MSEd Adolescence Education Faculty and Staff

ACADEMIC SCHOOL School of Education

ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT Adolescence Education

CONTACT INFORMATION Office phone: (716) 375-7603
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OFFICE LOCATION Plassmann Hall B50

COURSES TAUGHT

EDUC 101. Social Foundations of American Education: A Current Issues Approach
SPED 460. Communication/Collaboration Skills Educators
EDUC 353-55. Historical/Philosophical Foundations of Curriculum
EDUC 354. Problems of Literacy in Secondary Schools
ENG 101. Writing I
ENG 102. Writing II
ENG 213. Popular Literature
ENG 230. Public Speaking
ENG 250. Advanced Oral and Written Communication

ACADEMIC DEGREES

Ph.D., English Education with a specialty in film pedagogy and developmental writing, University at Buffalo — North Campus
M.A., English, St. Bonaventure University
B.A., English, Mercyhurst College
Secondary Education Certification (7-12)

OTHER EDUCATION

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

Assistant Professor: Adolescence Education Department, School of Education, St. Bonaventure University;
Lecturer: English Department, School of Arts and Sciences, St. Bonaventure University;
English Department, University of Pittsburgh at Bradford;
Educational Publishing, Sisa-Yon-Go-Sa, Kangnam-Gu, Seoul South Korea;
English Instructor, YBM Sisa: Taechi-Dong, Seoul, South Korea

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Professional Excellence in Teaching, Adjunct Award, 2005
Fr. Joe Doino Award: Adviser of the Year, 2015
D3 Women's Rugby NSCRO Coach of the Year
Explorer and Discovery Series, ESL Textbooks and Workbooks: YBM Sisa Yon Go Sa, Seoul, South Korea.
NYSEA Spring 2007 Conference presenter, Tarrytown, N.Y.
CEA Spring 2007 Conference presenter, New Orleans, La.
Midwest PCA Conference presenter, Kansas City, Mo.

TEACHING PHILOSOPHY Who we are and where we came from have as much to do with how we learn as what we learn. Learning is a lifelong journey filled with good and bad experiences but should always have elements of fun and excitement along the way. No one is more important than a student, seated in a class, waiting for knowledge.

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS/PROJECTS

Use of Superhero Films as pedagogy in composition classrooms.
Ringmaster: A Story of Raising a Special Needs Child and the Circus that engulfs me.
Pedagogical strategies involving Mary Shelley’s "Frankenstein" and Marvel Comics’ "The X-MEN" (films and graphic novels).
Pedagogical strategies in education of children with disabilities using Franklin Delano Roosevelt and "The X-MEN" comic book series.
Martine Grant for Certification in Teaching English as a Second Language.
Co-Editing a Universitywide journal for student publications (graduate and undergraduate)
Women’s Rugby Advisor
Academic Honesty Board
University Judicial Board
Academic Progress Committee for Athletics
Faculty Senator, School of Arts and Sciences
Student Life Committee member

PERSONAL INTERESTS/COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

#No Casualties: an on-campus activist group created to educate and combat casual racism and discrimination;
Faculty senator and chairperson of the Curriculum Committee;
Ocean preservation and coral reef rescue;
NYS advocate for Parents with Special Needs Children;
Major SBU men's and women's rugby fan!
SCUBA Diving (Certified NAUI SCUBA Diver)
Swimming lessons instructor for Greater Niagara Frontier Council Boy Scouts of America
Disabilities trainer for GNFC Boy Scout summer camp staffs
Parent representative for Committee on Special Education, Attica Central School District;
Duke Center United Methodist Church member
Skiing
Playing piano

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Happily married to David A. Schrems, a volunteer fireman and welding instructor at Albion Women's Prison, NYS Dept. of Corrections; mother to Cody J. Schrems, a special needs child who is currently 18 years past his prognosis and a medical miracle, according to his medical team.

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