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shortk@arizona.edu
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Short, Kathy
Professor

Home Department: Teaching, Learning, and Sociocultural Studies (TLS)

Director of Worlds of Words: Center of Global Literacies and Literatures

SLAT Areas of Specialization: Instructional Dimensions of L2 Learning, Sociocultural Dimensions of L2 Learning

Kathy Short is a professor in Teaching, Learning and Sociocultural Studies at the University of Arizona whose scholarship and teaching center around children’s and adolescent literature in a diverse society. Her specific focus is global literature, dialogue, curriculum as inquiry, and intercultural understanding. She has worked extensively with teachers in many parts of the world to develop curriculum that actively engages students as readers and inquirers. She has co-authored and co-edited many books, including Critical Content Analysis of Visual Images in Books for Young People, Critical Content Analysis of Children's and Young Adult Literature, Teaching Globally: Reading the World through Literature, Essentials of Children’s Literature, Creating Classrooms for Authors and Inquirers, and Stories Matter: The Complexity of Cultural Authenticity in Children’s Literature. She is the director of Worlds of Words: Center of Global Literacies and Literatures, which offers resources and programs to build bridges across global cultures through children’s literature, and served as President of the U.S. national section of the International Board of Books for Young People and the National Council of Teachers of English. She was named Outstanding Educator of the Language Arts by the National Council of Teachers of English and serves on various book award committees, including the Caldecott Medal and the Batchelder Medal. She is the Founder’s Endowed Chair of Global Children’s and Adolescent Literature at the University of Arizona. 

Area of Specialization
Instructional dimensions of L2 learning
Socio-cultural dimensions of L2 Learning

Currently Teaching

SLAT 699 – Independent Study

Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work. Graduate students doing independent work which cannot be classified as actual research will register for credit under course number 699 or 799.

Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work. Graduate students doing independent work which cannot be classified as actual research will register for credit under course number 699 or 799.

SLAT 920 – Dissertation

Research for the doctoral dissertation (whether library research, laboratory or field observation or research, artistic creation, or dissertation writing).

Research for the doctoral dissertation (whether library research, laboratory or field observation or research, artistic creation, or dissertation writing).

Research for the doctoral dissertation (whether library research, laboratory or field observation or research, artistic creation, or dissertation writing).

TLS 680 – Reader Response Theories

This course focuses on theories of reader response, both in relation to the reading process and to literary criticism, with a major emphasis on Louise Rosenblatt's transactional theories of literature. Exploration of reading as a social act that involves multiple, diverse interpretations within a democratic context will be explored through a close examination of Rosenblatt's theories and a broad survey of other theoretical perspectives on reader response. Implications of these theories for practice will also be considered.

TLS 793A – Classroom Research

Specialized work on an individual basis, consisting of training and practice in actual service in a technical, business, or governmental establishment.

Specialized work on an individual basis, consisting of training and practice in actual service in a technical, business, or governmental establishment.

TLS 793B – Teacher Education Research

Specialized work on an individual basis, consisting of training and practice in actual service in a technical, business, or governmental establishment.

Specialized work on an individual basis, consisting of training and practice in actual service in a technical, business, or governmental establishment.