Walking in Shakespeare's Shoes

Sheridan Steelman received her PhD in English from Western Michigan University and recently enjoyed her golden and final year of teaching high school English at Northview High School in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 2021-22. She served as English Department leader and Curriculum Teacher leader, and is the author of several articles--most recently, "Whose Ghost Is It, Anyway? Teaching Shakespeare Using Primary Documents" in English Journal. Steelman was awarded two School Bell Awards, an Outstanding Thesis Award, an Outstanding Teacher Award, and several Oldenburg Writing competition awards for her prose and poetry. Dr. Steelman is an AP Literature reader and has presented at the Annual AP Conference, the American Literature Association, the Midwest Conference for British Studies, the Calvin College AP Best Practices Conference, the Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture, and the College Board MRO Regional Forum. She continues to facilitate the West Michigan AP Literature and AP Language Networking Group on Facebook and has orchestrated AP classroom learning labs in West Michigan. You can follow Sheridan on Twitter (@steelmsl) and Instagram (@dr.steelman.reads and @sheridansteelman).