Jeane Copenhaver-Johnson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Contact Info
Mailing Address
- 1760 University Drive
- Mansfield, OH 44906-1599
Education
- 1998 - Ph.D. Instruction and Curriculum (Language, Literacy, Multicultural Education) University of Florida, Gainesville
- 1992 - M.Ed. Elementary Education and Middle Grades English University of Florida, Gainesville
- 1991 - B. A. Elementary Education University of Florida, Gainesville
Research Biography
Dr. Copenhaver-Johnson conducts classroom-based studies of young children's responses to literature, the relationships between culture and response, and methods of combating homophobia in teacher education programs. Her research findings have been published in several national journals, and her work has been funded by The National Council of Teachers of English Research Foundation, The Ohio State University Seed Grant Program, and the U.S. Department of Education. Her ongoing work includes an examination of the social/historical understandings made evident during young children's responses to read-alouds of race-themed picturebooks and the role(s) of inquiry in response to literature. She has been the co-director of The Mid-Ohio Writing Project and is an active member of the National Council of Teachers of English and the International Reading Association. She enjoys working with graduate students interested in social, critical, and experiential theories of reader response, read-aloud research, and multicultural teacher education.
Activities and Honors
- Mansfield Campus Excellence in Teaching Award (2008)
- University Distinguished Diversity Enhancement Award (with Mansfield Campus Diversity Committee) (2007)
- Mansfield Campus Outstanding Teacher Award (2003)
- Accepted as Fellow to National Conference on Research in Literacy and Language (2001)
- University of Florida Graduate Student Teaching Award (1998)
- Department of Education, Office of Bilingual Affairs Doctoral Fellowship (1995-1997)
Selected Grants History
- 2009-2010 - Ohio Department of Education (with D. Sykes and L. Katz)
- 2005-2007 - National Council of Teachers of English Creating Communities of Inquiry (with M. Blackburn and C. Clark)
- 1999-2000 - National Council of Teachers of English Grant-in-Aid Program
- 1999-2000 - The Ohio State University Seed Grant Program
Selected Publications
- Copenhaver-Johnson, J., Bowman, J., & Rietschlin, A. J. (2008). Culturally responsive read-alouds in first grade: Drawing upon children's languages and cultures to facilitate literary and social understandings. In J. C. Scott, D. Y. Straker, & L. Katz (Eds.), Affirming students' right to their own languages: Bridging language policies and pedagogical practices (pp. 206-218). New York: Routledge.
- Copenhaver-Johnson, J. F., & Copenhaver, A. R. (2007). Issues of representation in young adult literature with diabetic protagonists. The Dragon Lode, 25(2), 39- 45.
- Copenhaver-Johnson, J. F., with Geiger, S. (2007). The presence of homophobia in fieldwork: Preparing pre-service teachers to challenge heterosexism and homophobia. Penn GSE Perspectives on Urban Education, 5(1). [Online at http://www.urbanedjournal.org/notes/notes0026.html ]
- Copenhaver-Johnson, J. (2007). Rolling back advances in multicultural education: No Child Left Behind and "Highly Qualified Teachers". Multicultural Perspectives, 9(4), 40-47.
- Copenhaver-Johnson, J. F., Bowman, J. T., & Johnson, A. C. (2007). Santa stories: Children's inquiry about race during picturebook read-alouds. Language Arts, 84, 234-244.
- Copenhaver-Johnson, J. F. (2006). Talking to children about race: The importance of inviting difficult conversations. Childhood Education, 83, 12-22. [Online at http://www.acei.org/racism.pdf ]
- Bucci, T. T., Copenhaver, J., Johnson, L., Lehman, B., & O'Brien, T. (2003). Technology integration: Connection to educational theories. Contemporary Issues in Technology and Education, 3(1), 30-46.
- Copenhaver, J. F. (2001). Listening to their voices connect literary and cultural understandings: Responses to small group read-alouds of Malcolm X: A Fire Burning Brightly. The New Advocate, 14, 343-359.
- Copenhaver, J. F. (2001). Running out of time: Rushed read alouds in a primary classroom. Language Arts, 79, 148-158.
- Copenhaver, J. F. (2000). Silence in the classroom: Learning to talk about issues of race. The Dragon Lode,18 (2), 8-16. [Online at http://www.reading.ccsu.edu/TheDragonLode/DLVol182Sp2000/DLVol182Sp2000%2008-16.pdf]
- Fu, D., Hartle, L., Lamme, L., Copenhaver, J., Adams, D., Harmon, C., & Reneke, S. (1999). A comfortable start for everyone: The first week of school in three multi-age (K-2) classrooms. Early Childhood Education Journal, 27, 73-80.
Courses
- ETL 665: Applied Linguistics for Teachers of Reading/Language Arts
- ETL 706: Teaching and Learning Language Arts for Middle Childhood
- ETL 830: Early Childhood Education: Multicultural Perspectives
- ETL 853: Critical Reading in the Content Fields
- ETL 874: Classroom Based Inquiry in Integrated Teaching and Learning
