Dr. Sheffield's curriculum vita

Educational Background

• PhD, Curriculum and Instruction, University of South Florida, 2009
• MA, Anthropology, Wake Forest University, 2001
• Teacher Certification, University of North Florida, 2000
• BA, Anthropology, College of William and Mary

Teaching Areas

• P-5 Social Studies Methods
• Middle School Methods - Social Studies I
• Middle School Methods - Social Studies II
• Special Methods of Secondary Social Studies Education

Honors and Awards

• 2009 Distinguished Graduate Achievement Award, University of South Florida
• 2004 University Graduate Fellowship, University of South Florida
• 2003 Semi-Finalist, Duval County Region I Teacher of the Year
• 2003 Teacher of the Year, Kirby-Smith Middle School

Professional Memberships and Associations

• Program Chair, College and University Faculty Assembly Graduate Forum
• Alternative Delegate - CUFA, House of Delegates, National Council for the Social Studies
• Reviewer, College and University Faculty Assembly 2009 Conference
• Reviewer, American Educational Research Association 2008 Conference
• American Educational Research Association
• College and University Faculty Assembly
• Florida Council for the Social Studies
• International Society for Technology in Education
• National Association for Gifted Children
• National Council for Social Studies
• National Middle School Association

Publications

• Sheffield, C. C. & Cruz, B. C. (accepted). Stories of survival: Using children’s and young adult literature to teach about human rights. Social Education.
Sheffield, C. C. & Duplass, J. A. (in press). Creating effective citizens: Unique opportunities for gifted education through the social studies. Gifted Education International.
• Wilkins, K.H., Sheffield, C.C., Ford, M.B. & Cruz, B.C. (2008). Images of struggle and triumph: Using picture books to teach about the civil rights movement in the secondary classroom. Social Education, 72(4), 177-180.
• Sheffield, C.C., Carano, K.T., & Berson, M.J. (2008). Steam man & airships: Technology of the future in the past. Social Education, 72(3), 124-129.
• Sheffield, C. (2008, February 20). An Interview with Caroline Sheffield: About gifted kids and HOTS. EdNews, Article 23114, from http://ednews.org/articles/23114/1/An-Interview-with-CarolineSheffieldAbout-Gifted-Kids-and-HOTS/Page1.html
• Sheffield, C. C. (2007). Technology and the gifted adolescent: Higher order thinking, 21st century literacy, and the digital native. Meridian: A Middle School Computer Technologies Journal, 10(2), from http://www.ncsu.edu/meridian/sum2007/gifted/index.htm.