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Susan  L.  Schramm-Pate
Associate Professor

Location/Office: 257 Wardlaw
Columbia, SC 29208
 
Office Phone: 803-777-3087   
Fax: 803-777-3193 
Email: sschramm@gwm.sc.edu 

Research Interests
Curriculum Vitae
A Separate Sisterhood
2005 Recipient of the George H. Lackey, Jr. Award
Who Moved My Intellectual Property?

Education
Ph.D. Curriculum Studies (1997) Miami University; M.A. Art Education (1992) University of Cincinnati, College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning; B.F.A. Fine Art Photography (1987) University of Cincinnati, College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning

Biography
A former public school art teacher in Cincinnati, Ohio, Schramm-Pate joined the USC faculty in 1998 after completing a Ph.D. in Educational Administration (Curriculum Studies) at Miami University (Oxford, Ohio).  Within the Department of Instruction & Teacher Education (ITE) she teaches in the program area of Curriculum & Instruction.  She also serves as an affiliate faculty member for the Women’s Studies Program (WOST). Schramm-Pate’s teaching concentration and research interests in the area of curriculum studies revolve around women’s studies, historiography, cultural studies, and integrated curriculum.  Courses she teaches on a regular basis include: EDCS 722-Race and Ethnic Diversity in Curriculum; EDCS 723-Understanding Sexual Diversity; EDCS 724-Gender Diversity in Schools and Communities; EDCS 725-Principles of Curriculum Construction; EDCS 822-Curriculum Classics: Trends and Issues; EDCS 821-Curriculum Theory; and WOST 701-Feminist Theory. Her books include, Grappling with Diversity: Readings on Civil Rights Pedagogy and Critical Multiculturalism (in press, SUNY) co-edited with Rhonda Jeffries; Transforming the Curriculum: Thinking Outside the Box (2002, Scarecrow Press), and A Separate Sisterhood: Women Who Shaped Southern Educational Reform in the Progressive Era (2002, Peter Lang) co-authored with Katherine Reynolds Chaddock.  Her research appears in Art Education Journal; International Journal of Educational Research Journal, High School Journal, Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, Journal of Communications and Minority Issues, Journal of Secondary Education, and Southern Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal of the South.
Honors and Awards
George H. Lackey, Jr. Award for Inspirational Teaching, 2005, University of South Carolina; Carol Jones Carlisle Award for Research in Women’s Studies, 2003,University of South Carolina; and Outstanding Graduate Student Award, 1992,University of Cincinnati, College of Design, Architecture, Art, & Planning

Research Interests
Schramm-Pate's research interest in the areas of gender studies, educational history, and curriculum are reflected in her books which include:  1) "A Separate Sisterhood: Women Who Shaped Southern Educational Reform in the Progressive Era" (New York: Peter Lang, 2002) co-authored with Katherine Reynolds Chaddock; and 2) "Transforming the Curriculum: Thinking Outside the Box" (Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2002). Two recent chapters co-authored with Dennis Carlson, reflect Schramm-Pate's research interests in the areas of curriculum and cultural studies: 1) "The Symbolic Curriculum: Reading the Confederate Flag as a Southern Heritage Text" which appears in the AERA Division B Curriculum Award-winning volume edited by Greg Dimitriadis and Dennis Carlson, "Promises to Keep: Cultural Studies, Democratic Education, and Public Life" (New York: Routledge Falmer, 2003)and 2) "Risky Business: Teaching About the Confederate Flag Controversy in a South Carolina High School" which appears in "Beyond Silenced Voices: Class, Race, and Gender in United States Schools" edited by Lois Weis and Michelle Fine (New York: SUNY Press). Schramm-Pate's research is also represented in articles which appear in Journal of Curriculum Theorizing; High School Journal; International Journal of Educational Research; Journal of Communications and Minority Issues; Art Education Journal; and Journal of Secondary Education.

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