Professional Background
Assistant Professor of English Education
Educational Background
B.A. in English and Philosophy, Barnard College; M.A.T. in English and Education, University of Chicago; Ph.D., Culture and Communications (Media Ecology), New York University.
Scholarly Interests
Pedagogy and theory in the teaching of language, reading, writing, literature, performing arts and media; Media literacy and social impact of mass media/popular culture, especially in the lives of children and adolescents; Creating educational media for children, parents and teachers; Epistemology, interdisciplinarity and curriculum development for the 21st Century; Peace education, human rights education and transformative learning.
Selected Publications
Education for the 21st Century: New Curricular Paradigms--book in progress
"Multimedia Texts and Media Literacy: Approaches to Educational Research for the 21st Century," presentation at Ways of Knowing Conference, Teachers College, 2004. Article in process.
"From the Teletubbies to Six Feet Under: Portrayals of the Life Cycle on Television," presentation at the National Media Education Conference, 2003. Article developed from this presentation.
"Life After Death in Popular Culture: Recent TV, Books and Films About Reincarnation," presentation at Beginnings and Endings Psychoanalytic Conference in Dublin, Ireland, 2002. Article in process
"Interactivity in Children's Television," A Report Commissioned by the Disney Channel in conjunction with the M.I.T. Media Lab, 2001.
"The Developmental Claims of Children's Toy Use", A Report Commissioned by the Disney Channel, 2001.
"Thirty Years of Print Research at Sesame Street: A Retrosepctive Analysis," in G is for Growing (Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2000).
Renee Cherow-Oleary
Assistant Professor of English Education
Phone: 212-678-4045
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Office Hours: T: 4:00 – 6:00 W: 4:00 – 6:00 (or by appt.)
Office Location: 334-I Horace Mann