Kortney Sherbine, PhD

Professional Address: Personal Address:

Penn State University 545 Ridge Ave.
College of Education State College, PA 16803
153 Chambers Building phone (cell): 814-404-6603
University Park, PA 16802
[email protected]

EDUCATION

2014 The Pennsylvania State University (University Park, PA)

PhD in Curriculum & Instruction
with an emphasis in Language, Culture, & Society

2004 The College of Charleston (Charleston, SC)

MAT in Early Childhood Education

2002 Campbell University (Buies Creek, NC)

BS in Psychology

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

2017 - present The Pennsylvania State University (University Park, PA)

Assistant Professor, Department of Curriculum & Instruction

2015 - 2017 Framingham State University (Framingham, MA)

Assistant Professor, Education Department

2014 - 2015 University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC)

Assistant Professor, Department of Instruction & Teacher Education

2010 - 2014 The Pennsylvania State University (University Park, PA)

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Curriculum & Instruction

ELEMENTARY TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2004 - 2010 St. Andrews School of Math & Science, Charleston County School
District
Teacher of Kindergarten (2004-2005), 2nd grade (2005 – 2006; 2007-
2010), and 3rd grade (2006 - 2007)
FELLOWSHIPS, HONORS, AND AWARDS

Miriam E. Gray Scholarship, College of Education, The Pennsylvania State University, 2013

Student Pennsylvania Education Association Leadership Award, College of Education,

The Pennsylvania State University, 2013

Outstanding Graduate Student Recognition Award, College of Education, The Pennsylvania

State University, 2012

Reading Teacher of the Year, St. Andrews School of Math & Science, Charleston (SC) County
School District, 2010

PUBLICATIONS

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles

Sherbine, K. (2018). Track Star + thing power: Be[com]ing in the literacy workshop. Journal of
Early Childhood Literacy. https://doi.org/10.1177/1468798418777847.

Hara, M. & Sherbine, K. (2018). Be[com]ing a teacher in neoliberal times: Visioning as

resistance in teacher education. Policy Futures in Education, 16 (6), 669-690.

Sherbine, K. (2016). Emerging childhoods & immanent becomings: Considering difference in

one child’s encounters with popular culture. Discourse in Education: Studies in the
Cultural Politics of Education, 37(5), 785-797.

Sherbine, K. (2013). Becoming-Belieber: Girls’ passionate encounters with Bieber culture. Bank
Street Occasional Papers Series, 30. http://bankstreet.edu/occasional-paper-
series/30/out-of-school-at-home/becoming-belieber-girls-passionate-encounters-with-
bieber-culture/

Manuscripts Under Review and In Preparation for Peer-Reviewed Journals

Sherbine, K. (under review). Wrestling with competency and everyday literacies in school.
(Journal of Literacy Research)

Sherbine, K. (in preparation) Choke holds and Chick-Fil-A Cows: Intimate literacies in the
elementary classroom. (intended for Language Arts)

Sherbine, K. & Hara, M. (in preparation) Scripted curriculum as the refrain. (intended for
Curriculum Inquiry)

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Book Chapters

Sherbine, K. (2017). Popular culture. In K. Peppler (Ed.), The SAGE encyclopedia of out-of-school
learning, 604-606. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE.
http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483385198.n232


Sherbine, K. & Boldt, G. (2013). Becoming intense. In F. McArdle & G. Boldt (Eds.), Young
children, pedagogy, and the arts: Ways of seeing, 73-87. New York: Routledge.

Book Reviews

Sherbine, K. (2014). Review of the book Playing their way into literacies: Reading, writing, and
belonging in early childhood classrooms, by K. Wohlwend. Contemporary Issues in
Early Childhood, 15(1), 84-87.

Sherbine, K. (2014). Review of the book Cartographies of becoming in education: A Deleuze-

Guattari perspective, edited by D. Masny. Qualitative Research in Education, 3(1),
119-122.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Sherbine, K. (2018, April). ‘This is research, boy!’: Emerging and be[com]ing with objects in an
early childhood literacy workshop. Presentation at the American Educational Research
Association Annual Meeting. New York, NY.

Sherbine, K. (2017, October). Track star + thing power: Be[com]ing in the literacy workshop.
Presentation at the 25th International Reconceptualizing Early Childhood Education
Conference. Toronto, Canada.

Sherbine, K. & Hytholt, V. (2017, April). ‘You be the castle’: Enacting Vivian Paley’s story acting
curriculum in a university laboratory preschool. Presentation at the Massachusetts
Reading Association Annual Conference. Quincy, MA.

Sherbine, K. & Hara, M. (2016, November). Visioning as love and resistance: Collaborative
reflection on beliefs and practice in teacher education. Presentation at the American
Educational Studies Association Annual Conference. Seattle, WA.

Sherbine, K. (accepted). The teacher’s chair: Vibrant materialism in the literacy workshop.
Literacy Research Association Annual Conference. Carlsbad, CA. December 2 - 5, 2015.

Sherbine, K. (2015, October). “My four-year old cousin hit a half-court shot!”: Nomadic
becomings and affective actants in early childhood. Presentation at the 23rd
International Reconceptualizing Early Childhood Education Conference. Dublin, Ireland.

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Beach, C., Falter, M., Bailin, E., & Sherbine, K. (2014, November). Stories from the field:
Connecting, challenging, & igniting teachers. Presentation at the National Council of
Teachers of English. Washington, DC.

Sherbine, K. (2014, June). Encountering Justin Bieber: A Deleuzoguattarian disruption of

representations of young fans. Presentation at the Celebrities Studies Conference.
London, United Kingdom.

Miller-Foster, M., Sherbine, K., & Miller, D. (2013, June). Twitter in the classroom: A
comparative case study. Presentation at the North American Colleges & Teachers of
Agriculture Conference. Blacksburg, VA.

Sherbine, K. (2013, May). Uncertainty and the [non]Beliebers: A consideration of nomadology in

qualitative research. Presentation at the 9th International Congress of Qualitative
Inquiry. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Urbana, IL.

Sherbine, K. (2012, November). Becoming Poptropica: The emergences of Speedy Raptor and
the gang. Presentation at the 20th International Reconceptualizing Early Childhood
Education Conference. University Park, PA.

Sherbine, K. (2012, May). Assembling fanaticism: Examining interactions of Belieberism. 8th

International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry. Urbana, IL.

Sherbine, K. (2011, October). Becoming Beliebers: A Deleuzoguattarian examination of the

assemblages of Bieber culture. Presentation at the 19th International Reconceptualizing
Early Childhood Education Conference. London, United Kingdom.

Sherbine, K. (2010, October). The Poptropica writing project: A new design. Presentation at
Pennsylvania State University-Lehigh Valley’s Diverse Literacy Conference. Macungie,
PA.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PRESENTATIONS

Sherbine, K. (2017, January). Be[com]ing with children: Creating space for meaningful literacy
encounters in early childhood. Session for PreK teachers. Framingham, MA. January 9,
2017.

Sherbine, K. (2017, January). What to do with Romeo: Culturally responsive pedagogy in early
childhood. Session for preK teachers and preschool directors. Lincoln, MA.

Sherbine, K. (2015, May). “Quick, somebody tweet that!” Social networking and engaging adult
learners. Workshop for secondary teachers and college instructors. Myrtle Beach, SC.

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GRANT FUNDING

2016 - 2017 Center for Excellence in Learning, Teaching, Scholarship, and Service,
Framingham State University. Research grant award for $1,500 for Kortney
Sherbine and May Hara (Co-PIs). “Be[com]ing a teacher in neoliberal times: A
case study.” Grant period: November 1, 2016 - May 12, 2017.

TEACHING AND ADVISEMENT AT THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY

Instructor of language and literacy methods courses for preservice teachers

Teaching Elementary School Reading (LLED 400)
Language Arts for the Elementary Classroom (LLED 401)
Learning in Informal Settings (CI 497)

Instructor of graduate course

Teaching as Inquiry (CI 501) (within World Campus online program)

Advisor of M.Ed. students in the World Campus Elementary Education program

Mentor to Ph.D. students teaching LLED 400, LLED 401, CI 460, and CI 497

TEACHING AT FRAMINGHAM STATE UNIVERSITY

Instructor of language and literacy methods courses for preservice teachers

The Young Child: Emergent Literacy with Field Study II (EDUC 320)
Early Childhood Curriculum: Reading with Field Study III (EDUC 376)

Supervisor for early childhood and elementary student teaching

Early Childhood Professional Practicum A (EDUC 431)
Early Childhood Professional Practicum B (EDUC 432)
Elementary Professional Practicum A (EDUC 437)
Elementary Professional Practicum B (EDUC 438)

DOCTORAL STUDENTS AT UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA

Department of Instruction & Teacher Education: Language & Literacy Education

Elizabeth Bemiss, Language and Literacy Education (committee member)
Sarah Catto, Language and Literacy Education (committee member)
Jennifer Stowe, Language and Literacy Education (committee member)

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TEACHING AT UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA

Instructor of language and literacy methods courses for preservice teachers

Teaching Reading in Early Childhood Education (EDRD 345)
Teaching Writing in Early Childhood Education & Literacy Practicum (EDRD 445)

Instructor of language and literacy graduate courses for preservice and inservice teachers
Foundations of Reading Instruction (EDRD 600)

FACULTY ENGAGEMENT AND SERVICE (The Pennsylvania State University)

2017 – present Head of the Language and Literacy Education Block (PreK-4), Department
of Curriculum & Instruction

2017 - present Early Childhood & Elementary Education, Department of Curriculum &
Instruction

2017 - present Language & Literacy Education, Department of Curriculum & Instruction

2017 - present Language, Culture, & Society, Department of Curriculum & Instruction

2017 - present World Campus Planning Committee, Department of Curriculum &

Instruction

2012 – 2014 Co-Advisor, Student Pennsylvania Education Association (SPSEA)

2013 Trip Advisor, SPSEA Urban Education Service Learning trip

2013 Invited Panelist, New Graduate Students Orientation: Teaching and

Supervising Undergraduate Students

FACULTY ENGAGEMENT AND SERVICE (Framingham State University)

2016 - 2017 Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, College of Education

2015 - 2017 Early Childhood Education Program Coordinator, College of Education

2015 - 2017 Teacher Education Advisory Council, College of Education

2015 - 2017 Howard Whittemore Memorial Library Liaison, College of Education

2015 - 2016 Field Placement Assessment Development Committee, College of

Education

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2015 – 2016 College Faculty Representative, First Year Student Orientation

2014 – 2015 College Faculty Representative, Advising is Teaching and Mentoring

FACULTY ENGAGEMENT AND SERVICE (University of South Carolina)

2014 - 2015 Department of Instruction & Teacher Education Curriculum Committee,

College of Education

2014 - 2015 Academic Integrity College Hearing Committee, College of Education

MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

2015 – present American Educational Studies Association [AESA]

2012 – present American Educational Research Association [AERA]

2012 – present Literacy Research Association [LRA]

2010 – present International Literacy Association [ILA]

2010 – present Reconceptualizing Early Childhood Education [RECE]

CONFERENCE PLANNING

2011 – 2012 Local Planning Committee, 20th International Reconceptualizing Early

Childhood Education Conference held at Penn State University

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Reviewer

Journals
Bank Street Occasional Papers Series (2010-present)
Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood (2010-present)
Peabody Journal of Education (2014-2016)
Journal of Teacher Education (2012-2014)
International Journal of Education & the Arts (2010-2014)

Conference Proposals
New England Educational Research Organization (2015-2016)
Literacy Research Association (2014-2015)