KINDEL TURNER NASH

CMR 467 Box 4936 APO AE 09096 KINDEL.TURNERNASH@GMAIL.COM ACADEMIC DEGREES 2011 Ph.D (ABD) The University of South Carolina Language and Literacy Emphasis: Critical Race Theory, Critical sociocultural theory, Instruction and Teacher Education M.A.T. B.A. The University of South Carolina Elementary and Middle Education The University of South Carolina English Literature and French

1998 1997

CERTIFICATIONS/TRAININGS o Department of Defense Educational Systems (DODEA) Provisional Teacher Certification Early Childhood and Elementary and Reading and Language Arts, K-8 (2011-2014) o Georgia (USA) Professional Standards Commission Certificate #743981 Early Childhood and Elementary and Reading and Language Arts, K-8 (2006-2014) o Richmond County School District Literacy Assessment in Elementary Classrooms (2006-2007) o Richmond County School District Differentiated Instruction in Elementary Classrooms (2006-2007) o University of South Carolina Critical Socio-Cultural and Critical Race Perspectives on Literacy Education (2001-2010) o University of South Carolina Culturally Relevant Pedagogy and Anti-Racist Education (2008-2010)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2010-2011 Grades K-3 2004-2010 Instructor The University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina EDRD 345-445, Language and Literacy in Early Childhood Classrooms EDEC 447, Building Community in Early Childhood Classrooms EDEC 591, Seminar in Teaching EDEL 570, Integrated Elementary Curriculum Supervisor of Student Interns in Early Childhood and Elementary Degrees Programs The University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina Supervised and Evaluated Early student teachers pursuing initial teacher certification Classroom Teacher Windsor Springs Elementary School Grade 2 Augusta, Georgia Grant Funded Research Assistant The University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Conductive an initial qualitative pattern analysis of statewide data for the early childhood reading initiative, SC Reads Instructional Support Specialist for Reading and Math DODDS Europe, Hainerberg Elementary School Wiesbaden, Germany

2001-2010

2005-2006

2002 Carolina

2002-2004

Resource Teacher English Language Development Teacher Reading Enrichment Teacher Grades 1-5 (multiage) Monte Vista Elementary School Monterey, California

2000-2002

Classroom Teacher School Without Walls Grades 1-4 (multiage) Columbia, South Carolina

1998-2000

Classroom Teacher Crane Creek Elementary School Grades 3-5 (multiage) and Grade 4 Columbia, South Carolina

AWARDS AND HONORS 2010 2009 $1000 Spencer Fellowship Nominee Invited Participant Conference on Research Directions in the Education of African American Children 2006 2006 2002 $6000 Leadership Team Award Windsor Springs Elementary School Thumbs-Up Award for Excellence in Teaching The University of South Carolina Research Grant Recipient South Carolina Reads Early Literacy Initiative

1997-1998 $500

Mary J. Heimberger Scholarship College of Education, The University of South Carolina

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE 2010 Guest Lecture Organizer, Moore African American Symposia Lecture Series The University of South Carolina Reader, Masters in Teaching Professional Portfolios 3

2008

The University of South Carolina 2006-2007 Dreamers Ad Hoc Committee The University of South Carolina

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS 1998-Present 2009-Present 2010-Present REFERENCES Boutte, Gloria, PhD University of South Carolina, Professor, Endowed Chair Instruction and Teacher Education College of Education University of South Carolina Wardlaw Building 239 Columbia, SC 29208 gsboutte@mailbox.sc.edu (803) 603-8234 Long, Susi, PhD University of South Carolina, Professor, Endowed Chair Instruction and Teacher Education College of Education University of South Carolina Wardlaw Building 239 Columbia, SC 29208 slong@mailbox.sc.edu (803) 467-3471 Pamela Jewett, Ph.D. Language and Literacy, ITE College of Education Wardlaw 205 University of South Carolina 820 S. Main Street Columbia, SC 29208 803-777-2055 (office) 803-777-3193 (fax) 4 National Council of Teachers of English American Educational Research Association National Association of Multicultural Education