Research Interests:
Elementary Literacy, Digital Storytelling, Technology in Teacher Education
Courses Taught
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EDE 301 Literacy Development and Language Acquisition in Elementary Education
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EDE 302 Reading and Language Arts in Elementary Education
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EDS 654 Reading in the Content Areas
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EDE 402 Reflection and Analysis in Student Teaching in Elementary Education
Degrees
Ed.D, Teachers College, Columbia University
BA, University of California, Los Angeles
Recent Publications
Schmier, S. A. & Grant, R. (2022). Examining curriculum through a critical anti-racist lens. California Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (CATESOL).
Schmier, S. A. (2022) An inquiry into the possibilities of collaborative digital stories between preservice teachers and elementary students. Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education.
Schmier, S. A. (2021). Using digital storytelling as a turn-around pedagogy. Literacy, doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/lit.12250
Schmier, S. A. (2019) Performing the performance assessment. English Teaching Practice and Critique.18(3).
Schmier, S. A. (2019). The myth of sharing publicly as 21st century literacy: A case study of a Bangladeshi-American girl’s mobile literacy practices. International Journal of Information and Learning Technology. 36(2), 94-103.
Schmier, S. A., Johnson, E., & Lohnes Watulak, S. (2018). Going public: Exploring the possibilities for publishing student interest-driven writing beyond the classroom. Australian Journal of Language and Literacy. 41(1), 57-66.
Schmier, S. A. (2014). Popular Culture in a Digital Media Studies Classroom. Literacy. 48(1), 39-46.
Schmier, S. A. (2012). Designing Space for Student Choice in a Digital Media Studies Classroom. In J. Avila & J. Zacher Pandya: Critical Digital Literacies as Social Praxis: Intersections and Challenges. New York, NY: Peter Lang. (Recipient of the Edward B. Fry Book Award)
