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Dixie Massey University of Washington Curriculum & Instruction 115 Miller Hall Box 353600 Seattle WA 98195-3600

Education Publications Curriculum Vitae

Dixie was recently named recipient of the Elva Knight Research Grant awarded by the International Reading Association. Her personal interests include playing the piano, making jam, and fishing.

She is author and co-author of numerous chapters, and the curriculum series, Comprehension Strategies for World History and U.S. History in the Social Studies published by The Social Studies Company.

Education

Ph.D., 2002, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Emphasis in Literacy Education And Teacher Research

Publications

Massey; D. D. (In press). A Profile of Teacher Development in Literacy Instruction From Preservice Education to Beginning Teaching, Northwest Association of Teacher Educators’ Journal.
Massey, D. D. (2007). “The Discovery Channel Said So!” and other barriers to comprehension. The Reading Teacher, 60, 656-666..
Massey, D. D. (2006). “You teach for me: I’ve had it!” A first year teacher’s cry for help. Action in Teacher Education, 28, 73-85.
Massey, D. D. (2004). “You Teach!” Beginning Teachers’ Challenges to Teacher Educators. Reading Research & Instruction.
Cooper, J. E., Massey, D. D., & Graham, A. (2006). Being “Dixie” at Historically Black Colleges and Universities. The Negro Educational Review.
Massey, D. D., & Heafner, T. L. (2004). Reading Comprehension Strategies for Social Studies. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 48(1), 26-40.
Massey, D. D., & Duffy, A. M., (2004).  The learning and perceptions of teacher researchers and facilitators in a literacy-focused, teacher-research course: A content analysis of system, learner, and spheres of influence. Journal of Literacy Research, 35(4), 1019-1050.
Massey, D., D., Graham, A., McCary-Henderson, S., & Williams, E. (2004, March). Creating Collaboration in An Online Environment. Proceedings of Society for Information Technology in Teacher Education.
Heafner, T. L, & Massey, D. D. (Summer, 2003). K-12 methods for technology integration in social studies.  Computers in Social Studies. Charlottesville, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education.
Heafner, T.L. & Massey, D.D. (2003, March).  K-12 methods for technology integration in social studies.  Proceedings of Society for Information Technology in Teacher Education. 
Massey, D. D. (2003). Preservice Teachers as Tutors: Influences of Tutoring on Whole-Class Literacy Instruction. In C. Fairbanks, J. Worthy, B. Maloch, J. Hoffman, & D. Schallert (Eds.), National Reading Conference Yearbook (259-271). Chicago, IL: National Reading Conference.
Massey, D. D. (2003). A Comprehension Checklist. The Reading Teacher, 57, 78-80.
Massey, D. D. (2002).  Personal Journeys: Teaching Teachers to Teach Literacy.  Reading Research & Instruction, 41(2), 103-126.

Curriculum Series
Massey, D. D., & Heafner, T. L. (2006). Comprehension strategies for World History  in the Social Studies. CA: The Social Studies Company.
Massey, D. D., & Heafner, T. L. (2006). Comprehension strategies for U.S.  History  in the Social Studies. CA: The Social Studies Company.

Book Chapters & Edited Works
Massey, D. D. A User’s Guide to Working “With” Reading Mandates (under contract). In T. Caron, Agenda Literacy:Striking Balanced Reform in the Face of Change. University Press.
Linek, W., Sampson, M., Massey, D., Sturtevant, E. (in press). Celebrating 50 Years of the College Reading Association. (Section Editor and Contributor).
Fallon, M., & Massey, D. (In press). Strategies for Dealing with Other Research Issues. In C. Lassonde & S. Israel (Eds.), Handbook of Teacher Research. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Massey, D. D. (In press). Fostering flexible use of comprehension strategies. In K. Cartwright, Flexibility in Literacy Processes and Instructional Practice: Implications of Developing representational Ability for Literacy Teaching and Learning. International Reading Association.
Massey, D. D. (2008). Self-regulated Comprehension Assessment. In S. Israel & G. G. Duffy (Eds.). Handbook of Research on Reading Comprehension. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Ponder, G., & Massey, D. D. (In Press). Nothing So Uncommon: Ralph W. Tyler and His Defining Perspective. In Critical Times in Curriculum Thought: People, Politics, and Perspectives.
Berger, A., Massey, D. D., & Gray, A. (2007). Robert Sessions Woodworth. In S. Israel & E. J. Monaghan (Eds.). Shaping the Reading Field: The Impact of Early Reading Pioneers, Scientific Research, and Progressive Ideas. Newark, DE: International Reading Association.
Massey, D. D. (2007). Raymond Dodge. In S. Israel & E. J. Monaghan (Eds.). Shaping the Reading Field: The Impact of Early Reading Pioneers, Scientific Research, and Progressive Ideas. Newark, DE: International Reading Association.
Massey, D. D. (2006). Using Assessment to Excel. In C. C. Block and S. Israel (Eds.) Quotes to Inspire Great Reading Teachers: A Reflective Tool. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
Israel, S., & Massey, D. D. (2005). Think Alouds as a Means for Building Metacognition with Middle Schoolers. In C. Block, S. Israel, K. Kinnucan Welsch, & K. Bauserman (Eds.), Metacognition and literacy learning. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.