EDUCATIONAL
PREPARATION
1981
University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Ph.D. English
Education
Areas of
Emphasis
Youth
Literature
Composition and
Rhetoric
1969
University of Texas, Austin, Texas
M.A. English
1960
University of Texas, Austin, Texas
B.A. English
EDUCATIONAL
EXPERIENCE
University/College
Teaching and Administration
1982-present
Professor. Department of English, East Tennessee State
University, Johnson City, Tennessee. Teach (or have taught) core courses, English
Methods, Adolescent Literature, Children’s Literature, Theory and
Practice in Teaching Composition; supervise student teachers.
1990-l993
Special Assistant to Vice President for Academic Affairs.
Assisted in coordinating plans for general education reform; performed general
duties.
1991-1993
Editor/Director SACS Self Study.
Oversaw institution’s report for
reaccreditation by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of
Colleges and Schools; chaired editing committee; served on Steering Committee.
1978-1981
Visiting Assistant Professor (summer 1981) and Graduate
Teaching Assistant. Department of English Education, University of Iowa,
Iowa City, Iowa. Taught Adolescent Literature,
supervised student teachers; did research for Books for Young Adults program.
1977,
1978
Master Teacher. Department of Education, Rice University,
Houston, Texas. Supervised design and implementation of summer courses by
student teachers in English in Rice Summer School, a program for area secondary
students.
1969-1978,
Instructor. Department of
Arts and Humanities, College of the
1981-1982
Mainland, Texas City, Texas. Coordinated English composition
sequence; designed Humanities 231 (a “hands-on” approach to
the fine arts); taught British and
American Literature.
Public
School Teaching
1968
Teacher. Houston Independent School District, Houston, Texas.
1960-1966
Bellaire High School Department of English (1963-66, 1968). Taught English 10-12 and classes for the gifted; chaired team teaching;
taught American History.
Johnston Junior
High School (1960-63), Department of English. Taught English
7-9 and classes for the gifted; taught World
History.
GRANTS
Project
Director:
Tennessee
School/College Collaborative workshops in English, inservice programs funded by
the Tennessee Board of Regents, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993.
Points
of Departure: Ideas for Teaching English, I and II,
publications featuring inservice presentations by college and high school
instructors at Tennessee Collaborative Workshops funded by the Tennessee Board
of Regents, 1988, 1990.
Writing
Across the Curriculum Workshop (with Robert Bray), an inservice workshop for
teachers from a variety of disciplines, funded by the Tennessee Board of Regents
and ETSU, 1987.
Awareness
Workshop funded by Tennessee Board of Regents and ETSU as part of the Tennessee
School/College Collaborative, 1986.
Literature
Instructor:
Institute
on Children’s Fantasy Literature
funded by National Endowment for the Humanities, awarded to College of
Education, ETSU, Summer 1985.
PUBLICATIONS
Books
Sherrill,
Anne, and Terry C. Ley. Literature IS:
Collected Essays of G. Robert Carlsen. University of Iowa Foundation, 1994.
Carlsen,
G. Robert, and Anne Sherrill. Voices of
Readers: How We Come to Love Books. Urbana: National Council of Teachers of
English, 1988. Nominated for NCTE Research Award.
Sherrill,
Anne, and Paul Robertson-Rose. Four
Elements: A Creative Approach to the Short Story. New York: Holt, Rinehart
and Winston, 1975. Editor’s Choice, English
Journal, September 1977.
Journals/Magazines
Founding
editor. Tennessee English Journal.
Tennessee Council of Teachers of English, 1990-1996.
Editor.
Points of Departure: Ideas for Teaching
English, I and II. Johnson City:
East Tennessee State University, 1988, 1990. (A collection of articles based on
inservice presentations by college and high school instructors in conjunction
with the Tennessee School College Collaborative.)
Sherrill,
Anne and Thomas Carter (eds.). Fiction
Texas I and II and chapbooks. Texas City: College of the Mainland Press,
1978 and 1980. (Publications featuring Texas writers.)
Sherrill,
Anne, Alex Pratt, and Sandra Devall, faculty advisors. Firewheel. Texas City: College of the Mainland Press, 1978. (Magazine
produced by students modeled after Foxfire,
dedicated to the people, history, arts of Galveston County.)
Articles
in Refereed Journals and Books
“The Emergence of Dual Identity in Julie of the Wolves and Julie.”
Censored Books II: Critical Viewpoints,
1985-2000. Ed. Nicholas Karolides. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2002,
269-78.
“The Magic of the Human Voice.” Children’s Literature
for All Ages. FOCUS: Teaching Language
Arts XXII:1 (Winter 1996) 21-27.
“What Should Future Teachers Know About Literary
Criticism?” Applying
Literary Theory in the Classroom. Ed. James E. and Hazel Davis FOCUS:
Teaching Language Arts XXI:2 (Spring 1995), 83-86.
“Novels as Wide Angle and Telephoto Lenses on
Sports.” Literature
for Teenagers. Ed. Donald Gallo. Connecticut
English Journal XXII (Fall 1993), 88-91.
“Educating Future Teachers About Censorship.”
FOCUS Teaching Language Arts XVIII:1
(Fall 1991), 69-74.
“Through a glass darkly . . . Seeing Ourselves in
Chekhov’s `The Lament.’“ Reader
Response in the Classroom. Ed. Nicholas Karolides. New York: Longman,
1991, 75-83.
Julie
of the Wolves. Masterplots
II: Juvenile and Young Adult Fiction. Ed. Frank Magill. Pasadena, CA: Salem
Press, 1991, 764-766.
“Cowboys, Cowgirls, and Literary Criticism.”
Literature and Life. Ed. Patricia
Phelan. Urbana: National Council of Teachers of English, 1990, 135-141.
“Children’s
Books in China.” CLA Bulletin Journal of the Children’s Literature Assembly of National
Council of Teachers of English XV:2 (Summer 1989), 2-3.
“Pandora and Hippolyta: Girls in Sports.” The ALAN Review 15:3
(Spring 1988), 8-10.
“Tomie dePaola.”
American Writers for Children Since 1960:
Poets, Illustrators, and Nonfiction Authors. Ed. Glenn E. Estes. Detroit:
Bruccoli Clark Layman, 1987, 15-26.
“The Male Athlete in Young Adult Sport Fiction.”
Arete: The Journal of Sport Literature
11:1 (Fall 1984), 111-130.
Carlsen,
G. Robert, Elizabeth Belden, and Anne Sherrill. “1981 Books for Young Adults Poll.” English
Journal 71:1 (January 1982), 79-83. (A research project based on current
books most popular with high school readers; results published yearly in English
Journal.)
“Surviving the Iowa Winter: Advice to the Novice
from a Texan.” Publication of
Southeast Iowa Writing Project, August 1981.
“Publish or Perish: Educators Face a Writing Course.”
Arizona English Bulletin 22:2
(February 1980), 42-46. (Reprinted in Writing
Projects. Ed. Margaret Fleming. Urbana: National Council of Teachers of
English.)
“1978--A Vintage Year for Small Poetry Anthologies.”
The ALAN Review (Spring 1970), 10-11.
Book
Reviews
Review
of Kathleen Karr’s The Boxer. SIGNAL
Journal 24.2 (Summer/Fall 2001).
Review
of Sandra Belton’s McKendree. SIGNAL
Journal 24.2 (Summer/Fall 2001).
Review
of Nette Newth’s The Transformation.
SIGNAL Journal 24.2 (Summer/Fall
2001).
Review
of Avi’s Midnight Magic. The
ALAN Review 27:2 (Winter 2000)
Review
of Vicki Grove’s Destiny. The ALAN Review
28:1 (Fall 2000)
Review
of Caroline Cooney’s What
Janie Found. The ALAN Review 27:3 (Spr/Sum 2000)
Review
of Donna Jo Napoli’s Crazy
Jack. SIGNAL Journal XXIII:3 (Fall/Winter 2000)
Review
of Marie G. Lee’s F Is for Fabuloso. SIGNAL
Journal XXIII:2 (Summer 1999)
Review
of Susan Bartoletti’s No
Man’s Land. The ALAN Review 26:3 (Spr 1999)
Review
of David Almond’s Skellig. SIGNAL Journal
XXIII:1 (Winter/Spring 1999)
Review
of Teresa Tomlinson’s Dancing
Through the Shadows. SIGNAL Journal
XXII:26 (Spring 1998)
Review
of Trudy Krishner’s Kinship. SIGNAL Journal
XXII:2 (Spr 1998)
Review
of Priscilla Galloway’s Snake
Dreamer. SIGNAL Journal XXII:3 (Sum/Fall 1998)
Review
of Shelly Stoehr’s Wannabee. The ALAN Review
24:3 (Spring 1997)
Review
of Helen Vick’s Tag Against Time. The ALAN
Review 24:2 (Winter 1997)
Review
of Joan Lowry Nixon’s Circle
of Love. SIGNAL Journal XXI:2 (Spring 1997)
Review
of Diane Duane’s So You Want to Be a Wizard. SIGNAL Review XXI:1 (Winter 1996)
Review
of Lurlene McDaniel’s Saving
Jessica. The ALAN Review 24:1 (Fall l996)
Review
of Robert Maass’ UN Ambassador a Behind the Scenes Look. SIGNAL Journal XX:2 (Winter 1996).
Review
of Jean George’s Julie. The ALAN Review
22:3 (Spring 1995).
Review
of Paul Zindel’s Loch. The ALAN Review
XXIII:1 (Fall 1995).
Review
of Barbara Barrie’s Adam Zigzag. The ALAN Review
22:3 (Winter 1995).
Review
of Judith Tarris’ His Majesty’s Elephant. The
ALAN Review 21:3 (Spring 1994).
Review
of Wendy Lamp’s Hey Little Walter. The ALAN
Review 19:2 (Winter 1992).
Review
of Norah McClintock’s The
Stepfather Game. The ALAN Review
20:1 (Fall 1992).
Review
of Jesse Maguire’s On the Edge. The ALAN Review
18:3 (Spring 1991).
Review
of Connie Jordan’s War at Home. The ALAN Review
18:2 (Winter 1991).
Review
of P. Pendergraft’s The Legend of Daisy Flowerdew. The
ALAN Review 18:1 (Fall 1990).
Review
of Maureen Daly’s First a Dream. The ALAN Review
17:3 (Spring 1990), 19.
Review
of George Shannon’s Unlived Affections. The ALAN
Review 17:2 (Winter 1990), 23.
Review
of Robert Westall’s Ghost Abbey. The ALAN Review
16:3 (Spring 1989), 33.
Summary
of Geiger Ellis’ presentation at
NCTE ALAN Workshop. The ALAN Review
16:3 (Spring 1989), 65.
Review
of Adolescent Literacy by Judith
Davidson and David Koppenhauer. The
Journal of Reading 32:5 (February 1989), 478-9.
Review
of Serita Stevens’ An Unholy Alliance. The ALAN
Review 16:1 (Fall 1988), 33.
Review
of Ray Maloney’s The Impact Zone. The ALAN Review 15:3 (Spring 1988), 41.
“A Report From the 1987 ALAN Workshop.” The ALAN Review 15:3
(Spring 1988), 13.
“A Report From the 1986 ALAN Workshop.” The ALAN Review 14:3
(Spring 1987), 10.
Review
of Dorothy Hinshaw Patent’s The
Quest for Artificial Intelligence. The ALAN Review 14:2 (Winter 1987), 27.
Review
of Anthony Horowitz’s The
Night of the Scorpion. The ALAN Review 14:1 (Fall 1986), 41.
Review
of Rosemary Wells’ The Man in the Woods. The ALAN Review 13:3 (Spring 1986), 41.
“Highlights from the ALAN Workshop.” The ALAN Review 12:3
(Spring 1985), 52.
“Catcher
in the Rye, A
Separate Peace, and NOW--At the
Shores?” English Journal 71:2
(February 1982), 60.
PAPERS
AT CONFERENCES/CONVENTIONS
National
“Entering the Professional Conversation Through
Publishing.” National Council of
Teachers of English Convention, Louisville, Kentucky, November 1992.
“Preparing the Institutional Self Study Report.”
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Conference, Atlanta, December l992.
“Creating Pleasurable Experiences with Literature:
Research Into Practice.” National
Council of Teachers of English Convention, Seattle, Washington, November
1991.
“The School/College Collaborative in Tennessee.”
National Council of Teachers of English Spring Convention, Charleston, South
Carolina, April 1989.
“Books and the School Years: Readers Reminisce.”
National Council of Teachers of English Spring Convention, Phoenix, Arizona,
March 1986.
“Teachers and Books: The Secondary School Years.”
National Council of Teachers of English Convention, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
November 1985.
“The Making of a Reader: Testimonies of English and
Library Science Majors.” National
Council of Teachers of English Spring Convention, Seattle, Washington, April
1983.
“Does Sex Make a Difference? An Analysis of the
Narratives of Seventh Graders, Tenth Graders, and College Freshmen.” Conference on College Composition and Communication, Detroit,
Michigan, March 1983.
Regional
“An Analysis of John Knowles’ A Separate Peace.”
Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy, Washington County
Library, Abingdon, Virginia, October 1986.
“Reading Aloud: Its Role in Developing Pleasurable
Associations with Literature.”
International Reading Association Regional Conference, Nashville, Tennessee,
November 1985.
State
“Developing a Love for Books: Teachers Recall Their
Own Experiences.” Tennessee Council
of Teachers of English, Knoxville, Tennessee, October 1984.
“Young Adult Literature: Some Roots and Directions.”
Boys Town Conference on Literature for Young Adults, Boys Town, Nebraska,
September 1980.
PROFESSIONAL
SERVICE RELATED TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Presentations
(Selected)
“Literature and the Secondary School Years.”
Upper East Tennessee Educational Cooperative, East Tennessee State University,
October 1986.
“Coming Home to Literary Memories.” Washington County Department of Education, David Crockett High
School, August 1986.
Writing
Workshop. Greene County Schools, June 1986.
“Literature and the Teenage Years.” Daniel Boone High School, August 1985.
“Patterns of Young Adult Reading Interests.”
Davy Crockett High School, August 1984.
“Prewriting Activities.”
Sullivan Central High School, May 1984.
“Tapping Ideas for Composition.” Elizabethton City School, February 1984.
“Reading Interests and Reading Fare.” Upper East Tennessee Educational Cooperative, East Tennessee
State University, October 1983.
“Writing as a Process of Discovering.” Washington County English Teachers, Jonesborough Middle School,
September 1983.
“Adolescent Literature.”
Second Annual Appalachian Writers Conference, East Tennessee State University,
July 1983.
“What Do We Know About Young Adult Reading
Interests?” Spring Independent
School District, Spring, Texas, August 1982.
“Publishing a Text.”
Texas Joint English Commission, College of the Mainland, Texas City, Texas,
Spring 1976.
Service (selected)
Member:
Tennessee State Department of Education Committee to Design the K-12 Language
Arts Framework l995-1998
Editor:
Tennessee English Journal, Tennessee
Council of Teachers of English, 1990-1996.
Judge:
National Council of Teachers of English Achievement Awards in Writing,
1990-present.
Liaison: Tennessee Board of Regents Holistic Scoring Workshop, East Tennessee State University, October 1992, 1991.
Instructor:
Tennessee Collaborative Academy on Critical Thinking, Tennessee Technological
University, July 1989. (A three-day workshop for Tennessee secondary and college
instructors.)
Coordinator:
Tennessee School/College Collaborative English Workshops, 1987- 1993 (Brought
college and high school teachers together to address content topics of mutual
interest.)
Member:
Task Force in English, Tennessee School/College Collaborative, 1984-1989.
Participant:
Southeast Iowa Writing Project, University of Iowa, Summer 1981.
OTHER
DISCIPLINE-RELATED SERVICE
Member:
Your Reading Committee, National Council of Teachers of English 1999-present
Manuscript
Reviewer: English Journal, National
Council of Teachers of English 1990’s-present
Member:
Board of Directors SIGNAL,
International Reading Association, 1998-2000
Member: National Council of Teachers of English Committee on Affiliate Publications 1996-99
Member:
Conference on English Education Commission on English Teacher Educators,
National Council of Teachers of English, 1992-1995
Consultant:
For Merrill Publishers. Appreciating and
Using Young Adult Literature, 1996.
Member:
Committee on Resolutions, National Council of Teachers of English, 1992.
Judge:
U. S. Department of Education grant proposals for English and multidiscipline
academies, Washington, D. C., June 1993, August 1992, June 1991.
Chair:
Various section meetings, National Council of Teachers of English conventions,
San Diego, 1995; Louisville, 1992; Seattle, December 1991; Louisville, March
1987; Los Angeles, November 1987; San Antonio, November 1986; Detroit, November
1984; Dallas, April 1978; Kansas City, November 1978. Tennessee Council of
Teachers of English, Nashville, October 1992, 1991, 1990, 1987. International
Reading Association San Diego, 1999
Consultant:
For Macmillan. Reviewer: Using Young Adult
Literature in the Classroom, December 1991; July 1992 Reaching
Adolescents: The Young Adult Book and the School, November 1992.
Member:
Your Reading Committee, National
Council of Teachers of English, 1989-91. (Read and oversaw review of books
compiled in Your Reading: A Booklist for
Junior High and Middle School Students, eighth edition, edited by Alleen
Pace Nilsen.)
Consultant:
For Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning (to plan inservice workshops for
secondary English teachers), October 1989.
Member:
Conference on English Education Commission on Intellectual Freedom, National
Council of Teachers of English, 1988-1990.
Consultant:
For National Council of Teachers of English Convention workshop on adolescent
literature, Los Angeles, California, November 1987.
Consultant:
For Southern Association (accreditation) Liberty Bell Junior High School English
Department, Johnson City, Tennessee, April 1985.
Consultant:
For Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc. The
Enlightened Imagination (a book on literary criticism), September 1983 and
October 1984; Literature and Life (a
literature text), October 1983 and October 1984; Writing About Literature, March 1983.
Member:
Tennessee Board of Regents Committee for the Improvement of Student Writing
(1982-1985).
Consultant:
For Southern Association (accreditation) Scarborough High School English
Department, Houston, Texas, February 1982.
Consultant:
For North Central Association (accreditation) Keokuk High School English
Department, Keokuk, Iowa, 1981.
Coordinator:
Program of visiting writers and small press publications, College of the
Mainland, Texas City, Texas, 1977-78.
PROFESSIONAL
AFFILIATIONS
National
Council of Teachers of English
National
Assembly on Literature for Adolescents
Tennessee
Council of Teachers of English
Conference
on English Education
Conference
on College Composition and Communication
SIGNAL
(International Reading Association)
AWARDS
Appreciation
for Editorship of Tennessee English
Journal, Tennessee Council of Teachers of English, 1993, 1995
Who’s
Who in American Education, 1990, 1991, 1992
1989
Faculty Member of the Year, East Tennessee State University (Awarded by the
Panhellenic Council)
Outstanding
Young Women in America, 1975