Research interests
Pauline Sameshima's work centers on expanding notions of ecological learning and living. She is interested in artful interdisciplinary research which honors relational connections within and between local contexts and the global commons; and which uses experiential knowledge to empower individuals to shape communities.
Teaching & professional interests
Dr. Sameshima teaches courses in arts integration, curriculum theory, cultural studies, and arts-informed research methods. She offers expertise in developing interdisciplinary proposals and educational programming. She brings 17 years of elementary public school teaching and administration to her professional interests in curricular design, pedagogy, and artful transmethodological research. Dr. Sameshima is the President of the Canadian Society for the Study of Education: Arts, Researchers and Teachers Society and the Curator of Online Education for the Washington State University Museum of Art.
Recent accomplishments
- Sameshima, P. (with Vandermause R., Santucci, C., & Gilda). (2011). Breathing through music and meth InLand: A journal for teachers of English language arts, 28(1), 20-21.
- Sameshima, P. (2010), Living in the amber: Conversations between Red and Greene. In R. Lake (Ed.), Dear Maxine: Letters from the unfinished conversation with Maxine Greene (pp. 140-143). New York: Teachers College Press.
- Sameshima, P., & Leggo, C. (2010). The poet’s corpus in love: Passionate pedagogy. Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 26(1), 65-81.
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
- 2011 National Endowment of the Arts/WSU College of Liberal Arts Funding: Promoting Community-based Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth
- 2011 WSU College of Education Faculty Funding Award: Clichés and Cloaks: Creative Collaborations Exploring Arts Methods and How Pre-Service Teacher Conceptions of the Teacher Identity Shape Pedagogical Conceptions
- 2010 American Educational Research Association: Critical Issues in Curriculum and Cultural Studies Early Career 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
