Rate My Professor Stephen Goss

Stephen Goss is an Associate Professor of English Education in the field of Education at Kennesaw State University, where he serves as the academic advisor for the B.S. in English Education program and is based in the Department of English within the Norman J. Radow College of Humanities and Social Sciences. He earned a Ph.D. in English Education from the University at Buffalo Graduate School between 2007 and 2011, along with a Master's degree in English/Language Arts from the same institution. His doctoral dissertation, completed in 2012, is entitled "Transforming teaching and learning for the 21st century: Developing a new literacies stance in the English classroom." Before his faculty appointment at KSU, Goss taught English Language Arts in grades 6-12 across rural, urban, and suburban public schools in New York State, most recently instructing 7th and 8th grade ELA at a public bilingual school in a large Northeastern school district. Throughout his teaching career, he has emphasized helping students publish their writing and ideas digitally as well as via small and large public art installations, often reimagining physical spaces in and around schools.

Goss's research specializations and academic interests include art integration, teacher stance, critical inquiry, digital and analog student publications, New Literacies, and the meaningful integration of educational technologies into English classrooms. Key publications feature "Changing the Game of Literature with Authentic Assessment: The Promise of Multimodal Composing," co-authored with S. Miller and M. Knips in English Education 103(1) in 2013; "The Student X: Centering Student Identity and Agency via Public Art and Young Adult Literature," with J. Dail in 2021; and "Putting the Public In Publication: Guerilla Art in English Language Arts" in 2019. In his courses, he incorporates tactile teaching methods such as poetic collages, drawing, creating art installations, and unique projects like a 1991 Ford Taurus covered in student writing, encouraging preservice teachers to extend learning beyond classroom walls, engage multiple audiences, and foster student agency. He has taught world literature and travel writing in Montepulciano, Italy, during the summer of 2023, served as Program Director for KSU Italy faculty resources, presented on storytelling at the Georgia Council of Teachers of English, and advised doctoral dissertations in English Education. Goss's influence is evident as his preservice students adapt and implement his innovative lessons in their own classrooms, promoting collaborative teaching practices and physical engagement in learning.