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EDUCATION
Ph.D. 1995 University of Pennsylvania
(Reading, Writing, & Literacy)
M.A. 1981 Beaver College (Arcadia U.)
(Composition)
B.A. 1974 The Pennsylvania State U.
(English)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1998 - Present Assistant Professor, Department of Reading Education
University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2000 - 2001 Adjunct Faculty, Reading Endorsement,
University of Alaska, Soldotna Center, Soldotna, AK
2001 - Present Faculty, Writing and research courses,
Bread Loaf School of English, Santa Fe, NM.
1996 - 1998 Adjunct Faculty, Department of Educational Development
University of Delaware, Newark, DE
1992 - 1994 Facilitator, The Teaching and Learning Seminar of the Philadelphia Schools Collaborative, Philadelphia, PA.
1990 - 1998 Coordinator, Crossroads Small Learning Community
School District of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
1986 - 1998 Teacher Consultant, The Philadelphia Writing Project
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
1974 - 1998 Teacher, English Department
School District of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
PUBLICATIONS
Articles in Refereed Journals
Fecho, B. (in press). Why are you doing this?: Acknowledging and transcending threat in critical inquiry classrooms. Research in the Teaching of English.
Fecho, B., Commeyras, M., Bauer, E., & Font, G. (2001). In rehearsal: Complicating authority in undergraduate critical inquiry classrooms. Journal of Literacy Research, 32 (4), 471-504.
Schultz, K & Fecho, B. (2000). Society’s child: Social context and writing development. Educational Psychology, 35 (1), 51-62.
Fecho, B. (2000). Critical inquiries into language in an urban classroom. Research in the Teaching of English, 34 (3), 368-395.
Fecho, B. (2000). Developing critical mass: Teacher education and critical inquiry pedagogy. Journal of Teacher Education, 51 (3), 194-199.
Fecho B. (1993-1994). Learning from Laura. Social Action, 1 (4), 26-28.
Lytle, S. & Fecho, B. (1992). Meeting strangers in familiar places: Teacher collaboration by cross-visitation. English Education, 23 (1), 5-28.
Book Chapters
Fecho, B. & Allen, J. (in press). Teacher inquiry into literacy, social justice, and power. In J. Flood, D. Lapp, J. Jensen, and J. Squire (Eds.). The handbook of research on teaching English language arts. (2nd edition). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Fecho, B. (1998). Crossing boundaries of race in a critical literacy classroom. In D. Alvermann, K. Hinchman, D. Moore, S. Phelps, & D. Waff (Eds.). Reconceptualizing the literacies in adolescents’s lives (pp. 75-101). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Fecho, B. (1996). Learning from Laura. In H. Banford (et al) Cityscapes: Eight views from the urban classroom (pp. 57-71). Berkeley, CA: The National Writing Project. (revision of journal article).
Fecho, B. (1994). Language inquiry and critical pedagogy: Co-investigating power in the classroom. In M. Fine (Ed.). Chartering urban school reform: Reflections on high schools in the midst of change. New York: Teachers College Press.
Lytle, S., Christman, J., Cohen, J., Countryman, J., Fecho, B., Portnoy, F. & Sion, F. (1994). Learning in the afternoon: When teacher inquiry meets school reform. In M. Fine (Ed.). Chartering urban school reform: Reflections on high schools in the midst of change. New York: Teachers College Press.
Fecho, B. (1993). Reading as a teacher. In M. Cochran-Smith & S. Lytle. Inside/outside: Teacher research and knowledge. New York: Teachers College Press.
Fecho, B. & Lytle, S. (1993). Working it out: Collaboration as subject and method. In S. Hudelson & J. Lindfors (Eds.). Delicate balances: Collaborative research in language education. Urbana, IL: NCTE.
Lytle, S. & Fecho, B. (1992). Meeting strangers in familiar places: Teacher collaboration by cross-visitation. In N. Branscombe, D. Goswami, & J. Schwartz (Eds.). Students teaching, teachers learning. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann. (re-publication of journal article).
Articles in National & International Education Publications
Fecho, B. (1998). Learning with April. The Quarterly of the National Writing Project, 20 (1), 18-19.
Fecho, B. (1997). Do Ebonics critics miss the point? The Voice of the National Writing Project, 2 (1), 10.
Fecho, B. (1997). From factory to family model: The formation of the small learning community. Principal Matters, 9 (2), 41-44.
Book Reviews:
Fecho, B. (in press). Toward literacies of engagement: The politics of compliance and school choice [Essay review of the books Literacy with an Attitude: Educating working class children in their own self-interest and Everyday literacies: Students, discourse, and social practice]. The Journal of Curriculum Studies.
Fecho, B. (2000). [Review of the book Reading for understanding: A guide to improving reading in middle and high school classrooms]. The Quarterly of the National Writing Project, 22 (3), 37-38, 40.
Technical Reports
Fecho, B. (2000) Current conditions: Curriculum: Reading. Middle school program assessment. (pp. 38-39), Atlanta, GA: Governor’s Education Reform Study Commission, Education Programs Committee.
Fecho, B. (2000) Other States: Curriculum: Reading. Middle school program assessment. (pp. 60-63), Atlanta, GA: Governor’s Education Reform Study Commission, Education Programs Committee.
Fecho, B. (2000) Alternatives: Curriculum: Reading. Middle school program assessment. (pp. 74-75), Atlanta, GA: Governor’s Education Reform Study Commission, Education Programs Committee.
It must be noted that these three citations are all part of the same comprehensive report on middle school programs
PRESENTATIONS
National/International Meetings
Fecho, B. (2001, April). Ethics and teacher research: How it is and how it is not. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Seattle, WA. (invited).
Fecho, B., Edwards, E. C., Nickelsen, T., & Pintaone, A.M. (2001, April). Inquiry as a way of life: Coming to know through autoethnography. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Seattle, WA. (refereed).
Fecho, B. (2001, April). Madaz publications: Polyphonic identity and existential literacy transactions. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Seattle, WA. (refereed).
Fecho, B., Joloza, C. & Ravreby, R. (2001, April). Inquiry at a crossroads: Issues of identity, authority, and ownership. Roundtable presentation at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Seattle, WA. (refereed).
Fecho, B., Edwards, E. C., Nickelsen, T., & Pintaone, A.M. (2001, March). Shaping and being shaped by critical inquiry: Four autoethnographic journeys. Symposium presented at the Ethnography in Education Forum of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. (refereed).
Fecho, B., Christian, S., Pintaone, A.M., Portnoy, D. Roppel, R., & Winikur, G. (2001, March). PorTRAITS of teacher research: Taking an inquiry stance on pedagogy, curriculum, and assessment. Symposium presented at the Ethnography in Education Forum of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. (refereed).
Edwards, E. C., Fecho, B., Nickelsen, T. & Pintaone, A.M. (2001, January). Living critical inquiry pedagogy: Four autoethnographic journeys. Symposium presented at the Conference on Interdisciplinary Qualitative Studies, Athens, GA. (refereed).
Fecho, B. & Rush, L. (2000, December). Getting beyond the "grr grr grr grr"stage: Working through threat in a critical inquiry classroom. Roundtable presentation at the annual meeting of the National Reading Conference, Scottsdale, AZ. (refereed).
Fecho, B & Allen, J. (2000, December) Social imperatives: Teacher research, equity issues, literacy, and NRC. Organizer & discussant of symposium at the annual meeting of the National Reading Conference, Scottsdale, AZ. (refereed).
Fecho, B. (2000, November). Getting to the heart of matters: Issues in critical inquiry classrooms, elementary to university. Organizer and chair of symposium at the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English, Milwaukee, WI. (refereed).
Fecho, B. (2000, March). Madaz publishing: Literacy, identity, and classroom transactions. Paper presented at the Ethnography in Education Forum of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. (refereed).
Fecho, B. (2000, March). The threat of challenge and the challenge of threat. Paper presented at the Ethnography in Education Forum of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. (refereed).
Fecho, B. (2000, March). Inquiry into inquiry: Co-imagining the possibilities of critical literacy in an urban learning community. Organizer and chair of symposium at the Ethnography in Education Forum of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. (refereed).
Fecho, B. & Rush, L. (1999, December). Complicating community: Negotiating the tensions of critical inquiry in an undergraduate literacy classroom. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Reading Conference, Orlando, Fl. (refereed).
Fecho, B. (1999, November). Why are you doing this?: Discomfort, critical inquiry, and issues of social justice. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English, Denver, CO. (refereed).
Fecho, B. (1999, April). Why are you doing this: Multiple perspectives and issues of social justice in an inquiry-based classroom. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Canada.
Fecho, B. (1998, November). Making means or making meaning: The mixed messages of large scale assessment. Paper presented at annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English, Nashville, TN. (refereed).
Fecho, B. (1998, May). Making meaning or making means: Inquiry-based literacy in a standardized test world. A paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Reading Association, Orlando, Fl. (invited).
Fecho, B. (1998, April). Critical pedagogy in four situations. Paper presented as part of an interactive symposium at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA. (refereed).
Fecho, B. (1997, November). Teacher research: Exploring the possibilities. Talk presented at the annual meeting of the Assembly on Research of the National Council of Teachers of English, Detroit, MI. (invited).
Fecho, B. (1997, November). Opening RTE to teacher research. Talk presented at the annual meeting of the National Writing Project, Detroit, MI. (invited).
Fecho, B. (1997, May). Words and lives: Toward a critical discourse on language among urban adolescents. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Reading Association, Atlanta, Ga. (invited).
Fecho, B. (1997, March). The difference between packing and planting: Urban small learning communities. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL. (refereed).
Fecho, B. (1997, March). Words and lives: Juxtaposing theory, pedagogy, and student response in an urban classroom. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL. (refereed).
Fecho, B. (1996, November). Ten years of teacher research. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Assembly on Research at the National Council of Teachers of English Chicago, IL. (invited).
Fecho, B. (1996, April). Earning our exhaustion: Participation, observation, and analysis in the teacher research dissertation. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY. (refereed).
Fecho, B. (1994, March). Issues in teacher research. Paper presented at the Ethnography in Education Forum of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. (invited).
Fecho, B. (1992, April). Language inquiry and critical pedagogy: Co-investigating power in the classroom. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA. (refereed).
Fecho, B. (1992, February). The way they talk: An English teacher ponders his role. Paper presented at the Ethnography in Education Forum of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. (refereed).
In Australia
Fecho, B. (1999, February). Sooner, not later: Creating a culture of community, responsibility, and engagement in schools. Keynote address at the annual meeting of the South Australian Secondary Principals Association, Adelaide, Australia. (invited).
Fecho, B. (1998, August). Reading between the lines: Literacy, assessment, and students–Learning from the American experience. Paper presented at a meeting of the Australian Education Union, Adelaide, Australia. (invited)
Fecho, B. (1998, July). Teacher as researcher: Taking an inquiry stance on the classroom. Paper presented at a meeting of the State of South Australia Department of Education, Training, and Employment, Adelaide, Australia. (invited)
Fecho, B. (1998, July). Creating a line of defense: Critical inquiries into language in an Urban classroom. Paper presented as part of a lecture series at the University of South Australia, Underdale Campus, Adelaide, Australia. (invited).
Selected State, Regional, and Local Meetings
Fecho, B. (2000, October). Mucking with teacher research. Workshop presented at the annual meeting of the Alaska State Literacy Association, Juneau, AK. (invited).
Fecho, B. & the Alaska Women of Literacy. (2000, October). The power of literacy memoirs. Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the Alaska State Literacy Association, Juneau, AK. (invited).
Fecho, B. (2000, October). Tales of a small learning community. Workshop presented at the fall conference of the League of Professional Schools, Duluth , GA. (invited).
Allen, J. & Fecho, B. (2000, October). Teacher inquiry into literacy, social justice, and power. Banquet address at the annual meeting of the Alaska State Literacy Association, Juneau, AK. (invited).
Fecho, B. & Bauer, E. (2000, April). Reading between the lines: Critical inquiry into diversity in undergraduate courses. Poster session at the annual Multicultural Education Conference of the UGA College of Education, Athens, GA. (invited).
Fecho, B. (1999). Inquiring into the work of high school students. Workshop presented at the fall conference of the Georgia League of Professional Schools, Savannah, GA. (invited).
Allen, L. & Fecho, B. (1999). Instruction in the high school. Workshop facilitator at the spring conference of the Georgia League of Professional Schools, Athens, GA. (invited).
CONSULTANCIES
2001 Supported efforts at Ketchikan High School, Ketchikan, AK, to develop a more integrated curriculum, pedagogy, and assessment
2000 - Present Supported efforts at Ralph Bunche Middle School in Atlanta, GA to integrate reading across the curriculum.
1998 Supported efforts at four high schools in Adelaide, Australia to integrate reading and writing across the curriculum.
GRANTS
Commeyras, M., Fecho, B. & Bauer, E. (pending). Research partnerships among teacher educators and K-12 teachers. A two-year Practitioner Research Communication and Mentoring research grant offered by the Spencer Foundation. $49,000.
Ross, S. H., Graham, P., Fecho, B., McWhorter, P., Jarrard, B., & Adkins, C. (2000-2001). Teacher in teacher networks: Mutual inquiry into practice. A one-year research, teaching, and outreach grant awarded by the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, $150,000.
Fecho, B. (2000). The summer institute on inquiry-based literacy for UGA-NETS. A three-month teaching and outreach grant awarded the College of Education, University of Georgia, $3515.
Ravreby, R., Winikur, G., Fecho, B., Joloza, C., Davis, R. K., & Sklar, G. (2000-2002). What Happens to Teacher Practice and Pedagogy When Teachers Form an Inquiry Community to Conduct Teacher Research. A two-year Practitioner Research Communication and Mentoring research grant awarded by the Spencer Foundation, $32,000.
Lytle, S., Cohen, J., Fecho, B., & Cantafio, E. (1998-2001). How teachers lead: The practices of collegial professional development for change in urban secondary schools. A three year research in professional development grant awarded jointly by the Spencer Foundation and the MacArthur Foundation, $150,000.
Fecho, B., Sklar, G., Hiller, N., Pincus, M., Robinson, M., Davis, R.K., Winikur, G., Joloza, C., & Quillen, M. (1998-2000). What happens to teacher practice and student learning when teachers in a small learning community take an inquiry approach and/or problem-based approach in their classrooms? A two-year Practitioner Research Communication and Mentoring research grant awarded by the Spencer Foundation, $30,000.
Fecho, B. & Bauer, E. (1999). Reading between the lines: Critical inquiry into diversity in undergraduate courses. A one-year research grant awarded by the Multicultural Task Force of the College of Education at the University of Georgia, $1100.
Fecho, B. (1988-89). Teacher/Student Writing Conferences. A teacher researcher research grant awarded by the National Council of Teachers of English, $1000.
AWARDS AND HONORS
2001 Nominated for election to the Council Of English Education Executive Committee, National Council of Teachers of English.
1998 Named Teacher of the Year in the Simon Gratz Cluster of the School District of Philadelphia, one of 22 finalists for district-wide Teacher of the Year.
1992 Awarded, along with first author Susan Lytle, the Council of English Education Richard Meade Award for Education Research.
1987 Named PhilWP Scholar for the Philadelphia Writing Project and awarded a one year fellowship to the University of Pennsylvania.
1986 Named a fellow for the first summer institute of the Philadelphia Writing Project
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2001 Member, Grants Subcommittee, International Reading Association.
2000 Reviewer, Elva Knight Research Grant Proposals for the Studies and Research Committee: Grants Subcommittee, International Reading Association.
2000 - Present Member, Review Board, Journal of Literacy Research
2000 - Present Member, Review Board, Journal of Teacher Education
1999 - 2000 Member, Division K Awards Committee, AERA
1999 - Present Member, Review Board, Kids InSight Series, International Reading Association.
1997 - Present Member, Editorial Board, Research in the Teaching of English
1997 Chair, Council of English Education Nominating Committee
1997 Participant, Urban Education Summit, U.S. Department of Education, Council of Great City Schools, and the Institute of Educational Leadership.
1996 - Present Member, Advisory Board, Practitioner Inquiry Series, Teachers College Press.
1996 - 1997 Program Co-Chair, Division K, Section 6, Self Study and Teacher Research in Teacher Education, AERA
1995 - 1997 Program Co-Chair, Teacher as Researcher SIG, AERA
1994 - 1997 Member, Advisory Board, Research for Action.
1993 - 1994 Member, Advisory Board, National Writing Project.
1990 - 1996 Member, Committee on Tracking Practices, National Council of Teachers of English.
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