Amanda Thein
School of Education
University of Pittsburgh
5112 Wesley W. Posvar Hall
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
PHONE: 412-648-7194
EMAIL:
athein@pitt.eduFull Time Faculty - Assistant Professor
Amanda Haertling Thein is an assistant professor of English Education at the University of Pittsburgh. She teaches courses on the teaching of literature and media, and theory and practice in the teaching of multicultural literature. Before earning her Ph.D., Dr. Thein taught high school English in Littleton, Colorado. Her research focuses on sociocultural dimensions of student response to literature, particularly in terms of gender and social class. Dr. Thein is a recipient of the 2007 National Council of Teachers of English Promising Researcher Award.
School Affiliations
- Department: Instruction and Learning
- Program: English and Communications Education
Education
- Ph.D., English Education, University of Minnesota, 2005
- M.A., Curriculum & Instruction, University of Denver, 1999
- B.A., English, University of Colorado, 1997
- B.S., Journalism, University of Colorado, 1997
Recent Course Instruction
Fall 2008 (2091)
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Recent Presentations
- Examining social class-specific interpretive practices in students’ responses to literature across texts and contexts
Thein, A.H., Guise, M. & Sloan, D.L. (December 2007). Examining social class-specific interpretive practices in students’ responses to literature across texts and contexts. Paper presented at the 57th Annual Meeting of the National Reading Conference, Austin, TX.
- Reading and response a class-specific literacy practices.
Thein, A.H., Guise, M. & Sloan, D.L. (March 2008). Reading and response a class-specific literacy practices. Paper presented at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Researchers Associations, New York: NY.
- “She’s not a prostitute!”: Re-reading working-class girls’ responses to literature through an examination of interpretive practices.
Thein, A.H. (November 2007). “She’s not a prostitute!”: Re-reading working-class girls’ responses to literature through an examination of interpretive practices. Paper presented at the 97th Annual Convention of the National Council of Teachers of English, New York, NY.
- Mapping social class through high school students’ reading practices and responses to classroom literature.
Thein, A.H., Guise, M., & Sloan, D.L. (November 2007). Mapping social class through high school students’ reading practices and responses to classroom literature. Paper presented at the 97th Annual Convention of the National Council of Teachers of English, New York, NY.
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