CURRICULUM VITAE John L. Watzke, Ph.D.
[email protected] EDUCATION Ph.D., University of Iowa, College of Education, 2000 Dissertation Title: History of Foreign Language and Secondary Education Reform: Prospects for Achieving Standards-Based Goals Advisor: Michael Everson, Ph.D. Comprehensive areas: curriculum & supervision, social foundations of education, foreign language education M.A., Foreign Language Education, University of Iowa, 1994 Comprehensive areas: instructional design and technology, foreign language education B.A., Russian Language, Secondary Teacher Certification, University of Iowa, 1990 Additional Undergraduate and Graduate Coursework:
Moscow Linguistic University, Moscow, Russia, summer session 1993 Language and Pedagogical Studies
The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, summer sessions 1992 and 1994 NEH Funded Pedagogical Studies
Pushkin Institute of Russian Language Pedagogy, Moscow, USSR, academic year 1988-1989 Certificate in Teaching and Practical Aspects of Language
Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, summer session 1988 Ford Foundation Funded Russian Language and Cultural Studies
Norwich University, Norwich, Vermont, summer session 1987 Ford Foundation Funded Russian Language and Cultural Studies
Catholic University of Lublin, Poland, academic year 1985-1986 Certificate in Polish Language and Cultural Studies
CURRENT POSITION 2010-Present Dean and Professor, School of Education, University of Portland, Oregon
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE & ACCOMPLISHMENTS 2010-Present Dean and Professor, School of Education, University of Portland, Oregon
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2012-Present Chief Executive Officer, International Society for Language Studies, Inc. www.isls.co Serve pro bono as the board-appointed CEO of ISLS, overseeing mission fulfillment, program management, and fiscal management and compliance. Direct oversight includes: international membership of over 250 scholars, biennial conference, quarterly journal publication by Taylor & Francis, professional book series, annual IRS filings, annual 501c3 filings, annual budgeting and billing. 2008-2010 Dean and Associate Professor, College of Education and Public Service (CEPS), Saint Louis University, Missouri 2007-2009 Chair, Department of Educational Studies, Saint Louis University, Missouri 2000-2007 Coordinator and Graduate Faculty and Fellow, University of Notre Dame, Indiana 1999-2000 Consultant, C/S Vocational Consultants, Des Moines, Iowa 1996-1997 Resident Lecturer, Instructor and Evaluator, Kurdyla & Associates, Tokyo, Japan 1997-1999 Teaching Assistant and University Supervisor, College of Education, & 1993-1996 University of Iowa, Iowa 1990-1993 Secondary School Teacher, Valley High School, West Des Moines, Iowa 1990 Resident Director, Volgagrad, USSR (Russia) PUBLICATIONS Refereed Journal Articles Watzke, J.L. & Montes Valencia, M. F. (2011). Reinvention and context: Freirean approaches to pedagogical dialogue in Catholic, Jewish, and public schools. Religion and Education, 38(2), 1-24. Byrd, D.R., Cummings Hlas, A., Watzke, J.L. & Montes Valencia, M. F. (2011). An examination of culture knowledge: A study of L2 teachers’ and teacher educators’ beliefs and practices. Foreign Language Annals, 44(1), 4-39. Watzke, J. L. (2007). Foreign language pedagogical knowledge: Towards a development theory of teaching practices. Modern Language Journal, 91(1), 63-82. Watzke, J. L. (2007). Longitudinal research on beginning teacher development: Complexity as a challenge to concerns-based stage theory. Teaching and Teacher Education, 23(2), 106-122.
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Watzke, J. L. (2005). Alternative teacher education and professional preparedness: A study of parochial and public school contexts. Journal of Catholic Education, 8(4), 463492. Watzke, J. L. (2003). Longitudinal study of stages of beginning teacher development in a field-based teacher education program. The Teacher Educator, 38(3), 209-229. Watzke, J. L. (2002). Teachers for whom? A study of teacher education practices in Catholic higher education. Journal of Catholic Education, 6(2), 138-167. Watzke, J. L. (2000). Five challenges: A summary of dialogue on articulation. American Council of Teachers of Russian (ACTR) Letter, 27(1), 1-15. Watzke, J. L. (2000). Student transitions from the high school classroom to the college major: Implications for reform. Association of Departments of Foreign Language (ADFL) Bulletin, 31(3), 45-58. Watzke, J. L. (1999 fall). Articulation, standards and learning frameworks: Linking Russian language study in the next millennium. American Council of Teachers of Russian (ACTR) Letter, 26(1), 1-7, 23-25. Garza, T. J. & Watzke, J. L. (1997). Inter-level articulation: Toward a process-focused model for Russian language programs. Slavic and East European Journal, 41(2), 303320. Watzke, J. L. & D. Grundstad (1996). Prior study and foreign language enrollment: Issues for planning and policy in K-12 program development. Learning Languages, 1(3), 1528. Books Watzke, J. L. (2003). Lasting Change in Foreign Language Education: A Historical Case for Change in National Policy. Westport, CT: Praeger. ISBN 0-89789-800-1 Watzke, J. L. & J. Sweigert (1996). The Russian Reference Grammar: Grammar in Functional Context. Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall Hunt Publishing Company. ISBN 0-7872-4467-8 Edited Books Chamness Miller, P., Endo, H., Mantero, M. & Watzke, J. L. (Eds.) (2015). Readings in Language Studies, Volume 5: Language and Society. Granville, MI: International Society for Language Studies, Inc. ISBN 978-0-9779114-8-6 Mantero, M., Watzke, J. L. & Chamness Miller, P. (Eds.) (2014). Readings in Language Studies, Volume 5: Language and Social Justice. Granville, MI: International Society for Language Studies, Inc. ISBN 978-0-9779114-6-2 Chamness Miller, P., Watzke, J. L. & Mantero, M. (Eds.) (2012). Readings in Language Studies, Volume 3: Language and Identity. Lakewood Ranch, FL: International Society for Language Studies, Inc. ISBN 978-0-9779114-5-5 Watzke, J. L., Mantero, M. & Chamness Miller, P. (Eds.) (2010). Readings in Language Studies, Volume 2: Language and Power. Lakewood Ranch, FL: International Society for Language Studies, Inc. ISBN 978-0-9779114-2-4
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Mantero, M., Chamness Miller, P. & Watzke, J. L. (Eds.) (2008). Readings in Language Studies, Volume I: Language Across Disciplinary Boundaries. St. Louis, MO: International Society for Language Studies, Inc. ISBN 978-0-9779114-1-7 Watzke, J. L. (Ed.) (2007). Beyond Alternative Teacher Education: Integrating Teaching, Community, Spirituality, and Leadership. Notre Dame, IN: ACE Press. ISBN 978-097887933-0-9 Book Chapters and Contributions Watzke, J. L. (2007). Foreign language educators for the common good: Historical and contemporary traditions in teacher formation. In Smith, D. L. & Osborn, T. A. (Eds.) Spirituality, Social Justice and Language Education, 51-88. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing. Watzke, J. L., (2004). Contributing entries. In Hunt, T. C., Ellis, A. J. & Nuzzi, R. J. (Eds.) Catholic Schools in the U.S.: An Encyclopedia. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. Watzke, J. L., Daunt, P., Moreno, R. S. (2002). Field supervision of ACE teachers. In Pressley, G. M. (Ed.) Teaching Service and Alternative Teacher Education, 133-151. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press. ISBN 0-268-02015-9 Watzke, J. L. (2000). Theory and Practice: What and to whom do we teach? In Leaver, B. L. & Davidson, D. (Eds.) Twelve Years of Dialogue In Teaching Russian: From the Front Pages of the ACTR Letter 1988-1999, 112-124. Washington, D.C.: American Councils for International Education. ISBN D-9643332-7-9 Watzke, J. L., Bond, N., Edelman, R. & James, A. (1995). Manual and Practical Guide for the Classroom Testing of Spoken Russian Using Authentic Task-Specific Assessment Rubrics. University of Texas at Austin and National Endowment for the Humanities. Listed on Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL) database at http://www2.cal.org/flet/. Additional Nationally Published Articles and Documents Watzke, J. L. (1998). A Reassessment of the “Predictors” Study; Prospects for Future Research. Eric Document Reproduction Service No. ED 430 392. Watzke, J. L. (1994). Inter-level Articulation: A New Paradigm for the Profession. Eric Document Reproduction Service No. ED 389 224. Watzke, J. L. (1992). Less commonly taught languages in high school. The Education Digest, 58(1), 69-72. Also featured in (1993) EMC Echo newsletter, 3(3), 2-3. Watzke, J. L. (1992). Foreign language life skills. Methods and Media, 28(5), 16.
PEER REVIEWED NATIONAL CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS From Grad School to Tenure: Establishing Scholarly Opportunities in Language Studies (2017, June). Symposium presentation at the annual conference of the International Society for Language Studies, University of Hawaii-Monoa, Honolulu, HI.
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University-school research partnerships: considerations for sustainability (2016, April). Presentation at the annual Ulead Summit of Educational Leadership conference, Banff, Alberta, Canada. Mainstreaming LCT Languages in the Schools: A 25 Year Study of Its Teachers (2015, November). Paper presented with Leslie Schrier, Michale Everson, and James Sweigert at the annual conference of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, San Diego, CA. Symposium: From Grad School to Tenure: Establishing Scholarly Opportunities (2015, June). Presentation at the annual conference of the International Society for Language Studies, Albuquerque, NM. Co-Learning: Maximizing Learning in Clinical Experiences (2013). Paper presented with Hillary Merk, Jacqueline Waggoner, Jim Carroll and Bruce Weitzel at the annual conference of the American Associate of Colleges of Teacher Education (AACTE) in Orlando, Florida. Clinical Preparation and Partnerships: What We’ve Done, Where We’re Going, What We Need (2012). Invited presentation at the NCATE-CAEP State Alliance for Clinical Educator Preparation and Partnerships Conference in St. Louis, MO, October 1819, 2012. Facilitating Cooperating Teachers’ and Candidates’ Understanding of Teaching and Learning Using the Coteaching Model and Using Standards-Based Assessments of Teacher Candidates as an Alternative to Value-Added Models (2012). Paper presented with Hillary Merk, Jacqueline Waggoner, Jim Carroll, Bruce Weitzel at the annual conference of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) in Vancouver, British Columbia April 13-17, 2012. Reinvention and context: Freirean Approaches to Dialogue in Catholic, Jewish, and Public Schools (Accepted 2009, April). Paper presentation at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, April 30-May 4, 2010, Denver, CO. Pedagogy of Love, Faith and Hope: Comparative Language around Dialogue and Praxis in Catholic, Public and Jewish Schools (2009). Paper presented at the annual conference of the International Society for Language Studies, Orlando, FL, June 11-13, 2009. Spiritual Dimensions of Culturally Responsive Pedagogy: Research on Teacher and Student Perspectives (2008, March). Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY, March 28, 2008. Comunidad: Latino Spirituality as a Basis for Building Community in Classrooms and Schools (2007, November). Poster presented at the annual conference of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, San Antonio, TX. How Foreign Language Teachers are Prepared to Teach Culture: A Report from a National Study (2006, November). Panel presentation at the annual conference of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Nashville, TN.
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A Critical Analysis of the Emergent Pedagogy of Beginning Teachers. (2005, April). Paper presented at the annual conference of the International Society for Language Studies, Montréal, Canada. Longitudinal Study of Foreign Language Pedagogical Knowledge: Towards an Epistemology of Beginning Teacher Practices. (2005, April). Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Educational Research Association, Montréal, Canada. Languages for All: Community and Service-Based Unit Development. (2005, November). Poster presented at the annual conference of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Baltimore, MD. Longitudinal Study of Beginning Foreign Language Teacher Development. (2003, November). Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Philadelphia, PA. Survival to Professional Development: Evidence of a Chronology of Beginning Teacher Development. (2003, April). Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL. The Context of Beginning Teaching: Making the Most of the First Years. (2002, November). Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Salt Lake City, UT. Study of Stages of Beginning Teacher Development in a Field-Based Teacher Education Program. (2002, April). Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA. The Commitment of Catholic Higher Education to K-12 Schools. (2001, November). Paper presented at the annual conference of the Chief Administrators of Catholic Education, Savannah, GA. Prospects for Standards-Based Education Reform: A Study of the Historical Capacity of Foreign Language in Secondary Education. (2001, April). Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Educational Research Association, Seattle, WA. The Historical Role of Language Departments in the Preparation of Teachers. (2000, December). Paper presented at the annual conference of the Modern Language Association, Washington, D.C. Study of the History of Length of Learning in Foreign Language with Implications for Standards-based Reform. (2000, November). Poster presented in conjunction with the Special Interest Group for Research at the annual conference of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Boston, MS. Task-Based Scenarios: A Collaborative Project for Standards-Based Units. (1999, November). Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Dallas,TX. Student Transitions from the High School Language Classroom to the College Language Major: Implications for Reform. (1998, December). Paper presented at the annual conference of the Modern Language Association, San Francisco, CA.
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A Reassessment of the “Predictors” Study: Prospects for Future Research. (1998, December). Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages, San Francisco, CA. High School Students in Transition: A National Study of Predictors of Foreign Language Study. (1998, November). Poster presented in conjunction with the Special Interest Group for Research at the annual conference of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Chicago, IL. NEH-UT Collaborative Project for the Development and Implementation of Oral Assessment Materials. (1995, December). Panel presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages, Chicago, IL. TEACH: A Student-Centered Model for Inter-level Articulation Between Secondary School and College Level Foreign Language Programs. (1994, November). Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Atlanta, GA.