Dr. Joan F. Kaywell
University of South Florida
College of Education
Department of Secondary Education
Web Page:
http://www.coedu.usf.edu/kaywell/
E-Mail Address:
kaywell@tempest.coedu.usf.edu
Ph.D. University of Florida, August 8, 1987;
M.Ed. University of Florida, August 30, 1980;
BAE University of Florida, March 17, 1979.
Professional Experience
1987- Full Professor (2001- ), Associate Tenured Professor, (1994-2000), Assistant Professor (1988-94), Visiting Assistant Professor, (1987-88) University of South Florida, College of Education, Secondary Education 302-K, Tampa, FL 33620-5650 (813) 974-3516.
2002-2004 Interim Department Chair, Department of Secondary Education, College of Education, University of South Florida, EDU 162, Tampa, FL 33620-5650 (813) 974-3516.
1986-87 Teacher, University of Florida, College of Education, P.K. Yonge Laboratory School, Gainesville, FL 32611 (904) 392-1554.
1985-86 Teaching Associate, (1984-85, Teaching Assistant), (1983-84, Graduate Assistant) University of Florida, College of Education, Instruction and Curriculum, Gainesville, FL 32611 (904) 392-0761.
1979-83 Teacher, Kathleen High School, 2600 North Crutchfield Road, Lakeland, FL 33801 (813) 688-5444.
Awards
National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), Assembly on Literature for Adolescents (ALAN), Support for the Learning and Teaching of English (SLATE), Women in Literature and Life Assembly (WILLA), Florida Council Teachers of English (FCTE), American Educational Research Association (AERA), Eastern Educational Research Association (EERA), Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD), Florida Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (FASCD), Phi Delta Kappa (PDK), International Reading Association (IRA), American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE), Florida Association of Teacher Educators (FATE), Florida Association for Media Educators (FAME), and the Florida Organization of Teacher Educators in Reading.
Current Professional Activities and Service
National: Chair of the NCTE’s CEE’s Commission on the Study and Teaching of Young Adult Literature, November 1998-2002; National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS)/Early Adolescence English Language Arts Committee, 1999-2001; ALAN President and Conference Chair, fal1 1998-1999, “Saving Our Students’ Lives Through Literature and Laughter; NCTE’s CEE’s Commission on English Education and English Studies, 1992-1998; NCTE’s Resolutions Committee, November 14-21, 1995; Conference Chair for the NCTE Education Services, FCTE, and the Florida Writing Project’s joint sponsored Regional Conference, “Moving You and Your Students into the 21st Century: Standards, Assessment, and Literacy,” March 24-26 1994; Folio Reviewer for the NCTE/NCATE, 1988-1999; the Young Adult Literature Column Editor for the English Journal, September 1996-April 1998; Editorial Review Board Member for English Journal, 1994-present; The ALAN Review, March 1998-present; The New Advocate, May 1995-present; and member of NCTE Achievement Awards in Writing Advisory Committee, 1990-1993.
State: FCTE President, October 1995-1996; FCTE 1st Vice-President, October 1994-1995; FCTE 2nd Vice-President, October 1993-1994; FCTE Executive Secretary, October 1988-1993; Chaired the Statewide Course Numbering System Faculty Committee on Language Arts and English Education, 1998-1999.
USF/Schools: Professional Development School Liaison between USF and Sarasota Middle School, 2001-2002 & 1999-2000; Member of the Commencement and Convocation Committee; Liaison Faculty on the College of Education and the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS/COE) Articulation Committee, 1991-present; Keynote Speaker, Guest Author, and Consultant (69 presentations) for surrounding schools within the USF service area—Hillsborough, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, and Sarasota--1982-present.
Publications
Book (Trade): Kaywell, Joan F. (March 2007). Dear Author: Letters of Hope. New York: Philomel Books.
Book (Reference): Kaywell, Joan F. (1993). Adolescents At Risk: A Guide to Fiction and Nonfiction for Young Adults, Parents, and Professionals. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group.
Series Editor (4 books, Scholarly): Kaywell, Joan F. (Ed). Young Adult Literature as a Complement to the Classics, Volume Four (2000); Volume Three (1997); Volume Two (1995); Volume One (1993). Norwood, Massachusetts: Christopher Gordon Publishers.
Series Editor (6 books, Scholarly): Kaywell, Joan F. (Ed). (1999). Using Literature to Helped Troubled Teenagers Cope with Family [Societal (1999), Alienation and Identity (1999), Health (2000), Death and Dying (2001), and Abuse (2004)] Issues. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group.
13 Chapters in Books: Kaywell, Joan F. & Street, Sue (2004). “Escaping the Emotional Hold Using Chris Crutcher’s Ironman as a Springboard for Discussion.” In Joan F. Kaywell’s (Ed.) Using Literature to Helped Troubled Teenagers Cope with Abuse Issues. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group; Kaywell, Joan F. & Street, Sue (2004). Winning the Battle for Self after the Big Lie.” In Joan F. Kaywell’s (Ed.) Using Literature to Helped Troubled Teenagers Cope with Abuse Issues. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group; Kaywell, Joan F. & Street, Sue (2004). Winning the Battle for Self after the Big Lie.” In Joan F. Kaywell’s (Ed.) Using Literature to Helped Troubled Teenagers Cope with Abuse Issues. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group; Street, Sue & Kaywell, Joan F. (2004). Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes: A Counselor Picks Up Where Crutcher Stops Off.” In Joan F. Kaywell’s (Ed.) Using Literature to Helped Troubled Teenagers Cope with Abuse Issues. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group; Daniel, Pat & Kaywell, Joan F. (2002). “Searching for Identity and Reconciliation in In Summer Light by Zibby Oneal.” In Connie S. Zitlow’s (Ed.). Lost Masterworks of Young Adult Literature. Scarecrow Press; Kaywell, Joan F. (2000). “Selling One’s Soul to the Devil: The Tragedy of Doctor Faustus and Young Adult Literature.” In Joan F. Kaywell’s (Ed.). Adolescent Literature as a Complement to the Classics IV. Norwood, Massachusetts: Christopher Gordon Publishers; Kaywell, Joan F. (2000). – Nancy Garden, 1938- . In Ted Hipple’s (Ed.) Writers for Young Adults, Volume 2. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons; Kaywell, Joan F. & Powell, Sara Anderson. (1999). “A therapeutic reader’s response to Michael Dorris’s A Yellow Raft in Blue Water.” In Joan F. Kaywell’s (Ed.) Using Literature to Helped Troubled Teenagers Cope with Family Issues. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group, pp. 273-289; Kaywell, Joan F. & Quintana, Heidi M. (1997). “Hadley Irwin.” In Ted Hipple’s (Ed.) Writers for Young Adults, Volume 2. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, pp. 161-166; Kaywell, Joan F. (1997). “From Survival to Success: Moving from The Call of the Wild to ‘I Have a Dream’ Using Young Adult Literature.” In Joan F. Kaywell’s (Ed.). Adolescent Literature as a Complement to the Classics III. Norwood, Massachusetts: Christopher Gordon Publishers, pp. 195-211; Kaywell, Joan F. (1995). “Using Young Adult Literature to Develop a Comprehensive World Literature Course Around Several Classics.” In Joan F. Kaywell’s (Ed.). Adolescent Literature as a Complement to the Classics II. Norwood, Massachusetts: Christopher Gordon Publishers, pp. 111-143; Kaywell, Joan F. & Quintana, Heidi M. (1994). “A Critical Essay About Bette Greene.” In Laura Standley Berger’s Twentieth-Century Young Adult Writers. Detroit, Michigan: St. James Press, pp. 257-259; and Kaywell, Joan F. (1993). “Anne Frank’s Diary of a Young Girl: World War II and Young Adult Literature.” In Joan F. Kaywell’s (Ed.). Adolescent Literature as a Complement to the Classics. Norwood, Massachusetts: Christopher Gordon Publishers, pp. 13-35.
County: Presented 59 inservice workshops and Co-presented 10 inservice workshops for local teachers.
Conducted a literacy enhancement project with abused adolescent girls, residing at Brookwood Residence in St. Petersburg, Florida; every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from May 19 until August 6, 1998. Replicated the literacy enhancement project with a class of students who were failing and not responding at all to their teachers at Sarasota Middle School (SMS), August 20, 1999 - June 2000 and for the spring 2002.
Keynote speaker for the city of New York’s At-Risk Institute held at Fordham University, June 29, 1999, and have since been invited as a keynote speaker four additional times.
Lowe, Peter. (1998). Success Talk (cassette tape): Interview with Joanna Garcia for our collaboration on a Project of Significance with the 8th graders of Corpus Christi School, Tampa, Florida. My name is mentioned along with the work I have done on this internationally marketed tape series.
NOTE: A more detailed (37 page) Vita can be provided upon request.