Tammy Ann Schwartz (formerly Roe), Ed. D.
Assistant Professor
Miami University
School of Education and Allied Professions
Department of Teacher Education
401 McGuffey Hall
Oxford, OH 45056
schwarta@muohio.edu
(513) 529-6443
Education History
Ed. D. University of Cincinnati, Literacy – 2001
Dissertation: “Write me”: A participatory action research project with urban Appalachian girls (Recipient of the Garvin Distinguished Dissertation Award, University of Cincinnati, College of Education, June, 2001)
M.A. University of Cincinnati, Literacy - 1996
B.S. University of Cincinnati, Elementary Education – 1989
Employment and Academic Rank Chronology
8/01-present: Assistant Professor, Middle Childhood, Teacher Education, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.
8/05-12/05: Supervisor, Student Teaching in Europe Program, Miami University, Luxembourg.
9/99-Spring, 03: Co-instructor, Critical Literacy Dialogues Teacher Inquiry
Group, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Winter, 1998 & 99: Adjunct Instructor, Teaching Reading, Writing and Learning Strategies, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Fall, 1998 & Summer, 2000: Adjunct Instructor, Language Arts for the Elementary Teacher, College of Mount St. Joseph, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Winter, 1996 & 1997: Instructor, Literacy: Process and Practice, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Winter, 1996: Adjunct Instructor, Developmental Reading and Writing, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio.
10/96-9/98: Capa City Project Manager, Youths Building Safe Communities Grant, University of Cincinnati & Ohio Department of Public Safety, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Fall, 1996: Co-instructor, Secondary English Methods, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Spring, 1995: Co-instructor, Teaching Literature in the Secondary Schools, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Winter, 1995: Adjunct Instructor, Developmental Reading and Writing, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Fall, 1995: Adjunct Instructor, Freshman English, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio.
1995: Middle School English/Language Arts Teacher, Project Succeed, Cincinnati Public Schools, Cincinnati, Ohio.
1990-94: English/Language Arts Teacher, Team Leader, Mebane Middle School,
Alachua, Florida.
1989 & 1990: Lead Science Teacher, Summer Demonstration School, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio.
1989-90: Language Arts, Social Studies & Art Teacher, Cincinnati Public Schools, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Tenure History
Assistant Professor, Miami University, 2001
Tenure Review: Fall, 2007
NOTE: TENURE CLOCK STOPPED FALL, 2003 and SPRING, 2004
FACULTY RESEARCH LEAVE FALL, 2006
STUDENT TEACHING SUPERVISOR IN EUROPE FALL, 2005
Graduate Faculty Status
Level A, September 2004
Level B, March 2002
Program with which Faculty Member is Associated
Middle Childhood Education, Integrated Language Arts
Adolescent Young Adult, Integrated English Language Arts
Publications, Papers, Exhibitions, Performances, and Other Creative or Scholarly Works
Invited Articles Published or In Press
Schwartz, T. & Schneider, K. (2005). “Where you from?”: Using a sense of place to celebrate our students and the language arts. Feature article for the February 2005 edition of the online journal, Adolescent Literature in Perspective. www.ohiorc.org/adlit/in_perspective_content. Note: This article was solicited after my invited introduction of Jonathon Kozol at The Invisible Child: Poverty in the Heartland in September 2004. This will be the just the third edition of the online journal. Previous two authors solicited to contribute feature articles are Janet Allen and David Bloome. This piece also led to an invited luncheon presenter at the Ohio School Improvement Conference in Columbus, Ohio. More than 1,000 copies of the article were distributed to conference participants. Finally, because it has been my goal to engage graduate students in the publication process, I invited my graduate assistant, Kevin Schneider, to co-author this piece.
Schwartz, T. (2003). Urban Appalachian girls and writing: Institutional and “Other” selves. Invited paper for a special edition of Pedagogy, Culture and Society (formerly Curriculum Studies), vol. 11, number 1, pp. 69-87 (Note: This article was based on a roundtable presented at the American Educational Research Association in New Orleans, LA.)
Refereed Journal Articles
Published or In Press
Schwartz, T. (in press). Review of Narrowing the literacy gap by Diane Barone. Journal of Balanced Reading. Vol. 13 (1).
Schwartz, T. (2004). Writing and neighborhood voices: “It depends on where you grow up at”. Voices from the Middle 12 (1), 16-22. [Refereed-Acceptance Rate= 20%; Circulation Rate= 10,000]
Burroughs, R., Schwartz, T. A., & Hendricks-Lee, M. (2000). Communities of practice and discourse communities: Negotiating the boundaries in NBPTS certification. Teachers College Record, 102 (2), 344-374. Note: I contributed to the completion of this article through data collection, data analysis, and writing of this article. In terms of writing, I specifically wrote two case studies and worked on much of the conclusion.
In Progress
Schwartz, T. Prison prophesies: The power of the book. To be submitted to the Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy.
Schwartz, T. Critical autobiography. To be submitted to the Journal of Balanced Reading Instruction.
Partial Publication of Dissertation
Schwartz, T. (2005). Two pages of my dissertation are published in a chapter, “The Continuum of Positionality in Action Research” as part of The Action Research Dissertation. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. This book is written by Katherine Herr and Gary Anderson, authors of other, widely used books about qualitative research. Katherine and Gary solicited my permission in 2004.
Invited Encyclopedia Entries
Schwartz, T. (2006). Appalachians and education. The Encyclopedia of the Midwest. Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
Presentations at meetings of learned societies
Presented or Accepted for Presentation
National
Invited
Schwartz. T. & Dulworth, M. (2004, November). Participatory research in and out of classrooms. Invited paper presented as part of Dual languages and cultures: Creating a global village in the classroom, a day-long workshop sponsored by the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning as part of the National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention, Indianapolis, IN.
Schwartz, T. (2004, November). “Write me”: A PAR project with urban Appalachian girls. Invited paper presented at the Association of Humanist Sociologist National Conference, Louisville, KY.
Schwartz, T. (2004, September). Where you from? Invited introduction to Jonathan Kozol at The Invisible Child: Poverty in the Heartland, Muskingum, OH.
Schwartz, T. (2004, April). Implementing Literacy with an Attitude. Invited presentation as part of a panel in response to Dr. Patrick Finn’s keynote address as part of The Ohio Confederation of Teacher Education Organizations, Columbus, OH.
Schwartz, T. (2002, November). Participatory action research: Collaborative inquiry and the balancing act of negotiation. Invited paper presented as a part of Beyond towers and trenches: Establishing and maintaining school university partnerships, a research workshop at the National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention, Atlanta, GA.
Refereed Presentations
Schwartz, T. (Submitted). Digital literacy in the school and community. Proposal submitted to the National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention, New York City, NY.
Schwartz, T. (2006, November). Redefining Research: Multigenre and Multimodal Writing. Paper presented at the National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention. Nashville, TN.
Schwartz, T. (2006, July). Digital Storytelling in Teacher Education. Paper presented at Literacies for All Summer Institute, National Council of Teachers of English. Charlotte, North Carolina. (Note: This presentation was a given in collaboration with several of my Miami Middle Childhood Language Arts Methods students. Each student received scholarship money to help pay for conference and travel costs.)
Schwartz, T. (2006, May). Teacher Self-Learning and Cultural Competence: Concepts and Strategies for Teacher Education. Presented at the National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in Education, Chicago, IL.
Schwartz, T., Socol, T.T., & Mokhtari, K. (2006, May). A Studied Approach to the Preparation of Reading Education Professionals. Round Table presented at the International Reading Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.
Schwartz, T. & Noble, S. (2005, November). Digital storytelling: From the College classroom to the real world classroom. Paper presented at the National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention, Pittsburgh, PA.
Terrell, R., Schwartz. T., & Kleiman, I. (2005, June). Changing the world one word at a time: Using writing in faculty learning communities to explore diversity issues. Session presented at the National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education, New York City, NY.
Schwartz, T. (2004, November). Shared literacy histories: The personal as participatory action research. Paper presented as part of Personal significance: Artifacts, history, and narrative literacy research and teaching, a research panel presented at the National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention, Indianapolis, IN.
Schwartz, T. (2004, July). Urban Appalachian girls: Place, identity and voice. Paper presented at the 2004 AACT, ACTA, ALEA, PETA Get Real …and All That Spiel annual conference, Sydney, Australia. NOTE: This conference is Australia’s version of National Council of Teachers of English and the International Reading Association combined.
Schwartz, T. (2003, November). Voice and place: Urban girls explore identity and writing. Invited paper presented as part of Authentic Voice: Freedom, Identity, Craft, a session presented at the National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA.
Schwartz, T. (2002, November). Social justice, reading and writing: An Exploration of graffiti by inner city girls. Paper presented at the National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention, Atlanta, GA.
Schwartz, T. (2001, November). Participatory Action Research in an urban Appalachian neighborhood. Paper presented at the National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention-Research Strand, Baltimore, MD.
Schwartz, T. (2001, April). “Mine” and “Ours”: Tensions in participatory action research in home, school and community contexts. Invited paper presented as part of Accounting for context: Methodological considerations of new scholars on learning through social interaction, a symposium at the American Educational Research Association, Seattle, WA.
Schwartz, T. (2001, March). Urban Appalachian girls, writing, and “What does that make me?”: A participatory action research inquiry. Paper presented at the Appalachian Studies Association, Snowshoe, WV.
Schwartz, T. (2000, April). Urban Appalachian girls: Institutional and “Other” selves. Roundtable presented at the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.
Hicks, D., Schwartz, T., & Titsworth. K. (2000, April). Literacy dialogues: Conversations with inner city primary teachers. Roundtable presented at the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.
Burroughs, R., & Roe, T. (1999, November). Just the facts: The role of summary in the discussion of text. Poster session presented at the National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention, Denver, CO.
Roe, T. (1996, December). Interdisciplinary Planning Among Prospective English Social Studies Teachers. Paper presented at the American Reading Forum National Conference, Sanibel Island, FL.
Regional
Invited
Schwartz, T. (2006, June). Importance of Place. Session provided at the Ohio Literacy Institute: Leadership for Literacy Network, Dublin, Ohio.
Schwartz, T. (2005, June). Luncheon talk at the Ohio School Improvement Conference, Columbus, Ohio.
Refereed Presentations
Schwartz. T. & Dulworth, M. (2005, June). Literacy, poverty, and social justice: Empowering students with the language arts. Session presented at the Ohio School improvement Institute, Columbus, OH.
Titsworth, K. Schwartz, T., & Hicks, D. (2000, May). Literacy dialogues with inner city primary teachers: Creating inquiry. Poster presented at the 2000 Research Conference of The Ohio Valley Education Research Partnership, Louisville, KY.
Burroughs, R., Schwartz, T., & Hendricks-Lee, M. (1998, October). Toward a Professional Discourse. Paper presented at the Midwest Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.
Roe, T. (1996, March). Stitching Stories, Stitching Lives: A Sixth Grade Quilting/Literacy Unit. Session presented at the Ohio Council of Teachers of English Language Arts Spring Conference, Wilmington, OH.
Local
Roe, T. (1996). Interactive Macbeth. Session presented at the Technology in the Classroom Conference, College of Education, University of Cincinnati.
Roe, T. (1994). Middle School Civic Literacy Project. Session presented at the Florida Writing Project, University of Florida.
Roe, T. (1993). Building Community in Peer Response Groups. Workshop presented at the Florida Writing Project, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
Roe, T. (1994). Peer Response Groups and Publishing. Workshop presented at Nassau County In-service Day, Nassau County, FL.
Roe, T. (1993). Peer Response Groups. Workshop presented at the Alachua County Fall Writing Project, Alachua County, FL.
Roe, T. (1991). Creating a Writing Classroom. Workshop presented at the Alachua County Fall Writing Project, Alachua County, FL.
Roe, T. (1991). Implementing Writing Workshop in Middle Schools. Workshop presented at the Bradford County In-service Days, Bradford County, FL.
Performances
Poetry reading at Sitwell’s Coffee House. Appalachian Writer’s Night. March, 31, 2000. Partcipated in collaboration with urban Appalachian girls who worked with me on a community literacy project.
Research, Applied Research, Projects
Grants
2006. Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy. ($65,000 + $148,191 in kind) Notification in April 2007.
2006. Miami Partnership Grant. ($1,000). Young Adult Literature Book Groups: Garfield Middle School and Teacher Education.
- 2005. Participatory Action Research as Classroom Curriculum EAP Summer Research Award. ($5,000).
- 2004. Urban Appalachian youth: Agents and leaders of change. Sociological Initiatives Foundation. ($15,000). Not funded.
- 2001. PT3 Grant for Digital Literacy Photo Assignment. ($2,400)
- 2000/01. Spencer Dissertation Fellowship. “Urban Appalachian girls: Writing and identity” ($20,000).
- 2000. Graduate Student and Faculty Research Mentoring Grant ($650), College of Education, University of Cincinnati.
- 1999/00. AERA/Spencer Pre-dissertation fellowship ($16,000 & $4,000 in travel).
- Summer, 1998. Graduate Student and Faculty Research Mentoring Grant, “Just the Facts: The Role of Summary in the Discussion of Texts” ($500), College of Education, University of Cincinnati.
- Fall, 1995. Faculty/Student Collaborative Research Grant, "Prospective English Teachers' Perceptions of Collaborating with Prospective Social Studies Teachers to Create an Interdisciplinary Unit" ($1,000), College of Education, University of Cincinnati.
- 1994-1999. University Graduate Scholarship. ($3,500 each academic quarter). College of Education, University of Cincinnati.
Research or projects in progress
Digital Storytelling with Urban Appalachian Youth
I am in the rapport-building phase of this research as I am getting to know groups of youth, one a group of eighth grade students in a school setting and the other a group of students ages 13-18 in a community-based setting, who will be constructing digital stories about youth-generated issues of concern. In this work, I aim to continue my agenda of doing collaborative, change-oriented work with youth of Appalachian descent while also investigating issues of identity and literacy.
Investigating Practice: Collaborative Research on Reading
This research project, being conducted in collaboration with Becky Lawson, a middle school reading teacher, focuses on instruction and its impact on student reading.
Professional Service
Service to the Profession
Offices held in and services performed for professional societies
2004-Present. Committee Chair, Research Committee. Urban Appalachian Council. Cincinnati, OH.
2002-Present. Co-Advisor with Tom Romano for National Council of Teachers of English/Student Affiliate of Miami.
Spring, 2005/06. Invited Mary Frances Dulworth, an inner city eighth grade teacher, to speak with NCTE-SAM and EDT 436M students about language arts and inner city teaching and learning.
Fall, 2004. NCTE-SAM members, under the student leadership of graduate student Kevin Schneider, have been more active engaging in out-of-class academic tasks, such as conferences and speakers, as any group since the organization’s founding in 1996.
Fall, 2004. Drew a group of 60 future English teachers to become members. Membership continues growing.
Fall, 2004. Coordinated trip to NCTE annual conference in Indianapolis attended by 15 Miami students. Attended presentations of nationally known education minds including Alfie Kohn, Louise Rosenblatt, and Linda Christensen, and reflected on experiences at dinner with NCTE-SAM members.
Fall, 2004. Planned presentation of middle-school librarian and teacher Sandy Lingo to roughly 40 members.
Fall, 2004. Planned urban-education panel discussion and question-and-answer session, including Mike Henson, of the Urban Appalachian Council in Lower Price Hill; Mary Frances Dulworth, teacher at Oyler Elementary in Lower Price Hill; and Jana Wylds, English teacher for Winton Woods School District.
Fall, 2004. Planned principal-panel discussion, including Sheryl Burke, principal of (Hamilton) Wilson Middle School; Dee Lancaster, assistant principal at Talawanda High School; Judy Murray, student-teaching supervisor at Miami and former principals for Edgewood and Hamilton Schools.
Fall, 2004. Helped arrange presentation by founder of the Utah Writing Project, former Utah State University English professor, and author of Coaching Writing, Bill Strong.
Fall, 2004. Supervised application for funding by the Associate Student Government, which gave NCTE-SAM roughly $200 as a speaking fee for Strong.
Fall, 2004. Helped earn $200 co-curricular grant, divided among NCTE-SAM members, to reimburse part of registration costs to NCTE conference.
Fall, 2004. Supervised coordination of Spring 2005 speaker list, including high school English teacher and author of Reinventing English, John Gaughan; director of Women Writing for (A) Change, Mary Pierce Brosmer; and reading teacher and performance poet, Charley Hoce.
Spring, 2003. Took a group of Middle Childhood and Adolescent Language Arts students to the statewide conference.
Consulting, service to other agencies
Summer, 2006. Taught a workshop on digital storytelling at the Summer 2006 Ohio.
Fall, 2003. Literature Circles. Series of workshops presented to teachers in Washington Court House City Schools, Washington Court House, Ohio.
Fall, 2003. Urban Appalachians and Education. Invited moderator for film series at the Cincinnati Public Library. Sponsored by the Urban Appalachian Council.
Summer, 2003. Invited guest on WMUB’s Friday Forum. Spoke about Appalachians and Urban Appalachians. June 20th.
Summer, 2003. Developed a series of workshops on urban Appalachians and curriculum for the Urban Appalachian Council and Children and Family First to be presented in 2004 to various districts in the Cincinnati area.
2001-Spring 2003. Middle school literacy mentor for teachers. Oyler Elementary, Cincinnati, Ohio.
2002-2005. Principal Investigator. Urban Appalachians Today. A focus group study conducted for the Urban Appalachian Council, Cincinnati, Ohio.
2002-2004. Urban Appalachians and Education. Workshop presented to teachers and community service providers at Quebec Heights Elementary School, Cincinnati, Ohio and to all teachers in St. Bernard/Elmwood School District, St. Bernard, Ohio.
2000-Present. Member of the Research Committee. Urban Appalachian Council, Cincinnati, Ohio. Appointed as Research Committee Chair in March, 2004.
Summer, 2000. Middle school literacy dialogues. In-service provided for Hamilton City Schools, Hamilton, Ohio.
Fall, 2000. Appalachian culture and education. In-service provided for Hamilton City Schools, Hamilton, Ohio.
1999. Literacy Mentors. In-service provided for Loveland City Schools and International Paper Mentoring Program. January, Loveland, Ohio.
1993. Panelist for National Board of Professional Teaching Standards Test Consultant, University of Florida.
Other professional service (e.g., proposal reviewer, manuscript reviewer, external examiner)
2000. Manuscript reviewer, (article), Teacher Education and Special Education.
Service to the University
Departmental and interdepartmental committees
2004. Reading Search Committee.
2004. Participated in EDT study circles focused on the issue of diversity in Teacher Education.
2003-Present. Member, Reading Committee.
2003-Present. Member, Graduate Reading Subcommittee.
2003. Member, Petitions Committee.
2001-2002. Member, Ad Hoc Admissions Policy Committee.
Note: Took the lead in exploring and synthesizing literature on quality teacher characteristics.
2001-Present. Member, Middle Childhood Education Committee.
2001-Present. Member, Middle Childhood Education Subcommittee for MCE Admissions.
2001-Present. Member, Integrated Language Arts Committee.
2001-Present. Member, Writing Committee.
Divisional or interdivisional committees
Fall, 2004- Present. Urban Teacher Education Cohort Committee. As part of this committee, I have been contributing to the conceptual development of an urban teacher cohort. In addition, I have been part of the Center for Community Engagement Faculty Learning Community. My participation in this community is already providing possible linkage between EAP and other disciplines in relation to an urban teacher education program.
Spring, 2001-2003. Member, College Cultural Diversity Committee. Part of my duties on the committee included contributing to the College Cultural Diversity Plan drafted Spring, 2002 and approved Fall, 2002. Also participated in a series of study groups.
Fall, 2001. Member, Heckert Center Review Committee. Part of my duties on this
committee included co-authoring a report submitted to Dean Schirmer.
Other services to/for the University
Spring, 2005. Participated in the Harrison Scholars Dinner.
Fall, 2004. Discussion facilitator. Miami University Summer Reading Program.
Fall, 2003. Guest Lecturer in Morris Young’s (English Department) graduate course on literacy and research.
Spring, 2003. African American Read-In. Read a poem by Affrilachian poet, Frank X. Walker.
Fall, 2002. Discussion facilitator. Miami University Summer Reading Program.
2001. Appalachia and Education. Talk presented with Kate Rousmaniere at the Miami University Museum. This talk was presented in conjunction with the Michael Paxton exhibit. September 19th.
2001. Appalachian Girls and Education. Presentation given to docents at the Miami University Museum. October 1st.
Service to Students
- Mentored MCE students as they presented at a national conference with me.
2006. Hosted several dinners at my house for students.
2004. Undergraduates Jennifer Anderson and Elizabeth Morton, Middle Childhood Education awarded a $300 Undergraduate Research Grant to complete a study entitled “Urban Appalachian boys: The struggle to stay in school.” Students presented at the Undergraduate Research Conference in Spring, 2005. In this work, I guided the students as they worked on their literature review and I arranged for a research site for the students. In addition, I mentored the students as they prepared for the Undergraduate Research Forum.
2004. Invited talk given at Kappa Delta Pi Initiation Ceremony--November 7th.
2004. Utilizing popcorn funds, hosted several dinners at my house for students in the Middle Childhood Education Content Block Courses.
2002. Accompanied MCE students to Ohio Council of Teachers of Language Arts Fall Conference, Dublin, Ohio.
2001. Utilizing Popcorn Fund, hosted an evening in which EDT students viewed, The First Year, a documentary about 4, first-year inner city teachers working in Los Angeles.
Service to the Community
Summer, 2003-05.Volunteer. Youth Leadership Project at the Urban Appalachian Council, Cincinnati, Ohio.
2003-Present. Volunteer. Grace Place. Homeless shelter for women and children,
Cincinnati, Ohio.
1999-Present. Youth advocacy work in a local urban Appalachian community, Cincinnati, Ohio.
1999-Present. Education Research Committee, Urban Appalachian Council, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Nov. 2000. Understanding the Spencer Process. Invited talk, English Department, Purdue University.
October, 2000. Obtaining funding for graduate student research. Workshop given for the Graduate Education Association, College of Education, University of Cincinnati.
Summer, 2000. Volunteer, Teen Community Theater Project, Urban Appalachian Council.
1998-2003. Volunteer, Urban Appalachian Council, F.O.R.E. Youth Program and SAV the Children Program.
1998. Planning Committee, Global Village Conference for Girls, Grailville Center, Cincinnati, Ohio.
1996-99. Chair, Annual Technology Conference Committee, College of Education Alumni Association, University of Cincinnati.
1996. Planning Committee, Graduate Spring Research Conference, College of Education, University of Cincinnati.
Awards & Honors
2001. Garvin Distinguished Dissertation Award. University of Cincinnati, College of Education.
2001. Outstanding Graduate Student Award. Literacy, University of Cincinnati, College of Education.
1996. Doctoral Student Award. American Reading Forum National Conference.
1994. Literacy Award. Alachua County Reading Council.
Memberships in professional organizations
American Educational Research Association
International Reading Association
National Council of Teachers of English
Ohio Council for the Teachers of English Language Arts