Elizabeth Robinson, Assistant Professor

Elizabeth A. Robinson

Assistant Professor, Education Studies Program

 

 

 

 

 

Phone: 617.817.8759
Fax: 617.305.1743
Email: erobinson@suffolk.edu
Office: 73 Tremont St., Rm. 7055

 

Education

  • EdD in progress, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
  • MA, University of Massachusetts, Boston
  • BA, Lehigh University

Research Interests

  • English as a Second Language
  • Teacher Education
  • Urban Education
  • Teachers’ engagement with research

Employment

Adjunct Professor, Fall 2007 and 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.

 

Selected Publications

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.

 

Recent Oral Presentations

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?

 

Courses Taught

EHS 110 - Introduction to Education
EHS 313 - Classroom Communication 
EHS 815/816 - Teaching Practicum