Amanda Deliman

School of Teacher Education and Leadership

Assistant Professor

Amanda Deliman

Contact Information

Office Location: USU - Salt Lake Center
Phone: 435-797-4234
Email: amanda.deliman@usu.edu
Additional Information:

Educational Background

PhD, Literacy, Culture, and Language Education, Indiana University, 2019
Negotiating Diverse Perspectives: Early Elementary Students Cultivate Empathy Through Children’s Literature and Dramatic Inquiry
MS, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Indiana University, 2010
BS, Elementary Education, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 2006

Licensures & Certifications

Master Teacher Certificate, USU Center for Empowering Teaching Excellence- Office of the Provost, 2023
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Certification, Mindful Leader, 2023
LETRS Certification, Utah State Board of Education and Lexia Learning, 2022
Teaching Scholar Certificate, USU Center for Empowering Teaching Excellence- Office of the Provost, 2022
Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) Certificate of Effective Teaching Practices, Association of College and University Educators and the American Council on Education, 2021
200 hour Social- Emotional Learning, Wellness and Yoga Teacher Training For Educators, Breathe for Change, 2021
Children's Literature Certificate Addition, Indiana University, Bloomington, 2019

Biography

I am an Assistant Professor in Early Childhood and Elementary Literacy Education based out of USU-Salt Lake. I teach courses connected to the Elementary and Early Childhood Education teacher preparation programs and graduate courses for our Master's and Doctoral students in the literacy concentration.

Teaching Interests

Teacher Learning and Teacher Education Across Grade Levels, Curriculum Integration and the Use of Children's Picturebooks, and Social-Emotional Learning

Research Interests

Children's Literature as a Tool for Learning, Social-Emotional Learning, Teacher Learning and Teacher Education, Drama in Education

Awards

EEJ College of Education and Human Services Faculty Teacher of the Year Award, 2024

Utah State University

School of Teacher Education and Leadership Faculty Teacher of the Year Award , 2024

Utah State University

Teaching Excellence Scholar Award, 2022

Utah State University, Center for Empowering Teaching Excellence-Office of the Provost


    Publications | Book Chapters

  • Qu, P., Deliman, A., Walker, A., Weltsek, G.J, Medina, C., (2022). Biliteracy, Playfulness and Performative Practices: International Encyclopedia of Education (4th edition). Blackwell's

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Publications | Journal Articles

Academic Journal

  • Deliman, A., Robertson, M.K, (2024). The Texts, The Tasks, The Talk: Reading, Discussing, and Exploring Children’s Literature. The Dragon Lode, 42:2, 47-57.
  • Deliman, A., Robertson, M.K, Turner, R.K, (2024). Combining Social-Emotional Learning Competencies and Contemporary Concerns Picturebooks to Foster Early Literacy Practices: An Interdisciplinary Approach. The Reading Teacher, 78:3, 165-176. doi: http://doi.org/10.1002/trtr.2357
  • Turner, R.K, Deliman, A., Robertson, M.K, (2023). Curriculum Integration Using Picturebooks: Combining Language Arts and Social Studies Standards to Address Controversial Issues. Social Studies and the Young Learner, 36:1, 27-32.
  • Deliman, A., Lott, K., (2023). Inquiry Based Learning on Biomimicry: Linking Science and Literacy Using Children’s Picturebooks in the Early Childhood Classroom. Science and Children, 60:6, 20-24.
  • Deliman, A., Breitenstein, J., (2022). Nurturing Meaningful Student Agency: A Kindergarten Teacher Supports Beginning Readers Using Wordless and Post-Modern Picturebooks. The Dragon Lode, 40:2, 25-36.
  • Medina, C., Lee, B., Perry, M., Deliman, A., (2021). Reading with drama: Relations between texts, readers and experiences. Literacy, 33:2, 136-144.
  • Deliman, A., (2021). Picturebooks and Critical Inquiry: Tools to Re(imagine) a More Inclusive World. Bookbird: International Journal of Children's Literature, 59:3, 46-57.

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Publications | Other

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Teaching

ELED 3100 - Classroom Reading Instruction, Fall 2024
ELED 2480 - Early Childhood Education Kindergarten Through Grade 3, Fall 2024
TEAL 5320 - Foundations of Literacy and Language, Fall 2024
ELED 3100 - Classroom Reading Instruction, Spring 2024
ELED 2480 - Early Childhood Education Kindergarten Through Grade 3, Spring 2024
ELED 3100 - Classroom Reading Instruction, Fall 2023
ELED 2480 - Early Childhood Education Kindergarten Through Grade 3, Fall 2023
ELED 3100 - Classroom Reading Instruction, Spring 2023
ELED 2480 - Early Childhood Education Kindergarten Through Grade 3, Spring 2023
ELED 3100 - Classroom Reading Instruction, Fall 2022
ELED 2480 - Early Childhood Education Kindergarten Through Grade 3, Fall 2022
ELED 3100 - Classroom Reading Instruction, Spring 2022
ELED 4480 - Early Childhood Education Kindergarten Through Grade 3, Spring 2022
ELED 3100 - Classroom Reading Instruction, Fall 2021
ELED 4480 - Early Childhood Education Kindergarten Through Grade 3, Fall 2021
TEAL 5390, 6390 - Teaching with Literature and Informational Texts, Summer 2021
ELED 4150 - Assessment and Differentiation Across the Curriculum, Spring 2021
ELED 3100 - Classroom Reading Instruction, Spring 2021
ELED 4480 - Early Childhood Education Kindergarten Through Grade 3, Spring 2021
ELED 3100 - Classroom Reading Instruction, Fall 2020
ELED 4480 - Early Childhood Education Kindergarten Through Grade 3, Fall 2020

Graduate Students Mentored

Anda Pearson, Teacher Education & Leadership
Polly Parkinson, Teacher Education & Leadership