suze gilbert
college of education, admin
associate professor, program director - christian education program
biography
suze gilbert holds a b.s. degree in elementary education from freed-hardeman university, the m.ed. and ed.s. degree in curriculum and instruction from middle tennessee state university, and the ed.d. in curriculum and instruction with a language arts focus from tennessee state university. dr. gilbert serves lipscomb’s college of education as the lead faculty for the reading specialty and literacy graduate programs. she has been at lipscomb since 2018.
gilbert is passionate about working with current and future educators as they examine current research and best practices in order to impact prek-12 learners in both public and private schools. she teaches courses on content area reading, teaching writing, leadership in literacy and building classroom community. gilbert enjoys working in schools alongside teachers in professional development settings. in addition to working and learning with local educators, gilbert works with eastern european missions (eem) where she and bobbie solley developed a character education curriculum for educators. suze and bobbie have worked closely with ukrainian teachers and educators in kiev and odessa since 2018.
prior to lipscomb, gilbert served in the college of education at middle tennessee state university where she taught both graduate and undergraduate courses. she also served as one of the directors of the middle tennessee writing project.
academic degrees
ed.d. curriculum and instruction college of education, tennessee state university
ed.s. curriculum and instruction college of education, middle tennessee state university, may 1997
m.ed. curriculum and instruction college of education, middle tennessee state university, may 1995
b.s., elementary education, k-8 college of education,freed-hardeman university, may 1993
academic department
college of education
- ed 3363 teaching with text
- eg 5543/6543 teaching writing
- eg 5753/6753 leadership and coaching in literacy
- eg 5763/6763 reading in the content areas
- eg 5063 building classroom community
- literacy in k-8 classrooms
- k-12 writing instruction
- children’s and adolescents’ culturally diverse literature and using literature to engage in critical literacies
- children’s and family-led literature discussions and family literacy.
- fitzpatrick, e., schrodt, k., gilbert, s., & kissel, b. (2021). monetizing writing: publishing for profit, advocacy, and charity. teachers college record.
- gilbert, s., harmon, s., and winters, j. (2019) “does matching a mentor matter: an exploratory study.” tams journal, spring 2019, (1-21).
- gilbert, s., winters, j., kimmins, d. (summer/fall, 2019) “vennturing into math and ela: varied uses of venn diagrams.” the ohio journal of english language arts. (59)1, 55-60.
- schrodt, k. m., gilbert, s., fitzpatrick, e. (2018). our voices carry: six fresh, authentic publishing opportunities for young writers. the ohio journal of english language arts, 58(1), 47-54.
- schrodt, k. m., fitzpatrick, e., & gilbert, s. (2018). becoming best-selling authors: how three groups of children sold their writing for philanthropic and social justice causes [blog post]. literacy daily. retrieved from http//www.literacyworld/blog.
- gilbert, s., winters, j., and huddleston, t. (2018). “beyond building: using the c3 framework to teach economics.” the young learner national council of social studies.
- “literacy coaches' writing inquiry cohort: together empowering writers and teachers of writing.” fall, 2020. national council of teachers of english.
- “partnering with first book to offer more great books that spark innovation and educational equity.” fall, 2020. national council of teachers of english.
- “connect four: how integration builds proficiency with the smps.” april 2017. national council of teachers of mathematics. san antonio, tx.
- “the impact of training in problem-based learning on planning and implementing “powerful” teaching and learning in the k-8 social studies classroom.” april, 2016. american educational research association. washington, d.c.
- “strong writers and strong thinkers: strategies that move our students to write and think” october, 2015. international academic research conference. charleston, sc.
- “we interrupt this broadcast: a student inquiry in jfk’s assassination.” november, 2014. national council for the social studies annual conference. boston, massachusetts.
- 2021 alumnus of the year, middle tennessee christian school
middle tennessee writing project video production of “we interrupt this broadcast: a student inquisition into jfk’s assassination.”
- the video was a result of a collaborative project with classroom teacher heather knox and her 5th grade students at hobgood elementary school, murfreesboro city schools.
