English Faculty
Susan Steffel, Ph.D.
Professor
Language & Literature
Anspach Hall 204
(989) 774-3236
Susan.B.Steffel@cmich.edu
Education
Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1993
M.A., Michigan State University, 1978
B.A., Hope College, 1973
Teaching Expertise
Young Adult Literature
Composition Theory
Reading Theory
Secondary English
Research Interests
Young Adult Literature
Secondary Literature Instruction
Use of Technology in the Literature Classroom
Professional Mentoring
The Use of Read Alouds in the Upper Grades
Publications
Fantasy Literature for Children and Young Adults,
with Pamela Gates and Francis Molson. Scarecrow Press, 2003.
Your
Reading: An Annotated Booklist for Middle School and Junior High, 11th
Edition
(Executive committee contributing author) eds, Brown and Stephens, NCTE, 2003.
“Finding the Courage to Teach.” Michigan English Teacher 54.2 April
2004, 1-3.
“Connections Really DO Make a World of Difference.” Michigan English
Teacher 54.3 June 2004,
1-2.
“Highly Qualified? According to Whom? Michigan English Teacher 53.6
Dec. 2003, 1-4.
“Passing it Forward,” with Jill VanAntwerp, Language Arts Journal of
Michigan 19.1 Spring 2003.
"Blending
Voices, Blending Lives: The Story of a New-Age Collaboration with
Literature and E-Mail." The Many Faces of School/University
Collaboration. Ed. Marianne Handler and Ruth Ravid. Libraries
Unlimited, 2000.
Steffel, Susan and Chuck
Steltenkamp. "You've Got Mail: Extending Literature Responses through
E-Mail Dialogues." Language Arts Journal of Michigan 15.1 (1999).
"Madeleine L'Engle," St. James Guide to Children's Writers, 5th ed.,
Detroit: St. James Press, 1999.
"Gary Paulsen." St.
James Guide to Children's Writers, 5th ed. Snohomish: Full Circle
Press, 1998.
"Han Nolan." St.
James Guide to Young Adult Writers, 2nd ed. Snohomish: Full Circle
Press, 1998.
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Mount Pleasant MI 48859
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