Carlin Borsheim

Carlin Borsheim-Black is is a doctoral student in Curriculum, Teaching, and Educational Policy at Michigan State University. Her research interests revolve around three key areas: critical multiculturalism, multiliteracies, critical pedagogy – especially as they relate to secondary English education. Before entering the doctoral program, Carlin taught English, Drama and Creative Writing in high schools in Michigan and Ohio for seven years. While teaching, she earned an MA in Critical Studies in the Teaching of English, also from MSU. She continues to work as a teacher consultant affiliated with the Red Cedar Writing Project in East Lansing and has published several articles in national journals, including English Journal. She is currently an assistant on a LARC research project with Dr. Mary Juzwik and Dr. Sam Caughlan.

• Borsheim, C., Merritt, K., and Reed, D. (2008). Beyond technology for technology’s sake: Advancing multiliteracies in the 21st century.  The Clearinghouse. 82 (2), 87-90.
• Borsheim, C. and Petrone, R. (2006). Teaching the research paper for local action. English Journal 95 (4), 60-65.
• Borsheim, C. (2004). Email partnerships: Conversations that changed the way my students read.  English Journal 93 (5), 78-83.
• Petrone, R. and Borsheim, C. (2008).  “It just seems to be more intelligent: Critical literacy in the English classroom.”  In Larraine Wallowitz (Ed.) Critical literacy as resistance: Teaching for social justice across the secondary curriculum.  New York: Peter Lang Publishing.

Juzwik, M. M., Sherry, M., Caughlan, S., Heintz, A., & Borsheim, C. (in press). Supporting Dialogically Organized Instruction in an English Teacher Preparation Program: A Video-Based, Web 2.0-Mediated Response and Revision Pedagogy. Teachers College Record. 

Heintz, A., Borsheim, C., Caughlan, S., Juzwik, M. M., & Sherry, M. B. (2010). Video-based response & revision: Dialogic instruction using video and web 2.0 technologies. Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education, 10(2). Retrieved from http://www.citejournal.org/vol10/iss2/languagearts/article2.cfm.