Faculty

Sharon Woodill

Sharon Woodill, Ph.D.

Associate Lecturer
College of Undergraduate Studies

Email: sharon.woodill@ucf.edu

Research Interests

Complexity Theory, Interdisciplinary Theory and Methodology, Education Technology, Diversity and Religion, Diversity and the Environment

Publications

Book Chapters/Journal Articles

  • Akiyama, Yasushi and Sharon Woodill, “”How Can We Improve the UI/UX of Learning Management Systems (LMS) for Interdisciplinary Studies (IDS)? A Survey on Comparison Studies of LMS Features That Support Interdisciplinary Theory,”” International Conference on Education and Multimedia Technology, Conference Proceedings, 2023.

  • Akiyama, Yasushi and Sharon Woodill. “A Survey on How Post-Secondary Courses in Interdisciplinary Studies Are Taught,” The International Journal for Cross Disciplinary Subjects in Education, 13(2): 2022.

  • Woodill, Sharon and Uasushi Akiyama. “What Interdisciplinarians Teach: Syllabi Analysis of Post-Secondary Courses in Interdisciplinary Studies”. In: Proceedings of The 12th Canada International Conference on Education (CICE-2022). June 2022.

  • Woodill, Sharon and Yasushi Akiyama. “”Cultivating The Cognitive-Toolkit Online: Emerging Digital Technologies for Interdisciplinary Studies.”” International Conference on Education and E-Learning 2021 Conference Proceedings.

  • Woodill, Sharon. “The Epistemology of Complexity and ‘Doing’ Interdisciplinarity.” Interface: An International Interdisciplinary Studies Journal, 1(2): 2021, 2-19.

  • Woodill, Sharon and Yasushi Akiyama. “”Integrating User-Centred Design Approaches for a Course Design Framework for Interdisciplinary Studies Teaching and Learning.”” Journal of Teaching and Learning 14(1): 2020, 93-107.

  • Woodill, Sharon, Richard Plate, and Nathan Jagoda. “”How Interdisciplinarians Work.”” Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Education 8(2): 2019,112-129.

  • Woodill, Sharon. “The Sexual Politics of Intelligent Design,” Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society 41(4): 2016, 927-952.

  • Woodill, Sharon. “Self as Method: Strategic Interdisciplinarity in Teaching and Learning,” Cutting Edge: An Interdisciplinary Studies Journal, Spring 2: 2016, 12-28.

  • Woodill, Sharon. “The Christian Core of Intelligent Design,” Zygon: Journal of Science and Religion 30(2): 2015, 271-286.

  • Woodill, Sharon. “Complexity and Ecofeminism: Looking at a Coalition” Atlantis: A Women’s Studies Journal/ Revue d’etudes sur les femmes Spring 34(2): 2010, 85-95.

Conference Presentations

  • “Civil Pedagogy for a Woke World.” Workshop Presentation. Teaching and Learning Days. University of Central Florida, 2022.

  • “Interdisciplinary Studies Core Competencies and Industry Alignment.” Co-Presenter with Dr. Devon Cadwell Bazata. Association for Interdisciplinary Studies Annual Conference, Sonoma State University, California, 2022.

  • “Centering Diversity in Interdisciplinary Studies.” Panel Presentation. Co-Presenter with Dr. Leah Gaines, Dr. Devon Cadwell Bazata. Dr. Danielle Eadens, and Dr. Karen Haslett. Association for Interdisciplinary Studies Annual Conference, Sonoma State University, California, 2022.

  • “Civil Pedagogy: Promoting Dialogue and Disagreement in Diverse Classrooms.” Panel Presentation with Dr. Ann Miller, Dr. Michelle Dusseau, Dr. Martha Hubertz. Summer Conference, Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning, University of Central Florida, 2022.

  • “Integration as an Emergent Property of Complexity,” Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching Conference, Birmingham University, Birmingham UK, 2022.

  • “Interdisciplinarity and Art of Human Connection.” Association for Interdisciplinary Studies. Southern Utah University, 2021″”Cultivating the Cognitive-Toolkit Online: Emerging Digital
    “Technologies for Interdisciplinary Studies.”” 5th International Conference on Education and E-Learning. Tsuru University, Tsuru, Japan, 2021.

  • “Interdisciplinarity Beyond Mixology.” Student Learning and Academic Success and College of Undergraduate Studies Learning Conference 2021, University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA, 2021.

  • “User Centred Design as a Framework for Interdisciplinary Studies Teaching and Learning,” Sunshine State Teaching and Learning Conference, Daytona, 2020.

  • “User-Centred Design as a Framework for Interdisciplinary Studies (IDS) Teaching and Learning,” Co-Presented with Dr. Yasushi Akiyama, Association for Interdisciplinary Studies Annual Conference, Wayne State University, Detroit Michigan, 2018.

  • “What Interdisciplinarians Do,” Co-Presenter with Dr. Richard Plate, Association for Interdisciplinary Studies Annual Conference, Wayne State University, Detroit Michigan. 2018.

Awards