Suzanne Borowicz, PhD, Professor, Adolescence Education; Director, WNY Writing Project
Phone: (716) 888-3731
Fax: (716) 888-3105
E-mail: borowics@canisius.edu
- University at Buffalo State University of New York, PhD, English Education, Dissertation entitled Embracing Lives through the Video Lens: An Exploration of Literacy Teaching and Learning with Digital Video Technology in an Urban Secondary English Classroom
- University at Buffalo State University of New York, MA, Humanities/English with Creative Writing Specialization, Creative Writing masters project entitled Look Again under mentorship of Robert Creeley
- Empire State College, State University of New York, BA, English with concentration in Communicating Through Writing and Literature
Years at Canisius: Since 2005. During her time at Canisius, Dr. Borowicz has also served as director of the Western New York Writing Project.
Research Interests: New Literacies in the classroom, teacher leadership, writing in the digital age
Courses Taught:
-EDS 224 Adolescent Literacy in a New Literacies World
-EDU 410 Teaching Writing in the Schools
-EDAD 616 Research and New Literacies
Publications:
Book Chapters
"New Literacies with an Attitude: Transformative Teacher Education through Digital Video Learning Tools." In P.J. Finn & M. Finn (Eds.) Teacher Education with an Attitude: Preparing teachers to educate working-class students in their collective self-interest. SUNY Press. 2007.
"City Voices, City Visions: Digital Video as Literacy/Learning Supertool in Urban Classrooms." In L. Johnson, M. Finn & R. Lewis (Eds.) Urban Education with an Attitude. SUNY Press. 2005.
Monograph
Why Multimodal Literacies? With Dr. Suzanne Miller, University at Buffalo. GSE Publications in affiliation with SUNY Press. 2006.
Poetry
"Shaman." The Shadow's Imprint, poetry anthology
"The Human Genome" & "The Mind and Society."
The Write Word of the WNY Writing Project
"Evening in Paris." Nostalgia. Spring, No. 26
Rpt. in The Buffalo News
"Lakeview." The Buffalo News
"Migraine Envy." All About Mentoring, Issue 13
"Pierogi." Buffalo Spree. Winter Vol. 33/No. 4
"Sisters." The Buffalo News
Rpt. in The Bulletin
"Goddess." Earth's Daughters. No. 47
Short Story
"In Angiogram." Room of One's Own. Vol. 16/No. 2
Rpt. in The Roycroft Review. Vol. 3
Essays
"Digging for Mastodon Bones." Buffalo Spree. Spring Vol. 30/No. 1
"Memories of Camping at Allegany State Park As It Was Then."
The Buffalo News
"Vietnam: A Nation Deceived, a Family Mourned."
The Buffalo News
Editor of Publications:
Reviewer for Professional Publications:
- English Education
- Research in the Teaching of English
Conference Presentations:
National Writing Project, Orlando, FL
More Than Assessment: The NWP Analytic Writing Continuum at Work
National Writing Project, San Antonio, TX
Designing Technology Professional Development
NY State English Council, Albany, NY
Regenerating Our Teaching Selves through Professional Writing
Digital Video Composing for Improving Student Achievement, Buffalo, NY
The Marriage Between Writing and Digital Composing
National Council of Teachers of English, New York, NY
Diverse Learning and Teaching through Multimodalities
National Council of Teachers of English, New York, NY
Multimodal Practices as Innovative Literacy Teaching
National Council of Teachers of English, New York, NY
Blogging Perspectives on War: High School Students and Pre-Service Teachers Read, Write and Learn through Multiple Literacies
National Writing Project, New York, NY
Redesigning a Professional Development Program
National Council of Teachers of English, Nashville, TN
Teaching for Literacy through a Multimodal Perspective
National Council of Teachers of English, Pittsburgh, PA
Common Ground--Where Urban Students' Lives and Digital Worlds Meet
-Chaired panel discussion with urban teachers
National Council of Teachers of English, Pittsburgh, PA
When Literacy Learning Becomes an Art Space: Scenes from Elementary-University Classroom Multiliteracies
-Chaired the CEE Commission on Arts and Literacy Integration Roundtable
Presentation
American Education Research Association, Montreal, Canada
-The City as Curriculum: Place-Conscious Education with an Attitude
-City Voices, City Visions: Re-Envisioning Urban Classrooms and Communities
Through Digital Video
American Education Research Association, San Diego, CA
-City Voices, City Visions: Digital Video as Literacy/Learning Tool for
Re-envisioning Urban Classrooms and Communities
-Presentation with Dr. Suzanne Miller
National Council of Teachers of English, San Francisco, CA
-Poetry in Motion: Urban students visualizing and dramatizing literature
through digital video
-Research Strand Panelist
National Council of Teachers of English, San Francisco, CA
-Poetry in Motion: Using digital video to make poetry come alive
-Paper presentation with McKinley High School teacher, Joel Malley
American Education Research Association, Chicago, IL
-City Voices, City Visions: Urban teachers' perceptions of digital video
production as a learning tool
-Paper Discussion with Dr. Suzanne M. Miller
Grants:
National Writing Project Federal Grant
Western NY Writing Project
Annual renewal funds to maintain and operate the Western NY Writing
Project
Urban Sites Grant of the National Writing Project
Canisius College & WNY Writing Project
Funds to provide professional development in urban schools
Erie County Public Benefit Funding Grant
Canisius College & WNY Writing Project
Operating costs for the Young Writers Festival
HSBC Grant
Canisius College & WNY Writing Project
Operating costs for the Young Writers Festival