***Some of my papers can be downloaded from: http://fsu.academia.edu/LisaScherff
Peer-Reviewed Articles
Brown, M. A., Mitchell, J. F., . . . Scherff, L. (2014). The Look of Classic young adult Literature. The ALAN Review, 41(2), 6-14.
Scherff, L., Singer, N., & Brown, A. (2013) “We were cheerleaders for them”: Mentoring “pre” preservice teachers in third spaces. Teacher Education & Practice, 26(3), 369-392.
Scherff, L. (2012). Exploring identity(ies) in Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty. The ALAN Review.
Scherff, L. (2012). “This project has personally affected me”: Developing a critical stance in preservice English teachers. Journal of Literacy Research, 44(2).
Scherff, L., & Singer, N. R. (2012). The preservice teachers are watching: Framing and reframing the field experience. Teaching and Teacher Education, 28, 263-272. doi:10.1016/j.tate.2011.10.003
Hancock, C., & Scherff, L. (2010). Who will stay and who will leave?: Predicting secondary English language arts teacher attrition. Journal of Teacher Education, 61(4), 328-338.
Scherff, L., & Piazza, C. L. (2008/2009). Why now, more than ever, we need to talk about opportunity to learn. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 52, 343-352.
Scherff, L. (2008). Global is not Gulf Shores: The particular challenge of “place” in teacher education. Teacher Education & Practice, 21(4), 458-460.
Scherff, L., & Singer, N. R. (2008) Framing and re-framing through computer-mediated communication (CMC): Providing pre-service teachers with alternate support structures. Learning Inquiry, 2, 151-167.
Hahs-Vaughn, D. L., & Scherff, L. (2008). Beginning English teacher attrition, mobility, & retention. Journal of Experimental Education, 77(1), 21-53.
Scherff, L., Arteta, I., McGartlin, C., Stults, K., Welsh, E., & White, C. (2008). Teaching the memoir in English class: Taking students to Jesus Land. The ALAN Review, 35(3), 69-78.
Scherff, L. (2008). Disavowed: The stories of two novice teachers. Teaching and Teacher Education, 24, 1317-1332.
Scherff, L., & Hahs-Vaughn, D. L. (2008). What we know about English language arts teachers: An analysis of the 1999-2000 SASS and 2000-2001 TFS databases. English Education, 40, 174-200.
Paulus, T., & Scherff, L. (2008). “Can anyone offer any words of encouragement?”: Online dialogue as a support mechanism for pre-service teachers. Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 16(1), 113-136.
Barkdoll, J., & Scherff, L. (2008). Literature is not a cold, dead place: An interview with John Green. English Journal, 97(3), 67-71.
Scherff, L., & Wright, C. L. (2007). Getting beyond the cuss words: Using Marxism and binary opposition to teach Ironman and The Catcher in the Rye. The ALAN Review, 35(1), 51-61.
Scherff, L., & Paulus, T. (2006). Encouraging ownership of online spaces: Support for preservice English teachers through computer-mediated communication. Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education [Online serial], 6(4). Available: http://www.citejournal.org/vol6/iss4/languagearts/article1.cfm
Kaplan, J., & Scherff, L. (2006). Can you go “home” again? Florida Educational Leadership, 7(13), 11-17.
Scherff, L., & Kaplan, J. (2006). Reality check: A teacher educator returns home. Studying Teacher Education, 2(2), 155-167.
Scherff, L., Ollis, J., & Rosencrans, L. (2006). Starting the journey together: A teacher educator and her “students” navigate their first semester in the secondary English classroom. Issues in Teacher Education, 15(2), 43-59.
Fritz, C. A., Scherff, L., & Taylor, P. M. (2006, September). Interdisciplinary activities for agriculture and math educators to promote student-centered learning. North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA) Journal, 13-18.
Scherff, L. (2006). Maybe “simple” will work: One way to address content area reading instruction. English Leadership Quarterly, 29(1), 8-10.
Scherff, L. (2006). Chris Crutcher’s Ironman: Worthy of being a “classic.” Notes on American Literature, 16(2), 7-9.
Scherff, L. (2005). Culturally responsive frameworks for teaching. English Journal, 94(4), 97-101.
Scherff, L., & Piazza, C. (2005). The more things change the more they stay the same: A survey of high school students’ writing experiences. Research in the Teaching of English, 39(3), 271-304.
Scherff, L. (2004). “What’s still wrong with writing?”: Implications for teachers and researchers. Louisiana English Journal, 9, 108-117.
Scherff, L. (2004). “I wish we read better books”: What high school students reported about required reading. The Leaflet, 103(1), 9-20.
Scherff, L. (2004). The students are watching. Florida Educational Leadership, 4(2), 42-45.
Scherff, L. (2004). Three heads are better than one (?): Is there agreement about writing prompts among rhetoricians, high school teachers, and teenage students? Kansas English, 89(1), 10-21.
Hipple, T., Scherff, L., Sullins, A., Waters, P., & York, J. (2004). Teaching the mock printz novels. English Journal, 93(3), 69-74.
Scherff, L. (2003). Advice from a former (burned out) English teacher. Florida English Journal, 39(2), 38-39.
Conference Proceedings
Scherff, L., Prado, J., & Singer, N. R. (2009, June). Testing and validating Scherff and Singer’s Frames for Online Organizations. In C. O’Malley, D. Suthers, P. Reimann, & A. Dimitracopoulou (Eds.), Computer Supported Collaborative Learning Practices: CSCL2009 Conference Proceedings (pp. 307-311). Proceedings of the Ninth International Computer Supported Collaborative Learning Practices Conference. [Rhodes, Greece]. International Society of the Learning Sciences. [peer reviewed]
Scherff, L. (2006, July). Boundless possibilities: How online communication prompted self-study for novice teachers and their experienced professor. In L. M. Fitzgerald, M. L. Heston, & D. L. Tidwell (Eds.), Collaboration and community: Pushing boundaries through self-study (pp. 225-229). Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Self-study of Teacher Education Practices. [Herstmonceux Castle, UK]. Cedar Falls, IA: University of Northern Iowa. [peer reviewed]
Books
Scherff, L., & Spector, K. (Eds.) (2011). Culture, relevance, and schooling: Exploring uncommon ground. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield.
Scherff, L., & Daria, M. (2010). Stories from novice teachers: This is induction? Lanham, MD: University Press of America.
Groenke, S., & Scherff, L. (2010). Teaching ya lit through differentiated instruction. Urbana, IL: NCTE. [peer-reviewed]
Scherff, L., & Spector, K. (Eds.) (2010). Culturally relevant pedagogy: Clashes and confrontations. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield.
Scherff, L. (2005). Thirteen years of school: What students really think. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Education.
Book Chapters
Scherff, L. (2011). The Chocolate War: So bad, It’s good—And that’s why we need to teach it. In J. Milner & C. Pope (Eds.), Engaging American novels (pp. 261-262).Urbana, IL: NCTE. [peer reviewed]
Scherff, L. (2011). Is it worthy? Determining whether The Chocolate War should be taught in English class. In J. Milner & C. Pope (Eds.), Engaging American novels (pp. 284-289).Urbana, IL: NCTE. [peer reviewed]
Spector, K., & Scherff, L. (2011). Introduction. In L. Scherff & K. Spector (Eds.), Culture, relevance, and schooling: Exploring uncommon ground (pp. 1-4). Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield.
Scherff, L. (2010). Using young adult literature to promote comprehension with struggling readers. In L. A. Hall, L. D, Burns, & E. C. Edwards, Empowering struggling readers:
Practices for the middle school (pp. 99-116). New York: Guilford Press. [peer reviewed]
Scherff, L., & Spector, K. (2010). Introduction: Clashes and confrontations with culturally relevant pedagogy. In L. Scherff & K. Spector (Eds.), Culturally relevant pedagogy: Clashes and confrontations (pp. 1-7). Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield.
Duke, C. R., Milner, J., Morrison, K., Roseboro, A. J., & Scherff, L. (2006). Building excellent English language arts programs: Unfinished work. In Guidelines for the preparation of teachers of English language arts (pp. 51-63). Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English. [alphabetical listing]
Selected Presentations
Brown, A., De La Peña, M., Crutcher, C., & Scherff, L. (2011, November). The intersection of sport, education, and society in young adult literature. Panel session at the the 2011 annual meeting of the Assembly on Literature for Adolescents (ALAN), Chicago, IL.
Scherff, L., Brown, A., & Mitchell, J. (2011, November). The Chocolate War. Roundtable in “In Engaging American Novels.” Conversation session at the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English, Chicago, IL.
Scherff, L. (2011, April). Transforming literacy learning opportunities: Summer reading as a third space. Roundtable paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), New Orleans, LA.
Scherff, L., & Kaplan, J. (2011, April). Going back can lead to moving forward: A return to the high school classroom. Roundtable paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), New Orleans, LA.
Scherff, L. (2011, February). Transforming literacy learning opportunities: A summer reading program as a hybrid space. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for the Teaching of English (NATE), London, England.
Scherff, L., & Fraley, K. (2011, February).Transforming literacy learning opportunities: Summer reading as a third space for preservice teachers and high school students. Roundtable session at the annual meeting of the NCTE Assembly for Research, Madison, WI.
Scherff, L., Bray, T., Knight, K., & Voorhies, J. (2010, November). Learning together: What happens when one classroom teacher, one English educator, and two interns become co-teachers? Panel presentation at the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), Orlando, FL.
Burns, L., Scherff, L., & Botzakis, S. (2009, November). The kids are alright: Making English relevant for 21st century youth. Roundtable session at the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), Philadelphia, PA.
Brown, A., Mitchell, J., Miller, W., & Scherff, L. (2009, November). Mentoring 'pre' pre-service teachers: Lessons for teacher educators. Panel presentation at the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), Philadelphia, PA.
Scherff, L., Prado, J., & Singer, N. R. (2009, June). Testing and validating Scherff and Singer’s Frames for Online Organizations. Paper presented at the 2009 Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) Conference, Rhodes, Greece.
Scherff, L., Whitt, J., & Jiang, Q. (2009, April). Trends in opportunity to learn: A critical review of the research literature between 1963 and 2007. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Diego, CA.
Scherff, L., & Deal, J. (2009, February). Pushed out or running from? Why students “quit” high school. Presentation at the 2009 NCTEAR Conference, Los Angeles, CA.
Gerber, H. R., & Scherff, L. (2009, February). "I would pay attention if I were you!”: Missed interactions with New Literacies. Presentation at the 2009 NCTEAR Conference, Los Angeles, CA.
Marquez-Zenkov, K., Jones, S., Dutro, E., Kantor, J., Spector, K., & Scherff, L. (2008, December). “If they’ll listen to us about life, we’ll listen to them about school”: The literacies of urban students and families in life, schools, and popular media. Symposium at the 2008 meeting of the National Reading Conference (NRC), Orlando, FL.
Burns, L., & Scherff, L. (2008, December). Teacher Education Standards and Relevant Curriculum: Literature as the Center of Language Arts? Paper presented at the 2008 meeting of the National Reading Conference (NRC), Orlando, FL.
Spector, K., & Scherff, L. (2008, December). Missing the Critical in an attempt to be Relevant: Teaching Romeo & Juliet and Talking Sex. Paper presented at the 2008 meeting of the National Reading Conference (NRC), Orlando, FL.
Groenke, S. L., & Scherff, L. (2008, November). From Negotiations to Love Songs: Selecting Young Adult Literature for Whole-Class Instruction. Break-out session at the ALAN Workshop, San Antonio, TX.
Burns, L., & Scherff, L. (2008, November). Shifting Standards: NCTE, NCATE, and Quality Teacher Education. Paper presented at the 2008 meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), San Antonio, TX.
Spector, K., Scherff, L., & Cook, T. (2008, November). Symphony of Lives. Panel presentation at the 2008 meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), San Antonio, TX.
Scherff, L., & Clanton, S. (2008, April). (Future) Teacher research: How one booktalk led to research in two classrooms—and more. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), New York, NY.
Scherff, L., Mutua, K., Thompson, A., Satcher, J., & Komara, C. (2008, February). When everyone is "On Board": Service learning as a university- and college-wide endeavor. Symposium at the annual meeting of the American Association for Colleges of Teacher Education (AACTE), New Orleans, LA.
Scherff, L., & Gerber, H. (2007, November). Mapping pre-service teacher growth: Points of interest for teacher educators. Interactive poster presentation at the 94th annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), New York, NY.
Scherff, L., Sekeres, D., & Donovan, C. (2007, November). We Built It: Why Didn’t They Come? Paper presented at the Conference on English Leadership at the 94th annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), New York, NY.
Groenke, S., Scherff, L., Carico, A., Hatcher, B., Kuhens, O., &, Brinks, K. (2007, November). From the Library to the Classroom: Dealing with Censorship in the 21st Century and Teaching (or Not) What Teens Want to Read. Panel presentation at the Conference on English Leadership at the 94th annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), New York, NY.
Hahs-Vaughn, D., & Scherff, L. (2007, April). Beginning English teacher attrition and mobility. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Chicago, IL.
Scherff, L., & Hahs-Vaughn, D. (2006, November).What we know about English language arts teachers: An analysis of the 1999-2000 SASS and 2000-2001 TFS databases. Paper presented at the 93rd annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English, Nashville, TN.
Scherff, L. (2006, November). Engaging texts: Teaching eight great American novels—The Chocolate War. Roundtable leader at the 93rd annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English, Nashville, TN.
Scherff, L. (2006, November). The new NCTE guidelines for English language arts preparation: Alignment with elementary, middle, and secondary levels of teaching English language arts. Panel presentation at the 93rd annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English, Nashville, TN.
Scherff, L., & Piazza, C. (2006, April). An exploratory study of women educators’ social and political concerns. Paper discussion at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Francisco, CA.
Scherff, L. (2006, April). Should I stay or should I go?: The Clash between novice teachers’ imagined and lived experiences. Paper discussion at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Francisco, CA.
Kaplan, J., & Scherff, L. (2006, April). Going backward can lead to moving forward: One teacher educator’s return to secondary teaching. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Francisco, CA.
Stanford, J., Thomas, T., & Scherff, L. (2006, March). Bullying our way to success. Paper presented at the annual Professional Development Schools National Conference, Orlando, FL.
Steadman, S., & Scherff, L. (2006, February). Sharing solutions through computer-mediated communication. Roundtable presentation at the annual meeting of the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education (AACTE), Chicago, IL.
Scherff, L. (2006, February). Interns’ perspectives of their competence in meeting INTASC, NCATE, and state teaching standards: Results from a pre and post internship survey. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education (AACTE), San Diego, CA.
Scherff, L. (2006, February). Why new teachers come and go—what we can do to help them stay. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education (AACTE), San Diego, CA.
Scherff, L. (2006, February). Listening to current students . . . to help future ones. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education (AACTE), San Diego, CA.
Kaplan, J., & Scherff, L. (2005, November). A college educator returns to the classroom: Perspectives and perceptions. Panel presentation at the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), Pittsburgh, PA.
Kaplan, J., Scherff, L., & Faulkner, L. (2005, November). First year teachers: Triumphs, tragedies, and realities. Roundtable presentation at the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), Pittsburgh, PA.
Scherff, L. & Jackson, S. (2005, November). Can detracking English classes provide a common ground for all students?: Lessons learned from one high school’s efforts. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), Pittsburgh, PA.
Scherff, L. (2005, November). Effective programs in the 2006 Guidelines. Panel presentation at the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), Pittsburgh, PA.
Scherff, L. (2005, November). Eight American novels. Roundtable leader at the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), Pittsburgh, PA.
Steadman, S., & Scherff, L. (2005, November). A Universality of problems—Supporting student teaching online: A tri-state study. Panel presentation at the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), Pittsburgh, PA.
Paulus, T., & Scherff, L. (2005, April). Providing support for pre-service teachers through computer mediated communication. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Montreal, CA.
Scherff, L., & Jackson, S. (2005, April). Detracking secondary English classes: A democratic or “Robin Hood” approach? Poster session at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Montreal, CA.
Scherff, L. (2005, February). Interns’ perspectives of their competence in meeting INTASC, NCATE, and state teaching standards: A pre, mid, and post internship examination. Paper presented at the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.
Scherff, L. (2004, November). What can/should effective teacher education programs for beginning teachers of English language arts include? Roundtable discussion at the 94th annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), Indianapolis, IN.
Kershaw, C., Benner, S., Scherff, L., Broemmel, A., Suters, L & Barclay-McLaughlin, G. (2004, April). Documenting evidence of quality teacher preparation on novice teachers’ perceptions and performance. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Diego, CA.
Scherff, L. (2004, April). Topics of inquiry most commonly studied by preservice teachers during their internship year and indicators of quality. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Diego, CA.
Scherff, L., & Piazza, C. (2003, November). Trying to follow Applebee’s footsteps: Results from a dissertation study regarding students’ access and exposure to writing at four Florida high schools. Paper presented at the 93rd annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), San Francisco, CA.
Scherff, L., Kershaw, C., Jackson, S., McMahon, J., Quarles, M., Bishop-Salvaggio, N., & Stowers, M. (2003, November). “Partnering”: Using action research to improve the preparation of English education students. Panel presentation at the 93rd annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), San Francisco, CA.
Scherff, L. (2002, November). National standards + state standards + 2 subjects + 2 instructors = One good planning experience for preservice teachers. Presentation at the 92nd annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), Atlanta, GA. [ERIC Document 473049]
Whyte, A., & Scherff, L. (2001, November). “Genre as school/genre as art: How teachers
teaching teachers wedded narrative, research, and the essay as aesthetic form.”
Presentation at the 91st annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), Baltimore, MD.
