Rosalie Fink
Professional Title: Professor of English / Literacy
Areas of Academic Focus and Expertise:
Literacy, Education, Dyslexia & Special Education, Content Area Literacy and the Arts, (e.g., rap, dance, drama, etc.)
Area of Work and Concentration at Lesley: Literacy, Education, and Special Education
Representative List of Recent Courses Taught:
English Composition: Education, Family, Gender & Race; Struggling Readers and Writers; Essentials of English
Education: BA, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; MS, SUNY, Cortland; EdD, Harvard University
Representative List of Recent Publications / Exhibitions:
RECENT BOOKS:
- Fink, R. (in press). Reading, Writing, and Rap: Literacy Learning in the Content Areas. Huntington Beach, CA: Shell Education.
- Fink, R. and Samuels, S. J. (Eds.) (2008). Inspiring reading success: Interest and motivation in an age of high-stakes testing. Newark, DE: The International Reading Association.
- Fink, R. (2006). Why Jane and John couldn’t read----and how they learned: A new look at striving readers. Newark, DE: The International Reading Association.
RECENT ARTICLES & CHAPTERS:
- Fink, R. (2012). “Reading, Writing, and Rap: Using The Arts to Teach History, Literature, Science, and Mathematics,” Journal of The New England Reading Association.
- Fink, R. (Fall 2011). "Asperger's Association of New England Launches First Grandparents' Group!". The Journal of The Asperger's Association of New England.
- Fink, R. (Fall 2011). “Reading, Writing, and Rap: Independent Reading for All”. The Primer.
- Fink, R. (2007). “What successful adults with dyslexia teach educators about children”. In K. W. Fischer, J. Holmes-Bernstein, and M. H. Immordino-Yang, Mind, Brain, and Education in Learning Disorders: The Case of Reading, 264-281. London: Cambridge University Press.
- Wauhkonen, R. Fink, R. and Pluto, A. “The liberal arts at Lesley: Three perspectives”. In C.F. Brown and Forinash, M., A Century of Innovation: Lesley University. Baltimore, MD: Publish America.
Fun Facts: Formerly a modern dancer, Rosalie loves dance of all kinds---as well as theatre, movies, books, and music. She loves adventure, travel, mountain climbing, and parties and enjoys cooking for family and friends.
Rosalie Fink teaches literacy and education courses in which she integrates reading, writing, the arts, and hands-on activities. She has written widely about her Interest-based Model of Reading, based on her student-centered philosophy of education that uses each student’s passionate personal interests to spur learning. Rosalie especially enjoys working individually with her students and getting to know each one of them well. She loves teaching!