University of Northern Colorado School of Teacher Education Campus Box 107 Greeley, CO 80639
Education
Ph.D. University of Nevada, Reno (2009) | Literacy Studies
M.Ed. State University of New York at Oswego, NY (1992) | Elementary Education
B.A. State University of New York at Oswego, NY (1990) | Public Relations
Professional/Academic Experience
University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, CO Professor, Literacy Education. Responsibilities
include: teaching graduate courses in reading methods, children’s literature, writing
methods and reading research and undergraduate courses in children’s literature. (2009-Present)
University of Nevada, Reno, Instructor. Responsibilities included teaching graduate
and undergraduate children’s literature courses, graduate and undergraduate language
arts methods courses with practicum and practicum supervision, (2004-2009)
University of Nevada, Reno. Teaching American History Project, Instructor. Responsibilities
included teaching courses in integrating history and literacy methods and American
History and Children’s Literature Book Clubs, (2006-2009)
Bailey Charter Elementary School - Reno, NV. 5th grade Classroom Teacher (2003-2004)
Co-organizer for the UNC Future Teacher Conference and faculty advisor for the Future
Teacher Club
Teacher recruitment and retention, teacher identity, analysis of children's book displays,
content analysis of and response to contemporary picturebooks, multimodal analysis,
visual literacy, multigenre writing, and disciplinary Literacy
Publications/Creative Works
Youngs, S., Kyser, C., Bell, D. (in press). In Bradley Conrad (Capital University),
Associate Editor: Crystal Howell (Randolph College), Assistant Editor: Cristy Sellers
(Pacific University) (Ed.), Taking a Stand for Representation: Engaging Preservice Teachers in Awareness, Analysis
and Advocacy of Diverse Children’s Literature book Displays. Charlotte, North Carolina: Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue/Information Age Publishing.
https://www.infoagepub.com/series/Curriculum-and-Teaching-Dialogue
Erekson, J., Youngs, S., Kyser, C., Benke, L. F. (2022). People Like Me in Places
Like Mine: Authentic Representation in Rural Picturebooks. Children and Libraries, 20(4), 11-18. https://journals.ala.org/index.php/cal/issue/archive
Youngs, S., Erekson, J., Kyser, C. (2021). Moving Across Rural Spaces: A Content Analysis
of Contemporary Realistic Fiction Picturebooks with Rural Settings. Reading Horizons:
A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts, 60(3), 24-56. https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/reading_horizons/vol60/iss3/3/
Kyser, C., Youngs, S., Nelson, A., Monaghan, T. (2021). Transitioning From High School
Students to Aspiring Future Rural Educators: Promising Practices to Fuel the Rural
Teacher Pipeline. Journal of Educational Research and Innovation, 9(1), 1-30. https://digscholarship.unco.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1109&context=jeri
Honors and Awards
2022 Outstanding Service Provider
2022 Sears Helgoth Distinguished Teaching Award
2015 Most Inspiring Faculty, Women's Resource Center
2014 Most Inspiring Woman of UNC
2012 CCIRA All Star Presenter
2011 CCIRA All Star Presenter
2011Mortar Board Favorite Professor
2010 Favorite Faculty UNC Bears Faculty Appreciation Night
