Katherine Mason Cramer

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Katherine Mason Cramer (Ph.D., 2006, Arizona State University) is a professor and the program chair for Middle and Secondary English Education at Wichita State University, where she teaches young adult literature and English methods courses. Her primary research interest is queer-themed young adult literature, and she has published on this topic in The ALAN Review, English Journal, SIGNAL Journal, Kansas English, and several edited collections.

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Addressing sexual and gender diversity in an English education teacher preparation program
(IGI Global, 2022) Cramer, Katherine Mason
Teacher education programs as a whole do little to prepare graduates to create and maintain classroom and school cultures that recognize and affirm lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning/queer + (LGBTQ+) identities. This chapter describes how an English education program chair at a Midwestern university has integrated the study of sexual and gender diversity alongside English language arts pedagogy in three different courses, including specific texts and learning activities, as well as student responses to the in-class experiences. Recommendations for future study and curriculum design are addressed.
Thank-you notes as a means of nurturing a community of writers
(National Council of Teachers of English, 2021-11) Cramer, Katherine Mason; Vest, Elizabeth G.
When her professor modeled a talking circle writing feedback activity, a preservice teacher decided to adapt the strategy for the high school students in her practicum placement.
Toward the pursuit of anti-oppression pedagogy with Dr. Gholdy Muhammad’s Historically Responsive Literacy framework
(Kansas Association of Teachers of English (KATE), 2021-07-20) Cramer, Katherine Mason
Advocates and Gatekeepers: Dialogue on the Multiple Roles of Cooperating Teachers and University Supervisors
(Kansas Association of Teacher Educators, 2020-12) Cramer, Katherine Mason
Using Valencia et al.’s 2009 article “Complex Interactions in Student Teaching: Lost Opportunities for Learning” as a starting point for dialogue, cooperating teachers (CTs), recent graduates, and current teaching candidates of an English Education Program participated in focus group discussions on the attributes of effective CTs and university supervisors. CTs expressed some anxiety regarding mentors’ roles as gatekeepers, as well as understanding regarding the necessity of this role. Additionally, CTs, candidates, and graduates viewed the CT’s role as one that is more hands-on early in the field experience with decreasing direct guidance as the candidate develops in her or his professional practice. Implications for practice include explicitly articulating advocate and gatekeeper roles to candidates at the start of each field experience, intentionally discussing candidates’ pedagogical content knowledge during post-observation conferences, bridging the perceived gap from theory to practice, directly addressing uncooperative CTs, and strategically sharing mentoring resources.
Depictions of LGBTQ Athletes in Young Adult Literature that Interrogate Sport Culture
(Michigan Council of Teachers of English, 2021-02-01) Cramer, Katherine Mason
Although there is an increasing sense of inclusivity for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQ) athletes in K-12, collegiate, and professional sports, there is still unstated pressure not to come out, which is evident in GLSEN’s 2017 National School Climate Survey. Consequently, the depiction of LGBTQ athletes and the positive message of sports-themed young adult literature (YAL) is even more important. This article explores the ways that YAL aligns with and contradicts narratives of sexual and gender diversity within sport culture and connects this exploration to English language arts instruction using Bill Konigsberg’s YA novel Honestly Ben.

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