Elizabeth Robinson, Instructor

Elizabeth A. Robinson

Coordinator of Student Teaching and Instructor

8 Ashburton Place
Boston, MA 02108

73 Tremont Street, 7th Floor
Room 713
Phone: 617-817-8759
Email: erobinson@suffolk.edu

EdD in Language Literacy and Culture from University of Massachusetts, Amherst (in progress) ABD
MA in Applied Linguistics from University of Massachusetts, Boston 2001
BA in English from Lehigh University, PA 1994

Adjunct Professor Fall 2007, Spring 2008 at University of New Hampshire, Manchester
Supervisor of Reading Specialist and ELA Certification, 2007-2008 Springfield, MA
Project and Research Assistant for ACCELA Alliance, 2004-2008, UMass, Amherst
University Preparation ESL Teacher, 2002-2004, UMass Boston
Bilingual Reading Teacher, 2000-2002, Brockton Public Schools, MA.

Paugh & Robinson (in press) Participatory research as self-study. In C. Lassonde, S. Galman & C. Kosnik (Eds.) Self-Study Research Methodologies for Teacher Educators, Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Sense Publishers.

The 40th Annual Meeting of the New England Educational Research Organization in Hyannis, MA April 2008 Presentation title: What’s the use of a reflection tool? Resistance, dialogue, and reinvention of reflection in an inquiry based master’s program
National Council of Teachers of English Assembly for Research Conference, at Indiana University, IN Feb. 2008 Presentation title: Reflection in an inquiry based master’s program
5th Annual Teachers as Researchers Conference at UNH Manchester, NH May, 2007 Presentation title: Cultural Identity: Focus on what ELL Students Do Know”
The 39th Annual Meeting of the New England Educational Research Organization in Portsmouth, NH, April, 2007. Presentation title: “A Critical Analysis of Local Teachers ‘Strategic Alignment’ to High-Stakes Mandates and Scripted Lesson Plans in an Urban School District”
The Annual AAAL Conference in Costa Mesa, CA, April, 2007. Presentation title: “Strategic Alignment, Scripted Curricula, and Content Based Instruction for ELLs”
The Annual AERA Conference in Chicago, Il, April, 2007. Presentation title: “Teaching for New Times: Challenges and Tensions in Teacher Education and Teacher Research”
The 6th International Self-Study of Teacher Education Practices Conference in Herstmonceux, UK, Aug. 2006. Presentation title: Reconceptualizing Teacher Education in New Times: What did we learn from our course texts in a high-stakes setting?