Claudia Cooper

English & American Literatures

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Claudia Cooper

Visiting Assistant Professor

Twilight Hall 109

Phone: 802.443.3408

Email: ccooper@middlebury.edu

Degrees, Specializations & Interests:

A.B. Rice University
Ed.M. Boston University
Ed. M., Ed.D. Harvard University

Specializations
Children's and Young Adult Literature; Creative Writing; Literacy

Claudia earned her doctorate in Human Development and Psychology with a specialization in language and literacy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education in 2002. There her work focused on the psychosocial aspects of literacy, specifically how children expressed their points of view, and indicated emotional highpoints in their writing, and what relationships could be found with their status as children “at-risk” for academic failure or success. During her tenure as a doctoral student Claudia taught graduate students at Harvard and at Lesley University. After graduation, she continued teaching at Lesley for two years. At Lesley, she offered courses on The Teaching of Writing K – 12, Literature for Children and Young Adults, and Advanced Children’s Literature. Concurrently, she offered courses at Middlebury in the Winter Term on various aspects of children’s literature. Presently, Claudia offers courses in the Teacher Education program and in the English department, on issues of literacy and children’s and young adult literature—both the writing and reading of it. She also supervises both elementary and secondary student teachers in their school placements, and has been co-teaching the student teacher seminar with Gregg and Jonathan.