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Valerie Harlow Shinas

Dr. Shinas's research is grounded in her deep interest in digital literacies and multimodality.

Faculty Valeria Shinas Valerie Harlow Shinas
Professional Title:  Assistant Professor
Areas of Academic Focus and Expertise:  
Digital literacies; multimodalityas it relates to literacy; adolescent literacy; pre-service teacher education; TPACK
Area of Work and Concentration at Lesley:  
Language and Literacy
Representative List of Recent Courses Taught:  
Research in Reading; Literacy: The Integration of the Language Arts; Content Literacy
Education:  Ph.D., University of Delaware; M.Ed., University of Massachusetts-Lowell; B.A., Anna Maria College
Representative List of Recent Publications / Exhibitions:  

  • Shinas, V.H., Yilmaz-Ozden, S., Mouza, C. Karchmer-Klein, R, & Glutting, J. (in press). Examining domains of technological pedagogical content knowledge using factor analysis. To appear in Journal of Research on Technology in Education.    
  • Karchmer-Klein, R & Shinas, V. H. (2012) Twenty-first century literacies in teacher education: Investigating multimodal texts in the context of an online graduate-level literacy and technology course. Research in the Schools, 19(1), 60-74. 
  • Karchmer-Klein, R & Shinas, V. H. (2012). Guiding principles for supporting new literacies in your classroom. The Reading Teacher, 65(5), 285-290
  • Karchmer-Klein, R & Shinas, V. (2011). Using Glogster to support multimodal literacy. Retrieved from: http://www.readwritethink.org/professional-development/strategy-guides/using-glogster-support-multimodal-30789.html
  • Karchmer-Klein, R & Shinas, V. (2011). Teaching with Glogster: Using virtual posters in the classroom. Retrieved from: http://www.readwritethink.org/professional-development/strategy-guides/teaching-with-glogster-using-30790.html

PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

  • Shinas, V.H., Yilmaz-Ozden, S., Mouza, C. Karchmer-Klein, R, & Glutting, J. (2013). Examining domains of technological pedagogical content knowledge using factor analysis. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA. 
  • Shinas, V.H. & Karchmer-Klein, R. (2013). Reading path and meaning making: an investigation of eighth-grade skilled readers’ engagement with an online, multimodal text. Session presented at the 58th Annual Convention of the International Reading Association, San Antonio, TX
  • Shinas, V.H. (2013). Strategic reading of an online, multimodal text. MACURE Research Roundtable. Presented at the Annual Spring Conference of the Massachusetts Reading Association, Quincy, MA
  • Karchmer- Klein, R., & Shinas, V. (2012) Understanding the Complexities of Multimodality Apparent in Web 2.0 Tools. Proposal accepted for presentation at Literacy Research Association 2012 Annual Conference, San Diego, CA. 
  • Shinas, V., Yilmaz, S. Glutting, J., Karchmer-Klein, R. & Mouza, C. (2012). Examining Domains of TPACK Using Factor Analysis. Proposal accepted for presentation at the annual Cross University Collaborative Mentoring Conference, University of Delaware, Newark, DE. 
  • Karchmer-Klein, R., Mouza, C. & Shinas, V. (2011). Examining Preservice Teachers’ Developing Knowledge of Effective Technology Integration in Literacy-Related Lessons. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Literacy Research Conference, Jacksonville, FL.
  • Shinas, V (2011). We Don’t Have Time to Teach Writing: Improving Student Writing by Making the Reading/Writing Connection. Workshop presented at the Diamond State Reading Association, Wilmington University, Dover, DE.
  • Shinas, V. (2011). Reading and Writing Multimodal Virtual Posters: Lessons Learned. Paper presented at the University of Delaware School of Education Research Forum, Newark, DE

    RECENT AWARDS

    • Technology as an Agent of Change in Teaching and Learning SIG Best Paper Award, American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting 2013. Paper entitled: Examining Domains Of Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge Using Factor Analysis.
    • Richard L. Venezky Award for Creative Research in Literacy: University of Delaware, 2012 

    Valerie Harlow Shinas is an Assistant Professor in the Language and Literacy Division of the Graduate School of Education. She earned a Ph.D. in Literacy Education from the University of Delaware. Her dissertation study was an examination of the online reading behavior of skilled eighth-grade readers as they read an online, multimodal text. Prior to her doctoral studies, she was a middle school teacher and building-level reading specialist. The opportunity to work with middle school students who love to use technology led her to develop a deep interest in both adolescent literacy and the ways that technology can be used in the literacy classroom. In addition, much of her recent research has centered on the TPACK theoretical framework and the implications for teacher education.

    Contact: vshinas@lesley.edu