Kari-Lynn Winters
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Kari Winters (née Kari Moore) was born in St. Thomas, Ontario in 1969. She is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of British Columbia in the department of Language and Literacy Education (LLED), where she also teaches courses on children's literature and drama.
Winters has studied or taught in schools across North America, including Toronto, Ottawa, Barrie, and St. Catharines Ontario; Montreal, Quebec; Chapel Hill, NC; Grants Pass and Ashland, OR; and Vancouver, B.C. Her master's thesis, selected as best Master's Thesis in Literacy in Canada, 2005 (read online), was on exploring the efficacy of using the arts to strengthen less proficient students' reading comprehension. She is currently completing a PhD on the subject. She holds a teaching degree from the University of Toronto, in regular and special education for children ages 3-13. She is also a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada (in Montreal), where she earned a certificate in technical theatre. She puts her drama background to practical use by writing scripts for and performing with Vancouver's theatre-for-literacy troupe Tickle Trunk Players.
Winters has published children's fiction books, children's non-fiction articles, and academic articles (list below). She says she didn't always consider herself a writer; many of her elementary school years were spent either resisting composition or struggling to write. Much of her current work explores how she came to appreciate storytelling and children's literature and eventually became a writer herself, and ways to effect a similar transformation in her students.
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[edit] Books
- Jeffrey and Sloth (Orca Book Publishers, 2007)
- Runaway Alphabet (Simply Read Books, forthcoming 2008)
- Free Range Aerialist (Raincoast Books [Canadian publishers of Harry Potter], forthcoming 2009)
[edit] Peer-reviewed Journal Articles
- Rogers, Theresa, Winters, Kari-Lynn, Bryan, G., Price, J., McCormick, F., House, L., Mezzarobba, D., & Sinclaire, C. (2006, March). "Developing the IRIS: Toward Situated and Valid Assessment Measures in Collaborative Professional Development and School Reform in Literacy." The Reading Teacher, 59(6), 544–553. Read it online at Reading Teacher or download it as PDF from kariwinters.com.
- "Letting Arnold Lobel Pack My Luggage". The Dragon Lode: Journal of the Children's Literature and Reading Special Interest Group, International Reading Association, 24:2 (Spring 2006), pp. 46-50. Read it online (PDF)
[edit] Children's nonfiction articles
- "Honey, I Shrunk My Liver." Know Magazine, 6 (Nov/Dec 2006), p. 4. Read online
- "There's a Scientist in Our Kitchen." Know Magazine, 2007 (forthcoming)
- "Monkeying Around with Perfume." Know Magazine, 2007 (forthcoming)
[edit] Children's fiction articles
- "Esper's Dream," illustrated by Tami Thirlwell. Chameleon Magazine, 3:1, 24-28 (2006). Read online or download it as PDF from kariwinters.com.
- "Jeffrey's Wor(l)ds Meet Sloth," illustrated by Oana Capota. Chameleon Magazine, 2:1, 24-28 (2004). Read online or download it as PDF from kariwinters.com.
[edit] Academic book articles
- Winters, K. Rogers, T., Schofield, A (2006). "The Antigone Project: Exploring the Imaginative, Active, and Social Dimensions of Drama, Print Literacy, and Media." In Crumpler T., Schneider, J., and Rogers, T. (eds.). Process Drama: an Educational Tool for Developing Multiple Literacies. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
[edit] Education
1992: Honours Bachelor of Arts, Theatre, Brock University, St. Catharines Ontario
1994: Theatre Technician Certificate, National Theatre School, Montreal Quebec
1998: Diploma in Child Study (Master's equivalent), Institute of Child Study, University of Toronto (OISE/UT)
1998: Ontario Certificate of Qualification (Primary/Junior)
2004: Master of Arts, Language and Literacy Education Dept. University of British Columbia
2009 (anticipated): Ph.D., Language and Literacy Education Dept., UBC
