Cheryl A. McLean

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Graduate School of Education
10 Seminary Place, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
732-932-7496 ext. 8111 (office)
732-932-7552 (fax)
cheryl.mclean@gse.rutgers.edu

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Academic Title  
Assistant Professor  Literacy Education, Department of Learning and Teaching

Education

Ph.D.  The University of Georgia  2008
_{Dissertation Title: "Going back Home": A narrative analysis of Caribbean adolescents' literacy practices}

Teacher Consultant        Red Clay Writing Project, National Writing Project   2008

M.Ed.  The University of the West Indies  2001

SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES

Courses Taught

1. Teaching Literacy
2. Teaching Writing
3. Adolescent Literature

Publications

McLean, C., Boling, E., & Rowsell, J. (in press). Engaging diverse students in and out of school. In L. Morrow, R. Rueda, & D. Lapp (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Literacy Instruction: Issues of Diversity, Policy, and Equity. New York: Guilford
Publishing.

Alvermann, D.E. & McLean, C. (2007). The nature of literacies. In A. Berger, L. Rush & J. Eakle (Eds.), Secondary school reading and writing: What literacy reveals for classroom practices (pp.11-35). Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English.
Alvermann, D. E., Marshall, J., McLean, C., Bishop, J., & Kirk, D. (2006). Literacy practices in afterschool web-based youth communities. Final report submitted to The Robert Bowne Foundation (Edmund A. Stanley, Jr. Research Grant), New York City.

McLean, C. (2006). T.A. as text: Reading the implied role of the teaching assistant. Journal of Language and Literacy Education. www.coe.uga.edu/jolle/

Conference Proceedings

Fecho, B., Lassonde, C., Mallozzi, C., Mazaros, C., & McLean, C. (2006). Teachering on the Brink…Together: A collaborative look at tensions in critical inquiry
teacher education classrooms. The Sixth International Conference on Self-Study of Teacher Education Practices. East Sussex, England.

Honors and Awards

Research Fellow, 2009-2010-Institute for Research on Women, Rutgers University

Gennelle Morain Award for Excellence in Teaching   2008

Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award 2007-University of Georgia.

Nominee, University of Georgia Graduate School Excellence in Teaching Award 2008

Elmer Jackson Carson Memorial Scholarship 2006-Department of Language
and Literacy Education, University of Georgia.

 
International and National Presentations

McLean, C. (2009, April). Per-Forming identities: Per-Forming Identities: A narrative
analysis of an immigrant adolescent's literacy practices. Paper to be presented at the
Annual Meeting of American Educational Research Association Conference, San
Francisco, CA.

McLean, C. (2009, April). Becoming the "good" researcher: A scholar's stories from the field. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of American Educational
Research Association Conference, San Francisco, CA.

McLean, C. (2008, December). Youth and popular culture: From theory to practice.
Panel presentation at the 29th Annual Conference of American Reading Forum, Sanibel Island, FL.

McLean, C. (2008, March). Learning from "Back Home": Caribbean students in U.S.
Schools. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of American Educational Research Association Conference, New York, NY.  

McLean, C. & Alvermann, D.E. (2007, December). Understanding readers'
understandings from a New Literacies perspective. Paper presented at the 28th Annual Conference of American Reading Forum, Sanibel Island, FL.

McLean, C. Learning "American": Narratives of academic literacy practices of foreign-born adolescents in the U.S. (2007, November) Paper presented at the 57th  National Reading Conference. Austin, TX.

Alvermann, D.E., & McLean, C. (2007, November). The Nature of Literacies. Panel
presentation at the National Council of Teachers of English. New York. 

McLean, C. (2007, January). Self-study in teacher education: A worthwhile attraction
or an  attractive distraction? Panel presentation at the 20th Annual Interdisciplinary Qualitative Studies Conference. Athens, GA.

McLean, C. (2006, January). Learning Lessons: Literacy Experiences of Immigrant
Caribbean and Caribbean-American Teachers in the USA. Paper presented at the 27th Annual Conference of American Reading Forum. Sanibel Island, FL. 

Fecho, B., & McLean, C. Willing to Wobble: Preservice Teachers and Critical
Inquiry. (2006, April). Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association. San Francisco, CA.

McLean, C. (2005, December). Predictions of the next big thing in literacy. Invited
Panelist at the 26th Annual American Reading Forum. Sanibel Island, FL.

Mallozzi, C. A., Waugh, K. T., Commeyras, M., Bottoms, L., Edwards, N. A., 
Hu, R., McLean, C., Ruston, H., Alvermann, D. E., & Proctor, K. (2005,
November). Insights on professional development from seventy literacy coaches           in Georgia. Paper presented at the 55th National Reading Conference. Miami,          FL.

Invited Presentations

McLean, C., (2006, August). Local literacies: Recruitment grounds for distant literacies? Workshop on Multiple Literacies. Workshop funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. University of Ottawa.

Consulting

McLean, C. (2007). Boys and Girls Clubs of America. Adolescent Literacy Panel
Meeting. Panel exploring how BGCA can support and strengthen Club
programming in the area of adolescent literacy. (Funded by the Carnegie
Corporation of New York).

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Editorship

Editorial Advisory Board Member, 2008-2009. Research in the Teaching of English (RTE)

Co-editor, 2006-2007; Associate Editor 2005-2006. Journal of Language and Literacy Education (JoLLE).

Board Memberships

Chair, 2008-2009. American Reading Forum (ARF).
Member, 2007-2009. Board of Directors, American Reading Forum (ARF).
Co-Chair, 2007- 2009.International Committee, American Reading Forum (ARF).

University

Teacher Education Committee, Graduate School of Education, 2008-2009.
Rutgers University, Faculty Traveling Seminar, 2009