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Amy L Shema, Ph.D

(She/Her/Hers)

Lecturer and Director of Brockport Summer Learning

(585) 395-5554
alshema@brockport.edu
Office: Brown Building 284
Office Hours:

Tuesdays & Thursday 9:00-10:30 and 1:00-2:00

By appointment

Bio

Amy Shema, PhD is an instructor in the Department of Education and Human Development. Prior to her work at the University, she taught in the Rochester City School District and worked on contracts with the US Department of Education that focused on out of school time learning, literacy, and staff development. Her research includes work with diverse families, early childhood education, and social foundations of education.

Education

• PhD, University of Rochester
• MS, University of Rochester
• BA, Allegheny College

Areas of Specialty

• Literacy
• Social Foundation of Education
• Out of School Time and Summer Learning
• Early Childhood Education
• Play

Courses Taught

EDI 430/530 Education and Society

EDI 735 Emergent Language and Literacy

EDI 462 Inquiry into Learning

Research Interests

• Diverse Families
• Curriculum Studies
• Teacher Development
• Program Evaluation
• Community and School Partnerships

• Awards/Recognitions

  Presidential Teaching Award Nomination 2020, 2022

  Student-Faculty Engagement Award Nomination 2021, 2023

• Recent Publications

  Shema, A. (2023). Who is in your family?: Moving toward a more inclusive representation of diverse families in children’s literature. In K. Olmstead & S. Troiani (Eds.) Many books, many stories: Using children’s and young adult literature to open classroom conversations, p. 67-81. Peter Lang Publishers

  Miller, H. C., Olmstead, K., Colantonio-Yurko, K. C., Shema, A. L., Svrcek, N. S. (2020). Moving from inaction to action: Challenging homo- and transphobia in middle school English language arts. Middle Grades Review, 6(1), Article 5. https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/mgreview/

  Shema, A. (2020). Moving from Activities to Activism. In Shalin Lena Raye, Stephanie Masta, Sarah Taylor Cook & Jake Burdick (Eds.), Ideating Pedagogy in Troubled Times: Approaches to Identity, Theory, Teaching, and Research (pp. 83-85). Information Age Publishing: Curriculum and Pedagogy Group.

  Shema, A. (2016). Family. In E. Brockenbrough, J. Ingrey, W. Martino, & N. Rodriguez (Eds.), Critical Concepts in Queer Studies and Education: An international guide for the twenty-first century, p. 95-104. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

  Shema, A. (2014). Troubling “Family”: How primary grade teachers negotiate hegemonic discourses of family. In K. Becker, E. Miller, N. Reid, B. Smith, & M. Sorensen (Eds.), Collective Unravelings of the Hegemonic Web: Movement, place, and story, p.113-125. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.

  Shema, A. (2011). Editing Crew: More than just carets. In C. Reilly, V. Russell, L. Chehayl, & M. McDermott (Eds.), Surveying Borders, Boundaries, and Contested Spaces in Curriculum and Pedagogy, p. 7-20. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing

  Monroe-Baillargeon, A. & Shema, A. (2010). Time to talk: An urban school’s use of literature circles to create professional development. Education and Urban Society, 42(6), pp. 651-673.

• Presentations

  March 25, 2023	NYS Network for Youth Success Annual Conference	Seeing Me: Selecting culturally diverse children’s books to promote engagement
  March 11, 2023	Antiracist Curriculum Project, virtual	Engaging with Antiracist Curriculum in a Pre-service Teacher Education Course
  October 27, 2022	Childcare Development Associate Certification Class Session	Playing Is Learning
  February 23, 2022	Critical Questions in Education (CQiE) Annual Conference	Shifting from thinking like a student to thinking like a teacher: Benefits of non-traditional field placements in teacher education

  April 2021	Virtual US Play Conference	Beyond Candyland: Learning through making board games
  February 6, 2021	RALC Live Local Literacy Conference	Who is in your family?: Moving toward a more inclusive representation of diverse families in children’s literature
  October 22, 2020	Curriculum and Pedagogy	Summer: More of the same or an opportunity for addressing equity in education
  October 17, 2020	Rochester Maker Faire	Beyond Candyland: How to modify board games to make them more engaging
  April 2020	American Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies	Shifting from standards to students: Ethically engaged teacher preparation
  October 22, 2019	National Summer Learning Association	Rochester Model for High Quality, Fun, and Engaging Summer Programs: 7 Principles
  October 18, 2019	Brockport Student Teaching Mid-Semester Conference	But Play IS Learning - Using games to support learning
  October 16, 2019	EHD Scholars Forum	SummerLEAP: Game Changers
  April 2019	American Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies	Opening the Gate While Holding the Keys

Dr. Shema grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and has called Rochester home since 2000. She enjoys spending time outdoors, kayaking, sewing, and cooking. Her favorite joy in the world is spending time with her niece and nephews and hearing them laugh.