CURRICULUM VITAE

Sheryl O’Sullivan

Chair, Division of Teacher Education

Professor of Education

Gordon College

419 College Drive

Barnesville, GA 30204

Office telephone – 678 359-5466

E-mail: sosullivan @ gordonstate.edu

Degrees Earned:

Post-doctoral study, M.A., Azusa Pacific University (2009, Theology and Ethics)

Post-doctoral study, University of South Florida (Educational Administration)

Ed.D., Ball State University (1980, Education: Reading, Early Childhood)

M.S., Southern Illinois University (1975, Elementary Education)

B.S., Ball State University (1973, Elementary Education)

Areas of Specialization

Teacher Education, Literacy, Children’s Literature

Courses Taught

Reading Instruction (Elementary, Secondary and Diagnostic)

Children’s Literature

Adolescent Literature

Introduction to Education

Foundations of Education

Reflective Educator

Gifted Education

Fieldwork

Senior Seminar and Thesis

Masters Seminar and Thesis

Early Childhood Education

Literature and Language

Home-School Relationships

Early Childhood Programs

Child Development

Freshman Writing Seminar

Literary Masterpieces

Celtic Mythology

Professional Experience

Gordon College (2009-present)

Chair of Teacher Education and Professor of Education

Azusa Pacific University (2000-2009)

Professor of English (2003-2009)

Professor of Education (2000-2003)

University of Redlands, Redlands, California (1992-2000)

Associate Professor of Education

Chair of Department of Education (1994-1997)

Director of Teacher Education Program (1994-1997)

Director of Curriculum Leadership Program (1992-1994; 1998-1999)

Headstart, Riverside County Office of Education, California (1991-1992)

Education Program Specialist

Berkeley Preparatory School, Tampa, Florida (1987-1991)

Lower Division Principal

Sycamore School for the Gifted, Indianapolis (1984-1986)

Founding Board Member and Educational Consultant

Franklin College, Franklin, Indiana (1980-1983)

Assistant Professor of Education

Unified School District, Noblesville, Indiana (1977-1978)

Fourth Grade Teacher

Wayne County Unified Schools, Indianapolis (1976-1977)

Chapter I Reading Specialist

St. Paul’s School, St. Petersburg, Florida (1975-1976)

Fifth Grade Teacher

Zeigler-Royalton Unified Schools, Zeigler, Illinois (1973-1975)

First Grade Teacher

Publications: (All publications before 1996 were under the name of Smyser).

Books

A Festival of Talent: Wisdom from the First Decade of the Charlotte S. Huck

Children’s Literature Festival. Kendall/Hunt Publishers. 2007.

The Teaching Portfolio: A Strategy for Faculty Development and Evaluation. Rowman and Littlefield. 1996. Co-authored with J.E. Green.

Early Childhood Education. Teacher Created Materials. 1996.

Encouraging Reflection Through Portfolios: Proceedings of the National Conference on Linking Liberal Arts and Teacher Education. Rockefeller Foundation Grant. 1994. Editor.

Monographs

Fixing Broken Schools: Applying Organizational Analysis to Dysfunction in Schools. Phi Delta Kappa Educational Foundation. 2005.

Character Education through Children’s Literature. Phi Delta Kappa Educational Foundation. 2002.

Chapters in Books

“Education in Ireland” in Green, J., Education in the United Kingdom and Ireland,

Phi Delta Kappa Educational Foundation. 2001.

“Early Childhood Education Programs” in Kelble, E., Establishing Special Schools for the Gifted. National Association for Gifted Children. 1999.

“Ten Founders Speak Out” in Kelble, E., Establishing Special Schools for the Gifted. National Association for Gifted Children. 1999.

Articles (Refereed publications only)

“Catholic Relief Services.” Baker Handbook of Denominations and Ministries. In press.

“Katherine Paterson.” Encyclopedia of Christian Literature. Kurian, G. (ed). Scarecrow Press, 2010.

“Dysfunctional Schools: Why Talented Teachers Leave.” Phi Delta Kappa

Connect. Proceedings of PDK Summit 2009 available at www.pdkintl.org.

“The Hero Was a Girl.” The Dragon Lode: The Journal of the Children’s Literature and Reading Special Interest Group of International Reading Association. Fall, 2008.

“The Invisible Being: Finding Images of God in Secular Children’s Literature.”

Christian Education Journal. Spring, 2006.

“Evil in Lois Lowry’s, Messenger.” The ALAN Review. Fall, 2005.

“The Soul of Teaching: Educating Teachers of Character.” Action for Teacher Education. Winter, 2005.

“Becoming a Teacher: Can Fifth Year Programs Influence the Attitudes of Teacher Candidates?” Issues in Teacher Education. Fall, 2004.

“Books to Live By: Using Children’s Literature for Character Development.” The Reading Teacher. April, 2004

“Determining the Efficacy of the California Reading Instruction Competence

Assessment (RICA).” Teacher Education Quarterly. Summer, 2002. Co-authored

with Ying Hong Jiang.

“Women in Celtic Mythology.” Phoebe: Journal of Feminist Scholarship, Theory and Aesthetics. Spring, 2001.

“Developing the Teacher Leader.” The Teacher Educator. Fall, 1995.

“Changing Conceptions About Teaching: The Use of Portfolios with Pre-Service Teachers.” Teacher Education Quarterly. Spring, 1995. Co-authored with J. E. Green.

“The Teacher Educator’s Portfolio.” The North Carolina Journal of Teacher Education. Spring, 1994. Co-authored with J.E.Green.

“Resolved: Gifted Students Should be Given the Option of Being Educated in Separately Organized Public Schools.” Curriculum Review. November, 1993. Co-authored with J.E.Green.

“Implementing Portfolio Assessment in the College Classroom.” Ohio/Michigan Journal of Teacher Education. Spring-Summer 1993. Co-authored with J.E. Green.

“TV Time-Use it Wisely.” Florida Reading Quarterly. June 1991.

“Pre-Kindergarten; The Possible Dream.” Principal. May 1990.

“Giving Kids a Good Start: Pre-Kindergarten.” Florida Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development Journal. Fall 1989.

“Using Television in the Classroom.” Indiana Reading Quarterly. Spring, 1982.

ERIC

Adaptive Physical Education: Instructional Module for Physical Education Minors. ERIC Document Reproduction Service (ED 190 298), 1986. Co-authored with James Green, Carole McKinney and Doreen St. Clair.

Adaptive Physical Education: Instructional Module for Special Education Minors. ERIC Document Reproduction Service. (ED 271 469), 1986. Co-authored with James Green, Carole McKinney, and Doreen St. Clair.

Book Reviews

“Learning from Giants: Using the Inklings as Writing Mentors.” Review of The

Company They Keep: C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien as Writers in Community, by Diana Glyer. Pedagogy: Critical Approaches to Teaching Literature, Language Communication and Culture. Winter, 2009.

Monthly book reviews of new children’s literature for childrensliterature.com

Accreditation Documents

Gordon College, initial NCATE /PSC accreditation for new bachelor degree programs in early childhood education/special education, secondary mathematics and secondary biology. 2011.

Azusa Pacific University English Department re-accreditation by California Commission on Teacher Credentialing. Revision author. 2008.

Azusa Pacific University Education Department re-accreditation by California Commission on Teacher Credentialing. Primary author. 2002.

Azusa Pacific University Education Department accreditation for second language teachers. Sole author. 2001.

University of Redlands Education Department re-accreditation by California Commission on Teacher Credentialing. Sole author. 1996.

Works for Children

“Sitting on Top of the World.” Shine Brightly. October, 2004.

“Deirdre of the Sorrows.” Cricket. March, 2003

“The Girl with the Colorless Eyes.” New Moon. May/June, 2002

Conference Presentations (recent only)

“Community Colleges and Teacher Education: Description of an Innovative Partnership.” Association of Teacher Educators Annual Conference, Chicago. February, 2010.

“Dysfunctional Schools: Why Talented Teachers Leave.” Phi Delta Kappa

Summit. Indianapolis, Indiana. October, 2009.

“Children’s Authors’ Ideas about Literacy.” California Reading Association Annual Conference, Sacramento, California. October, 2008.

“A Festival of Talent: Wisdom from Children’s Literature Authors and Illustrators.” Charlotte S. Huck Children’s Literature Conference, Redlands, California, March, 2007.

“The Great Hunger: The Irish Famine in Children’s Literature.” Charlotte S. Huck Children’s Literature Conference, Redlands, California, March, 2005.

“The Invisible Being: Images of God in Children’s Literature.” Western Regional Conference on Christianity and Literature, Santa Barbara, California, January, 2005.

“The Soul of Teaching: Integrating Children’s Literature and Character Education.” Association of Teacher Educators Annual Conference, February, 2005.

“The Hero Was a Girl: The Heroic Journey in The Moorchild.” Children’s Literature Association Annual Conference, June, 2004.

“Irish Themes in the Works of Patricia Reilly Giff.” Charlotte S. Huck Children’s Literature Conference, Redlands, California, March, 2004.

“Dysfunctional Schools: Recognizing Them and Fixing Them.” American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education Annual Conference, February, 2004.

“Character Education through Children’s Literature.” Consultant to Ormondale School, Palo Alto, California, August, 2003.

“The Hero Was a Girl.” Reading Association of Ireland National Conference

October, 2002.

“Celtic Mythology.” World Congress of the International Reading Association,

Edinburgh, Scotland, July, 2002.

“RICA, Redundant and Expensive.” California Council for the Education of

Teachers, March, 2001.

“Bilingual Education in Ireland.” California Association of Teachers of English

as a Second Language, February, 2001.

“Character Education through Children’s Literature.” Charlotte S. Huck

Children’s Literature Conference, March 2001.

“Celtic Mythology.” National Council for Teachers of English, 1999.

“Celtic Mythology for Gifted Children.” National Association for Gifted Children, 1998.

“Ten Founders Speak Out.” National Association for Gifted Children, 1998.

“Education in Ireland.” Association of Teacher Educators, 1998.

“Special Schools for the Gifted.” National Association for Gifted Children, 1996.

“The Teacher Portfolio in Gifted Education.” National Association for Gifted Children, 1995.

“Teaching Portfolios: Applications in Teacher Education.” Rockefeller Grant Conference on Liberal Arts, 1995.

“Developing the Teacher Leader.” Association of Teacher Educators, 1995.

“Implementing It’s Elementary.” Association of Teacher Educators, 1995.

“Developing the Teacher Leader” Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development, 1995.

“Developmentally Appropriate Practice”, Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development, 1995.

“Teaching Portfolios,” International Reading Association, 1994.

“Changing Perceptions of Teaching Through the Use of Teaching Portfolios.” Association of Teacher Educators, 1994.

Other Presentations:

2004-2008, Phi Delta Kappa Authors Lecture Series/Traveling Scholars Program. Invited lectures presented to numerous PDK chapters nationwide on the topic of “Character Education through Children’s Literature.”

“Poetry as Prayer.” Annual catechist retreat, St. Adelaide Catholic Church, Highland, California, 2006.

“Discerning God’s Call.” Annual catechist retreat, St. Adelaide Catholic Church, Highland, California, 2004.

“Biblical Interpretation for Everyone.” Parish adult education series,

St. Adelaide Catholic Church, Highland, California, 2004.

“Images of God in the Bible.” Preached parish retreat, Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Redlands, California, 2001.

Funded Grants

California Department of Education. Proposition 10 Grant. Preschool facilities improvement, 2000. $650,200.

California Department of Education. Research Grant: Pre-service Reading Partnerships, 1997. $81,000.

California Department of Education. Research Grant: Implementation of It’s Elementary, 1993. $5,000.

Related Professional Experiences

Co-founder, Charlotte S. Huck Children’s Literature Festival, 1997.

Coordinator, 1997-2000.

Committee Member (1997-2009)

Faculty, Operation Impact (Overseas teaching assignment directed to mission communities in Philippines), Azusa Pacific University, Summer 2004.

Faculty, Operation Impact (Overseas teaching assignment directed to mission communities in Papua New Guinea), Azusa Pacific University, Summer 2003.

Member, Board of Directors, Redlands Day Nursery, 1996 to 2003.

Volunteer reader, Audio-Vision, radio service to the blind, 1998 to 2002.

Member/Chair, Curriculum Committee, University of Redlands, 1993 to 2000.

References Available upon Request