Patricia Enciso, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Contact Info

E-mail: enciso.4@osu.edu
Office: 242 Arps
Phone: (614) 688-4288
Fax: (614) 292-7695

Mailing Address

1945 N. High St.
Columbus, OH 43210-1172

Biographical Information

2002–Present: Associate Professor, The Ohio State University
1996–2002: Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University
1991–1995: Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Ph.D.: The Ohio State University
M.A.: University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England
B.S.: The Ohio State University, Summa Cum Laude

Current Research

My research examines how young people become full participants in the production of meaning and knowledge about themselves, others, and the worlds they traverse. Grounded in an ethnographic research perspective, I value the insights, practices, and perceptions of participants as they shape, and are shaped by, the informal and formal contexts through which they form relationships and meaning. Thus, I document the local relations of power, histories, and materials (especially the literature selections) that matter to the participants. My research is further informed by a critical ethnographic paradigm which integrates systematic documentation of participants' everyday practices and perspectives with jointly negotiated approaches for changing inequitable social relations. In classrooms, I not only observe but also work alongside classroom teachers to plan literary studies that engage and challenge students' and teachers' assumptions about knowledge, identity, and power in the production of meaning and social relations.

Currently, I am working with doctoral and undergraduate students to document and analyze the multiple story forms, topics, and identities constructed among immigrant and non-immigrant middle school youth as they tell a range of stories during a lunchtime story club. I have also worked with Dr. Courtney Kelly to document and interpret the script writing and in-school filmmaking of middle school youth in an afterschool program for Latino/a and other immigrant youth.

As the director of research for an OSU/Royal Shakespeare Company Partnership, I am also working with doctoral students and teachers to document the implementation and achievement outcomes of an innovative, dramatic approach to reading and the study of Shakespeare (http://oncampus.osu.edu/2011/01/now-playing-in-a-classroom-near-you/#more-14147).

I have recently completed co-editing The Handbook of Research on Children’s and Young Adult Literature, a four-year effort that brings together scholarship from Education, English, and Library and Information Studies, and includes the perspectives and artistry of leading authors, graphic novelists, and illustrators (http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415965064/).

Selected Publications and Presentations

Books

Wolf, S., Coats, K., Enciso, P., Jenkins, C. (Eds). (2010). The handbook of research on children's and young adult literature. New York: Routledge.
Lewis, C., Enciso, P. & Moje, E. (Eds.). (2007). Reframing sociocultural research on literacy: Identity, agency, and power. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Chapters

Enciso, P. & Ryan, C. (2011). Sociocultural theory: Expanding the aims and practices of language arts education. In D. Fisher & D. Lapp (Eds.) The handbook of research on teaching the language arts. New York: Routledge. 132-138.
Enciso, P. (2007). Reframing history in sociocultural theory: Toward an expansive vision. In C. Lewis, P. Enciso & E. Moje (Eds.) Reframing sociocultural research on literacy: Identity, agency, and power. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. 49-74.
Enciso, P. (2004). Reading discrimination. In S. Greene & D. Abt-Perkins (Eds.) Making race visible: Literacy research for cultural understanding. NY, NY: Teachers College. 149-177.
Enciso, P. (1997). Negotiating the meaning of difference: Talking back to multicultural literature. In T. Rogers & A. Soter (Eds.) Reading across cultures. New York, NY: Teachers College Press. 13-41.

Articles

Enciso, P. (in press; May 2011). Storytelling in critical literacy pedagogy: Removing the walls between immigrant and non-immigrant youth. In H. Janks & V. Vasquez (Eds.) Special Issue: Critical Literacy Revisited: Writing as Critique for English Teaching: Practice and Critique.
Enciso, P., Cushman, C., Edmiston, B., Post, R. & Berring, D. (2011). "Is that what you really want?": A case study of intracultural ensemble-building within the paradoxes of 'urbanicity'. In J. Neelands & K. Gallagher (Eds.) Special Issue of Research in Drama in Education: Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance: Drama and Theatre in Urban Contexts. 16 (2), 215-232.
Enciso, P., Wolf, S. A., Coats, K., & Jenkins, C. (2010). Essay book review: Children's literature: Standing in the shadows of adults. Reading Research Quarterly. 45 (2), 252-263.
Enciso, P., Volz, A., Price-Dennis, D., & Durriyah, T. (2010). Story club and configurations of literary insights among immigrant and non-immigrant youth. In R. Jiménez, D. Rowe, V. Risko & M. Hundley (Eds.) 59th Yearbook of the National Reading Conference. Oak Creek, WI: National Reading Conference. 354-366.
Enciso, P., Jenkins, C., Coats, K., Wolf, S.A. (2008). The Watsons go to NRC -2007: Crossing academic boundaries in the study of children's literature. In D. Rowe, R. Jiménez, D. Compton, D. Dickinson, Y. Kim, K. Leander & V. Risko (Eds.) 57th Yearbook of the National Reading Conference. Oak Creek, WI: National Reading Conference. 219-230.
Enciso. P. & Kelly, C. (2007). Research with immigrant and urban youth: Learning academic and social languages in after school programs. Pp. 26-29. In N. Baker (Ed.) Success For All Students. Columbus, OH: OSU P-12 Project Publication.
Bloome, D. & Enciso, P. (2006). "Looking out across Columbus: What we mean by 'multiple literacies'". In D. Bloome, & P. Paul (Eds). Theory into Practice: Multiliteracies: Literacies of and for a Diverse Society. 45 (4), 296-303.
Medina, C. & Enciso, P. (2001) "Some words are messengers/Hay palabras mensajeras": Interpreting sociopolitical themes in Latino/a literature for children. The New Advocate. 15 (1), 35-48.

Presentations

Enciso, P. (2010, December). Mapping symbolic repertoires with immigrant and non-immigrant youth in classrooms and informal settings. Paper. Symposium: "Emerging Principles of Research, Teaching, and Learning for Translocal Literacies and Transcultural Citizenship." National Reading Conference. Fort Worth, TX.
Enciso, P., Edmiston, B., Cushman, C., Gee, H., Gaugenbaugh, L. (2010, November). Ambitious Reading: Learning to study and interpret literature through dramatic inquiry. Full day workshop. National Council of Teachers of English Annual Conference. Orlando, FL.
Enciso, P. (2010, November). Theories and practices of equity and diversity in Language Arts. Paper. Symposium with co-editors of Language Arts: Literacies of research and practice: Views from Language Arts 2006-2011." National Council of Teachers of English Annual Conference. Orlando, FL.
Enciso, P. (2010, April). Tales of transnational lives: Location and recontextualization of stories among diverse middle school students. Paper. Symposium: "Storying across communities: Locating diverse repertoires of narrative and interpretation." American Educational Research Association Annual Conference. Boulder, CO.
Enciso, P., Edmiston, B., Cushman, C. Rhoades, M. & Post, R. (2010, February). "How did we get the two-headed witch?": Activity theory and cross-site analyses of teachers' and artists' practices of ensemble, reading, and representation. Paper. National Council of Teachers of English Assembly for Research Conference. Pittsburgh, PA.
Enciso, P., Volz, A., Price-Dennis, D., Durriyah, T. (2009, December). Gathering cultural data sets: research and practice across three sites. Paper. Symposium, organized by P. Enciso: "Jinns, neon signs, and final fantasy: Gathering stories for literary and cross-cultural insight with immigrant and non-immigrant youth" National Reading Conference. Albuquerque, NM.
Enciso, P. Wolf, S. A., Jenkins, C. & Coats, K. (2008, November). Chasing daemons across disciplines: Reading and researching literature in English, Library Sciences, and Education. Presentation for the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English. San Antonio, TX.
Enciso, P. & Kelly, C. (2008, April). Drama, space, and social change: Theorizing the uses of fiction in an after school program for immigrant and non-immigrant middle school students. Paper. American Educational Research Association Annual Conference. New York City, NY.

Awards and Activities

2008 Distinguished Diversity Enhancement Award - Hispanic Oversight Committee (Member) of The Ohio State University
2007 Edward Fry Book Award, awarded by the National Reading Conference for Reframing Sociocultural Theory in Literacy Research: Agency, Identity & Power (Lewis, Enciso & Moje) (Eds.)
2012-2015 Literacy Research Association, Board of Directors, Member. Elected
2012-2015 National Committee for Research on Language and Literacy, Director of Research Committee. Elected
2008-Present Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children's Book Award National Award Selection Committee Member. Invited
2006-2011 Language Arts, Co-Editor. Appointed
2004-2005 National Council of Teachers of English Research Foundation. Trustee. Elected
2005-2007 National Council of Teachers of English Research Foundation. Chair of Research Foundation. Elected
2010-2012 American Educational Research Association. Member, President-Elect Nominating Committee. Appointed
2010-2011 American Educational Research Association. Co-Chair, Division G Section 3. Appointed
2008-2009 American Educational Research Association. Co-Chair, Division K, Section 5. Appointed.

Teaching (Masters, Masters of Education, Ph.D)

Literacy Methods for the Middle Grades
Diversity and Equity Issues in Education
Sociocultural Learning Theory
Latino/a Literature for Children and Young Adults
Multicultural Literature
Development of Literary Understanding
Critically Engaged Reading
Ethnic Studies in Education: Latino/a Perspectives

Faculty Member for Areas of Study

Literature for Children and Young Adults (Core Faculty)
Adolescent, Post-secondary and Community Literacies (Core Faculty)
Multicultural and Equity Studies in Education (Affiliated Faculty)
Language Education and Society (Affiliated Faculty)

School of Teaching and Learning