Professor of English - Retired
Contact Information:
- Office: 342 Sutton Hall
- Phone: 724-357-2382
- E-mail: Sharon.Deckert@iup.edu
Education
PhD Second Language Acquisition and Teaching (SLAT), University of Arizona, August 2006
Dissertation: The Construction of Functional Identities in Forensic Interviews with Children. Codirected by Dr. Susan Philips and Dr. Linda Waugh.
Academic Interests
Sharon Deckert's research focuses on the semiotic mechanisms and processes that are used to construct identities in ongoing interactions. In particular, she has focused on how individuals co-construct identities that function for particular purposes. Her work includes examinations for how children co-construct identities with adults in forensic interviews.
Current and Former Classes Taught at IUP
- English 100: Basic Writing
- English 101: Composition I
- English 202: Composition II
- English 641: Topics in ESL Pedagogy: Teacher and Student Identity
- English 643: TESL/TEFL Methods
- English 644: ESL Materials and Media
- English 692: American English Grammar
- English 724/824: Second Language Acquisition
- English 747/847: Identity, Power, Multilingual Writer
- English 800: Introduction to Research in Composition and TESOL
- English 815: Qualitative Research Methods in Rhetoric and Linguistics
Publications
Book
- Deckert, S. K. & Vickers, C. (2011). An introduction to sociolinguistics: Society and identity. London/New York; Continuum International Publishing Group.
Book Chapters
- Deckert, S. K. & Vickers, C. (2011). Task-based materials, ownership, and identity construction. In H. P. Widodo & L. Savova (Eds.), The Lincom Guide to Materials Design in ELT (pp. 194-204). Munchen, Germany: Lincom Europa.
- Deckert, S. K. (2010). Approaching the 'task' of generating language-learning tasks: Using specific questions to generate well-developed tasks. Innovation & Creativity in ELT Methodology. In H. P. Widodo & A. Ciroki (Eds.). New York, Nova Science Publishers.
- Deckert, S. K. (2009). "A(n)/The/ Article About Articles". In S. Bruce & B. Rafoth (Eds.)., ESL writers: A Guide for writing center tutors (2nd ed.). Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook Publishers.
Peer-Review Journal Articles
- Vickers, C., Deckert, S. K., Smith, W., & Morones, J. (in press) "Who's the Expert Here? Shifts in the Powerful Identity in a Sewing Cooperative Community of Practice." Sociolinguistic Studies, 6(3). (in press May 2013 with a 2012 date)
- Deckert, S. K. & Vickers, C. (in press). Sewing Empowerment: Examining Multiple Identity Shifts as a Mexican Immigrant Woman Develops Expertise in a Sewing Cooperative Community of Practice. Journal of Language, Identity, and Education (in press should be out in May)
- Deckert, S. K. (2010). Co-animation of and Resistance to the Construction of Witness, Victim, and Perpetrator Identities in Forensic Interviews with Children. Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 7(2-3).
- Deckert, S. K. & Vickers, C. (Eds.). (2010). Micro-Interactiona Constructions of Power and Identity a Special Double Issue of Critical Inquiry in Language
Studies. 7(2-3). Micro-Interactional Constructions of Power and Identity.
Scholarly Presentations
- Deckert, S. K. & Vickers, C. (2012, March) "Bilingual Companion, Bilingual Provider, and Monolingual Patient: Triadic Interaction in the Language Concordant Medical Consultation." American Association for Applied Linguistics, 2012. Boston, MA.
- Vickers, C., Deckert, S. K., & Goble, (2012, March) "Medical consultations with Spanish-speaking diabetics: Creating patient identities of Mastery or Novice Dependence and their relation to health outcomes." American Association for Applied Linguistics, 2012. Boston, MA.
- Deckert, S. K. (2011, June) "Bilingual Medical Consultations: How Aspects of Identity Affect Treatment Negotiations and Outcomes." International Society for Language Studies, 2011. Aruba.
- Deckert, S. K. (2010, March) "Embedded Narratives and Interactive Accounts: Identity Construction in Child and Adult Interviews." American Association for Applied Linguistics, 2010. Atlanta, GA.
- Deckert, S. K. (2009, March) "Mapping Programmatic Composition Waters: Does Having a Teaching Vision Matter?" Conference on College Composition and Communication 2009, San Francisco, CA.
- Deckert, S. K. & Vickers, C. (2009, March) "Sewing Empowerment: Examining Multiple Identity Shift as a Mexican Immigrant Woman Decelops Expertise in a Sewing Cooperative Community of Practice" American Association for Applied Linguistics, 2009. Denver, CO.
- Vickers, C., Deckert, S. K., Smith, W., & Morones, J. (2008, March) "Learning to Sew in Spanish." American Association for Applied Linguistics, 2008. Washington, D.C.
- Deckert, S. K. (2008) "Identity research in language and education: Perspectives and directions" panel member (Nov. 3, 2008)" Nicholson Library, Indiana, University of Pennsylvania.
- Vickers, C. & Deckert, S. K. (2007, April) "Exploring Local, Micro-Interactional Processes in Face-to-Face Interactions that Contribute to Constructions of Power and Identity." Colloquium panel organized at the annual meeting of the American Association for Applied Linguistics, 2007. Costa Mesa, CA.
- Deckert, S. K. (2007, April) "Co-animation of and resistance to the construction of witness, victim, and perpetrator identities in forensic interviews with children" American Association for Applied Linguistics, 2007. Costa Mesa, CA.
- Deckert, S. K. (2006, October) "Questioning Assumptions of Proficiency in the Pre-Trial Legal Context" Second Language Research Forum Conference, 2006. Seattle, Washington.