Paula Ressler

Professional Information

Associate Professor of English Education
Ph.D., 1999, New York University
Curriculum Vitae

Teaching

ENG 510-Professional Seminar in the Teaching of English
ENG 296-The Teaching of Literature and Writing
ENG 399.09-Student Teaching in English and Professional Issues Seminar
ENG 160-Women in Literature

Recent Publications

“Challenging Normative Sexual and Gender Identity Beliefs through Romeo and Juliet.” English Journal¸Sept. 2005.

“Countering Homophobia in Schools,” co-author: Jyl Josephson. Kenneth Lindblom (Ed.). Teaching English in the World. English Journal, (July 2004): 99-102.

Dramatic Changes: Talking about Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity with High School Students through Drama. Heinemann. Received 2003 American Alliance for Theater and Education (AATE) Distinguished Book Award.

"Race and Sexual Orientation in Multicultural Feminist Teacher Education." In Kevin K. Kumashiro (Editor), Troubling Intersections of Race and Sexuality: Queer Students of Color and Anti-Oppressive Education. Rowman & Littlefield, 2001. 

Research

• Urban Teacher Preparation
• School-University Partnerships
• Educational Drama
• Feminist Pedagogy
• Multicultural Education
• Queer Theory in Education
• Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Trans
  Issues in Education

Service

• Urban Teacher Preparation Steering Committee
• Women's & Gender Studies Curriculum Committee
• Bloomington-Normal Safe Schools Project
• Bloomington-Normal Survivors of Suicide Support Group
• Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays
  

Contact

Illinois State University
English Department
English Education Program
Normal, IL 61790-4240
309 438-7705 (fax 5414)
pressle@ilstu.edu

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