Eric J. Paulson, Ph.D.

2009

513-556-2943

eric.paulson@uc.edu

EDUCATION

Ph.D., University of Arizona, 2000,  Department of  Language, Reading, & Culture.

Major: Reading Processes.  Minor: English Language/Linguistics

Dissertation: Adult Readers' Eye Movements During the Production of Oral Miscues

 

M.S., Florida State University, 1993,  Multilingual/Multicultural Education.

Concentration:  Teaching English as a Second/Foreign Language.

 

B.A. With Honors, Eckerd College, 1991.

Major: International Studies:  Anthropology.

 

CURRENT FACULTY POSITION

 

Faculty Position:                           

Associate Professor, Literacy & Second Language Studies

 

Administrative Appointments:       

Director of Graduate Studies, School of Education

Coordinator, Certificate for Postsecondary Literacy Instruction

 

College:                                       

Graduate Program in Literacy & Second Language Studies

School of Education

College of Education, Criminal Justice, & Human Services

University of Cincinnati

Cincinnati, OH

 

PREVIOUS TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Includes developmental reading instruction in community colleges in Arizona and Ohio, adult literacy instruction in community-based organizations in Florida and Arizona, English as a Foreign Language instruction in Mexico, South Korea, Florida, and Arizona.

 

PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS

Flurkey, A. D., Paulson, E. J., & Goodman, K. S. (Eds.) (2008).  Scientific Realism in Studies of Reading.  Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.

 

Paulson, E. J. & Freeman, A. E. (2003).  Insight from the eyes: The science of effective reading instruction.  Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

 

Paulson, E. J., Laine, M., Biggs, S. A., & Bullock, T. B. (Eds.) (2003).  College reading research and practice.  Newark, DE: International Reading Association.

 

REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES

Paulson, E. J. & Armstrong, S. L. (2010).  Situating reader stance within and beyond the efferent-aesthetic continuum.  Literacy Research & Instruction,49(1), 86-97.

 

Strauss, S. L., Goodman, K. S., & Paulson, E. J. (2009).  Brain research and reading: How emerging concepts in neuroscience support a meaning construction view of the reading process.  Educational Research & Reviews, 4(2), 21-33.

 

Sanchez, D. & Paulson, E. J. (2008).  Critical language awareness and learners in college transitional English.  Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 36(2), 164-176.

 

Armstrong, S. & Paulson, E. J. (2008).  Whither ‘peer review’?: Terminology matters.  Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 35(4), 398-407.

 

Paulson, E. J. & Mason-Egan, P. (2007).  Retrospective Miscue Analysis for struggling postsecondary readers.  Journal of Developmental Education, 31(2), 2-13.  (This article was awarded Journal of Developmental Education Outstanding Article by the National Association for Developmental Education)

 

Paulson, E. J., Alexander, J., & Armstrong, S. (2007).  Peer review re-viewed:  Investigating the juxtaposition of composition students’ eye movements and peer-review processes. Research in the Teaching of English, 41(3), 304-335.

 

Paulson, E. J. (2006).  Of medicine and rocket science: Metaphors that shape the field of literacy education. American Reading Forum Online Yearbook, 2006. http://www.americanreadingforum.org/Yearbooks/06_yearbook/html/arf_06_paulson.htm

 

Paulson, E. J. (2006). Self-selected reading for enjoyment as a college developmental reading approach.  Journal of College Reading and Learning, 36(2), 51-58.

 

Kellner, D. & Paulson, E. J. (2006).  Reading academic textbooks: A "multiple-paired" reading course. Innovative Learning Strategies, 18, 2-10.            

 

Paulson, E. J. (2005).  Viewing eye movements during reading through the lens of chaos theory: How reading is like the weather.  Reading Research Quarterly, 40(3), 338-358.

 

Paulson, E. J., Flurkey, A. D., Goodman, Y. M., & Goodman, K. S. (2003). Eye movements and miscue analysis: Reading from a constructivist perspective.  The Yearbook of the National Reading Conference, 52, 345-355.

 

Paulson, E. J. (2002-2003).  From Kant to Rosenblatt to the college reading class:  Theoretical roots of  transaction.  The Journal of College Literacy and Learning, 31, 1-12.

 

Paulson, E. J. & Henry, J.  (2002).  Does the Degrees of Reading Power assessment reflect the reading process?  An eye-movement examination.  Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 46(3), 234-244.

 

Paulson, E. J. (2002).  Are oral reading word omissions and substitutions caused by careless eye movements?  Reading Psychology, 23(1) 45-66.

 

Paulson, E. J. (2001).  The discourse of retrospective miscue analysis:  Links with adult learning theory.  The Journal of College Reading and Learning, 32(1), 112-127.

 

Paulson, E. J. & Goodman, K. S. (1999).  Influential studies in eye-movement research.  Reading Online,  January.  WWW.readingonline.org/research/eyemove.html.

 

REFEREED BOOK CHAPTERS

Goodman, K., Goodman, Y., & Paulson, E. J. (2009). Beyond word recognition: How retrospective and future perspectives on miscue analysis can inform our teaching.  In Y. Goodman and J. Hoffman (Eds.), Changing Literacies for Changing Times (pp. 146-161). New York: Routledge

 

Paulson, E. J. (2008).  Miscues and eye movements: Functions of comprehension.  In A. D. Flurkey, E. J. Paulson, & K.S. Goodman, (Eds.), Scientific Realism in Studies of Reading (pp. 232-248). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.

 

Paulson, E. J. & Goodman, K. S. (2008).  Re-reading eye-movement research: Support for transactional models of reading.  In A. D. Flurkey, E. J. Paulson, & K.S. Goodman, (Eds.), Scientific Realism in Studies of Reading (pp. 21-42)Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.

 

INVITED / NON-REFEREED / REVIEW PUBLICATIONS

Goodman, Yetta M. & Paulson, E. J. (2001).  Teachers and students developing  language about reading through retrospective miscue analysis.  ERIC Document Reproduction Service ED444140. 

 

Mirseitova, S. & Paulson, E. J. (2001).  What does the eye tracker reveal about the reading process? Based on Russian text material with the use of an eye movement fixation apparatus. (In Russian.) Word to a Teacher.... 1st National Kazakhstan Reading Conference Yearbook, 131-142. 

 

Paulson, E. J. & Goodman, K. S.  (1999).  Eye movements and miscue analysis: What do the eyes do when a reader makes a miscue? Southern Arizona Review, 1, pp. 55-62.  

 

Paulson, E. J. (1999).  Review article, a handbook for language program administrators.  Journal of Intensive English Studies, 12 107-114.

 

Paulson, E. J. (1996).  Take charge discussions.  TESOL Journal, 6(2), 31-32.

 

Paulson, E. J. (1995).  Entrance, a communicative text for learners of English. Los Angeles, CA: Young & Son Media, Inc.  (Includes Teacher's Guide and Audio Tapes).

 

 

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Whole Language Umbrella Conference, Indianapolis, IN, July, 2010 (forthcoming): Featured Speaker.

 

International Reading Association National Convention Institute, Phoenix, AZ, 2009: Transactional Visio-perceptual Processes in Reading as Sociocultural Constructs

 

National Reading Conference, Orlando, FL, 2008:  Postsecondary Developmental Literacy Instruction.  With Sonya Armstrong.

 

College Reading and Learning Association, Cleveland, OH, 2008:  Retrospective Miscue Analysis for Postsecondary Reading Instruction

 

College Reading and Learning Association, Cleveland, OH, 2008:  Metaphors We Learn By: College Students' Conceptualizations of Developmental Coursework.  With Sonya Armstrong.

 

Hofstra University Eye Movement / Miscue Analysis Conference, Long Island, NY, 2008: Peer Reviewing Writing Miscues.  With Sonya Armstrong.

 

International Reading Association, Atlanta, GA, 2008: What Do Instructors Need to Know to Teach Developmental Reading in College? With Hope Smith Davis.

 

National Reading Conference, Austin, TX, December, 2007: Scientific Realism in Studies of Reading.  With Ken Goodman and Alan Flurkey.

 

Ohio Council of the International Reading Association, Cincinnati, OH, 2007:

From Research to Practice: Understanding Reading Processes Through Eye Movements and Miscue Analysis.  With Yetta Goodman.

 

National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention, New York, NY, 2007:

--Metaphor and Analogy in Literacy Research (with Sonya Armstrong, Beth Corbo, Deborah Sanchez)

--Scientific Realism in Studies of Reading (with Ken Goodman and Alan Flurkey)

 

Reading Miscue Analysis Conference, Hempstead, NY, June, 2007: Featured Speaker:

--Constructing the Discourse of Retrospective Miscue Analysis (Plenary 1)

--Eye Movement / Miscue Analysis: Looking At, and Listening To, Reading Processes (Plenary 2)

--EMMA Panel Discussion (with Peter Duckett, Ken Goodman, Yetta Goodman)

--Scientific Realism in Studies of Reading (with Ken Goodman and Alan Flurkey)

 

International Reading Association, Toronto, CA, May, 2007: How Eye Movement/Miscue Analysis Research Informs Constructivist Models of Reading.

 

College Reading Association Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, October, 2006: Peer Review in the College Reading and Writing Classroom: When Terminology Doesn't Match Intention. With Sonya Armstrong.

 

National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention, Nashville, TN, 2006: Is it ‘Peer Review’ or ‘Peer Editing’?: Terminology in the Composition Classroom. With Sonya Armstrong.

 

International Reading Association, Chicago, IL, May, 2006: Looking at One Thing, Saying Another: How Composition Students Read a Classmate's Paper for Peer Review. With Sonya Armstrong.

 

American Reading Forum, Sanibel Island, Florida, December, 2005:  Keynote Address.  The Role of Analogy in Literacy Theory, Research, and Pedagogy: "Reading is Like…"

 

The 14th World Congress of Applied Linguistics/American Association for Applied Linguistics, Madison, Wisconsin, July 2005: Eye Movements and Miscue Analysis: A View of Reading.  Symposium Title: New Approaches to the Scientific Study of Reading; other presenters are Ken Goodman, Peter Fries, and Alan Flurkey.

 

International Reading Association National Convention, San Antonio, May 2005: Featured Speaker.  Hall of Fame Series: From Marion Monroe to EMMA: A History of Miscue Analysis Research.  With Ken Goodman and Yetta Goodman.

 

The National Council of Teachers of English, Indianapolis, Indiana, November, 2004:  College Developmental Classes: A Setting for Prospective High School English Teachers.  With Chet Laine and Deborah Sanchez.

 

International Reading Association National Convention, Reno, Nevada, May 2004: Eye Movements and Miscue Analysis: You May Be Surprised.  With Alan Flurkey, Ken Goodman, and Andrea Garcia.

 

International Reading Association National Convention, Orlando, Florida, May, 2003: Reading the Web: College Readers and Effective Website Navigation.  With Deborah Kellner.

 

National Reading Conference, Miami, Florida, December, 2002: Eye Movements from a Whole Language Perspective.  With Ken Goodman, Yetta Goodman, and Alan Flurkey.

 

Association for Business Communication, Cincinnati, Oct., 2002: Text, Eyes, and Videotape. With John Bryan.

 

International Reading Association Annual Convention, San Francisco, California, May, 2002:  The Transaction of Eye Movement and Miscue Analysis to Understand the Reading Process.

 

International Reading Association’s Great Lakes Regional Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio, October, 2001: New Trends in the College Developmental Reading Classroom.  With Chet Laine, Michaeline Laine, Terry Bullock.

 

International Reading Association (IRA) Annual Convention, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2001: Do We See What We Read, or Read What We See?  Eye Movements and Perception in Reading.

 

National Reading Conference (NRC), Scottsdale, Arizona, December 2000:  Research Implications of Retrospective Miscue Analysis: Struggling Readers Revaluing Themselves and Their Reading.  With Yetta M. Goodman, Wendy Black, Sarah Costello, Gopa Goswami, Simone Gers and Lori Grimm.

 

National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), Milwaukee, WI, November 2000:  Way?  No Way, Man!  Teachers Encouraging College Students’ Risk Taking in Developmental Reading and Writing Classes.  With Simone Gers and Lori Grimm.

 

National Kazakhstan Reading Conference, Almaty, Kazakhstan, September, 2000:  The Eye Movements of Russian and English Readers.  Presentation given via video.  With Sapargul Mirseitova. 

 

International Reading Association (IRA) Annual Convention, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2000:  What Eye-Movements Reveal About Word Omissions and Substitutions Made During Oral Reading.

 

International Reading Association’s Forum: Renewing Our Commitment to Adolescent Literacy Learners:  Focus on Middle and High School Reading, Tucson Arizona, 2000:  Struggling Readers and Their Teachers Using Retrospective Miscue Analysis.  With Yetta M. Goodman, Sarah Costello, Simone Gers, Lori Grimm.

 

National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), Denver, Colorado,1999:  Did You Say Research Based?  Fluency, Eye Movements, Error Detection, and Other Misunderstandings in Reading Research.  With Kenneth S. Goodman, Jingguo Xu, and Alan Flurkey.

 

International Academy of Linguistics, Behavioral and Social Sciences (IALBSS), Las Vegas, Nevada, 1999:  Reading as a Perceptual, Psychological Process: An Eye Movements and Miscue Analysis Study.      

 

Tucson Teachers Applying Whole Language (TAWL), Tucson, Arizona, 1999:  What Do Readers Look At When They Read?

 

College of Education Dean’s Forum for the Advancement of Knowledge and Practice in Education, Tucson, Arizona 1999:  How Adults Read and Visual Processes in Reading.  With Regents Professor Yetta Goodman and Professor Emeritus Kenneth S. Goodman.

 

Language, Reading, and Culture Colloquy, Tucson, Arizona, 1999:  Eye movements and Miscue Analysis: What Do the Eyes Do When a Reader Makes a Miscue? An Exploration of Reading Processes Using Eye-movements and Miscue Analysis.  With Professor Emeritus Kenneth S. Goodman.

 

Language, Reading, and Culture Colloquy, Tucson, Arizona, 1998:  Do You Read Lead as /lid/ or /led/?  A Psycholinguistic Look at Lexical Ambiguity.

 

AWARDS, NOMINATIONS, GRANTS, INVITED ADDRESSES

Journal of Developmental Education Outstanding Article Award, awarded by the National Association for Developmental Education for the article "Retrospective Miscue Analysis for struggling postsecondary readers", 2009

 

Marquis Who's Who in America, 2008

 

Academy of Fellows for Teaching and Learning, University of Cincinnati: Inducted May, 2007; Inaugural class.

 

Faculty Incentive Award for Research and Scholarship, College of Education, Criminal Justice, & Human Services, 2007

 

CECH Graduate Student and Faculty Research Mentoring Grant: with Hope Smith Davis, 2007

 

Invited Address, University of North Florida:  Metaphors and Money: A Look at Reading First / NCLB.  June, 2007.

 

Faculty Incentive Award for Research and Scholarship, College of Education, Criminal Justice, & Human Services, 2006

 

CECH Graduate Student and Faculty Research Mentoring Grant: with Sonya Armstrong, for the project Transformations in first-year students' conceptualization of college-level reading and writing, 2006

 

Faculty Bonus Award, College of Applied Science, 2006

 

Invited Address, University of North Florida: Metaphors and Analogies that Frame Literacy Education: What Metaphor does NCLB Operate Under? June, 2006.

 

Faculty Award for Professional/Scholarly Activity, College of Applied Science/Center for Access and Transition, 2006

 

Invited Address, University of North Florida:  NCLB and "Scientific Rigor".  June, 2005.

 

External Grant, The Wohlgemuth Herschede Foundation, for creation of the CAT Reading Room.  2005 $15,000

 

Faculty Development Grant: From Analogy to Classroom Application, 2005. $4,525

 

Invited Address, University of North Florida:  ‘I Only Know What I See’ VS. ‘You Only See What You Know’: And What That Has to Do with Research, Policy, and Practice.  June, 2004.

 

Adapting an ASL Model 504 Eye Tracker to Enable Field-Based Data Collection.   University Research Council Grant, University of Cincinnati, May, 2004.  $4,000

 

Outstanding Dissertation Award, College Literacy and Learning Special Interest Group of the International Reading Association, 2000-2002.—Awarded

 

Invited Address, Hofstra University: Whole Texts and Eye Movements: Using the Eye Tracker to Research Authentic Reading. July, 2002.

 

American Association of Community Colleges Technology Award, 2001.—Semi-finalist

 

Strategies Diverse Readers Use to Make Sense of the Text:  A New Approach Combining Eye Movements and Oral Reading Miscue Analysis.  University Research Council Grant, University of Cincinnati, Dec., 2001.

 

Fully Actualizing the Educational Potential of an Eye Tracker in a College Reading Tutor Program. University of Cincinnati Faculty Development Council Individual Grant.  December, 2000

 

The Analysis of Teacher/researcher - Reader Oral Interactions During Retrospective Miscue Analysis Sessions: Developing  Language about Reading.  NCTE Grant No.: R99:17. May, 2000.  With Yetta Goodman.

 

COURSES RECENTLY TAUGHT

18 LTCY 808P Postsecondary ESL Literacy

18 LTCY 803P Practicum in Postsecondary Literacy Instruction

18 LTCY 801P Foundations of Postsecondary Literacy Instruction

18 LTCY 802P Methods of Postsecondary Literacy Instruction: Focus on Reading

18 LTCY 850 Miscue Analysis

18 LTCY 720 Theory to Practice: Models of Literacy

18 LTCY 771 Literacy as a Social and Cultural Tool

18 LTCY 932 Advanced Seminar in Literacy: The Goodman Model of Reading

18 LTCY 932 Advanced Seminar in Literacy: Micro and Macro Analogies in Literacy Education

18 PRFS 621 Phonetics for TESL

18 PRFS 601Grammar for TESL

18 PRFS 775 Theories of Second Language Acquisition

18 LTCY 921, 922, 923 Mentored Research in Literacy

18 PRFS 590 Teaching Reading and Writing in ESL

 

PREVIOUS EDUCATION POSITIONS HELD

Associate Professor of Reading, with a joint appointment in College of Applied Science: Center for Access and Transition and College of Education, Criminal Justice, & Human Services, University of Cincinnati, 2004-2006

 

Assistant Professor of Reading, University College, University of Cincinnati, 2000-2004

 

Instructor of Reading, Adjunct, Pima Community College, Tucson, AZ, 1997- 2000

Community College Instructor of Developmental Reading.  I hold a lifetime community college teaching license from the State of Arizona Department of Education.

 

Academic Director, ELS  International Kangnam, Seoul, Korea, 1994-1996

Teaching and Administration:  Responsible for overseeing English language institute in Seoul, Korea (1100-1500 students, 40-45 full-time contract teachers).  Teaching English as a Foreign Language reading and writing.

 

English as a Foreign Language Instructor, ELS International Kangnam, Seoul, Korea, 1993-1994

Teaching: English as a Foreign Language reading and writing in Seoul, Korea. 

 

EFL Program Developer and Instructor, Rotary International English Language Program, Izamal, Mexico, 1991

Construct and teach in pilot English as a Foreign Language Program in Izamal, Mexico, in conjunction with Rotary International and Eckerd College.