Amy Piotrowski
School of Teacher Education and Leadership
Associate Professor, Literacy
Contact Information
Office Location: Vernal, BEERC 221APhone: 435-722-1700
Email: amy.piotrowski@usu.edu
Additional Information:
Educational Background
Licensures & Certifications
Biography
I'm an associate professor of English education in the School of Teacher Education and Leadership with a secondary appointment in the Department of English. I am based at USU's Uintah Basin campus. Before going into teacher education, I taught middle school English Language Arts, high school English, and college composition in Texas.
Teaching Interests
At the undergraduate level, I teach courses for the Secondary Teacher Education Program and the English Teaching program. At the graduate level, I teach courses for TEAL's literacy concentration.
Research Interests
My research focuses on digital literacies, young adult literature, and teacher education.
Awards
Richard A. Meade Award for Research in English Education, 2022
English Language Arts Teacher Educators of the National Council of Teachers of English
Teacher of the Year, 2020
School of Teacher Education and Leadership
- Piotrowski, A., Plaizier, A., (2021). Critical Digital Literacies in Teacher Education: Utilizing Young Adult Literature to Develop Preservice English Teachers’ CDL-Based Pedagogical Practices: Critical Digital Literacies: Boundary-Crossing Practices. Brill
- Robertson, M., Piotrowski, A., (2019). Authentic Inquiry with Undergraduate Preservice Teachers in Synchronous Interactive Video Conferencing Courses: Educational Technology and Resources for Synchronous Learning in Higher Education. IGI Global
- Piotrowski, A., (2018). Flipping the Teaching of Young Adult Literature with Preservice Teachers: Towards a More Visual Literacy: Shifting the Paradigm With Digital Tools and Young Adult Literature .
Publications | Book Chapters
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
Publications | Journal Articles
Academic Journal
- Nash, B., Hicks, T., Garcia, M., Fassbender, W., Alderman, D., Boutelier, S., McBride, C., Moran, C., Piotrowski, A., Rice, M., Young, C., (2023). Artificial intelligence in English education: Challenges and opportunities for teachers and teacher educators. English Education, 55:3, 201-206.
- Robertson, M., Piotrowski, A., Smith, J., (2022). Connecting Inquiry, Research, and Technology: The Multigenre Digital Inquiry Project. Journal of Curriculum and Teaching/Sciedu Press, 11:2, 99-112. doi: https://doi.org/10.5430/jct.v11n2p99
- Garcia, M., Piotrowski, A., (2022). Humanizing Online English Teacher Education Through Critical Digital Pedagogy. English Education, 54:2, 148-155.
- McGraill, E., Turner, K.H, Piotrowski, A., Caprino, K., Zucker, L., Greenwood, M.E, (2021). An Interconnected Framework for Assessment of Digital Multimodal Composition. English Education, 53:4, 277-302.
- Sharp, L.A, Robertson, M.K, Raymond, R.D, Piper, R.E, Piotrowski, A., Bender-Slack, D., Young, T., (2020). Meeting Standards 2017? A national survey of classroom teacher preparedness for literacy instruction. i.e.: inquiry in education, 12:1, Article 10.
- Rybakova, K., Rice, M., Moran, C., Zucker, L., McGrail, E., McDermott, M., Loomis, S., Piotrowski, A., Garcia, M., Gerber, H., Gibbons, T., Marlatt, R., (2019). A long arc bending towards equity: Tracing almost 20 years of ELA teaching trends in CITE. Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education, 19:4
- Rybakova, K., Piotrowski, A., (2019). Group 4 Process Narrative in 23 months x 22 scholars: Collaboration, negotiation, and the revision of a position statement on technology in English language arts. Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education, 19:3
- Piotrowski, A., Robertson, M., (2017). Engagement Across the Miles: Using Videoconferencing With Small Groups in Synchronous Distance Courses. Journal of Empowering Teaching Excellence, 1:2, Article 8. doi: https://doi.org/10.26077/xks7-8833
- Piotrowski, A., Witte, S., (2016). Flipped learning and TPACK construction in English education. International Journal of Technology in Teaching and Learning, 12:1, 33-46.
Professional Journal
- Piotrowski, A., (2017). "Why Does Someone Have to Die at the End of the Play?". Utah English Journal, 45, 3-6.
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
Publications | Other
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.