Erika Thulin Dawes
Professional Title: Associate Professor
Areas of Academic Focus and Expertise:
Social contexts for literacy learning; early childhood literacy and family literacy; children's literature in the classroom.
Area of Work and Concentration at Lesley: Literacy
Education: Ed.D., Columbia University Teacher's College; M.Ed., Lesley University; B.A., University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Representative List of Recent Publications / Exhibitions:
- Cappiello, M.A., & Dawes, E.T. (forthcoming October 2012). Teaching with text sets. Huntington Beach, CA, Shell Educational Publishing.
- Cappiello, M.A., Dawes, E.T. Enriquez, G., and Roach, J. (2011). Children's literature reviews: The right not to defend your tastes. Language Arts. 88, 3. pgs. 244-249.
- Allan, K.K., McMackin, M., Thulin Dawes, E. and Spadorcia-Levesque, S., (2009). Learning to Write with Purpose: Effective Instruction in Grades 4-8. New York: Guilford.
- Thulin Dawes, E. (2008). 2007 children's literature award winners: A classroom response guide. New York: McGraw-Hill.
- Thulin Dawes, E. (2007). Constructing reading: Building conceptions of literacy in a volunteer read-aloud program. Language Arts 85, 1. pgs. 11-19
Erika Thulin Dawes has always been excited about reading and books. Her work with children's literature expert Dr. Barbara Kiefer at Columbia University Teachers College infused in her a further passion for children's literature as well as a high regard for the seriousness of training literacy teachers. Dr. Thulin Dawes continues her work with Dr. Kiefer as the author of the ancillary materials that accompany Dr. Kiefer's textbook, Charlotte Huck's Children's Literature, now in its tenth edition. Erika is a member of national literacy organizations and presents at local and national conferences.
When teaching, Erika works to ensure that her students have hands-on experience with various models of instruction so they can bring them to their own teaching. She believes in making theory accessible to practicing educators and, through inquiry-based activities, she taps into the curiosity of students to promote new and in-depth ways of learning.
ethulind@lesley.edu