Adjunct Faculty, African Studies Program

Spring 2010 Office Hours:

Wednesday, 2:30-3:30 PM (email, phone and in person in my office)

Friday, 9:30-10:30 AM (email, phone and in person in my office)

Ph.D. Language, Literacy, Culture and Society, December 2004, University of California, Berkeley.

M.S. Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, August 1998, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.

M.S. Curriculum & Instruction, May 1996, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

B.A. Modern Languages, May 1988, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL.

• L517 ADV STDY CONTENT RDG & LIT
• M469 CONTENT AREA LITERACY
• L539 LANG FOUNDATIONS-ESL/EFL TEACH
• L541 WRITING INSTRUCTN TESL TEACHER

• Samuelson, B. L. (2009). Ventriloquation in discussions of student writing: Examples from a high school English class. Research in the Teaching of English, 44(1), 52-88.  
• Samuelson, B. L., Crawford, M., Dyste, S., Youngquist, J., Boehm, D., and Vellenga, H. (2007). Large-scale writing assessment: What’s involved? Proceedings of the 2006 Michigan Teachers of English to Speaker of Other Languages (MITESOL) Conference (pp.86-97). Caplan, N. and C. Pearson (Eds.). East Lansing: Michigan State University.
• Freedman, S.W., Kambanda, D., Samuelson, B., Mugisha, I., Mukama, E., Mutabaruka, J., Mukashema, I., Weinstein, H., & Longman, T. (2004). “Confronting the past in Rwandan schools: Education as a tool for unity and reconciliation.” In My Neighbor, My Enemy: Justice in the aftermath of genocide and ethnic cleansing. Harvey Weinstein and Eric Stover, (Eds.). New York: Cambridge University Press.

• Samuelson, B. (2009, November). “The Process of the Globalization of English in a Literacy Exchange Between Schoolchildren in the U.S. and Rwanda.” Paper presentation at the National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention, Philadelphia, PA.  
• Samuelson, B. L. (2008). Narratives of language education reform in Rwanda. Student-Led Symposium on Literacy, Culture and Language Education, Indiana University, Bloomington, October 31, 3008.
• Samuelson, B. L. (2008). Narratives of language education reform in Rwanda. National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship Retreat, Seattle, Washington, October 17, 3008.
• Samuelson, B. L. (2008). Language and literacy issues in Rwanda: A case study. African Studies Program Noontalk Series, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, October 7, 2008.

• Faculty advisor, The Books & Beyond Project:  A collaborative project of Indiana Univeristy, the Newark Collegiate Academy [NJ], and the Kabwende Primary School [Rwanda].   - The Books & Beyond Project: A collaborative project of IU’s Global Village Living-Learning Center, the Newark Collegiate Academy [NJ], and the Kabwende Primary School [Rwanda]
  As a collaborator with this project, my roles are to provide technical assistance in creating and using the student-produced books, through written teaching manuals, seminars, and ongoing assistance; provide pedagogical support of Books & Beyond writers, mentors, and consultants on book development, children's stories as a vehicle for literacy, and collaborative communication; and provide professional development for Rwandan educators in the teaching of English language and critical thinking skills.                  
• Chair, NCTE Assembly for ESL, 2007-2011     - The Chair provides leadership and facilitates communication for the members of the ESL Assembly, a special interest group within the National Council of Teachers of English. My activities include maintaining the membership list, acting as treasurer, publishing an annual e-newsletter, and chairing the annual session, which includes an address from an invited speaker.      

• Summer Instructional Development Fellowship -  
• Proffitt Summer Faculty Fellowship -  
• Finalist, NCTE Promising Research Competition - Finalist, NCTE Promising Research Competition. Paper entitled "Social positioning in discussions of student writing," based on dissertation research.
• Narratives of Educational Reform in Rwanda - Postdoctoral Fellow, 2006-2008. National Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship. “Narratives of Educational Reform in Rwanda.”