Susan Britsch

Associate Professor
Literacy and Language Education
Department of Curriculum & Instruction

Education

Ph.D.	University of California, Berkley, 1992, Education
M.A.	California State University, Fresno, 1980, Linguistics
B.A.	California State University, Fresno, 1977, French

Courses Taught

EDCI 370	Teaching English as a New Language
EDCI 519	Teaching English Language Learners
EDCI 524	Bilingual/Bicultural Education
EDCI 526	Language Study for Educators
EDCI 614	Emerging and Developing Literacy

Professional Experience

1997-Present	Associate Professor of Curriculum & Instruction College of Education, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
1992-1997	Assistant Professor of Curriculum & Instruction College of Education, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
1996	Visiting Assistant Professor Graduate School of Education, Division of Language, Literacy and Culture University of California, Berkeley, CA
1987-1992	Nursery School Teacher The Gay Austin School, Berkeley, CA

Research

Visual analysis of multimodal discourse; the development of children's genre awareness; the integration of literacy and science education.

Selected Publications

• Britsch, S. J. (2001). Emergent environmental literacy in the non-narrative compositions of kindergarten children. Early Childhood Education Journal, 28 (1), 43-69.
  
  
• Shepardson, D. P. & Britsch, S. J. (2001). The role of children's journals in elementary school science activities. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 38 (1), 43-69.
  
  
• Britsch, S. J. (2002). Beyond stories: Young children's nonfiction composition. Larchmont, NY: Eye on Education.
  
  
• Britsch, S. J. (2004). Riddle me this, riddle me that: Genre as counterscript and the multiple spaces of dialogue. Language Arts, 81 (3), 214-222.
  
  
• Shepardson, D. P. & Britsch, S. J. (2004). The art of reviewing science journals. Science and Children, 42 (3), 43-45.
  
  
• Britsch, S. J. (2005). "But what did they learn?": Clearing third spaces in virtual dialogues with children. Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 5 (2), 99-130.
  
  
• Britsch, S. J. (2005). The multimodal mediation of power in the discourses of preschool story designers. TEXT, 25 (3), 305-340.
  
  
• Shepardson, D. P. & Britsch, S. J. (2006). Zones of interaction: Differential access to elementary science discourse. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 43 (5), 443-466.