Ashley's curriculum vitae [PDF]
Educational Background
- Ph.D., Curriculum and Instruction, University of Louisville
- Alternative Certification, Murray State University
- M.A., English, London Metropolitan University
- B.A., English and B.S. Biological Sciences, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Teaching Areas
- English Methods
- Teaching Adolescent Readers
- English Capstone Seminar
- Reading and Writing Across the Curriculum
Research Interests
- Disciplinary Literacy
- Adolescent Literacy
- Identity
- Discourse
- Writing
Methodology
- Ethnography
- Discourse Analysis
- General Qualitative Methods
Professional Activities
- Member, Research Fund Committee, UofL Graduate Student Council, 2016-17
- Graduate Student Council, Middle and Secondary Education Representative, 2015-17
- Writing Specialist, You've Got the Write One Summer Enrichment Camp, 2016, 2017
Professional Memberships
- National Council of Teachers of English
Assembly on Literature for Adolescents - Literacy Research Association
- International Literacy Association
Selected Publications and Presentations
- Chisholm, J.S., Shelton, A.L., & Sheffield, C.C. (2017). Mediating emotive empathy with informational text: Three middle school students’ think-aloud protocols of Gettysburg: The Graphic Novel. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy. doi:10.1002/jaal.682
- Sheffield, C.C. & Shelton, A. L. (2017). Power, authority, guides: Slavery in Mammoth Cave. Middle Level Learning. January/February.
- Howell, P.B., Sheffield, C.C., Shelton, A., & Vujaklija, A.R. (2017). Backchannel discussions during classroom observations: Connecting theory and practice in real time. Middle School Journal, 48I(2), 24-30.
- Sheffield, C.C., Chisholm, J.S., & Shelton, A.L. (accepted). Caring for the past: Mobilizing emotive empathy with an informational graphic novel. Paper accepted for the 2017 College and University Faculty Assembly Conference: San Francisco, CA.
- Sheffield, C.C., Chisholm, J.S., & Shelton, A.L. (accepted). Encouraging students to “care for” the past with graphic novels. Paper accepted for the 2017 National Council of Social Studies Conference: San Francisco, CA.
- Sheffield, C.C., Shelton, A.L. & Chisholm, J.S., (February, 2017). Eighth-grade students’ meaning making with an informational history-themed graphic novel. Paper presented at the 2017 International Society for the Social Studies Conference. Orlando, FL.
