Cynthia Shanahan | University of Illinois at Chicago

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Cynthia Shanahan, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Executive Director, Council on Teacher Education

Department: Curriculum & Instruction
Email: chynd@uic.edu
Office Phone: 312-996-4862
Location: 3123 EPASW
Mailing Address: 1040 W. Harrison M/C 147 Chicago IL 60607

EDUCATION

Ph.D., University of Georgia

RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS

Dr. Shanahan is the director of the UIC Council on Teacher Education. Her research is in content-area literacy, conceptual change, and the reading of multiple texts.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Shanahan, C. (In press). Disciplinary comprehension. In G. Duffy & S. Israel (Eds.) Handbook of Reading Comprehension. New York, NY: Lawrence Erlbaum & Associates.

Shanahan, C., & Shanahan, T. (In press). Content area reading and learning: Flexibility in knowledge acquisition. In K. b. Cartwright (Ed., Flexibility in literacy processes and instructional practice. Guilford Publications.

Shanahan, C. (In press). Themes in ethical behavior. In S. Israel & C. Lassonde (Eds.). Integrating ethics within the context of teaching and teacher research. Guildford Publications.

Shanahan, C. (In press). Essential fieldwork for the preparation of teachers of reading in urban settings. In L.C. Wilkinson & L. Morrow (Eds.) Preparing teachers for teaching reading in urban settings. International Reading Association.

Hynd-Shanahan, C. (2006). Reading multiple documents in history class: Evolution of a teaching strategy based on the reading process of practicing historians. In K. A. Dougherty Stahl and M. C. McKenna (Eds.). Reading research at work: foundations of effective practice (pp. 351-362). New York: Guilford.

Oldfather, P., & Shanahan, C. (2005). Case study of writing motivation as empowerment. In S. Hidi & P. Boscolo (eds.) Motivation and writing: Research and school practice. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer.

Shanahan, C. (2004). Teaching Science Through Literacy. In T. Jetton & J. Dole, (Eds.) Adolescent Literacy Research and Practice (pp 75-93). New York: The Guildford Press.

Stahl, S, & Shanahan, C. (2004). Learning to think like a historian: Disciplinary knowledge through critical analysis of multiple documents. In T. Jetton & J. Dole, (Eds.) Adolescent Literacy Research and Practice (pp 94-118). New York: The Guildford Press.

Hynd, C. (2004). Better Textbooks, Better Readers and Writers. In Weed (Ed). Crossing Borders. NJ: International Reading Association

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND ACTIVITIES

Director, UIC Council on Teacher Education

Member, International Reading Association, National Reading Conference

UIC College of Education - University of Illinois at Chicago