CURRICULUM VITAE
Dr. Susan J. Wegmann
University of Central Florida
College of Education
PO Box 161250
Orlando, FL 32816-1250
(352) 536-2176
EDUCATION
2001 Ph.D. (Summer, 2001), University of Florida, Gainesville, FL,
School of Teaching and Learning.
1994 M. A., University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS, Curriculum and Instruction.
1985 B. A. University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, Elementary Education.
EXPERIENCE
2005 - present Assistant Professor, University of Central Florida, Clermont, FL
2002 - 2005 Assistant Professor, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX
2001 - 2002 Assistant Professor, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
1997 - 2001 Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
1996 - 1997 Third-grade and Fifth-grade teacher, Marion County Schools, Summerfield, FL
1992 - 1996 Third-grade and Fourth-grade teacher, DeSoto County Schools, Hernando, MS
1989 - 1991 Third-grade and Fifth-grade teacher, Diboll ISD, Diboll, TX
1988 Sixth-grade teacher, Angelina Christian School, Lufkin, TX
1987 - 1988 Fifth-grade teacher, Reading, St. Bernard Parish, Chalmette, LA
1986 - 1987 Fifth-, Sixth-, Seventh-, & Eighth-grade teacher, Special Education, Reading, St.
Bernard Parish, Chalmette, LA
1985 - 1986 Seventh-grade teacher, Language Arts & Geography, Pasco County Schools, Land O' Lakes, FL
PUBLICATIONS
Wegmann, S., & McCauley, J. (in press) Can you hear us now? Stances toward interaction and rapport.
In Y. Inoue (Ed.), Online Education for Lifelong Learning. Hershey, PA: Information Science
Publishing.
Wegmann, S., & McCauley, J. (2006). Stances to Facilitate Online Interaction and Rapport. In C.
Crawford et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education
International Conference 2006 (pp. 592-595). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
Wegmann, S.J. (2005). Stance and Theories in Teaching. Florida Reading Quarterly, 15, 8-15
Wegmann, S., Adams, P., Higgins, B., Miller M., Price D.,& Swicegood, P. (2005).
Perceptions of Efficacy as Factors in Attracting and Retaining New Teachers. Academic
Exchange Quarterly. p. 235-340
Wegmann, S., & Bercaw, L. (2002) Does Prayer Work? Supplement to Health in Education, 2nd Ed.
Higgins, B., Miller, M., & Wegmann, S. J. (2005). Teaching to the test. . . not!: (revised and resubmitted to
The Reading Teacher, February, 2005)
Miller, M., Higgins, B., & Wegmann, S. (in submission) Don’t Become a Statistic: Advice for the
Preservice Teacher. New Teacher Advocate.
RESEARCH PROJECTS
· “Analysis of discussion board entries from one online course”
Analyzed discussion board entries from a Master’s Level course on writing. Investigating interaction and rapport among instructors and participants. 14 participants and over 200 pages of transcripts. Created a list of effective protocols to put into place in online courses in order to facilitate interaction and rapport. Summer, 2006
· “Analysis of Parent, Teacher, and Student survey of Reading Recovery Practices in Conroe, Texas”
Surveyed and used SPSS and Ethnograph to analyze 350+ parents, teachers, and
students’ surveys concerning their experiences with the Reading Recovery program in
Conroe, TX. Created a cost analysis of the program and facilitated the local school board
in the decision-making process whether to retain the program. Focused on the stance of
oral language during the reading recovery lessons. Spring, 2005
· “The Characteristics of Veteran Teachers”
Surveyed and used SPSS and Ethnograph to analyze 95 novice and veteran teachers’
survey’s in order to discern reasons why teachers stay in the teaching profession. Fall
2003 -- Spring, 2005
· "Negotiating the Real and the Ideal: A Case Study of Four Teachers in Literacy Learning
Opportunities in Elementary Language Arts Teaching"
Observed and interviewed four fourth-grade teachers, interviewed 12 students, analyzed the range of differences in the teachers' ideal and enacted literacy curricula. Used Ethnograph to analyze the transcript data. Fall, 1999 – Fall, 2001
· "Like Pushing String: An Ethnography of One Fourth-Grade Class"
Observed and analyzed audio-tape transcripts of 14 reading lessons in one fourth-grade classroom, described teacher and student interaction patterns. Fall, 2000
· "Inquiry, Classroom Participation, and Personal Experiences: Discussion in Class"
Audio-taped six 45-minute discussions and interviewed three key participants, analyzed oral discussion transcripts. Spring, 2000
· "Sense in the Nonsense"
Focused on a six-year-old's vocalizations during play periods audio-tape recorded and transcribed six play episodes, analyzed meaningful interactions between physical actions and words used as a story line. Fall, 1999
· "Discourse Analysis: Uncovering the Pearl"
Clarified and described discourse as data in studying social discursive practices in classrooms and communities. Spring, 1999
· "Gender Slippage and Expected Stereotypes: What a Fourth-grader Already Knows about Gender"
Focused on fourth-graders' narrative writing in relation to gender, gathered and analyzed written data from 24 fourth-grade students. Fall, 1999
· Bilingual Assessment Project
Tutored a fourth-grade, bilingual student for one semester, bi-weekly, designed a two-part assessment: performance-based and traditional, described students' reading progress through the course of one semester by analyzing all reading assessments and daily work. Spring, 1998
CERTIFICATION
· State of Texas #266-99-4626 Elementary Education, Grades 1-8, valid through life
· State of Mississippi #144501 Elementary Education, Grades k-8 valid through June 30, 2004
· State of Florida #576723 Elementary Education, Grades 1-6 valid through June 30, 2001
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
June, 1996 - present National Council of Teachers of English
June, 1996 - present International Reading Association
June, 1999 - present Florida Reading Association
August, 2002 – present College Reading Association
May, 2004- present Delta Kappa Gamma
January, 2004 – present Kappa Delta Pi
August, 2005 – present Association of Teacher Educators
AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS
August, 1997 - August, 2001 Multicultural/Bilingual Fellowship, US Government
November, 2000 - present Kappa Delta Pi member
Fall, 2004 Chosen by students as exemplary Education professor for
SHSU yearbook
Each semester since Fall, 2002 Chosen by former students to be included in Who’s Who Among
American Teachers
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
March 21, 2006 “Stances to facilitate online interaction and rapport” Association for the
Advancement of Computing in Education, Orlando, FL
February 27, 2006 “Teachers’ Stances in the Classroom” Williwaw School, Anchorage, AK
February 20, 2006 “Dilemma in online teaching: Researching Teachers’ stance,”
Association of Teacher Educators, Atlanta, GA
January 11, 12, 2006 “Multicultural Perspectives in Curricula” and “Classroom Behavior
Management” Internship Orientations, UCF South Lake Campus
November 4, 2005 “Can you hear me now?: Analysis of interaction and rapport,”
College Reading Association, Savannah, GA
October 11, 2005 South Lake campus interview with NCATE team, Clermont, FL
May 20, 2005 “Results of Analysis of Parent, Teacher, and Student survey of Reading
Recovery practices in Conroe, Texas,” District Office, Conroe, TX
March 4, 2005 “Bee-ware: Bearkats and Hornets Reading Zone” Reading is
Fundamental (RIF) celebration, Gibbs Elementary School,
Huntsville, TX
January 6, 2005 “Implementing and Sustaining an Online Program” Hawaiian
International Conference on Education, Honolulu, HI
October 16, 2004 “Teaching: The Great Juggling Act” Kappa Delta Pi,
Huntsville, TX
October 31, 2004 “Characteristics and Qualities of Teachers Who Stay in the
Profession” College Reading Association, Corpus Christi
November 8, 2003 “Confessions of an Elementary School Teacher” Celebration of
Teaching, Huntsville, TX
December 9, 2002 "Literature Discussions, Participant Stance, and Discussion Filters"
American Reading Forum, Sanibel Island, FL
November 16 - 19, 2000 "The Heart of the Matter: Teaching and Tension for Critical Literacy,"
NCTE Fall conference, Milwaukee, WS
June 14, 2000 "Linking Oral Language Development to Literacy Development," Reading
Rescue Summer Institute, Gainesville, FL
March 17 - 19, 2000 "Discussing Their Own Potentials and Connecting their Roots in Learning
to Become Teachers," NCTE Spring Conference, New York, New York
March 4 - 7, 1999 "Resistance to the Progressive Language Arts Methods Course: Our
Journeys as Teacher Educators," NCTE Spring Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio
January 8 - 10, 1999 "Discourse Analysis: Uncovering the Pearl," QUIG Qualitative Research
Conference - - Athens, Georgia
TECHNOLOGY
Skilled in:
·WebCT
·Blackboard
·Website design, implementation, and maintenance
·Ethnograph
·SPSS
·Microsoft Word, Works, Word Perfect
·PowerPoint
SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION
Spring, 2006 Developed online courses LAE 4361/5337 “Content Area
Literacy in Middle and High School”
Spring, 2006 Member, Search Committee for position at South Lake campus
Fall, 2005 - present Student Advisor – 32 students on South Lake campus – 100+
contact hours
Fall, 2005 – present Member, College Reading Association Membership Committee
Fall, 2005 - present Member, NCTE Opinion Panel for Elementary Language Arts
Fall, 2005 – present Member, Reading, Language Arts SIG, Association of Teacher
Educators
Fall, 2005 – present Reviewer for Journal of Literacy Research, National Reading
Conference
Fall, 2004 – present Doctoral committee, SHSU
Fall, 2004 - Spring, 2005 Reading Coordinator, Department of Language, Literacy, and
Special Populations, SHSU
Fall, 2002 - present Reviewer for Allyn & Bacon and Merrill Pub. Co’s
2004 - 2005 Faculty Counselor, Kappa Delta Pi, Delta Theta Chapter, SHSU
2003 - 2005 Lead review sessions for students for teacher examination (TExES), SHSU
Spring, 1998 Search Committee for Assistant Professor, Elementary
Education, University of Florida
August, 1997 - 2002 Reviewer for Florida Reading Quarterly, Florida Reading
Association
August, 1996 - present attend/chaperone various school events and field trips
June, 1985 - present Significant volunteer leadership in local church - teaching and
mentoring 13 - 22 year old students, leading children's choirs, teaching VBS, etc.
HOBBIES, INTERESTS, LEISURE ACTIVITIES
musician - vocal, piano, clarinet, hand bells, guitar
runner
REFERENCES
Dr. Mary Robbins, Chair, Dept of Language, Literacy, and Special Populations, SHSU Box 2119; Huntsville, TX 77341 (936)294-3890
Dr. Genevieve Brown, Dean, College of Education, Sam Houston State University, SHSU Box 2119; Huntsville, TX 77341 (936)294-1101
Dr. Debra Price, Dept of Language, Literacy, and Special Populations, SHSU Box 2119; Huntsville, TX 77341 (936)294-1135
Dr. Jane Townsend, School of Teaching and Learning, University of Florida, P. O. Box 117048, Gainesville, FL 32611-7048; (352) 392-9191 X231