Curriculum Vitae

Frank Blake Tenore

July 29, 2019

General Information

University address:	School of Teacher Education
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
Stone Building G117
Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4459

E-mail address:	btenore@fsu.edu

Professional Preparation

2014	Ph.D., Vanderbilt University. Major: Language, Literacy, and Culture. 

Unspecified Name. (2014). Language as an Identification Resource in Secondary English Teacher Preparation: An analysis of discourses. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Vanderbilt University. 

1998	M.S. Ed., Florida State University. Major: Secondary English Education. 

1996	B.A., Wake Forest University. Major: English. 

Professional Experience

2016–present	Teaching Faculty I, SCHOOL OF TEACHER EDUCATION, Florida State University. 

2016	Teaching Faculty I Adjunct, SCHOOL OF TEACHER EDUCATION, Florida State University. 

2011–2015	Assistant Professor, Education, Literacy Teacher Education, Hartwick College. 

2005–2011	Graduate Course Instructor, English Education, Vanderbilt University. 

1999–2005	High School English Teacher, High School English Teacher, A. L. Brown High School. 

1999–2005	Initially-licensed teacher mentor, A. L. Brown High School. 

2004	Professional Development Instructor, A. L. Brown High School, Florida State University. 

1998–1999	Graduate Course Instructor, English Department, Florida State University. First-Year Writing, I & II.

Honors, Awards, and Prizes

Nominee for College of Education Graduate Teaching Award, FSU College of Education (2018). 
Winnifred B. Wandersee Scholar-in-Residence Award, Hartwick College (2015). ($5,000). 

Current Membership in Professional Organizations

American Educational Research Association, Division K 
International Literacy Assocation 
Literacy Research Association 
National Council of Teachers of English 

Teaching

Courses Taught

Participatory Culture in Literacy and Learning (LAE 5696)
Teacher Action Research: Studies in Teaching Writing (LAE 5748)
Teachers as Writers (LAE 5297)
Adolescent Literacy and Young Adult Literature (LAE4323)
Student Teaching in Secondary School English (LAE4942)
Teaching Multiliteracies (LAE 5348)
Directed Individual Study: Video games and literacy (LAE 5908)
Enhancing Teaching through Technology (LAE 4863)
Problems and Trends in English Education: (LAE 5637)
Teaching Literature and Drama in High School (LAE 3331)
Classroom Management and Methods of Planning and Instruction in Secondary English (LAE5368)
Classroom Management and Planning Instruction in Middle/High School English (LAE4360)
Special Topics in English Education: Teaching, Narrative, and Identity (LAE 5932)
Methods and Observation/Participation in Middle/Secondary English (LAE4941)
Elementary Literacy Methods (EDUC 341)
Reading and Writing in the Content Areas (EDUC 342)
Reading, Writing, and Literacy (EDUC 340)

Supervision of Clinical Practice

Secondary English Student Teacher Supervision (2019)

Elementary and Secondary Student Teacher Supervision (2015)

New Course Development

Special Topics in English Education: Teaching, Narrative, and Identity (2017)

Doctoral Committee Cochair

Bell, C., doctoral candidate. 
Johnson, M., doctoral candidate. 
Axtell, S., doctoral student. 

Doctoral Committee Member

Johnson, M., doctoral candidate. 
Bell, C., doctoral student. 

Master's Committee Chair

Andrade, S., student. 
Campbell, M., student. 
Green, A., student. 

Master's Committee Member

Wilson, A., graduate. (2018).
Wolfe, R., student. 

Research and Original Creative Work

Publications

Refereed Journal Articles

McElhone, D., Tenore, F., & Davis, D. (2017). How Teachers Mobilize and Transform their Conceptualizations of Reading Comprehension into Representations of Instructional Practice. Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice, 27. doi:https://doi.org/10.1177/2381336917718502

Davis, D. S., McElhone, D., & Tenore, F. B. (2015). A dialogic account of reader-text interactions. English teaching practice and critique, 14(3), 335-349. doi:10.1108/ETPC-04-2015-0026

Tenore, F. B., & Milner, H. R. (2010). Classroom management in diverse classrooms. Urban Education, 45, 560-603.

Tenore, F. B., Milner, H. R., & Laughter, J. C. (2008). What can teacher education programs do to prepare teachers to teach high achieving diverse male students? Gifted Child Today, 31, 18-23.

Tenore, F. B. (2000). Technocrazy: Its a good thing. The English Journal, 90, 17-19.

Edited Books

Justice, J. E., & Tenore, F. B. (Eds.). (2018). Becoming Critical Teacher Educators: Narratives of Disruption, Possibility, and Praxis. New York: Routledge. 

Refereed Book Chapters

Tenore, F. B., & Collins-Hall, K. (2015). Composing Digital Found Poetry in the Secondary English Language Arts Classroom. In Sandra Eckard (Ed.), Yin and Yang in the English Classroom (pp. 173-185). New York:. 

Tenore, F. B., & Milner, H. R. (2010). Curriculum planning and development: Implications for a new generation of teacher educators. In V. Shadoian-Gersing, & G. Burns' (Eds.), Educating teachers for diversity: Meeting the challenge (pp. 163-180). 2010. 

Tenore, F. B., Milner, H. R., Laughter, J., & Dunn, A. C. (2010). teacher education: A critical analysis with implications for transformation. In V. Hill-Jackson & C. Lewis's (Eds.), Transforming teacher education: What went wrong in teacher training and how we can fix it. In Valerie Hill-Jackson, & and Chance W. Lewis (Eds.), Transforming Teacher Education (pp. 93-114). Stylus Publishing. 

Tenore, F. B., Milner, H. R., & Laughter, J. C. (2008). Multicultural education in teacher education. In C.A Lassonde, R. Michael, & J. Rivera Wilson (Eds.), Issues in Teacher Education (pp. 156-170). Charles C. Thomas Publishers. 

Nonrefereed Book Chapters

Justice, J. E., & Tenore, F. B. (2018). Possibility and Praxis in Teacher Education. In Julie E. Justice, & F. Blake Tenore (Eds.), Becoming Critical Teacher Educators: Narratives of Disruption, Possibility, and Praxis (pp. 20). New York: Routledge. 

Tenore, F. B. (2018). Farewell to Authority: Learning to disrupt relationships among teachers, learners, and knowledge. In Julie E. Justice, & F. Blake Tenore (Eds.), Becoming Critical Teacher Educators: Narratives of Disruption, Possibility, and Praxis (pp. 12). New York: Routledge. 

Tenore, F. B., & Justice, J. E. (2018). Introduction. In Julie E. Justice, & F. Blake Tenore (Eds.), Becoming Critical Teacher Educators: Narratives of Disruption, Possibility, and Praxis (pp. 11). New York: Routledge. 

Tenore, F. B., Kunkel, A. J., & Baines, L. (2000). Going Bohemian: Activities that engage adolescents in the art of writing well. In Newark, DE: International Reading Association. (Ed.), Going Bohemian: Activities that engage adolescents in the art of writing well (pp. 116-119). Newark, DE: International Reading Association. 

Presentations

Refereed Papers at Conferences

Davis, D. S., Tenore, F., & McElhone, D. (accepted). Toward theorizing variation in teachers' specialized knowledges for teaching reading comprehension. Paper to be presented at Literacy Research Association 69th Annual Conference, Literacy Research Association, Tampa, FL. (National)

Boggs, G. L., Tenore, F., Rice, A., & Bell, C. (presented 2018, December). Betraying our tribes: Discussing violence in literature as a way of crossing tribalized boundaries. Paper presented at ARF Conference, American Reading Forum, Sanibel Island, FL. (National)

Tenore, F., & Justice, J. E. (presented 2018, August). Autoethnography as Teacher Education Practice. Paper presented at ATE Summer Conference, Association of Teacher Educators, Albuquerque, NM. (National)

Justice, J. E., & Tenore, F. (presented 2018, April). Grounded in Hope, Lived Through Action: Critical Pedagogy Practices Gleaned From Autoethnographic Narratives of Critical Teacher Educators. Paper presented at American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, AERA, New York, NY. (National)

Tenore, F., & Justice, J. E. (presented 2017, December). Becoming critical teacher educators: expanding meaningfulness through autoethnography. Paper presented at Literacy Research Association Conference, Literacy Research Association, Tampa, FL. (National)

Tenore, F., & Vosberg, K. (presented 2017, November). Middle School Readers and English Teacher Candidates Building Relationships and Engagement through Virtual Reading Partnerships. Paper presented at Annual Convention, National Council of Teachers of English, St. Louis, MO. (National)

McElhone, D., Tenore, F. B., & Davis, D. S. (presented 2017, May). How Do Middle Grades Teachers Leverage Specialized Knowledge of Reader–Text Interactions to Provide Effective, Equitable Reading Instruction? Paper presented at Annual Meeting, American Educational Research Association, San Antonio, TX. (National)

Tenore, F. B., & Justice, J. E. (presented 2017, May). Becoming Critical Teacher Educators: Autoethnography as a Tool for Critical Teacher Educators. Paper presented at Annual Meeting, American Educational Research Association, San Antonio, TX. (National)

McElhone, D., Tenore, F. B., & Davis, D. S. (presented 2016, December). How Do Teachers Mobilize and Transform Their Conceptualizations of Reader–Text Interactions into Representations of Instructional Practice? Paper presented at Annual Meeting, Literacy Research Association, Nashville, TN. (National)

Tenore, F. B., & Justice, J. E. (presented 2016, December). Teacher Educators' Autoethnographies as a Transformational Tool in Critical Teacher Preparation. Paper presented at Annual Meeting, Literacy Research Association, Nashville, TN. (International)

Tenore, F. B. (presented 2015, December). Teacher candidates' discourse analyses of interactions with middle school readers and writers. Paper presented at Literacy Research Association Annual Conference, Literacy Research Association Annual, Carlsbad, CA. (National)

Tenore, F. B., Davis, D. S., & McElhone, D. (presented 2015, December). Studying Teachers' Specialized Knowledge of Teaching Reader-Text Interactions. Paper presented at Literacy Research Association Annual Conference, Literacy Research Association, Carlsbad, CA. (National)

Tenore, F. B. (presented 2014, December). Discourse and identification opportunities in pre-service English teacher education. Paper presented at Research Association Annual Conference, Research Association Annual, Marco Island, FL. (National)

Tenore, F. B., & DeForge, B. (presented 2014, May). Practicing critical literacy with historical fiction. Paper presented at Annual Meeting of the International Reading Association, International Reading Association, New Orleans, LA. (National)

Tenore, F. B., & Naslund, K. (presented 2014, February). Planning and executing a democratic syllabus in secondary teacher education: Lessons learned and thoughts for the future. Paper presented at Annual Meeting of the New York State Foundations of Education Association, New York State Foundations of Education Association, New York State. (State)

Tenore, F. B., Davis, D. S., & McElhone, D. (presented 2013, December). Developing a conceptual heuristic for reader-text interactions. Presented at then Meeting of the Literacy Research Association. Paper presented at Meeting of the Literacy Research Association, Literacy Research Association, Dallas, TX. (National)

Tenore, F. B. (presented 2011, December). Secondary English teacher candidates' negotiations of the place of new media in the secondary English curriculum. Paper presented at Meeting of the Literacy Research Association, Literacy Research Association, Jacksonville, FL. (National)

Tenore, F. B. (presented 2010, December). Language as an Identification Resource in Secondary English Teacher Preparation: An Analysis of Discourses. Paper presented at Meeting of the Literacy Research Association/National Reading Conference, Literacy Research Association/National Reading Conference, Fort Worth, TX. (National)

Tenore, F. B., Mosely, M., Vetter, A., Burke, A., Zoch, M., & Stevens, E. Y. (presented 2010, December). Exploring Methods of Discourse Analysis in Literacy Research. Paper presented at Meeting of the Literacy Research Association/National Reading Conference, Literacy Research Association/National Reading. (National)

Tenore, F. B., & Furman, J. S. (presented 2010, February). A crisis of assessment during the student teaching semester: The need to assess P-12 student learning and revalue public school spaces. Paper presented at Annual Meeting of the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education, American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education, Atlanta, GA. (National)

Tenore, F. B., & Hundley, M. (presented 2009, December). Teacher candidates writing in digital/hypertext environments. Paper presented at National Reading Conference, National Reading Conference, Albuquerque, NM. (National)

Tenore, F. B., Hundley, M., & Furman, J. S. (presented 2009, November). Teacher candidates writing in non-print media. Paper presented at annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English, National Council of Teachers of English, Philadelphia, PA. (National)

Tenore, F. B. (presented 2009, February). Where I come from: An analysis of places and spaces in teacher candidates' talk around multicultural narratives. Paper presented at National Council of Teachers of English—Assembly for Research Mid-Winter Conference, National Council of Teachers of English, Los Angeles, CA. (National)

Tenore, F. B., & New York, N. (presented 2008, March). A conceptual analysis of culturally marked narratives. Paper presented at Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, American Educational Research Association, New York, NY. (National)

Tenore, F. B., & Davis, D. S. (presented 2008, February). Culturally Marked Narratives. Paper presented at Annual Meeting of the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education, American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education, New Orleans, LA. (National)

Tenore, F. B., & Davis, D. S. (presented 2007, November). The use of culturally marked narratives in multicultural teacher preparation. Paper presented at National Reading Conference, National Reading Conference, Austin, TX. (National)

Tenore, F. B. (presented 2007, October). Preparing teachers for diversity through service-learning. Paper presented at Second Year Research Project, Second Year Research Project, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN. (Local)

Tenore, F. B., & Hardenbrook, M. (presented 2007, April). Preparing quality teachers for diverse learners through service-learning in community settings. Paper presented at Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL. (National)

Tenore, F. B., & Hardenbrook, M. (presented 2007, February). Preparing quality teachers for diverse learners: service learning in community settings. Paper presented at Annual Meeting of the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education, American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education, New York. (National)

Tenore, F. B., & Laughter, J. C. (presented 2006, November). The master's tools: subverting oppression with Othello's dialogic threads. Paper presented at Annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English, National Council of Teachers of English, Nashville, TN. (National)

Tenore, F. B., Milner, H. R., & Laughter, J. C. (presented 2006, November). Teachers learning to teach urban high achievers. Paper presented at 53rd Annual Convention of the National Association of Gifted Children, National Association of Gifted Children, Charlotte, NC. (National)

Tenore, F. B. (presented 2006, October). Multicultural identity development in immigrant teens. Paper presented at First Year Research Project, First Year Research Project, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN. (Local)

Tenore, F. B., Baines, L., & Knunkel, A. T. (presented 1999). Going Bohemian:Teaching adolescents to write well. Paper presented at Annual Meeting of the National Council of Teachers in English, National Council of Teachers in English, Denver, CO. (National)

Contracts and Grants

Contracts and Grants Funded

Davis, D., Tenore, F. B., & McElhone, D. (Jan 2014–Dec 2016). A Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Examination of Teachers' Specialized Knowledge for Supporting Reader-Text Interactions. Funded by Spencer Foundation. Total award $49,932. 

Service

National Service in my Discipline • Session Chair, Annual Meeting of the Literacy Research Association. 

Florida State University

FSU Department Service

Member, Ad hoc committee on test preparation (2017–present).

Member, Recruitment Committee (2016–present).

co-Advisor, STEGSA (2016–present).

Coordinator of English education, PEAC (2016–present).

Co-Chair, English Education Tenure-Track Search Committee (2019).

Member, representing English education, Member, Ad hoc Committee to Reform Teacher Preparation Evaluation (2017–2018).

FSU Program Service

Coordinator, English Education BS/MS Combined Pathway Program (2016–present).

The Profession

Editorial Board Membership(s)

Journal of Literacy Research (2017–present).

Urban Education (2010–present).

Service to Professional Associations

Conference Proposal Reviewer, Review research proposals to be presentd at the annual national conference, Literacy Research Association (2012–present).

Service to Other Universities

Member, Faculty Giving Committee (2013–present). 

Co-Chair, Scholarship Showcase Committee, Hartwick College (2013–present). 

Education Department Representative, Student Recruitment Open House (2012–present). 

Social and Behavioral Division Vice Chairperson, 2013-2015, Social and Behavioral Division (2013–2015). 

The Community

Board member, YMCA (2012–2014).