University of California, Berkeley.  Ph.D. 2004. Education in Language,
           Literacy and Culture
University of Southern California, 1998. M.A. TESL
University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1996. Curriculum & Instruction.
Wheaton College, 1988. B.A. Modern Language-German

Samuelson, B. (2004). “A discourse for talking about writing: Discussion of student essays in two writing assessment contexts.” Submitted for review. 

Samuelson B. (2004). “Re-examining talk about writing: Linguistic resources in a college-level ESL writing conference.” Submitted for review. 

Samuelson, B. (2004). "I used to go to school, now I learn: The discourse of unschoolers." In What They Don't Learn in School: Literacy in the lives of urban youth. Jabari Mahiri, Editor. Peter Lang Publishing. 

Freedman, S.W., Kambanda, D., Samuelson, B., Mugisha, I., Mukama, E., Mutabaruka, J., Mukashema, I., Weinstein, H., & Longman, T. (2004). “Confronting the past in Rwandan schools: Education as a tool for unity and reconciliation.” In My Neighbor, My Enemy: Justice in the aftermath of genocide and ethnic cleansing. Harvey Weinstein and Eric Stover, (Eds.). New York: Cambridge University Press.

 

Presentations 

Freedman, Sarah W. and Samuelson, B. (2004, November). “Literacy, critical thinking, and morality: The case of political transition in Rwanda.” Panel presentation at the National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention, Indianapolis, IN. 

Samuelson, B. (2004, October). "Talk about writing: Mediating knowledge about academic writing through discussions of student work." Great Lakes Faculty Forum. Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI. 

Samuelson, B. (2004, May). "Performativity in talk about writing." Paper presented at the American Association of Applied Linguistics Annual Meeting, Portland, OR.

 Weinstein, H., Longman, T., Freedman, S., Levy, N., Samuelson, B., Leebauw, B., and Corkalo, D. (2004, April). "Memory, history, and social identity: the role of the schools in Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia." Symposium presentation at the AERA (American Educational Research Association) Annual Convention, San Diego, CA.

 Samuelson, B. (2004, April). "Talk about writing: Mediating knowledge about academic writing through discussions of student work." Paper presented at the AERA Annual Convention, San Diego, CA.

Samuelson, B. (2004, April). “Understanding literacy for English language learners.” Maryville School of Education Spring Convocation. St. Louis, MO. [invited address]

Samuelson, B. (2004, February). "Talk about writing: Mediating knowledge about academic writing through discussions of student work." Paper presented at the 25^th Annual Ethnography in Education Forum, Philadelphia, PA.

Samuelson, B. (2003, November). “Talk about writing: Mediating knowledge about academic writing.” Poster presented at the National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA.

Samuelson, B. (2001, May). "Appraising writing in the context of a performance-based writing test." Instructional Development Research Project Presentation. Berkeley Language Center, University of California, Berkeley.

 Samuelson, B. (2000, August). "Examining the discourse of expectations in a writing conference." Poster presented at the Fourth International Conference for Global Conversations on Language and Literacy, Utrecht, The Netherlands.

 Samuelson, B. (2000, March). "Doing the work of an academic writer." Paper presented at the 34^th Annual TESOL Convention, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

 Samuelson, B. and Young, J. (2000, February). "Examining talk about writing: Discourse resources in a college-level writing conference." Paper presented at the 8^th Annual Northern California Writing Centers Association Conference, Berkeley, CA.

 Samuelson, B. (1999, November). "Doing the work of an academic writer." Paper presented at the Northern California Regional CATESOL Conference, Oakland, CA.

       Samuelson, B. (1999, November). "Examining the discourse of expectations in a college-level writing conference." Paper presented at the Northern California Regional CATESOL Conference, Oakland, CA.

 Yaden, D. and Lewis, B. (1998, December). "The logic of multiple storybook readings." Paper presented at the National Reading Council Annual Meeting, Austin, TX.

 Lewis, B. (1998, November). "Preparing college ESL students for writing conferences." Paper presented at the NCTE Annual Conference, Nashville, TN.

 Yaden, D., Chavez, A., and Lewis, B. (1998, April). "The logic of multiple storybook readings.” Roundtable presentation at the American Educational Research Association Annual Conference, San Diego, CA.

Professional Memberships

National Council on Research in Language and Literacy
TESOL/MIDTESOL/MITESOL
NCTE/College Composition and Communication
American Educational Research Association, Writing and
              Literacies (SIG)
American Anthropological Association, Linguistic Anthropology
               (SIG)
American Association of Applied Linguistics