Eileen Shanahan, Ph.D.
Assistant ProfessorResearch/Academic Interests
Publications
Dr. Shanahan’s work can be found in several journals including: She has also co-authored books and authored book chapters including:
Bloome, D., Newell, G., Hirvela, A., Lin, T., with Brady, J. Ha, S. Y., Kwak, S, Seymour, J., Shanahan, E.,Thanos, T., VanDerHeide, J., & Wynhoff Olsen, A. (2019). Dialogic literary argumentation in high school language arts classrooms: A social perspective for teaching, learning, and reading literature. New York: Routledge.
Shanahan, E. (2018). “I’m just playing devil’s advocate”: Pre-service teachers’ identity construction through dialogic talk. In A. E. Lopez and E. L. Olan (Eds.), Transformative pedagogies for teacher education: Moving towards critical praxis in an era of change. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
Associations/Affiliations/Work History
Eastern Kentucky University, Graduate Coordinator
Eastern Kentucky University, Literacy P-12 M.A.Ed. Program Coordinator
Eastern Kentucky University, Assistant Professor of Literacy
Worked with high school English language arts teachers on writing instruction in Ohio
Served as a clinical supervisor for middle school student teachers in Ohio
Eighth grade language arts in North Carolina
Served as a middle school curriculum and literacy coordinator in North Carolina
