Curriculum Vitae MICHELE KNOBEL, PhD.

• Proposal reviewer for the National Research Conference, Area 10: Literacy and
Technology/Media (for 2004 annual meeting, San Antonio).
• Proposal reviewer for Division C, Section 1: Literacy and Language Arts. American
Educational Research Association, 2002 (for 2003 Annual Meeting, Chicago).
• Proposal reviewer for Division G, Section1: Local Contexts of Teaching and
Learning. American Educational Research Association, 2001 (for 2002 Annual
Meeting, New Orleans).
Book manuscript reviewer roles
2010 Invited by MIT Press to review a book manuscript by Kurt Squire on video games
and education and subsequently published as: Video Games and Learning:
Teaching and Participatory Culture in the Digital Age.
2010 Invited by Routledge to review a book proposal on multiliteracies and schooling
2010 Invited by Blackwell to review a manuscript on new media studies and education.
2008 Invited by the University of Minnesota Press to review Jabari Mahiri’s book
manuscript, Digital Tools in Urban Schools.
2007 Invited by the University of Illinois Press to review the book manuscript:
Ubiquitous Learning edited by Bill Cope and Mary Kalantzis.
2006 Invited by Routledge to complete a review of a book manuscript proposed by
Jackie Marsh, Muriel Robinson, Rebekah Willett and tentatively titled, Play,
Creativity and Digital Cultures.
2006 Invited to complete a blind review of a proposal for a book on assessment
practices and techniques by McGraw-Hill publishers.
2005 Invited by Erlbaum publishers to review a book manuscript written by Jan
Nespor.
Research Centre Member
2008-onwards International partner, Multiple Literacies Research Unit. Ottawa
University, Canada.
Research funding application reviewer role
2006 Reviewer for the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
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