Conference Program/Sessions

"The Margin Notes Procedure" is loved by developing readers because they learn how to help themselves to comprehend, write, and reason significantly better.

Speaker(s):

Joan Lazar, Center for Expansion of Language and Thinking

Between the Pages: Young Men of Color & Connecting with Graphic Novels

Speaker(s):

Darius Phelps, Teachers College, Columbia University Minh Le

Disrupting Little House on the Prairie

Speaker(s):

Dawn Castagno-Dysart, Columbia College Ariel Robinson

Empowering and Humanistic Assessment Practices: Honoring the Histories & Identities of Literacy Learners

Speaker(s):

Christine Walsh, Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

Empowering Teachers as Curriculum Engineers and Reenvisioning Literacy as Dynamic, Authentic, and Meaningful

Speaker(s):

Maria Lemus, Fresno Pacific University Tara Warmerdam, Fresno Pacific University Janina Schulz

Engaging Writing and Literacy Experiences: Preserving Our Family Stories through the Creation of Cuentos

Speaker(s):

Aurelia Davila de Silva Roxanne Henkin, University of Texas, San Antonio Alfredo Lujan

Evaluating Our Lenses and the Stories They Tell: Racism, Sexism, and Ableism in Literature for Youth

Speaker(s):

Christa Agiro, Wright State University Sandi Summerfield, Central State University

Fostering an Antiracist Racial Literacy in Pre-Service Teachers

Speaker(s):

Faith Sears, Salisbury University

Graphic Novels Build Literacy Skills Canceled

Speaker(s):

Erin Jurand, Oakland University

Latinx Stories Course: Extended Families

Speaker(s):

Andrea Romero

Literacy and the Complexities of Self-Agency

Speaker(s):

Haidy G. Díaz, University of South Carolina

Literacy Teacher Development in Rural African American Schools in One Midwestern State Canceled

Speaker(s):

Chyrese Wolf, Chicago State University

Merging Critically Compassionate Intellectualism with Interpretative Phenomenology Tenets to Humanize Literacy Practices and Experiences

Speaker(s):

Duaa Lutfi

Multilingual Caucus Meeting

Speaker(s):

Keri-Anne Croce, Towson University

PANDEmonium: Why are literacy levels declining amidst a pandemic and what can we do about it?

Speaker(s):

Haidy G. Díaz, University of South Carolina

Personalized Reading: Digital Tools and Strategies to Support Diverse Readers

Speaker(s):

Michele Haiken

Planning with Perspectives: Using Literary Lenses to Develop Critical Literacy

Speaker(s):

Jenna Copper, Westminster College of Pennsylvania

Scaffolding toward a critical stance in Kindergarten

Speaker(s):

Carol Gilles, University of Missouri, Emerita Beth Watson, Stephen Children School Rachel LaMear, Children's School at Stephens College

Story Explorations Using STEM for Meaningful Reading Engagement

Speaker(s):

Mary L Fahrenbruck, New Mexico State University Marlene Flores, New Mexico State University Monica Escobedo, Gadsden Independent School District

Teaching the Controversy: Using Banned Books in the High School English Classroom

Speaker(s):

Carolin Greenblatt

The Intersections of Power, Race, and the “Science” of Reading

Speaker(s):

Shawna Coppola, The Educator Collaborative Janet Zarchen Ivelise Velazquez, Consolidated School District of New Britain

Tooth Fairies and Beyond: Multilingual, Multicultural Family Engagement

Speaker(s):

Sally Brown, Georgia Southern University Nahiris Lugo-Munoz

Trusting Readers: Using Feedback to Affirm, Expand and Shift Student Reading Identity

Speaker(s):

Hannah Schneewind, Trusting Readers LLC Jennifer Scoggin, Trusting Readers LLC

Using Kidwatching Data to Teach Our Readers

Speaker(s):

Michele Myers, Wake Forest University Hannah Riley, Wake Forest University Bea Matthews, Wake Forest University

Using Multimodal Multicultural Texts to Teach Bilingual Readers

Speaker(s):

Yang Wang, University of South Carolina Shuling Yang, East Tennessee State University Wenyu Guo, University of South Carolina Ling Hao Huaying Jiang, East Point Academy (Chinese Immersion School) Jing Zhang, Carver-Lyon Elementary School (Immersion Program)

Visual Verbal Journals: Activating Social Emotional and Social Justice Responses to Children's Literature

Speaker(s):

Kathryn Whitmore, Metropolitan State University of Denver Krista Griffin, Metropolitan State University of Denver

We Learn with Our Bodies, Not Just Our Brains!

Speaker(s):

Claire Koehler

Who Gets to Be Included? Critical Analysis of the Mathical Prize Books 2015-2023

Speaker(s):

Kathryn Mitchell Pierce, Saint Louis University Erin Ott

Write My World in My Way: Support Multilingual Learners’ Writing Development with Multimodal Writing

Speaker(s):

Hongye Zeng, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland

Providing Pre-service Teachers with Language that Honors Diverse Students Through the Lens of Reading Capital Canceled

Speaker(s):

Lavern Byfield, Southern Illinois University Carbondale Heidi Bacon

Miscue Analysis and Reading Instruction

Miscue Analysis: A Practical Tool for Centering Reading Instruction on Readers Heidi Bacon Jean Kaya

The Influence of Retrospective Miscue Analysis on the Reading Process and Perceptions of Wilson Reading Students, a Doctoral Dissertation Ariel Adrian, Hofstra University and Wantagh UFSD (Long Island, NY)

All-Attendee Opening and Keynote

Spanish Programing

Speaker(s):

Priscila Alvarado Keri-Anne Croce, Towson University Raquel Katzkowicz