Kimberly McDavid Schmidt

Clinical Associate Professor

Faculty
Morgridge College of Education

Katherine A. Ruffatto Hall, 1999 E. Evans Ave. Denver, CO 80208

What I do

Kimberly McDavid Schmidt is a Clinical Associate Professor in Teaching and Learning Sciences in the Morgridge College of Education where she teaches literacy and culturally and linguistically diverse learner courses and focuses on the integration of culturally responsive and sustaining literacy practices in courses and classrooms in schools.

Professional Biography

Kimberly McDavid Schmidt is currently the Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Education lead in Curriculum and Instruction and developed both the endorsement and certificate offered in Curriculum and Instruction. She teaches literacy methods courses and recently aligned the literacy course with the science of teaching requirements with the Colorado Department of Education. Currently, she provides professional development at the intersection of culturally and linguistically diverse education and gifted education that meets the English Learner professional pathway requirements for the state. Her research is centered on culturally responsive and sustaining teaching practices in both literacy and culturally and linguistically diverse education as well as children's literature.

Degree(s)

Ph.D., Curriculum and Instruction- Literacy Studies, University of Colorado Boulder, 2016
MA, Curriculum and Instruction, University of Colorado Denver, 1998
BA, Early Childhood and Elementary Education, Drake University, 1994

Licensure / Accreditations

Elementary Professional Teaching License

Professional Affiliations

American Education Research Association
Literacy Research Association

Research

Kimberly McDavid Schmidt conducts qualitative and multimodal research focused on sociocultural, multiliteracies, and embodied literacy perspectives. She situates her research in classrooms with a focus on culturally responsive literacy practices.

Featured Publications

Beucher, R., & Schmidt, K. M. (2021). Digital storytelling, Black masculinity, and contending with racial capitalism. In B. J. Guzzetti (Ed.), Genders, cultures, and literacies: Understanding intersecting identities (pp. 76-90). London, UK: Routledge.

Schmidt, K. M., & Beucher, R. (2020). Affective Intensities: Emotion, Race, Gender, and the Push and Pull of Bodies. English Teaching: Practice and Critique/ Emerald Insight.

Schmidt, K., & Beucher, R. (2018). Embodied literacies and the art of meaning making. Pedagogies: An International ournal, 13(2), 119-132. Retrieved from https:// https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/eqTYcAxihgh5nHs34aaH/full

Schmidt, K. M., & Beucher, R. (2020). Affective Intensities: Emotion, Race, Gender, and the Push and Pull of Bodies. English Teaching: Practice and Critique/ Emerald Insight.

Presentations

Schmidt, K. (2017). Collaborative composing contexts: Supports and challenges. Literacy Research Association Annual Conference. Tampa: Literacy Research Association.

Schmidt, K. (2017). Critical readings, discussions, and multimodal responses to literature: Unity, loss, and courage. . Literacy Research Association Annual Conference. Tampa: Literacy Research Association.

Awards

2018 Shelby Wolf AERA Literature SIG Award for Outstanding Dissertation in Literature, AERA Literature Sig