Sophia Sarigianides
Biography
Dr. Sophia Tatiana Sarigianides, Professor and Coordinator of English Education, has been teaching at WSU since 2010. Her research and scholarship focus on antiracist literature instruction and ELA teacher preparation, teaching about social class through literature, and representations of youth in YAL and in teacher thinking. She is the author, with Dr. Carlin Borsheim-Black, of the 2019 Letting Go of Literary Whiteness: Antiracist Literature Instruction for White Students, recipient of AACTE's 2022 Outstanding Book Award.
Education
- Teachers College, Columbia University English Education, Ph.D., 2010
- California State University, Long Beach Professional Clear Single Subject Teaching Credential, English
- University of California, Irvine English Literature, MA, en passant
- University of California, Los Angeles English Literature, BA Summa Cum Laude
Courses Taught
ENGLISH 609 Contemporary Issues in the Teaching of English
ENGLISH 539 Advanced Methods in the Teaching of English
ENGLISH 397 Special Topic: Theory & the Young Adult Novel
ENGLISH 350/550 Methods in the Teaching of English
ENGLISH 338/538 Young Adult Literature in the ELA Classroom
ENGLISH 322 Practicum Seminar in the Teaching of English
ENGLISH 110 Honors Composition II
ENGLISH 102 Composition
ENGLISH 101 Composition
Areas of Research
Publications
Community Engagement
- The Impact of Learning about Social Class in 12th Grade ELA, WSU Event, December 2023.
- The Impact of Learning about Race in ELA, WSU Virtual Event, Spring 2022.
Campus Engagement
- English Department Capstone, Advisor, Kyle Palazzi, 2022-2023
- Seniors Honors Project, Member, Rhenna Barry (Nursing), 2022-2023
- “The Impact of Antiracist ELA on Students”, Zoom Presentation with local teachers & students, April 3, 2023
- Day of Dialogue, Panel participant, March 2023
- WSU Anti-Oppression Committee, Member, 2022-present
- Anti-Racist Education Committee, Presenter, “Tensions & Interventions with AR Pedagogies in Schools”, April 2022
- English Department PD Meeting, Presenter, “Designing Antiracist Curriculum”, January 2022
- English Department Anti-Racist Committee, Member, 2020-present
- Promotions Committee, Chair, 2021-2023
- English Department Capstone, Advisor, Nicole Godard, 2020-2021
- English Department Capstone, Advisor, Jennifer Cupp, 2020-2021
- English Department Curriculum Committee, Spring 2021
- Teacher Education Council (TEC), Dispositional Assessment Sub-committee, Spring 2021
- English Department Antiracist Committee, 2020-present
- Academic Honesty Committee, Invited member, 2020-2021
- Seniors Honors Project, Member, Sarah Remy (history), 2020
- Tenure Committee, Elected member, 2018-2020
- English Department Antiracist Pedagogy Workshops, Co-facilitator with Catherine Savini, 2017-2018
- English Department Graduate Committee, Member, 2017-present
- Seniors Honors Project, Advisor, Christine Luongo, 2018
- Seniors Honors Project, Second Reader, Kaitlyn Hester (Education), 2018
- Promotions Committee Elected member, 2017-2019
- Academic Policies Committee, Elected member, 2015-2016; 2016-2
- Guest Lecture Series, Junot Diaz on Race & Immigration in Election Year 2016, (with Dr. Andrew Hafner)
- Seniors Honors Project, Project Advisor, (Amber Robert, 2015; Jim Madigan, 2014)
- Student Affairs Committee, Elected Member, 2014
- Teacher Education Council, Representative, English Education Coordinator, 2010-2016
- English Education Committee, Chair, 2010-present
- Senior Awards Committee, Member, 2010-2012
- English Curriculum Committee, Member, 2011-2012
- English Enrollment Committee, Member, 2011-2012
- Seniors Honors Project, Second Reader, Lauren Burch, 2011-2012
- Composition Committee, Member, 2010-2011
- Brown Bag Lunch Facilitator, Faculty Center The Merits of Incivility in University Discourse, November 2010
- Recorder, Tenure hearing (October 2010; December 2014)
- Judge, Auditions for 2010 WSU Poetry Slam Team for Intercollegiate Competition, September 2010
Professional Service
DISCIPLINARY FIELDS
- Peer Reviewer, Urban Education, 2024
- Editorial Advisory Board, English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 2023-2024 (2 year term)
- Peer Reviewer, English Journal, March 2021-present
- Peer Reviewer, Jeunesse, December 2020
- CAEP/National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Standards Review Committee Member 2018-2021
- American Educational Research Association (AERA) Literature SIG Inaugural Dissertation Award Committee 2018
- Program Reviewer, National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Conference, 2018-2021
- Geneva Smitherman Cultural Diversity Grant Conference on English Education (CEE), Award Committee 2017-18
- Executive Committee Elected Member ELA Teacher Educators (ELATE), November 2017-November 2021
- Peer Reviewer, English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 2017-present
- Editorial Review Board Member, Study & Scrutiny, 2015-present
- Editorial Review Board Member, Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy (JAAL), July 2015-present
- Peer Reviewer, The ALAN Review, 2014-present
- Peer Reviewer, Youth & Society, August 2015
- Peer Reviewer, Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2015
- Program Reviewer, National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Conference, 2014
- Program Reviewer, American Educational Research Association (AERA), Annual Conferences, 2014 & 2015
- English Ed. Grad. Student Research Respondent, National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), Nov. 2013
- Book Award Committee Member, Middle East Outreach Council (MEOC), Best Youth Literature, 2013 & 2014
- Peer Reviewer, English Education, 2012-present
- Nominating Committee Elected Member, Conference on English Education (CEE), September 2012-August 2013
- Member, Conference on English Education (CEE) Commission on Adolescent Literature, November 2012-present
- State Representative, Assembly for Literature on Adolescents NCTE (ALAN), 2006-present
- Program Reviewer, American Educational Studies Association (AESA) Annual Conference, 2009
- Conference Session Chair, International Congress on Qualitative Inquiry (ICQI), Urbana-Champagne, IL, 2009
- Peer Reviewer, International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2008
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
- Member, English Language Arts Teacher Educators (ELATE, formerly CEE)
- Member, National Council for Teachers of English (NCTE)
- Member, New England Association of Teachers of English (NEATE)