Rate My Professor Mary Ellen Oslick

Oslick has been awarded research grants and has published numerous scholarly works in peer-reviewed journals and books. Key publications include her edited volumes Immigrant Experiences: Expanding the School-Home-Community Dialogue (2019) and Land of Opportunity: Immigrant Experiences in the North American Landscape (2019). Recent contributions feature co-edited annual lists of Notable Books for a Global Society with J. Fain (2023, 2024), "Fronting the Math": Reframing Culturally Relevant Picture Books Within Mathematical Contexts with A. Smith (2024), Responsive Math Pedagogy: The Role of Diverse Picture Books in the K-5 Classroom with A. Smith (2024), and articles such as Preservice Teachers Examine Themes of Immigration in Award-Winning Children’s Literature (2025) and “They’re Speaking My Language”: Exploring How Spanish is Depicted in Recently Published Graphic Novels (2024). She received the 2014 Virginia Hamilton Essay Award for her article "Children's Voices: Reactions to a Criminal Justice Issue Picture Book." Oslick teaches undergraduate courses including EDUC 301: Reading in the Primary Grades, EDUC 314: Reading in the Intermediate Grades, EDUC 424: Assessment and Differentiation of Reading Instruction, and EDUC 428: Reading Practicum, as well as graduate courses in literacy. She supervises field placements in diverse educational settings.