Lisa Scherff

Assistant Professor, English Education
Department of Curriculum and Instruction
230-A Graves Hall
(205)-348-5872
lscherff@bamaed.ua.edu
Appointed in 2005

Recent Courses Taught:

CSE 479/579: Teaching Secondary School English
CRD 412/512: Improvement of Reading in Secondary Schools
CSE 455/555: Young Adult Literature
CSE 469/569: Pedagogical Grammar
CSE 563/663: Improving English Instruction

Areas of Research:

Equity and Opportunity to Learn in Secondary Language Arts Classes
Teacher Narratives
Teacher Preparation, Induction, and Mentoring
Young adult literature in the middle and high school curriculum

Academic Degrees:

Ph.D., Florida State University, 2002. Reading Education/Graduate Certificate in Educational Policy.

M.A., University of Mississippi, 1992. English.

B.A., Florida State University, 1990. English.

Professional Experiences:

Assistant Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education, The University of Alabama, 2005 – Present.

Assistant Professor of English Education, Department of Theory and Practice in Teacher Education, The University of Tennessee, 2002 – 2005.

High School Teacher, 1996 - 2002.

Selected Publications:

Paulus, T., & Scherff, L. (in press). “Can anyone offer any words of encouragement?”: Online dialogue as a support mechanism for pre-service teachers. Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 16(1), 121-144.

Scherff, L., & Wright, C. L. (2007). Getting beyond the cuss words: Using Marxism and binary opposition to teach Ironman and The Catcher in the Rye. The ALAN Review, 35(1), 51-61.

Scherff, L., & Paulus, T. (2006). Encouraging ownership of online spaces: Support for preservice English teachers through computer-mediated communication. Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education [Online serial], 6(4).

Scherff, L., & Kaplan, J. (2006). Reality check: A teacher educator returns home. Studying Teacher Education, 2(2), 155-167.

Scherff, L. (2005). Thirteen years of school: What students really think. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Education.

Scherff, L., & Piazza, C. (2005). The more things change the more they stay the same: A survey of high school students’ writing experiences. Research in the Teaching of English, 39(3), 271-304.

Selected Presentations:

Hahs-Vaughn, D., & Scherff, L. (2007, April). Beginning English teacher attrition and mobility. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Chicago, IL.

Scherff, L., & Hahs-Vaughn, D. (2006, November).What we know about English language arts teachers: An analysis of the 1999-2000 SASS and 2000-2001 TFS databases. Paper presented at the 93rd annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English, Nashville, TN.

Kaplan, J., & Scherff, L. (2006, April). Going backward can lead to moving forward: One teacher educator’s return to secondary teaching. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Francisco, CA.

Scherff, L. (2006, February). Interns’ perspectives of their competence in meeting INTASC, NCATE, and state teaching standards: Results from a pre and post internship survey. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education (AACTE), San Diego, CA.

Scherff, L. (2006, February). Why new teachers come and go—what we can do to help them stay. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education (AACTE), San Diego, CA.