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Sherry Pineau Brown

She/Her/Hers

Title

Lecturer in Education/Coordinator of Teacher Education

Department

Education

Information

Address

4427 Mayflower Hill Waterville, Maine 04901-8853

Current Courses

Title Course Number(s) Section(s)
Curriculum and Methods ED331 A
Student Teaching Practicum ED433,    ED433 A,    A
Senior Seminar in Professional Certification ED494B,    ED494B A,    A
Senior Seminar in Creating Equitable Learning Environments ED494A,    ED494A A,    A
Community-Focused Project-Based Learning Experience in Schools ED342,    ED342 A,    A
Educating All Learners ED374J JP

EDUCATION

  • Ph.D., Education, University of Maine, 2020
  • C.A.S., Literacy, University of Maine, 2013
  • M.A.L.S., Concentration in Creative Writing, University of Denver, 2008
  • B.S., Secondary Education English, University of Maine, 1994

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Identifying and understanding systemic barriers to school resilience
  • Identifying protective and risk factors that affect teachers’ levels of compassion satisfaction, compassion fatigue, secondary traumatic stress, and burnout
  • Teaching the concept of resilience through trauma to students using current English Language Arts curriculum

SELECT PUBLICATIONS

  • Brown, S. P., & Biddle, C. (2023). Testing a teacher costs to caring resilience model to identify burnout mediators. Teaching and Teacher Education, 127, 104078.
  • Brown, S. P. (2022). Teaching resilience in the English classroom: A path forward. In E. Dutro & B. Pacheco (Eds.), Special Issue on Trauma-Informed Teaching, Vol. 2 (pp. 125–134). National Council of Teachers of English.

SELECT PRESENTATIONS

  • Brown, S.P. & Geron, T. Moving Towards Teachers’ Positive Persistence: A Complex Systems Approach. AERA National Meeting. April 23-27, 2025. Denver, Colorado. https://doi.org/10.3102/IP.25.2183361
  • Brown, S.P., Soll, K., Biddle, C. & Peacock, V. Maine’s Rural Aspirations Project: Connecting Rural Students to Rural Vitality. NFARE. Chattanooga, TN. Nov. 17, 2023.
  • Brown, S. P. & Pratt-Ronco, E. Building Resilient Communities in Uncertain Times. Maine Education Association Webinar. March 3, 2021.
  • Brown, S. P. & Pratt-Ronco, E. Teacher Resilience: Beyond Self-Care. Maine Education Association Webinar. February 10, 2021.
  • Brown, S. P. Teaching Resilience & Trauma Through Literature: A Universal Approach. New England Association of Teachers of English (NEATE) Conference. Danvers, Massachusetts. 2019.
  • Brown, S. P. Perspectives & Pedagogies for Trauma, Resilience, and Healing. National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) National Convention. Baltimore, Maryland. 2019.
  • Brown, S. P. Teaching Trauma and Resilience Through Literature: A Pilot Study Using Khaled Hosseini’s “The Kite Runner”. New England Education Research Organization (NEERO) Conference. Portsmouth, New Hampshire. 2019.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

American Association of University Women (AAUW)

American Educational Research Association (AERA)

National Rural Education Association (NREA)

Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)

Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance (MWPA)

AWARDS

  • Provost’s Award for Creative and Innovative Teaching. University of Maine 2019
  • Maine Literary Awards. Honorable Mention for Unpublished Fiction. 2008