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Kathleen Olmstead, PHD
(She/Her/Hers)
- Associate Professor
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(585) 395-5053
kolmstead@brockport.edu
Office: Brown Building 294
Education
- EdD, Hofstra University
- MS, Hofstra University
- BA, State University of New York at Binghamton
Areas of Specialty
- Children’s literature
- Family literacy
- Early childhood education
Research Interests
- Literacy and empathy
- Inclusive children’s literature
- Home-school literacy connections
- Early literacy
- Teacher education
Selected Works:
Edited Book
- Olmstead, K., Troiani, S. (Eds.).(2023). Many books, many stories: Using children’s and young adult literature to open classroom conversations. NY: Peter Lang.
See it here: Many Books, Many Stories
Book Chapters
- Rath, L. & Olmstead, K. (2024). “It was awesome. No one was telling us what we had to write!”: Empowering young writers through digital bookmaking. In Aird, S. & Mackey, T. (Eds.). Teaching Digital Storytelling: Inspiring Voices Through Online Narratives.
- Olmstead, K., Colantonio-Yurko, K. C., Rath, L. T. (2023). “How in the world will we teach online?”: Re-Envisioning literacy practicums for distance education. In Bobbie Kabuto and Sinead Harmey (Ed.), Literacy in Diverse Contexts. UCL Press.
- Olmstead, K., Colantonio-Yurko, K. C., Meredith, H. (2023). “They are not the stories we have been told or that we have been asked to teach”: Re-Envisioning classroom libraries through inclusion of global children’s literature. In Kathleen Olmstead & Serena Troiani (Eds.), Many books, many stories: Using children’s and young adult literature to open classroom conversations. NY: Peter Lang.
Scholarly Articles:
- Olmstead, K., & Xue, J. (2024). Empathy and action through literacy: Addressing food waste and food insecurity. Talking Points, National Council of Teachers of English.
- Olmstead, K., Kalenda, P., Rath, L., Xue, J., & Zhang, J. (2022). Empathy throughout the curriculum: Using picture books to promote activism & equity. New York State Reading Association, 33(1), 69-88.
- Svrcek, N., Rath, L., Olmstead, K., Colantonio-Yurko, K., (2022). “We are still putting out fires.”: Considering educator intentionality in remote instruction during the COVID 19 pandemic. Education and Information Technologies. 27(1), 407-428.
- Colantonio-Yurko, K., Olmstead, K., Rath, L. & Hutchings, M., (2021). Standing-up to social injustices: Using critical literacy and global children’s literature for equity. The Dragon Lode. 39(2), 27-36.
- Jackson, J., Olmstead, K., & Woltz, R., (2021): “Thank you for making me like school again.” Student and family engagement through one school’s family literacy fair. The California Reader. Winter Edition.
- Colantonio-Yurko, K., Boehm, S., Olmstead, K., (2021). “There are no rewards for girls who are too spirited.”: Schools as gaslighting mechanisms in Girls with Sharp Sticks. Research on Diversity in Youth Literature, 4(1), Article 8.
- Boehm, S., Colantonio-Yurko, K, Olmstead, K., Miller, C., (2021). When princesses become dragons: Critical literacy, Damsel, and confronting sexual assault in English classrooms. Girlhood Studies, 14(3), 72-89.
- Colantonio-Yurko, K., Olmstead, K., Lalik, M., Mufford, H., Sanchez, R., (2021). Expanding worlds: Studying abroad as teachers. Ubiquity, 8(1), 98-115.
- Rak, L., Olmstead, K., Zhang, J. & Pelttari, C., (2021). Graduate literacy students’ reading completion and instructional techniques for improving outcomes. Brock Education Journal, 31(1), 22-38.
- Olmstead,K., Colantonio-Yurko, K.C., Jackson, T., Jackson, J. & Rath, L., (2020). “I just have so many ideas”Celebrating teachers’ meaningful literacy practices in a time of mandated curriculum. The Journal of Literacy Innovation, 5(1),24-36.
- Olmstead, K., Ashton, J., & Wilkens, C. (2020). “Do you really want to do this?”: Student teacher perspectives on imperfect placements. Teacher Education Quarterly. 47(4), 56-77.
- ‘Boehm, S., Colantonio-Yurko, K., Olmstead, K., Miller, C. (2020). Athlete as agitator, assaulter, and armor: Sports, identity, and sexual assault in young adult literature. Study and Scrutiny, 4(2), 32-56.
- Miller, H., Olmstead, K., Colantonio-Yurko, K.., Shema, A. & Svrcek, N. (2020). Moving from inaction to action: Challenging homo- and transphobia in middle school English Language Arts. Middle Grades Review, 6(1),1-10.
- Colantonio-Yurko, K.., Kalenda, P., Olmstead, K., Rath, L., Wright, A. (2020). I never knew a librarian did that: Exploring how faculty and librarian relationships support meaningful collaboration. Journal for New Librarianship.
- Rath, L., Olmstead K., Zhang, J. & Beach, P. (2019). Hearing students’ voices: Understanding student perspectives of online learning. Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration.
- Olmstead, K., Colantonio-Yurko, K. C., Ashton, J., Rath, L. T. (2019). Re-envisioning teacher education: Using DisCrit perspectives to disrupt deficit thinking. Journal of Curriculum, Teaching, Learning and Leadership in Education, 3(2).
- Olmstead, K. & Kabuto, B. (2018). Writing artifacts as narratives of emotion. Language and Literacy, 20(2),102-123.
- Olmstead, K., Kalenda, P., Rath, L. & Zhang, J. (2022). Empathy across the Curriculum.
New York State Reading Association Conference, Syracuse, New York. - Rak, L., Olmstead, K., & Zhang, J., (2022). Graduate students’ reading completion: A nine -year longitudinal
study. Conference on Academic Research in Education (CARE) Online Conference. - Boehm, S. Colantonio-Yurko, K & Olmstead (2021). Gaslighting in YAL: When Females Fight Back. Co-authored virtual presentation at National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Online Conference.
- Colantonio-Yurko, K. & Olmstead, K. (2019). Literacy for all students: Using global children’s literature to disrupt deficit perspectives. Presentation given at International Literacy Association, New Orleans, LA.
- Olmstead, K. & Colantonio-Yurko, Kathleen. (2019). Using global children’s literature to disrupt deficit perspectives on diversity. Presentation given at National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE),
Baltimore, MD. - Olmstead, K. (2019). Why do they hate to read and what we can do about it. Presentation given at The College at Brockport Education and Human Development Department Brown Bag. Brockport, NY.
- Colantonio-Yurko, K., Olmstead K, Sanchez, R., Nasra, K., Lalik, M., Brockway, & M., Hutchins, M. (2019).Considering meaningful children’s literature and YAL in responsive classrooms. Presentation given at the College at Brockport Scholars Day, Brockport, NY.
- Olmstead, K. & Jackson, J. (2019). “She learned how to have fun in school.”: Celebrating creativity and the arts through a schoolwide literacy fair. Presentation given at the Rochester Area Literacy Council’s Live Local Literacy conference, Pittsford, NY.
- Olmstead, K., Colantonio-Yurko, K.C, Jackson, T & Jackson, J. (2019). Creating spaces for meaningful literacy practices. Presentation given at the Rochester Area Literacy Council’s LiveLocal Literacy conference, Pittsford, NY.
- Kabuto, B. & Olmstead, K. (2018). Young writers finding their voices through genre. Presentation given at the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Annual Conference, Houston, Texas.
- Olmstead, K., Colantonio- Yurko, K., & Ashton, J. (2018) Interrupting deficit thinking in teacher education programs. Presentation given at the College at Brockport Diversity Day, Brockport, NY.
- Novinger Robb, S. & Olmstead, K. (2017). What’s my level? What does it matter? Unpacking neoliberal truths about leveling young readers and texts. Presentation given at the Reconceptualizing Early Childhood Education (RECE) conference, Toronto, Canada.
- Kabuto, B. & Olmstead, K. (2017). Reclaiming meaning in writing development. Presentation given at the Literacy Research Association (LRA) conference. Tampa, FL.
- Kabuto, B. & Olmstead, K. (2016). Writing so they know how sad I feel: Children as self- advocates. Presentation given at the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) annual conference, Atlanta, GA.
- Kabuto, B. & Olmstead K. (2016). The social transformation of writing artifacts: From narratives of grief to narratives of resiliency. Presentation given at the Literacy Research Association (LRA), Nashville, TN.
- Novinger Robb, S. & Olmstead, K. (2016). “But I don’t like to read”: Teacher candidates’ attitudes toward reading and teaching reading. Presentation given at the European Early Childhood Education Research Association (EECERA) 26th annual conference, Dublin, Ireland.
- Novinger Robb, S. & Olmstead, K. (2016). Going underground: Children negotiating their literate identities.Presentation given at the European Early Childhood Education Research Association (EECERA) 26th annual conference, Dublin, Ireland.
- Novinger Robb, S. & Olmstead, K. (2016). Lets’ level with each other: The impact of leveling on children’s literate identities. Invited presentation given at the New York State Reading Association (NYSRA) annual conference, Rochester, NY.
- Kabuto, B., Olmstead, K. & Velasco, P. (2014). Family stories: Exploring early literacy and family engagement. Presentation given at the annual conference of the National Council of Teachers of English, Washington, DC.
- Taylor, D., Olmstead, K. & Radice, L. (2013). Transforming K–12 schools into safe academic environments for children whose adverse life experiences compel us to create for them a more just and caring world. Presentation given at the Whole Language Umbrella Literacies for All Summer Institute, Hempstead, NY.
- Kabuto, B., Olmstead, K. & San Andres, L. (2013). Building thoughtful reading partnerships with families: Re-thinking the words we use with families. Presentation given at the Whole Language Umbrella Literacies for All Summer Institute, Hempstead, NY.
- Kabuto, B. & Olmstead, K. (2013). Re-inventing our work with families. Presentation given at the annual conference of the National Council of Teachers of English, Boston, MA.
- Kabuto, B. & Olmstead, K. (2012). Crossing borders, generations and media to connect with families through literacy: Implications that transcend traditional home- school borders. Presentation given at the annual conference of the National Council of Teachers of English, Las Vegas, NV.