Amanda Shimizu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Education
- Ph.D. Vanderbilt University, Peabody College
- M.S. Walden University
- B.S. University of Missouri-Columbia
Research & Academic Interests
- Elementary Education
- Digital and Collaborative Learning
- Writing and Multimodal Composing
- Multimodal Analysis
Publications
- Shimizu, A.Y., Santos, J.+, & Cote, C. (in press). Utilizing Web-based Digital Tools to Publish Students’ Writing to Authentic Audiences. Language Arts.
- Shimizu, A.Y., & Santos, J.+ (2025). Supporting Online Learning for Diverse Elementary Students: A Community of Inquiry Approach to Collaborative Multimodal Composing—Processes, Products, and Perspectives. Computers & Composition, 78, 1-20.
- Shimizu, A.Y., Havazelet, M., Smith, B.E., & Goodwin, A.P. (2025). Multimodal Analyses and Visual Models for Qualitatively Understanding Digital Reading and Writing Processes. Education Sciences, 15(9), 1135. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci15091135
- Smith, B. E., Shimizu, A.Y., Burriss, S.K., Hundley, M., & Pendergrass, E. (2025). Multimodal composing with generative AI: Examining preservice teachers’ processes and perspectives. Computers & Composition, 75, 1-15.
- Shimizu, A.Y., Havazelet, M., & Goodwin, A.P. (2024). More Than One Way: Fifth-graders’ Varied Digital Reading Behaviors and Comprehension Outcomes. AERA Open, 10.
- Shimizu, A.Y., & Santos, J.+ (2022). Third-Graders Collaboratively Writing Online: Interacting in Multiple Modalities, Across Multiple Spaces to Build a Tale and Community. Language Arts, 100(1), 35-45.
