Patricia I. Mulcahy-Ernt, Ph.D.

Director, Teacher Preparation Programs 
Professor of Education in Reading & Language Arts

OFFICE

Carlson Hall, Suite 118
University of Bridgeport
126 Park Avenue
Bridgeport, CT 06604-5795

(203) 576-4201

HOURS IN BRIDGEPORT

INTERNET

mulcahyp@bridgeport.edu
http://bb.ctdlc.org

EDUCATIONAL HISTORY
   
Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Psychology, University of Minnesota.  
Master of Education in Communications Development, Colorado State University.  
Bachelor of Arts in English/Secondary Education, University of Rhode Island.  
 
SELECTED RESEARCH

Van Blerkom, D. & Mulcahy-Ernt, P. I. (2005).  College reading and study strategies. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Thomson Learning.

Cumming, A., Grant, L., Mulcahy-Ernt, P., Powers, D. (2005). A teacher-verification study of speaking and writing prototype tasks for a new TOEFL.  Language Testing, 21(2), 107-145.

Mulcahy-Ernt, P., Szwed, M., Cappella, D., Cummings, J., Klein, J., Farr, W., Chatel, R., Cumard, J., Willmott, M., Daigneault, R., How, C., Nemr, G., Gambini, J., Elias-Staron, K., Zimmerman, P., Sullivan, C. (2003). Title II Secondary English Language Arts Workgroup final report.   Hartford, CT: Connecticut State Department of Education.

Enright, M., Grabe, B., Koda, K., Mosenthal, P., Mulcahy-Ernt, P., Schedl, M. (2000).  A TOEFL 2000 framework for testing comprehension.  Princeton, NJ: Educational Testing Service.

Mulcahy-Ernt, P. I. (2000).  Response to literary text through media: Revisiting conceptualizations of literature and artistic expression.  In A. W. Pailliotet & P. Mosenthal (Eds.), Reconceptualizing literacy in the new age of media, multimedia, and hypermedia (pp. 129-154).  Greenwich, CT: Jai/Ablex.

RECENT PRESENTATIONS

Mulcahy-Ernt, P. I. (2005).  The NCTE/NCATE process from a reviewer’s perspective.  Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English, Pittsburgh, PA.

Mulcahy-Ernt, P. I. (2005).  Strategies for navigating through vocabulary in college text: Sail, don't sink.  Presentation at the Forty-fourth Annual Conference of the College Reading and Learning Association, Long Beach, CA.

Mulcahy-Ernt, P. I. (2004).  Writing to learn and reading to learn: Keys for content area teachers.  Presentation at the Fifty-third Annual Conference of the Connecticut Reading Association, Cromwell, CT.

Mulcahy-Ernt, P. I. (2004).  Strategies for finding main ideas and details in college texts: What’s the point?  Presentation at the Forty-third Annual Conference of the College Reading and Learning Association, Kansas City, MO.

Mulcahy-Ernt, P. I. (2004).    Twenty-first century challenges for reading/language arts specialists in Connecticut: Findings from surveys of universities and of principals.  Presentation for the Forty-Ninth Annual Conference of the International Reading Association, Reno, NV.

NOTABLE AWARDS

The College Reading & Learning Association’s Robert Griffin Long & Outstanding Service Award

The College Reading and Learning Association Special Recognition Award for Service
Pauline P. French Excellence in Teaching Award from the Rutgers Graduate School of Education Alumni Association

CURRENT PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP ROLES

Immediate Past President and Nominations Chair, Connecticut Association for Reading Research
Northeast Regional Director, College Reading and Learning Association

Connecticut Field Council Representative for the National Reading Conference

Professional Association Liaison for the International Reading Association and the College  Reading and Learning Association

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