Vita
Dr. Dana J. Wilber (formerly Cammack)
Dept. of Early Childhood, Elementary, and Literacy Education
Montclair State University, College of Education and Human Services
Montclair, NJ 07043
973-655-7486
cammackd@mail.montclair.edu
EDUCATION
2003-2005 Ed.D Teachers College, Columbia University
Communication and Education
2000-2002 Ph.D Peabody College, Vanderbilt University
Language and Literacy
Completed coursework but transferred from program before completion of degree. January, 2003.
1996-1998 MA University of Colorado
Education, Certification in Secondary English
1991-1995 BA, BS University of Colorado
English Literature, Journalism
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2005- present Assistant professor
Department of Early Childhood, Elementary and Literacy Education Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ.
Summer, 2004 Adjunct instructor.
Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ.
Taught a graduate course, READ500: The Nature of Reading.
2003 – 2005 Project manager, CTELL (Cases to Enhance Literacy Learning) Project Teachers College, Columbia University.
Project Directors: Dr. Charles K. Kinzer, Dr. Linda Labbo, Dr. Donald Leu, Dr. William Teale. Funded by IERI/NSF: $5,551,059.
2003- present Consultant, Teaching Matters Inc.
New York, NY.
2000-2002 Research assistant, CTELL (Cases to Enhance Literacy Learning) Project Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN.
Project Directors: Dr. Charles K. Kinzer, Dr. Linda Labbo, Dr. Donald Leu, Dr. William Teale. Funded by IERI/NSF: $5,551,059.
2000-2002 Research assistant, ICP (Integrated Curriculum Project),
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN.
Project Directors: Dr. Charles K. Kinzer, Dr. Herb Rieth. Funded by USDOE/OSEP: $417,391.
2001-2002 Co-instructor, Theory and Methods of Reading Instruction in Elementary Schools. Peabody College, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN.
TEACHING AT MONTCLAIR STATE
Spring, 2007: READ053 Basic Skills in Reading
READ600 (525) New Literacies hybrid course
ECEL200 Perspectives on Democracy in Early Childhood and Elementary Education
Supervised a student teacher
Fall, 2006: READ053 Basic Skills in Reading
READ400 Initial Inquiry into Literacy Learning
READ407 Reading Process (Secondary Literacy)
ECEL525 Independent Study in Technology in Elementary Schools
Supervised a student teacher
Summer, 2006: READ500 Nature of Reading (distance course)
READ500 Nature of Reading (post session intensive course)
READ503 Adolescent Literature (for educational technology students)
Spring, 2006 READ053 Basic Skills in Reading
READ600 History of Literacy and Media (pilot for course development)
READ500 Nature of Reading
Fall, 2005 READ400 Initial Inquiry into Literacy Learning, two sections
READ500 Nature of Reading
Summer, 2004 READ500 Nature of Reading (taught as an adjunct)
SCHOLARSHIP, PUBLICATIONS, AND RELATED ACTIVITIES
a. Articles and book chapters
Wilber, D.J. (in press). iLife: Understanding the Digital Literacy Practices of Adolescents. In Hinchman, K. and Anders, P. (Eds). Best Practices for Adolescent Literacy Instruction.
Wilber, D.J. (in press). New Literacies, College Students, and Technology: A Review of Existing Research and a Call for a New Agenda. Knobel, Lankshear, Leu, and Coiro (Eds.) Handbook of New Literacies, first edition. Lawrence Erlbaum.
Wilber, D.J.., Kinzer, C.K., Lohnes, S. (in press). Preservice Teacher Education Through a Case-Based Online Learning Environment. . Kinzer & Verhoeven, (Eds.). Interactive Literacy Education: Facilitating Literacy Environments Through Technology. Lawrence Erlbaum.
Kinzer, C.K. & Cammack, D. W. (in press). Anchored Instruction and Knowledge Construction. Kinzer & Verhoeven, (Eds.). Interactive Literacy Education: Facilitating Literacy Environments Through Technology. Lawrence Erlbaum.
Wilber, D.J.. (April/May, 2007). MyLiteracies: Understanding the Net Generation through LiveJournals and Literacy Practices. Innovate Journal of Online Education. Referred journal. http://www.innovateonline.info/index.php
Kinzer, C.K., Cammack, D.W., Labbo, L., Teale, W., Sanny, R. (2006). Using Technology to (Re)Conceptualize Pre-service Literacy Teacher Education: Considerations of Design, Pedagogy and Research. Linda Labbo, (Ed.) Handbook of Literacy and Technology, second edition. Lawrence Erlbaum.
Cammack, D.W. (2005). Not a straight line: Wrinkling binary notions in literacy and technology research. eLearning online journal Vol.2, No.2, 2005. http://www.wwwords.co.uk/elea/content/pdfs/2/issue2_2.asp
Leu. D.J., Kinzer, C.K., Coiro, J. & Cammack, D.W. (2004). Towards a Theory of New Literacies Emerging from the Internet and other ICT. Robert Ruddell, (Ed.). Theoretical Models and Reading Processes, 5th edition. International Reading Association.
Labbo, L. D., Leu, D. J., Kinzer, C. K., & Teale, W. H. With Cammack, D., Kara-Soteriou, J., & Sanny, R. (2003b). Teacher Wisdom Stories: Cautions & Recommendations for Using Computer-Related Technologies for Literacy Instruction. The Reading Teacher. v57 n3 p300-04 Nov 2003.
Schrader, P. G., Leu, D. J., Kinzer, C. K., Ataya, R., Teale, W. H., Labbo, L. D., & Cammack, D. (2003a). Using Internet Delivered Video Cases to Support Pre-service Teachers’ Understanding of Effective Early Literacy Instruction: An Exploratory Study. Journal of Instructional Science. v31 n4-5 p317-40 Jul-Sep 2003.
Cammack, D.W. (2002b) Literacy, Technology, and a Room of Her Own: Analyzing Adolescent Girls’ Online Conversations from Historical and Technological Literacy Perspectives. In D. Schallert, C. Fairbanks, J. Worthy, B. Maloch, & J. Hoffman (Eds.), Yearbook of the National Reading Conference 51. (pp. 129-141). Oak Creek, WI: National Reading Conference.
Cammack, D. W. , Holmes, J.T.G.(2002a). Extending the Potential of the Internet for Higher Education: Two Research Projects at Vanderbilt University’s Learning Technology Center. International Journal for Educational Technology, Winter issue 2002.
b. Book and Website Reviews
Wilber, D. J. (2007). Book Review – A Review of Convergence Culture. eLearning online journal. 4(1). http://www.wwwords.co.uk/elea/content
Cammack, D. (2006). Book Review – A Review of Travel Notes in New Literacy Studies: Instances in Practice. eLearning online journal. 3(3). http://www.wwwords.co.uk/elea/content/pdfs/3/issue3_3.asp
Cammack, D. (2003). Book Review — A Review of Adolescents and Literacies in a Digital World. Reading Online, 6(10). Available: http://www.readingonline.org/electronic/elec_index.asp?HREF=reviews/adolescents/index.html
Cammack, D.W. (2001). Two sites for Teachers Working with Struggling or Reluctant Readers [an Electronic Classroom Web Watch]. Reading Online, 4(7)
Available:http://www.readingonline.org/electronic/elec_index.asp?HREF=/electronic/webwatch/twosites/index.html.
c. Reports
Kinzer, C.K., D. W. Cammack & S. Cammack (2002). Educators Online: A Report on Existing Information Systems and Community Sites for Teachers. Commissioned as a part of a MacArthur grant through Vanderbilt University.
d. Scholarly presentations
Wilber, D. J. (February, 2007). Facebooking MySpace: Understanding the Social Networking and Literacies of Students. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English – Assembly of Researchers. Nashville, TN.
Wilber, D. J. (December, 2006). College Students and New Literacy Practices. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Reading Conference. Los Angeles, CA.
Wilber, D. J. (December, 2006). Buddy System: An Ethnographic Study of the New Literacies of a College Student Network. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Reading Conference. Los Angeles, CA.
Cammack, D.W. (December, 2005). Multiple modes, one life: A semiotic analysis of a blogger and her blog. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Reading Conference. Miami, FL.
Cammack, D. W. (February, 2005). By any means necessary: The role of visual data and hypertext narrative in the construction of Malcolm X. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Conference of Teachers of English, Assembly of Researchers. Columbus, OH
Cammack, D. W. (December, 2004). Blogging the Way: Exploring New Literacies and New Media in Weblogs. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Reading Conference, San Antonio, TX.
Cammack, D. W. (December, 2004). Using Technology to (Re)Conceptualize Literacy Teacher Education: Considerations of Design, Pedagogy and Research. . Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Reading Conference, San Antonio, TX.
Cammack, D. W. , Kinzer, C.K., Cammack, S., Lohnes, S., Andrews, G., & Tilmanis, L. (April, 2004). The Effectiveness of Web-based, Case Technologies as Shown by Preservice Teachers’ Breadth and Depth of Conceptual Understanding. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA.
Cammack, D. W. (Dec., 2003). Online and Out-of-school: An Ethnographic Study of the Literacy Practices of Teenagers Using Internet Technologies at Home. Paper presented at the National Reading Conference Annual Meeting: Scottsdale, AZ.
Cammack, D. W. (Dec. 2003). Inclusions/Expansions: Understanding Multimedia Literacy Practices in College Settings. Paper presented at the National Reading Conference Annual Meeting: Scottsdale, AZ.
Kinzer, C.K., Cammack, D.W. (Dec., 2003). Themes in Literacy and Technology: Results of a National Survey at First and Third Grades. Paper presented at the National Reading Conference Annual Meeting: Scottsdale, AZ.
Kinzer, C.K., Cammack, D.W. (May, 2003). CTELL: Case Technologies to Enhance Literacy Learning. A Focus on Anchored Instruction and Case Implementation. Paper presented at the Reading Research Pre-Conference: International Reading Association Annual Meeting.
Leander, K., Cammack, D.W., Applin-Rollins, B. (April, 2003). Reading Gender in the Technobiographies of Adolescents. Paper presented at the Annual American Educational Research Association conference. Chicago, IL.
Kinzer, C. K., Labbo, L. Leu. D., Teale, W., Schrader, P., Coiro, J., Cammack, D.W., Seifert, L. (April, 2003). New Literacies for New Times: Teaching Pre-service Teachers How to Teach Reading and Writing via Digital Interactive Cases on the WWW. Paper presented at the Annual American Educational Research Association conference. Chicago, IL.
Cammack, D. W. (December, 2002). Understanding Online Literacy Practices: Issues of Access and Participant Observation in “Electronic Ethnographyâ€. Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the National Reading Conference, Miami, FL.
Kinzer, C.K. & Cammack, D. W. (December, 2002). Evaluating the Impact of On-line, Multimedia CTELL Cases in Preservice Literacy Education Courses. Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the National Reading Conference, Miami, FL.
Cammack, D.W. (May, 2002). On- and Offline: Analyzing the Implications of Teenage Internet Literacy Practices for Secondary Literacy Instruction. Paper presented as part of the Technology in Literacy Education Special Interest Group at the annual meeting of the International Reading Association, San Francisco, CA.
Siefert, L., Cammack, D.W., Kinzer, C.K. (May, 2002). Issues of Curriculum Design and Assessment in Technology-rich Literacy Learning Environments. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Reading Association, San Francisco, CA.
Cammack, D.W. & Kinzer, C.K. (April, 2002). CTELL Cases in Action: Formative Implementation of Internet-based, Multimedia Cases in a Pre-service Literacy Education Classroom. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.
Kinzer, C.K. & Cammack, D.W. (April, 2002). CTELL Cases in Action: Student Reflections as Indicators of Growth in a Case-Based Classroom. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.
Cammack, D.W. (December, 2001). Observing Online Conversations: Literacy, Technology, and a Space of Her Own. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Reading Conference, San Antonio, TX.
Kinzer, C. K. & Cammack, D. W. (August, 2001). Scaffolding for Story Comprehension: Increasing Student Understanding and Participation in an Inclusion Classroom. University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands (Sponsored by the Dutch National Science Foundation).
Cammack, D. W., & Kinzer, C. K. (May, 2001). Looking at How Technology Integration Works: A Demonstration Project in Inclusion Settings. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Reading Association, New Orleans, LA.
e. Scholarship in progress
Lohnes, S., D.J. Wilber and C.K. Kinzer (in progress). TITLE. Educational Technology. Invited.
Wilber, D.J. (in progress). Thinking through College Literacy Practices as an Activity System. To be submitted to the Journal of Literacy Research.
Accepted book proposal to Lawrence Erlbaum publishers, to be published in 2008 tentatively.
GRANTS
Currently working with ITQP teacher quality grant (received Fall, 2006) as literacy instructor and curriculum developer in connection with the MSU Center of Pedagogy and East Orange School District.
Spring, 2007. Submitted internal grant proposal for career development funds to Montclair State University.
October, 2006. Submitted Spencer/National Academy of Education Fellowship application. Not funded.
Summer, 2006. Submitted internal grant proposal for career development funds to Montclair State University. Grants suspended due to budget constraints.
WORKSHOPS AND PRESENTATIONS
April and May, 2007. Presentation and workshop on using blogs and wikis in Basic Skills Courses. Given through Literacy Enrichment Center to all adjunct faculty in the Basic Skills Reading program.
April, 2007. “Facebooking My Space: Understanding the Impact of New Literacies on College Studentsâ€. Presentation through Teaching and Learning Resource Center.
September, 2006. Presentation on New Literacies to Dr. Weiner’s READ501 course.
March, 2006. Integrating Technology into Balanced Literacy in the New York City Schools. Invited presentation and half-day workshop, North Carolina Association for Educational Communications and Technology. Charlotte, North Carolina.
March, 2006. Presentation on College Students and New Literacies to ECELE Department.
April, 2006. Workshop on Integrating Technology into Emergent Literacy Instruction, ECELE Spring Conference. Montclair State University.
October, 2005. Presentation on Using Multimedia Cases in Higher Education, Doctoral Colloquium. Math, Science, and Technology Department, Teachers College, Columbia University. New York, NY.
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
Teaching Fellow AY2007-2008, Montclair State University, Teaching and Learning Resource Center
Winner, Spencer Researcher in Training Grant for promising doctoral students, Teachers College, Spring 2004
Member, Kappa Delta Pi International Honor Society in Education. 1998-present.
Winner, Virginia Lynn Sakula memorial scholarship, Spring 1998.
Graduate with honors, journalism and with distinction, English literature, University of Colorado, Boulder CO. 1995.
PROFESSIONAL, PUBLIC, AND UNIVERSITY SERVICE
University, College, and Department Committees
Teaching and Learning Resource Center Provost Series Planning Committee
College Convocation Committee
Urban Teaching Academy Advisory Board
College Technology Committee
Reading Program Search Committee, 2005-2006
External or Discipline Based
Member of editorial board of National Reading Conference Yearbook published through National Reading Conference. January 2006-present.
Member of editorial board of Language Arts, peer-reviewed journal published through National Council of Teachers of English. September 2006 – present.
Member, Student Research Award Committee, National Reading Conference, present
Co-editor, book reviews section, eLearning peer reviewed electronic journal. January 2006
Manuscript reviewer, National Reading Conference Yearbook, 2006-2007
Member, Oscar Causey Award Committee, National Reading Conference. 2004 – 2006
Division 12 co-chair, National Reading Conference. 2003-2006.
Co-organizer, Gigabytes, Ghouls, and Grad Students: First Annual CCTE Doctoral Student Conference in Technology and Education, Oct. 2004
Reviewer of conference proposals, Research Division, International Reading Association. 2002-present.
Reviewer of conference proposals, Division C, Section 7: Technology Research. American Educational Research Association. 2002-present.
Presentation to the Robert Crown Health Center, on Educational Technology and Web-based Pedagogies, June 10, 2002.
Reviewer of conference proposals, Division 10: Literacy and Technology and Division 2: Postecondary Education. National Reading Conference. 2001-present.
ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS
National Reading Conference
American Educational Research Association, also Writing and Literacies Special Interest Group
International Reading Association
National Council of Teachers of English Assembly of Researchers