Susan Britsch

Professor
Literacy and Language Education
Department of Curriculum & Instruction

Research

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

Education

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

Selected Publications

• Britsch, S.J. (2009). Differential discourses: The contribution
  of visual analysis to defining scientific literacy in the early years
  classroom. Visual Communication, 8 (2), 207-228.
  
  
• 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.

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

2007-Present	Professor of Curriculum & Instruction, College of Education, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
1997-2007	Associate Professor of Curriculum & Instruction, College of Education, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
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