classroom. In: Blake, R.W. Whole language: Positions and pedagogy. Urbana, IL: NCTE.

BOOK REVIEWS:

(2013) (Invited). “Teaching Matters: Stories from Inside City Schools.” In: Educational Review. Newark, DE: University of DE Press.

BOOK ENDORSEMENTS:

(Invited). Tilley-Lubbs, G. (2017). Critical autoethnography and spiritual discovery. Toronto: Sense Publishers.

(Invited). Spatig, L. & Amerikaner, L. (2014). Thinking Outside the Girl Box: Teaming Up with Resilient Youth in Appalachia. Columbus, OH: Ohio University Press.

(Invited). Guha, S. (2013). Today’s Youth, Tomorrow’s Leaders: How Parents and Educators can Influence and Guide the Learning Process. MD: Rowman & Littlefield.

INTERNATIONAL PRESENTATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Blake, B.E. (2017, October). Invited Plenary Speaker/Organizing Committee Member, Scholarship Committee. The 9th Annual International Institute for Critical Pedagogy and Transformative Leadership Conference, Turin, Italy.

Blake, B.E. (2017, July). Session Organizer. XIX International Sociological Association of Sociology, Toronto.

Blake, B.E. & Steinberg, S. (2017). Experiences with L2 immigrants: Literacies in the world as primary, and in the word, as secondary. Roundtable presentation at: The Spring 2017 Conference on LEP and the Perceived Identities of Immigrant Children. University of Paris 3, Sorbonne Nouvelle.

Blake. B.E. (2017). Invited Plenary Speaker. Immigrants and Refugees in Community Spaces. The University of the West of Scotland, Glasgow.

Blake, B.E. (2016, October). Invited Plenary Speaker. The Annual International Institute for Critical Pedagogy and Transformative Leadership Conference, in conjunction with The Centre of Research in Theories and Practices that Overcome Inequalities at the University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.

Blake, B.E. & Wu, Y. (2016, Accepted, Did Not Attend Due to Lack Of Funding). Using critical ethnography to examine urban U.S. teachers’ decision-making choices in a pre-service university classroom. Paper to be presented at the European Conference on Educational Research (ECER), Dublin, Ireland.

Blake, B.E. (2016, July). Trans-languaging as pedagogy and practice among Muslim immigrant students in urban U.S. classrooms: Toward social cohesion or social inequality? Paper to be presented at the 3rd International Sociological Association Forum, Vienna, Austria.

Blake, B.E. (2015). Revisiting Freire’s ‘Trilogy of pedagogies’ through U.S. Muslim immigrant students’ narrative. Paper presented at the European Conference on Educational Research (ECER), Budapest, Hungary.

Blake, B.E. (2015). Invited Plenary Speaker. The Annual International Institute for Critical Pedagogy and Transformative Leadership Conference, Cadiz, Spain.

Blake, B.E. (2014). Invited Plenary Speaker. The Annual International Institute for Critical Pedagogy and Transformative Leadership Conference, Chihuahua, Mexico.

Blake, B.E. (2013). Invited Plenary Speaker. The Annual International Institute for Critical Pedagogy and Transformative Leadership Conference, Malta.

Blake, B.E. (2012). Invited Plenary Speaker and Founding Board Member. Critical Pedagogy World Conference, Noto, Sicily.

Blake, B.E. (2012). Invited Chair. Panel session, Transformative resistance: Learning to teach for social justice and equity. AERA annual meeting, Vancouver, Canada.

Blake, B.E. (2011, October). Invited Plenary Speaker, Critical Pedagogy World Conference, Korinthos, Greece.

Blake, B.E. (2010, November). Invited Plenary Speaker, Issues of Social Justice to Create a Global Network, the Paulo and Nita Freire International Project for Critical Pedagogy. Granada, Spain.

Blake, B.E. & Blake, R.W. (2010, November). The discourse of literacy and linguistic practices in U.S. urban classrooms: Cultural mediation through critical race theory. Paper accepted to be presented at the International of Education and Development, Madrid, Spain. Did not attend due to lack of funding).

Blake, B.E. & Blake, R.W. (2010, July). Language and Identity in Urban U.S. Education. World Congress of Sociology, Gothenburg, Sweden. (did not attend due to lack of funding)

Blake, B.E. (2010, July). The discourse of urban literacy practices in the U.S.: Cultural mediation through critical race theory. International conference on education and society, Paris. (did not attend due to lack of funding)

Blake, B.E. & Blake, R.W. (2008, September). Social justice through critical literacy: Examining language and literacy acquisition patterns of urban adolescents in the U.S.A. Paper presented at the World Forum of Sociology, Barcelona, Spain.

Blake, B.E., Robertson, J.M., & Blake, R.W. (2007, August). Language acquisition and the early literacy learner. Paper accepted for presentation at the 22nd World Congress on Reading, International Reading Association, Berlin, Germany. (did not attend due to lack of funding).

Blake, B.E & Robertson, J.M. (2005, July). Closing the gap: Teaching poetry, drama, and craft writing to culturally and linguistically diverse populations. Poster session presented at the Annual United Kingdom Literacy Association Conference, Bath, UK.

Blake, B.E. (2004). Using out-of-school literacies to teach poetry. Paper presented at the Annual United Kingdom Literacy Association Conference, Manchester, UK.

Blake, B.E. (2002). Developing the literacies of diverse learners: Learning through interaction. Paper presented at the Annual United Kingdom Reading Association Conference, Chester, UK.

Blake, B.E. & Blake, R.W. (2001). Reading literature: A powerful way of knowing. Paper presented at the 12th European Conference on Reading, Dublin, Ireland.

Blake, B.E. & Blake, R.W. (2001). Using classroom reader response strategies for learners to reflect critically upon their language and literacy. Paper presented at the Annual United Kingdom Reading Association Conference, Canterbury, UK.

Blake, B.E., S. Cunnane, I. Negron-Francais, K. Portales (August, 2000). The standards and English language learners: Effective classroom strategies for the global classroom. Workshop presented with TESOL graduate students at the Fourth International Conference for Global Conversations on Language and Literacy, The University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.

Blake, B.E. & R.W. Blake (1999, November). Standards, reform, and ESL students in

America: Forming a more coherent theory of practice in language teacher education? Paper presented at the 7th Symposium for Language Teacher Education, The University of Edinburgh, Institute for Applied Language Studies.

NATIONAL PRESENTATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Blake, B.E. (2014). Developing Freire’s pedagogies in Muslim urban girls’ classrooms. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association’s (AERA) Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.

Blake, B.E. (2013). Invited. Chair. Academic achievement disparities. American Educational Research Association’s (AERA) Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA.

Blake, B.E. (2013). Invited Journal Talk—Taboo: The journal of culture and education. American Educational Research Association’s (AERA) Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA.

Blake, B.E. (2012). Invited Chair. Transformative resistance: Learning to teach for social justice and equity. American Educational Research Association’s (AERA) Annual Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Blake, B.E. (2008) Invited Chair. Believe the hype: Popular culture does exist in the urban classroom. Paper presented at the Annual National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX.

Blake, B.E. & Robertson, J.M. (2007). Deconstructing ‘teacher quality’: Where’s the evidence? Paper presented at the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) annual conference, New York, NY.

Blake, B.E. (2007). Developing the literacies of incarcerated adolescents with or without learning disabilities: Fostering academic success through reading and writing strategies. Paper presented at the 16th Annual World Congress on Learning Disabilities (LDW), Boston, MA.

Blake, B.E. & Robertson, J.M. (2007). Burning the village: Deconstructing the ‘evidence’ about teacher quality. Paper presented at the 3rd International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Urbana, IL.

Blake, B.E. (2007). Invited Discussant. Challenges of difference: Moving among and within communities. Annual American Education Research Association (AERA), Chicago.

Blake, B.E., (2006). Teaching Informational Writing to English Language Learners. Paper presented at the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Annual Conference, Nashville, TN.

Blake, B.E. (2006). Local Literacies and Hip Hop among incarcerated youth. Paper presented at part of the symposium, Hip Hop and Narrative. Kincheloe, J. & McLaren, P., Discussants at the Annual American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Francisco.

Blake, B.E., Robertson, J.M., & Blake, R.W. (2005) Creating and composing: Teaching poetic and informational writing, 1-8. Paper *presented at the International Reading Association’s Southeast Regional Conference, New Orleans, LA. (*Cancelled due to hurricane Katrina)

Blake, B.E. (April, 2003). The discourse(s) of local literacy practices in adolescent jail classrooms: Cultural mediation through critical race theory. Paper presented as part of the symposium, Educationese vs. the art of the contact zone: How current educational discourse interrupts diverse dialogue. Kincheloe, J. & Steinberg, S. Discusssants at the Annual American Educational Research Association (AERA), Chicago.

Blake, B.E. (April, 2002). Using critical race theory to find “value” in incarcerated youth’s local literacies. Paper presented at the Annual American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.

Blake, B.E. (November, 2001). Invited Chair.

Redefining secondary reading. Paper presented at the Annual National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD.

Blake, B.E. (April, 2001). A narrative of one’s own: Perspectives on using personal theories to link theory to practice in science education. Paper presented as part of symposium, Constructing personal theories and professional stances of teaching science at the Annual American Educational Research Association (AERA), Seattle, WA.

Blake, B.E. (April, 2000). A culture of refusal: The lives and literacies of incarcerated adolescents. Paper presented at the American Educational Research (AERA) conference, New Orleans, LA.

Blake, B.E. & L.M. O'Brien (1999, April). Exploring female teacher educators, lives and work through narrative: Perspectives on research for the 21st century. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Conference, Montreal.

Blake, B.E. & L.M. O'Brien (1999, January). Collaboration and women's oral histories: Struggles and successes. Paper presented at the Annual Conference on Qualitative Research, The University of Georgia, Athens.

Blake, B.E. & L. M. O'Brien (1998, April).

Women educators talk about the intersections of their personal and professional lives. Paper presented as part of roundtable symposium, "Personal and Political Narratives," at the American Educational Research Conference Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.

Blake, B.E. (1997, December).

Poetry: Writing and the construction of voice. Paper presented as part of panel symposium, “The language of literacy in the special needs classroom," at the National Reading Conference Annual Conference, Scottsdale, AZ.

Blake, B.E. (1997, December). Co-Facilitator.

Poetry, students with special needs, and other topics. Roundtable discussion conducted as part of "Birds of a Feather Session," at the National Reading Conference Annual Conference, Scottsdale, AZ.

Blake, B.E. (1996, December).

Responses in the Urban Classroom: Exploring an Alternative Moral Framework. Paper presented as part of panel symposium, "Assessing moral responses to stories among diverse students: Implications for reader response theory," at the National Reading Conference, Charleston, SC.

Blake, B.E. (1996, November). Associate Chair.

ESL/EFL conversations for the 21st century. Paper presented at the National Conference of the National Council of Teachers of English, Chicago, IL.

Blake, B.E. (1996, April).

Modeling responses to the cultural texts of urban writers: What is an ethical, pedagogical response? Paper presented as part of symposium, "Ethical dimensions of classroom/community research," at the American Educational Research Association National Conference, New York, NY.

Blake, B.E. (1995, November.) Chair and Speaker.

Response in the Urban Classroom: The importance of Cultural Texts. Paper presented as part of panel session, "Exploring Reader Response to Literature across Diverse Community Settings: Issues for the Elementary Classroom," at the National Conference of Teachers of English National Conference, San Diego, CA.

Blake, B.E. (1995, April).

Becoming critical: The importance of modeling responses to the ,cultural texts' of urban fifth-grade Latino and African American writers. (Division G). Paper presented as part of symposium, "Bridging in and out- school curriculum to promote cultural literacy," at the American Educational Research Association National Conference, San Francisco, CA.

Blake, B.E. (1994, November).

Creating cultural texts among fifth-grade Latinos. Paper presented as part of symposium, "Writing and Latino learners: Learning to mean in three urban classrooms," at the National Reading Conference, San Diego, CA.

Blake, B.E. & Rassel, M. (1994). Consultants.

Community and camaraderie: Teacher/researcher collaboration in an urban writing classroom. A conversation about school/university collaboration.

Paper presented at the National Council of Teachers of English Spring Conference, Portland, OR.

Blake, B.E. (1993, November). Discussion leader.

Developing the language of voice: Urban, non-mainstream girls, voice through writing. Paper presented at National Council of Teachers of English National Conference, Pittsburg, PA.

Blake, B.E. (1993, April).

The nature of fifth-grade non-mainstream girls' writing development in an urban classroom: An ethnographic study. (Division C). Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association National Conference, Atlanta, GA.

Blake, B.E. (1993, March). Session Coordinator.

Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice: Fifth Grade Bilingual Girls' Gender Experiences in Writer's Workshops. Paper presented at the National Council of Teachers of English Spring Conference, Richmond, VA.

Blake, B.E. & M.M. Mulhern (1992, November).

Teachers' Attempts at implementing the Writing Process Approach in an ESL Classroom: Process or Product? Paper presented at the National Council of Teachers of English National Conference, Louisville, KY. (This paper was fully co-authored).

Mulhern, M.M & Blake, B.E. (1991, December).

Implementing and Developing a Writing Process Approach in a Mexican

American Literacy Project: A Struggle on Three Levels. Paper presented at the National Reading Conference, Palm Springs, CA. (This paper was fully co-authored)

NEW YORK STATE/REGIONAL PRESENTATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Blake, B.E. (December, 2010). Urban middle school ELLs write using the multiple literacies of their lives. Maryland TESOL, Annual Conference, Towson, MD.

Blake, B.E. (October, 2009). Organizer and Speaker. Urban middle school students write. Sixth Biennial Poverty Conference, Extreme wealth and poverty and the virtue of enough, The Vincentian Center, St. John’s University.

Blake, B.E. (November, 2007). Social justice through critical literacy: Examining the lives and literacies of incarcerated adolescents. Paper presented at (NYSEC) Annual Conference, New York, NY

Blake, B.E. (November, 2004). Raising test scores through effective literacy teaching. Paper presented at the New York State Reading Association (NYSRA) Annual Conference, Saratoga Springs, NY.

Blake, B.E. (October, 2004). Transforming literacy: New directions, new approaches. Paper presented at the New York State English Council’s (NYSEC) Annual Conference, Albany, NY.

Blake, B.E. (November, 2002). The local literacies of incarcerated and migrant ELLs: Implications for the ESL classroom. Paper presented at the Annual New York State Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Conference, Saratoga Springs, NY.

Blake, B.E. (November, 2002). Developing the local literacies of diverse learners: Creating cultural texts in the literacy classroom. Paper presented at the Annual New York State Reading Association Conference, New York, NY.

Blake, B.E. (February, 2000). Fruit of the devil: The lives and literacies of ELL's in jails and in migrant camps. Paper presented at the 2000 Applied Linguistics Winter Conference, the CUNY Research Institute for the study of language in urban society, Borough of Manhattan Community College.

Blake, B. E. , Kogan, E., Mungai, A., Sadovnik, A., & D. Snauwaert. (1999, December). Equity and excellence in teacher and K-12 education: Questions from University-based teacher educators. Workshop presented at The Center for the study of expertise in teaching and learning (CSETL) Annual conference, Adelphi University.

Galliher, J.. & B.E. Blake. (1999, November) State standards, teaching strategies and assessment.. Workshop presented at the New York State Annual Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) Annual conference, Melville, NY.

Blake, R.W., Denniston, K. , & B.E. Blake. (1999, October). Discussant.

Constructing personal theories of teaching science: Female elementary education majors and their struggles between theory and practice at the Annual Research on Women in Education conference, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY.

Blake, B.E. (1999, October). A culture of refusal: The lives and literacies of incarcerated youth. Paper presented as part of symposium, "Cultural contexts and perceptions of violence" at Annual Children, Culture, and Violence conference, Adelphi University/Teachers College, NY.

Blake, B.E., S. Cunnane State, I. Negron Francais, K. Portales, & N. Subanrat. (1999, October). Investing in the standards: Hands on lessons, K-12. Workshop demonstration with TESOL graduate students at the annual New York TESOL conference, Melville, NY.

TEACHING AND PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE

Certification: New York State, ESL, K-12

9/09-12/15 NEW YORK BOARD OF EDUCATION PRIVATE SCHOOLS CONSORTIUM, Catapult Learning, Inc. Staff Consultant. Created and implemented workshops with common core focus in private schools K-12, New York, NY.

2/02-6/06 BROWN UNIVERSITY, The Education Alliance, New York, NY

Staff Consultant

Designed and conducted workshops exploring questions of effective methods for teams of teachers working with English language learners across content areas. Conducted district wide assessments; produced training materials, including print and video.

3/03-6/04 FREEPORT SCHOOL DISTRICT, Freeport, NY

Teacher/Consultant.

Designed lessons to teach to 3rd grade students (99% minority and/or second language learning) particularly around writing and writing in the content area in preparation for state exams. (Note: Subsequent test scores on NYS ELA 4th grade exam rose noticeably).

9/98-9/01 ADELPHI UNIVERSITY, Garden City, NY

Associate Professor of TESOL and Literacy

Taught graduate courses across 3 departments and disciplines (Education, English, and Anthropology), Chaired University and department-wide committees, designed criteria for program review; re-wrote program curricula for New York State review; advisement of students, designed and implemented federally-funded grants, including Title VII and Gear-up.

8/94-8/98 NAZARETH COLLEGE, Rochester, NY

Assistant Professor of TESOL and Director of Graduate Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Program.

Developed curriculum, hired and supervised adjunct faculty members, student advisement, coordinated master's thesis comprehensive examinations, supervised student teachers, developed and placed student interns in alternative settings, maintained and enriched program requirements for State approved program, developed and updated

TESOL curriculum library, committee membership and leadership, and Chaired university-wide elections committee.

6/93-8/94 STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK COLLEGE AT BROCKPORT, NY.

Adjunct Faculty. Department of Education and Human Development.

Graduate Courses Taught: Gender Issues in Education, Reading and Responding to Literature, K-12.

9/91-7/94 NATIONAL LOUIS UNIVERSITY, Evanston, IL.

Adjunct Faculty. Curriculum & Instruction, Language Minority Program.

Graduate courses taught: Linguistics, Methods and Materials for ESL, Cross

Cultural Education, Cooperative Learning for the Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Student, Assessment for the Language Minority Student, Methods and Materials for the Bilingual Classroom, and Bilingualism and Reading.

1/91-6/91 THE GREAT BOOKS FOUNDATION, INC., Chicago, IL ,Consultant. Participated in curriculum implementation training sessions; observed and coded student responses to curriculum in urban schools; prepared case study.

8/90-7/92 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO. Teacher/Coordinator. Coordinated FLAME literacy program, a university sponsored, government funded, family literacy project. Responsibilities included the supervision and observation of pre

service teachers as teachers of ESL and literacy to Latino families. Also designed curriculum, developed and assessed materials and methods f or presentation in workshops, and supervised pre-and post-testing of participating children. Other responsibilities included coding testing data for SPSS program evaluation and organizing field trips and social events for participating families, and teaching adult ESL classes.

9/89-8/90 ROCHESTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS, Rochester, NY

Teacher. Created lessons and units for ESL populations in various grade levels across the school district as a permanent substitute; attended professional meetings.

ACADEMIC & SCHOLARLY AWARDS

2016. American Education Society Association (AESA). Critics’ Choice Award. Blake, B.E. & Blake, R.W. Jr. Horace’s Compromise: The Dilemma of the American High School. In Divitis, J. L. (Ed.), Popular Educational Classics. Peter Lang Publishing, New York.

2015. Zhejiang Province, China. Micro-course foreign language lecture award, First Place. “ Learning English in College.” Mentor of Yiping Wu, Research Project (interviewing our Fellows students). (Entered into National Chinese competition).

2015. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Finalist. Mentor of Jamie Cabigas, The Bronx High School for Science, Research Project, How does the diversity of adolescent students in New York City classrooms affect their self-concept?

2014. American Education Society Association ( AESA). Critics’ Choice Award.

Nayan, R. and Blake, B.E. (2014). From a culture of refusal to a culture of renewal: Criticalizing Muslim middle school girls’ lives through writing. In Ibrahim, A & Steinberg, S (Eds). The critical youth studies reader. Peter Lang Publishing, New York.

2010. American Education Society Association (AESA). Critics’ Choice Award.

Culture of refusal: Theoretical directions for “multiply-marginalized” adolescent development. In DeVitis & Devitis (Ed.). Adolescent reader. Peter Lang Publishing: New York.

2005 Awarded a Senior Research Fellowship in the Vincentian Center for Social Justice and Poverty, St. John’s University.

2003 Awarded a Vincentian Research Fellowship in the Vincentian Center for Social Justice and Poverty, St. John’s University.

2006 Nominated for Teaching Excellence Award. St. John’s University

2003-2008, 2015 Awarded Faculty Recognition Award. St. John’s University

1995 Awarded membership in Kappa Delta Phi, the National

Professional Education Honor Society.

1990-1994 Awarded a Bilingual Fellowship by the United States Department of Education.

1985 Awarded Lifetime Award in Phi Sigma Iota, the International Foreign Language Honor Society.

EDITORIAL AND EXECUTIVE BOARDS

(Current) Invited by Peer Review. Book Series Editor. International Perspectives on Adolescence and Education. Springer International Publishing, Amsterdam, The Nethlerlands.

(Current). Invited Advisory Journal Board Member. Arab World English Journal.

(Current) The Freire Critical Pedagogy World Conference and Forum. Founding Board Member/Executive Board Member/Organizing Committee Member/Scholarship Founding Member.

(Current). Science Activities. Invited Journal Editorial Board Member. Philadelphia: Routledge.

(Current). Qualitative Research Journal. Invited Guest Reviewer. Australian Academic Qualitative Journals: Sage.

Creative Approaches to Research. Invited Guest Reviewer. Australian Academic Qualitative Journals: Sage.

District 75, Office of Bilingual Services (OBS), Bilingual/ESL Task Force, Executive Board Member.

The Education Alliance at Brown University, “Partnerships for school improvement collaborative, Invited Board Member.

New York State Reading Association, Editorial Review Board, The Language and Literacy Spectrum

New York State Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Executive Board Member (expired).

SPONSORED PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS

Received External Funding: (Participated In):

Writing Development for Middle School Content Area and ELL teachers and students/St. John’s University: The PACES Program for the Archdiocese of New York. Funding Source: U.S. Department of Education and Private Donor. Renewable Award.

Literacy Instruction and Professional Development Services/St. John’s University: The ACCLAIM Program for Professional Development and Mentoring. Funding Source: New York City Board of Education and Freeport School District. 3 year award.

Gear-Up Long Island/Adelphi University. “Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate programs.” Funding Source: U.S. Department of Education. 5 year award.

District 75/Adelphi University: “The Professional Development Program in Bilingual Special Education and TESOL.” Funding Source: U.S. Department of Education. 5 year award.

Received Internal Funding:

“Language and Literacy Development among Urban Middle School Students.” Funding Source: The School of Education, St. John’s University. Summer Research Grant, 2003.

“Second Language Development among rural migrant females” Funding Source: Nazareth College Board of Trustees. 1 Year Award, Academic Year, 1995-1996.

“Incarcerated Youth and Learning: Implications for Future Teachers.” Funding Source: Nazareth College Board of Trustees. 1 year award, Academic Year, 1996-1997.

Applied for (did not receive) External Funding:

“Language and Literacy Development among Urban Middle School Adolescents: Developing instructional and support strategies that work.” Funding Source: AERA/OERI Research Grants. 2 year award

UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF EDUCATION, & DEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEE SERVICE

(Elected Member). 2016. Department of Educational Specialties Member of Personnel and Budget Committee. (P & B). Responsible for voting on committee on issues of reappointment, tenure, and promotion for consideration for the School of Education P & B Committee.

(Elected Member). (2015) Committee on Academic Fairness.

(Invited). (2009). Graduate Student Mentor, Capstone Development Project, Global Development and Social Justice Master’s Degree Program. Responsible for mentoring a graduate student in designing, researching, and writing a 50 page research project. The aim of the research project is to investigate a “development” issue or priority in the student’s country of origin so that he/she can, as an outcome, identify strategic and/or structural solutions.

(Appointed). (2006-2007) Co-Chair, TEAC National Accreditation Task Force: Charged with the rewriting of TEAC accreditation brief for full accreditation. Responsible for faculty input and understanding, organizing and conducting faculty retreats, gathering data for conducting internal audit, travel to TEAC sponsored informational events, and writing the annual report.

(Elected). (2005-2012) School of Education Representative for the University Personnel Committee: Responsible for voting with committee on issues of reappointment, tenure, promotion, and appeals.

(Elected). (2003-2005) Executive Board Member: University Faculty Association. Charged with aiding in the collective bargaining with the University for faculty contracts.

(Invited). (2005) Committee Member, University Mission Committee. Charged with participating in self-study process and writing report for Middle States Accreditation.

(Appointed). (2003-2005). Associate Chairperson, Department of Early Childhood, Childhood, and Adolescent Education: Charged with observing and evaluating the teaching performance of adjunct faculty, reviewing scheduling and course assignments with Chairperson and maintaining visibility and integrity of department as well as performing other duties as prescribed by the Chairperson.

(Appointed). (2001-2009) Coordinator, Graduate Adolescent Education Program, Department of Early Childhood, Childhood, and Adolescent Education. Charged with maintaining integrity of program; promoting program, and preparing year-end report.

(Invited). Committee Member (Various dissertation committees). Dr. Rita Dunn, Chairperson, Dr. Richard Sinatra, Chairperson

COMMUNITY SERVICE/OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES (Selected Activities)

2017 Volunteer. Utopia 56. Work with refugee students in camp and off-site. Paris, France.

2017. Outside Tenure Reviewer. City University of New York.

2016 Volunteer. Volunteer Captain. The Special Olympics of New York State. The State University of New York at Brockport, NY. Organizing and registered all volunteers throughout the weekend event.

2015 20th Annual Faculty Research Forum. Freire’s ‘Trilogy of pedagogies’ through Muslim students’ narratives in the classroom.

2014-2015 Bronx student. Sponsored and mentored High School Student from Bronx High School of Science, Research Project.

2015-2016 Chinese visiting scholar. Sponsored and mentored University English teacher from Hangzou, China, various writing projects.

2015 Mexican visiting scholar. Sponsored Mexican University Professor presentation at Faculty Forum, class visitations.

October, 2009. Panel Organizer and Speaker. Extreme Wealth , Extreme Poverty: What is Enough? The Vincentian Center’s Biennial Poverty Conference, St. John’s University.

March, 2009. Invited Speaker. “Language in Today’s Society.” The School of Education One Day University, St. John’s University.

December, 2008. Invited Moderator. “Communication is Peace.” Day-long workshop, St. John’s University Manhattan Campus.

November, 2007. Invited Panelist. Doctors without borders: Serving refugees. Dialogues on the future: Meeting the world’s people. Office of the Provost and the. Academic Lecture Series. St. John’s University.

November, 2007. Presenter. The challenges of literacy in a diverse society. University Honors Program and the Academic Lecture Series. St. John’s University

October, 2007. Invited Speaker. The right to and responsibility for education: Critical literacy as a vehicle of hope and transformation. The Vincentian Center’s Biennial Poverty Conference. St. John’s University.

August, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003. 2002 Invited Speaker. The Social Contexts of Literacy. Summer Institute, St. John’s University.

November, 2005. Keynote Speaker. Language and Literacy for Adolescent ELLs in Community College. University of Houston and Houston Community College, Houston, TX.

January, 2005, Keynote Speaker. South Street Seaport Museum Teacher as Historian Project. Region 3, New York City Public Schools.

November, 2004, Keynote Speaker. Building language, literacy and content area development for academic excellence of English Language Learners. Region 3, New York City Public Schools.

July, 2004. Coordinator/Keynote Speaker. Multidisciplinary strategies for the transitional/vocational ELL. New York citywide District 75.

May, 2004. Keynote Speaker. Literacy Strategies for the Adolescent ELL. Regional 3, New York City Public Schools.

July, 2003. Coordinator/Keynote Speaker. Strategies for Hearing Educational Services, New York Citywide District 75.

2002-Present. Invited Participant. Teacher Education Collaborative Seminars. Lincoln Center/Dr. Maxine Greene, Professor.

November, 2002. Keynote Speaker.

ESL methods, strategies, and techniques. District 75 in compliance with Jose P. Statute mandated instruction, UFT Headquarters, NYC.

August, 2002. Literacy and the English Language Learner. District 30 Summer Institute, St. John’s University, Jamaica, NY.

March, 2002. Invited Speaker. Developing connections between instruction and assessment for adolescent ELL’s in transitional programs/in standardized assessment programs. UFT Headquarters, NYC.

March, 2002. Participant. Faculty Research Day. St. John’s University, Jamaica, NY

January, 2002. Workshop Leader. ESL techniques for incarcerated adolescents. The Island Academy Alternative High School, Rikers Island Correctional Facility, NYC.

January, 2001. Invited Workshop Leader. A tale of two referrals: Differentiating between ESL students and students with special needs. Least Restrictive Environment Development Conference, District 30, Princeton, NJ.

August, 2001: Speaker. Connecting with English Language Learners. “Pathways to Literacy” Summer Institute, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY.

November, 1999-December 2001. Keynote Speaker.

(Various workshops for District 75, Board of Education of the City of New York, Citywide Programs).

Sample Titles: Si yo puedo: Techniques for the special needs English language learner.

The writing process: Reader response to literature across literary genres.

July, 1999. Witness/Consultant. Position paper for Haitian Council of New York Legal Office.

June, 1999. Career Day volunteer. Nassau County school-wide initiatives.

May, 1999. Keynote Speaker. The 14th Annual Parent Child Home Program Coordinators' Conference. Garden City, NY.

March, 1999. Keynote Speaker. Johns Hopkins Program for Gifted Students. Garden City, NY.

September, 1998. Invited Testimony. National Assessment Governing Board. New York.

April, 1998. Keynote Speaker. American Association of University Women. Negotiating the Maze. Paper presented at the Second Annual "Empowering Middle School Girls" Conference, Rochester, NY.

March, 1998. Editorial. Giving Students Flight instruction. The Democrat & Chronicle, "Speaking Out", Rochester, NY

February, 1998. Coordinator: The First Annual Nazareth/BOCES Invitational Seminar for Language Educators.

January, 1998. Invited Member. Greater Rochester (NY) Secondary Education Advisory Board.

March, 1996. Keynote Speaker. Girls in Science and Math Annual Invitational Conference. Rochester, NY

March, 1996. Invited Speaker. Finger Lakes Professional Consortium: Focus on ESL.

March, 1995. Keynote Speaker. Rochester City School District. Future Directions for Urban and ESL Students. Rochester, NY.

March, 1995. Invited Panel Member. Association of American Colleges and Universities. Teaching Cultural Encounters as General Education. New Orleans, LA.

October,1995. Keynote Speaker. Coordinating Council on ESL Research Annual Fall Conference. Greece, NY

1991-1993 Elected Member. University of Illinois at Chicago. Children's Center Advisory Board. Chicago, IL.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

American Association of University Women (AAUW)

American Educational Research Association (AERA)

International Sociological Association (ISA)

National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)

National Reading Council (NRC)

New York State Reading Association (NYSRA)

New York State Teachers of English to Speakers of other Languages (NYSTESOL)

United Kingdom Literacy Association (UKLA)

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