Signboard with "There is no Frigate like a Book" by Emily Dickinson
Multilingual children's literature display at Mother Foucault's Bookshop, Portland, OR
Strand Books, NYC Summer 2010
Ashira’s work in education serves as an intellectual foundation for her broader research on stakeholder decision-making and innovation
I hold a doctorate in Education from University College London, along with a Master’s in Literary and Cultural Studies from Carnegie Mellon University and a Bachelor’s in English Literature from Wellesley College. My doctoral research focused on decision-making in the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classroom, examining how high school teachers in France select, interpret, and deploy literary texts. This work explored how institutional constraints, pedagogical goals, and individual perspectives shape the use of educational resources. I presented my findings internationally, including at Georgetown University (United States), the National Institute of Education (Singapore), Sorbonne Nouvelle University (France), the University of Bucharest (Romania), and the University of Oxford (United Kingdom).
Teaching & Applied Practice
As an educator, I have designed curricula, training, and assessments for both K–12 and adult learners, with a focus on pedagogy and communication.
My teaching and mentorship experience includes:
Supervising undergraduates at Wellesley College in the development of educational media concepts
Advising Francophone students on undergraduate study in English-speaking countries
Guiding Singaporean students in writing and performing slam poetry
Curating poetry collections for Bookelicious
Reviewing creative writing for the Scholastic Writing Awards
Selected Publications
Beutler-Greene, A. (2025). “Who’s Afraid of Poetry? Moving Beyond Basic Comprehension in the French EFL Classroom.”International Perspectives on Literature in ELT. Fatma Abubaker, Mark Carver, and Hana El-Badri (eds.). Camden: Palgrave Macmillan Cham.
Greene, A.B. (2019) . “Literature and Language Acquisition: Benefits and Challenges” in Proceedings of AICED 20: Selected Papers in Linguistics, M. Tănase-Dogaru (ed.), Editura Universității din București, 2019, pp. 99-113.
Greene, A.B. (2017). “Literature in the French EFL classroom: A portrait of teachers' attitudes, goals, and resources.” Doctoral thesis (Ph.D), University College London.