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Sheryl O'Sullivan, Ed.D.

Professor of English		 Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3322
Email: sosullivan@apu.edu
Sheryl O’Sullivan, Ed.D., teaches courses in adolescent and children's literature. O'Sullivan maintains research and teaching interests in the areas of reading pedagogy and literature for young people. She has numerous publications in these areas, as well as several published stories for children. A special passion for her, O’Sullivan also occasionally publishes and teaches on the topic of Irish Celtic mythology.

Education

Post-doctoral - Educational Administration, University of South Florida, 1987
Ed.D. - Elementary Education, Early Childhood, and Reading, Ball State University,1980
M.S. - Elementary Education, Southern Illinois University, 1975
B.S. - Elementary Education, Ball State University, 1973

Expertise

  • Character Education
  • Elementary Reading
  • Teacher Education
  • Teacher Portfolios

Courses Taught

EDLS 496 – Senior Seminar: Education and Professional Ethics
ENGL 434 – Children's Literature

Professional/Scholarly Presentations

Publications
"Determining the Efficacy of the California Reading Instruction Competence Assessment (RICA).” Teacher Education Quarterly. Summer, 2002. Co-authored with Ying Hong Jiang.

"The Girl with the Colorless Eyes." New Moon. May/June, 2002.

The Teaching Portfolio: A Strategy for Faculty Development and Evaluation. Technomic, Inc. 1996. Co-authored with James E. Green.

"Women in Celtic Mythology” Phoebe: Journal of Feminist Scholarship Theory and Aesthetics. Spring, 2001.

Special Interests and Activities
Children's literature
Elementary reading pedagogy
Celtic mythology

Office Location

Faculty Quad #7

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