Christian Z. Goering, Ph.D., NBCT ELA/AYA
Assistant Professor of Secondary English/Literacy Education
Curriculum and Instruction
F5 Stone House South (STOS F5)
Phone: 479-575-4270
FAX: 479-575-6676
cgoering@uark.edu
Coordinator, English Education
Director, Northwest Arkansas Writing Project
Degrees:
Ph.D., Kansas State University, Curriculum and Instruction, 2007M.Ed., Kansas State University, Curriculum and Instruction, 2005
B.A., Washburn University, English Education, 2000
Teaching Areas:
• English/Language Arts Methods• Secondary Education
• Adolescent Literacy
• Adolescent Literature
Research Interests:
• Oral reading fluency• Social context of literacy events
• Induction of early career teachers of English/Language Arts
• Musical intertextuality
Professional Biography:
Chris Goering received a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from Kansas State University while teaching courses and supervising student teachers as a graduate teaching assistant under Dr. F. Todd Goodson. Goering also served as a co-director of Youth and Community Programs for the Flint Hills Writing Project, a site of the National Writing Project while in Manhattan. He taught high school English and leadership courses while in Topeka, Kansas. His special interests are helping secondary level students become interested and engaged in writing and reading, using popular music as a motivational tool in the English/Language Arts classroom, and ultimately helping teachers develop literacies in their students.Academic Interests and Accomplishments:
Goering has authored or co-authored several articles in the fields of English education and has presented at 30 or more regional, national, and international conferences. In 2007, he was invited as a lifetime member of the Kansas Exemplary Educator Network (KEEN) sponsored by the Kansas State Department of Education following the successful completion of National Board Certification for Teachers (2006) in English/Language Arts/Adolescence and Young Adulthood. The National Council of Teachers of English recognized Goering in 2004 as a High School Teacher of Excellence and The Writing Conference named him the Judith C. Gilbert Outstanding Writing Teacher the same year.
Goering founded www.LitTunes.com in November of 2007 as an open access educational outreach initiative dedicated to enhancing and developing adolescents' literacies through popular music and music lyrics. LitTunes hosts essays, research, lesson plans and song to literature connections provided, in part, by stakeholders across the country.
Personal Information:
Dr. Goering enjoys a number of activities outside of his life in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction. He enjoys traveling, riding his antique Harley Davidson, and everything to do with music. Goering released a full-length compact disc of original music titled Where He's Going in 2009. Unsuspecting patrons might find him crooning at a local coffee shop if they aren't careful. His favorite book is On The Road by Jack Kerouac.
Publications/Presentations:
Goering, C. Z. & Williams, C. (2010). A soundtrack approach to teaching To Kill a Mockingbird. In Michael J. Meyer (Ed.) Essential Criticism of To Kill a Mockingbird. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow.
Goering, C. Z., Collier, K., Koenig, S., O'berski, J. O., Pierce, S., & Riley, K. (2009). Musical Intertextuality in Action: A Directed Reading of Of Mice and Men. In Michael J. Meyer (Ed.), Essential criticism of Of Mice and Men. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow.
Goering, C. Z. (2009). Open Books, Open Ears, and Open Minds: The Grapes of Wrath, the "Broken Plow," and the LitTunes Approach. In Michael J. Meyer (Ed.) Dialogue: Reflections on Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Rodopi.
Goering, C. Z. (2008). Schizo-curricular: 'But come back next year.' Secondary English. www.secondaryenglish.com/schizo%20curricular.htm
Goering, C. Z., Goodson, T., & Copeland, M. D. (2008). How to survive the first years of teaching English. Kansas English, 92 (1), 153-160.
Goering, C. Z. (2007). Interviewing the interviewer: Talking with Robert Lipsyte. ALAN Review. 34 (2), 52-58.
Goering, C. Z. (2004). Music and the personal narrative: The dual track to meaningful writing. The NWP [National Writing Project] Quarterly, 26 (4), 11-17.
Copeland, M. & Goering. C. Z. (2003). Blues you can use: Teaching the Faust theme through music, literature, and film. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 46 (5), 436-441.
Keynote/Featured/Invited Presentations
Goering, C. Z. (2009, November). Literacy is not a bad word. Featured speaker for teachers and all 11th graders at Siloam Springs High School, Siloam Springs, AR.
Goering, C. Z. (2009, October). Everyone a writer, everyone a writing teacher. Featured presentation at a meeting of the Future Educators Association, Phi Delta Kappa of the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith, Fort Smith, AR.
Goering, C. Z. (2009, September). 0The music remains: Using popular and not-so-popular tunes in literacy and writing Instruction. Keynote presentation at The Florida State University Writing Project Summit, Tallahassee, FL.
Goering, C. Z. (2009, September). Creating soundtracks with students. Featured presentation at The Florida State University English Education Annual Meeting, Tallahassee, FL.
Goering, C. Z. & Jolliffe, D. A. (2009, April). Teaching and ‘the test’: Connections between the state assessments in literacy and teacher preparation and practice. Invited presentation at Office of Educational Policy Conference: “Preparing highly qualified teachers for Arkansas.”
Goering, C. Z. (2009, February). The best teachers of writing are writers. Keynote presentation at the Gravette Public Schools K-12 District Inservice, Gravette, AR.
Selected Papers/Workshop Presentations
Goering, C. Z., & Jolliffe, D. A. (2010, July). The Arkansas Delta Oral History Project: Theorizing, practicing, and researching a literacy sponsorship initiative.Poster presentation at the International Reading Association’s World Congress. Auckland, New Zealand.
Goering, C. Z., Jolliffe, D. A., Jones, K. & Meacham, M. (2010, April). Literacy sponsorship: A multi-year, multi-school outreach and research project in the rural Arkansas Delta. Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the International Reading Association, Chicago, IL.
Goering, C. Z., & Neal, R. (2010, February) In perfect rhythm: Literacy and music. Workshop presentation at the Arts and Literacy Integration Conference, Springdale, AR.
Goering, C. Z., & Baker, K. M. (2009, November). “Social context of a struggle: Tenth-graders engaged in oral reading fluency in an intervention setting.” In research roundtable Supporting Literacy Development of Struggling Readers and Writers. Paper presented at the meeting of the Annual Convention of the 0National Council of Teachers of English, Philadelphia, PA.
Goering, C. Z., Sitomer, A., Oertel, S. E. (2009, November). Making the classroom pop: Teaching literature and literacy skills through music. Paper presented at the meeting of the Annual Convention of the 0National Council of Teachers of English, Philadelphia, PA.
Goering, C. Z., Stotsky, S., Jolliffe, D. A., Applebee, A. N. (2009, November). The teaching of literary and non-literary works in ninth, tenth, and eleventh grade English classes in Arkansas. Paper presented at the meeting of the Annual Convention of the 0National Council of Teachers of English, Philadelphia, PA.
Goering, C. Z., Johnson, E. (2009, November). Right in time: Musical interludes to the teaching of English. Paper presented at the meeting of the Arkansas Curriculum 0Conference, Little Rock, AR.
Goering, C. Z., Stotsky, S., & Jolliffe, D. A. (2009, November). Literature and the teaching of it in Arkansas.. Paper presented at the meeting of the Arkansas Curriculum 0Conference, Little Rock, AR.
Goering, C. Z. (2009, October). Making popular culture connections to 13 Reasons Why.0 Paper presented at The Literature Festival, Lawrence, KS.
Goering, C. Z. & Burenheide, B. (2009, September) Do you believe in Rock and Roll: How music enhances student learning of English and history. Paper presented at the National Teacher’s Hall of Fame Conference, Overland Park, KS.
Goering, C. Z. (2009, September) Personal narrative or literature study: Creating soundtracks with students. Demonstration presented at the 0Florida State University Writing Project Summit, Tallahassee, FL.
Goering, C. Z. (2009, June). Successful strategies for using popular music in the 5-12 language arts classroom. Workshop presented at DeWitt Community College, Dewitt, AR.
Goering, C. Z. (2009, April). Reaching Out to Rural Teachers: Open and On-line Institutes.Paper presented at the National Writing Project's Rural Sites Network Conference, Kalamazoo, MI.
Goering, C. Z. (2009, April). Literature, Literacy, and Popular Music: A Study of Connections between Of Mice and Men and Readers' Musical Intertextuality. Paper presented at the Combined Annual Convention of the Popular Culture Association and the American Culture Association, New Orleans, LA.
Goering, C. Z., de Verges, S., Marston, L., & Roberts, K. (2008, November) Where are [we] going, where have [we] been?: Contemporary issues surrounding the teaching of book-length literature. Paper presented at the meeting of the Annual Convention of the National Council of Teachers of English, San Antonio, TX.
Goering, C. Z., Baker, K. F., & Medders, J (2008, November). Oral reading fluency in tenth graders identified as poor readers. Poster presented at the annual meeting on the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Chicago, IL.
Goering, C. Z., Oertel, S.E., & Erickson, K. (2008, November) Using popular music, text messaging, and social networking to teacher literature in the 21st Century. Paper presented at the meeting of the Annual Convention of the National Council of Teachers of English, San Antonio, TX.
Goering, C. Z. (2008, November). The fluency project as research primer. Paper presented at the meeting of the Conference on English Education, San Antonio, TX.
Goering, C. Z. (2008, November). Well connected: Scaffolding with popular music to teach canonical literature. Paper presented at the meeting of the Arkansas Curriculum Conference, Little Rock, AR.
Goering, C. Z., McCutcheon, A. L., & Moore, K. X. (2008, November). Detention and retention of the early career English teacher. Paper presented at the meeting of the Arkansas Curriculum Conference, Little Rock, AR.
Goering, C. Z. (2008, October) Using popular music to connect students to literacy rich lives. Workshop presented in conjunction with the Brown Chair in Literacy. Augusta, AR.
Goering, C. Z., & Oertel, S. E. (2008, October). Finding common ground: Strategies for reaching and teaching 21st Century Kids. Paper presented at the meeting of the Jones Institute for Educational Excellence, Emporia, KS.
Goering, C. Z, & Oertel, S. E. (2008, July). Tunes, texts, and social networks as engaging literacy practices in the teaching of literature. Paper presented at the meeting of the Whole Language Conference, Tuscon, AZ, Summer 2008.
Goering, C. Z., Caswell, R. & Oertel, S. (2007, November). Connecting in their context: Practical methods of using adolescent's literacies to teach English today. Paper presented at the meeting of the Annual Convention of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), New York, NY.
Goering, C. Z. (2007, November). Dramatic oral reading fluency activities in the secondary classroom. Paper presented at the meeting of the Arkansas Curriculum Conference, Little Rock, AR. 1 November 2007.
Goering, C. Z., Applegate, S., Avery, A. N., & Marston, L. (2007, November). Adolescent literacy through adolescent literature? Paper presented at the meeting of the Arkansas Curriculum Conference, Little Rock, AR: 1 November 2007
Goering, C. Z. (2007, November). What are the conditions that promote dramatic oral reading fluency in a high school classroom? Paper presented at the meeting of the Annual Conference of the Kansas Association of Teachers of English, Wichita, KS.
Goering, C. Z. (2007, November). “'This ain't no ghetto class:' A study of the social context of ninth graders' participation in oral reading fluency activities.” Paper presented at the meeting of the Mid South Educational Research Association's Annual Conference, Hot Springs, AR: 9 November 2007
Goodson, T., & Goering, C. Z. (2007, May) Where service learning meets scholarship: The fluency project. Paper presented at the meeting of the Annual Convention of the International Reading Association, Toronto.
Goering, C. Z. (2007, April). Cool capital: Social context of dramatic oral reading fluency in the high school classroom. Paper presented at the meeting of the 12th Annual Graduate Research Forum, Manhattan, KS.
Goering, C. Z., Caswell, R. & Sitomer, A. (2006, November) Reading literature ‘with a little help from' contemporary music. Paper presented at the meeting of the Annual Convention of the National Council of Teachers of English, Nashville, TN.
Goering, C. Z., Armstrong, E., Brady, J, Hill, E, & Oertel, S. (2006, October). Discovering the courage within: Surviving and thriving as an early career teacher. Paper presented at the meeting of the Annual Conference of the Kansas Association of Teachers of English, Wichita, KS.
Goodson, T., Caswell, R., Goering, C. Z., Goodson, L., & Witte, S. (2005, November) With coaching from a veteran teacher, methods students become involved in after school writing clubs, family writing, talkback, and fluency for struggling readers: The fluency project: Oral interpretation of literature with at-risk high school students. Paper presented at the meeting of the Annual Convention of the National Council of Teachers of English, Pittsburg, PA.
Copeland, M. & Goering, C. Z. (2005, July). Socratic circles: Empowering the voices of democracy. Paper presented at the meeting of the Whole Language Umbrella's Literacies for All Summer Institute, San Diego, CA.