Allison H. Blosser, Ph.D., M.A. Assistant Professor Program Coordinator, Education Studies Department of Leadership Studies Stout School of Education High Point University, NC USA (336) 841-9222 (office); ablosser@highpoint.edu EDUCATION 2015 Loyola University Chicago; IL Ph.D. with Distinction, Cultural and Educational Policy Studies Dissertation: Here there is no Gentile or Jew : Doing Diversity in a Conservative Christian School Dissertation of the Year Award 2004 Michigan State University; East Lansing, MI MA Literature in English 2002 Texas Christian University; Fort Worth, TX BA English (major); Art History (minor) Phi Beta Kappa; Magna Cum Laude FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS, AND AWARDS 2018 Course Reduction Award 2016 Silvershein/Gutenstein Family Faculty Development Grant 2013-2014 Loyola University Chicago Advanced Doctoral Fellowship 2009-2011 Graduate Research Assistantship 2007 Lynn Clark Grant for Creativity in the Teaching of Writing 2007 Alabama Humanities Foundation Grant UNIVERSITY TEACHING EXPERIENCE Present High Point University; High Point, NC Assistant Professor of Education, Department of Leadership Studies Program Coordinator: Education Studies Faculty affiliate in Sociology and the Honors Scholar Program (Courses taught: EDU 5040 Diversity in Education: Societal and Organizational Perspectives; EDU 5030 Methods of Educational Research; EDU 5700 Leadership Development: Internship 1; EDU 4160 Methods of Teaching Secondary English; EDU 4260 Internship II in Secondary Education: Teachers as Leaders; EDU 4275 Internship
Blosser 2 in Education; 4200 Multicultural Education in a Diverse Society; EDU 4300 Social Justice in Education; EDU 3260 Education in the Age of Globalization; SOA 3050 Education and Society; EDU 2000 History of American Education; EDU 1201 Seminar in Teaching; HNR 1200 Social Scientific Inquiry) 2011-2016 High Point University; High Point, NC Adjunct Professor 2009-2011 Loyola University Chicago; IL Adjunct Professor (ELPS 302 Philosophy of Education) Teaching Assistant Research Assistant 2006 Lansing Community College; Lansing, MI Instructor (ENG 122 Writing about Literature and Ideas) 2004-2005 Trident Technical College; Charleston, SC Instructor (ENG 101 and 102 Introduction to Composition and Introduction to Literature) 2002-2004 Michigan State University; Lansing, MI Teaching Assistant (ENG 230 Introduction to Film; HUM 231, Comedy and Cultural Survival) K-12 TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2008-2009 Trinity School of Durham and Chapel Hill; NC Upper School Humanities Teacher (English and Social Studies) College Advisor 2006-2008 Altamont School; Birmingham, AL English Teacher 2004-2005 Cathedral Academy; Charleston, SC Department Chair: English College Counselor PUBLICATIONS Books Blosser, A.H. (Under Contract). Conservative Christian Schooling and the Practice of Diversity. New York: Routledge.
Blosser 3 Kubow, P.K. & Blosser, A.H. (Eds.). (2016). Teaching Comparative Education: Trends and Issues Informing Practice (Oxford Studies in Comparative Education Series). Oxford, UK: Symposium Books. Reviews of Teaching Comparative Education: Teachers College Record (2016, June). Comparative Education Review (2017, February) Comparative Education (2017), Vol. 53, Iss. 2 Journal of Education for Teaching (2017), Vol. 43, Iss. Journal of International Education Research and Development Education (2018, Jan.) Journal Articles Phillippo, K., Brown, E.L., & Blosser, A. (2018). Making sense of student-teacher relationships: Teacher educator and candidate engagement with the relational practices of teaching. Action in Teacher Education, 40(2), 169-185. Phillippo, K. & Blosser, A.H. (2017). Stable roles, changed skills: Teacher candidates respond to instruction about adolescent social-emotional support practices. Advances in School Mental Health Promotion, 10(1), 5-25. Kubow, P.K. & Blosser, A.H. (2016). Guest editors introduction to the FIRE special issue on The place and future of comparative education in teacher education. FIRE: Forum for International Research in Education, 3(1). Retrieved from http://preserve.lehigh.edu/fire/vol3/iss1/1 Phillippo, K. & Blosser, A. (2013). Specialty practice or interstitial practice? A reconsideration of school social work's past and present. Children and Schools, 35(1), 19-31. Book Chapters Blosser, A.H. (2017). Considerations for addressing diversity in Christian Schools. In D.B. Hiatt- Michael (Ed.), Family and Community Engagement in Faith-based Schools. (pp. 33-55). Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing, Inc. Kubow, P.K. & Blosser, A.H. (Eds.). (2016). Framing the teaching comparative education terrain: the need for critical agency in teacher education. In P.K. Kubow & A.H. Blosser (Eds.), Teaching Comparative Education: Trends and Issues Informing Practice (pp.7-17). Oxford, UK: Symposium Books. Kubow, P.K. & Blosser, A.B. (Eds.). (2016). Multicultural education is not enough: The case for comparative education in preservice teacher education. In P.K. Kubow & A.H. Blosser (Eds.), Teaching Comparative Education: Trends and Issues Informing Practice (pp.75-90). Oxford, UK: Symposium Books. Blosser, A. H. (2015). Program development. Crafting a Global Field: Six Decades of the Comparative and International Education Society. Hong Kong: Springer/Comparative Education Research Centre, University of Hong Kong. Kubow, P.K. & Blosser, A.H. (2014). Trends and issues in the teaching of comparative education. Annual Review of Comparative and International Education 2014 (International Perspectives on Education and Society Series, Vol. 25). Bingley, UK: Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
Blosser 4 Other Publications Blosser, A. H. (2010). Patricia K. Kubow. Entry in M. Manzon (Ed.), CIEclopedia. Available: http://cieclopedia.org/entry.aspx?id=135. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Blosser, A. (2018, November). Co-Opting the white paper for educational change: Student reflections on justice, service, and school reform. Accepted paper at the National Collegiate Honors Council Annual Conference. Blosser, A. (2018, November). Doing diversity in a conservative Christian school: Implications for the future of evangelicalism. Accepted paper at the American Academy of Religion Annual Conference. Blosser, A. (2018, April). Religion, identity, and schooling. Chair and discussant, roundtable session at the American Educational Research Association Annual Conference Blosser, A. & Blosser, J. (2018). Post-secular educational leadership in an age of religious pluralism. Presented at the South Atlantic Philosophy of Education Society, High Point, NC. Blosser, A. (2017). The hidden curriculum of diversity at a conservative Christian school. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX. Blosser, A. (2017). Leadership and citizenship in religious schools. Chaired roundtable session at the American Educational Research Association Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX. Blosser, A. and Blosser, J. (2017). Post-secular leadership in an age of religious pluralism. Keynote address at the Stout School of Education Doctoral Research Forum and Innovative Leadership Collaborative. Blosser, A. (2017). African-American parent experiences at a white Christian school. Paper presented at the European Research Network About Parents in Education Biennial Conference, London, UK. Blosser, A. (2017). There s no skin color: Sensemaking about race at a conservative Christian school. Paper presented at the North Carolina Sociological Association Conference, High Point, NC. Blosser, A. (2016). The influence of religious belief on educators sensemaking about diversity. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Conference, Washington, D.C. Blosser A. H. (2016). Program development. Poster presentation at the annual conference of the Comparative and International Education Society, Vancouver, Canada. Blosser, A. & Kubow, P. (2016). Panel Chair: Chapter highlights from the new book, Teaching comparative education: trends and issues informing practice. Comparative and International Education Society Annual Conference, Vancouver, Canada. Blosser, A. & Kubow, P. (2014). Trends and issues in the teaching of comparative education. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Comparative and International Education Society, Toronto, Canada. Blosser, A. & Kubow, P. (2013). Teaching comparative education and multicultural education: A cartographic representation of convergent and divergent epistemological influences and social
Blosser 5 aims. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Comparative and International Education Society, New Orleans, LA. Phillippo, K. & Blosser, A. (2012). We re starting to speak the language : How teacher candidates learn relational practices. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Conference, Vancouver, Canada. Blosser, A. (2011). International schools and cosmopolitan desires in S. Korea. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Comparative and International Education Society, Montreal, Canada. Blosser, A., Epstein, E., Stone, K., Chen, Y., & Valdes, A. (2011). The Comparative and International Education Course Archive Project: Discerning world-wide trends in the teaching of comparative education. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Comparative and International Education Society, Montreal, Canada. Blosser, A., Epstein, E., Kubow, P., Collet, B., & Stone, K. (2011). Considering a new SIG on teaching comparative education. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Comparative and International Education Society, Montreal, Canada. Blosser, A., Phillippo, K. & Lotan, R. (2011). Preparing teachers to offer social emotional support to students: A mixed methods analysis. Paper presented at the 13 th Annual Loyola School of Education Research Symposium, Chicago, IL. Blosser, A., Epstein, E., Chen, Y., & Stone, K. (2010). Teaching comparative education: The Comparative and International Education Course Archive Project. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Comparative and International Education Society, Chicago, IL. Blosser, A. (2003). Moulin Rouge: Benjamin s phantasmagoric Paris. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Midwest Modern Language Association, Chicago, Illinois. Blosser, A. (2003). The photograph as memorial: Visual representation in remembering and mourning. Paper presented at the conference entitled, Explorations in Vision, Knowledge & Power, University of Western Ontario, Canada. SELECTED SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY Present Chair, Doctoral Dissertation (April Hill) Present Committee member, four doctoral dissertations Present HPU Merit Awards Committee Present Stout School of Education Curriculum Committee Present Honorary Class Counselor, HPU Class of 2020 Present Faculty Advisor: Real Life Club (student organization) 2018 Search Committee Member (Literacy) 2015-present Chair: Stout School of Education s Diversity Committee 2016-present HPU Diversity Committee 2016-present Teacher Education Council 2016 Coordinated the first Faculty Professional Development Diversity Workshop at HPU CIVIC ENGAGEMENT 2016-Present High Point Community Foundation Principals Fund, Board Member
Blosser 6 Present Board of Directors, Ready for School, Ready for Life Present Leadership Links: Advisory Board Member 2018 Invited Panelist Getting Back on Track, YWCA Greensboro 2017 Guilford Education Alliance, Education Summit Co-Host, Northwood Elementary, High Point 2008-2009 UNC Upward Bound: College Advisor SERVICE TO THE FIELD AND PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS 2018 Reviewer for International Council for Professors of Educational Leadership Conference 2017-2018 Executive Committee, Religion and Education SIG, American Educational Research Association (elected position) 2016-Present Member of the American Educational Research Association Member, AERA Religion and Education SIG 2011-Present Member, Comparative and International Education Society Member CIES Teaching Comparative Education SIG 2016 Reviewer: Advances in School Mental Health Promotion 2009-2016 Co-Chair, Teaching Comparative Education SIG, Comparative and International Education Society (elected position) 2009-2016 Reviewer, CIES conference proposals 2010-2011 Treasurer, Comparative and International Education Graduate Student Association (elected position)