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Brad S. Olsen

Brad S. Olsen   
    Title:  Associate Professor of Education
    Specialization:  Language, Literacy and Culture
    Email:  bolsen@ucsc.edu
    Phone:  (831) 459-4933 Office
    Office:  Social Sciences 1, 231
    Office Hours:  Fall 2009 Quarter: Wednesdays 1:00-2:00 & by appointment.
    Personal Page:  http://people.ucsc.edu/~bolsen

Education History 
Ph.D. in Language, Literacy and Culture; and Education Policy, Organization, Measurement and Evaluation
University of California, Berkeley

Courses Taught 

EDUC 120: Aesthetic Education


EDUC 173: Critical Pedagogy


EDUC 226: English Teaching: Theory and Curriculum


EDUC 266D:Language and Power in Education


EDUC 266B:Sociolinguistics and Education


EDUC 266D: Analyzing Text (Spoken, Written & Enacted)


EDUC 269A Doctoral Proseminar


EDUC 270A 2nd Year Professional Development Seminar


Research Focus 
Teacher education (with emphases on knowledge and identity); teacher contexts, teaching and teacher retention; English education; critical theory and critical pedagogy; sociolinguistics; philosophical perspectives on education; qualitative research methods.

Selected Publications 

Olsen, B. (2008). Teaching what they learn, learning what they live: How Teachers' Personal Histories Shape Their Professional Development. Boulder, CO: Paradigm Publishers.

Olsen, B. and Anderson, L. (2007). Courses of action: A qualitative investigation into urban teacher retention and career development. Urban Education, Volume 42(1). 5-29.

Hoffman-Kipp, P. and Olsen, B. (2007). Accessing praxis, practicing theory: Theorizing practice in social justice teachers' first year of teaching. In M. and P. Finn (Eds.) Teacher Education With an Attitude. Albany: State University of New York Press.

Anderson, L. and Olsen, B. (2006). Investigating teachers' perspectives on and experiences in early career professional development. Journal of Teacher Education, Volume 57(4). 359-377.

Olsen, B. (2006). Using sociolinguistic methods to uncover speaker meaning in teacher interview transcripts. The International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, Volume 19(2). 147-161.

Olsen, B., with Lane, S., Metcalfe, E., Priselac, J., Suzuki, G., and Williams, R.J. (2005). Center X: Where research and practice intersect for urban school professionals-A portrait of the teacher education program at the University of California, Los Angeles. In P. Jenlink (Ed.) Portraits of Teacher Preparation: Learning to Teach in a Changing America. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.

Olsen, B. and Kirtman, L. (2002). Teacher as mediator of school reform: An examination of teacher practice in 36 California restructuring schools. Teachers College Record, Volume 104(2). 301-324.