Research interests
Pauline Sameshima's work centers on curriculum, learning system design, arts and technology integration, collaborative and creative scholarship, eco-responsive pedagogies, and innovative forms of knowledge production and acknowledgment.
Teaching & professional interests
Pauline teaches arts integration and curriculum theory. She is an exhibiting multi-media artist, poet, lyricist, and designer. Her artwork has been included in three editions of Night of Artists Biographies and Works, a Canadian publication archived at the National Gallery of Canada. She combines her professional interests with her experience teaching elementary public school for 17 years with five years in administration.
Recent accomplishments
- Sameshima, P., & Sinner, A. (2009). Awakening to soma heliakon: Encountering teacher-researcher-learning in the 21st Century. Canadian Journal of Education, 32(2), 271-284.
- Marino, M. T., Sameshima, P., & Beecher, C. C. (2009). Enhancing TPACK with assistive technology: Promoting inclusive practices in preservice teacher education. Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education, 9(2), online.
- Sameshima, P. (2009). Cartographic storytelling for a changing world: The pedagogical praxis of home in school. Northwest Passage: Journal of Educational Practices,1(7), 18-26.
- Irwin, R. L., Bickel, B., Triggs, V., Springgay, S., Beer, R., Grauer, K., Gu, X., & Sameshima, P. (2009). The city of Richgate: A/r/tographic cartography as public pedagogy. International Journal of Art and Design Education, 28(1), 61-70.
Books
- Sameshima, P., Vandermause, R., Chalmers, S., & Gabriel. (2009). Climbing the ladder with Gabriel: Poetic inquiry of a methamphetamine addict in recovery. Rotterdam, Netherlands: Sense.
- Prendergast, M., Leggo, C., & Sameshima, P. (Ed.s.). (2009). Poetic inquiry: Vibrant voices in the social sciences. Rotterdam, Netherlands: Sense.
- Sameshima, P. (2007). Seeing Red—a pedagogy of parallax. Amherst, NY: Cambria Press. REVIEWS
Honors
2009 Funding
Wells Fargo: Engaging Youth through Museum Education
American Nurses’ Foundation: Women and Methamphetamine: Portraits of Addiction and Recovery
WSU College of Education: Faculty Funding: - Creativity in Teacher Education
WSU College of Education: Alhadeff Teacher of Teachers’ Award
Educational background
PhD: Curriculum Studies, University of British Columbia, 2006
MA: Educational Leadership, San Diego State University, 1999
Diploma: Visual and Performing Arts, University of British Columbia, 1991
BEd: Elementary (English and Physical Education), University of British Columbia, 1988
