Ethnicity, Race and Multilingualism

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Purpose

• The Ethnicity, Race, and Multilingualism Committee has four main objectives:
• To increase awareness and knowledge of members about issues of diversity and equity in literacy research and education.
• To promote an interest in conducting or supporting literacy research aimed at improving educational opportunities, access, achievement, and empowerment of students of diverse, cultural, linguistic, and socioeconomic backgrounds.
• To increase the participation of scholars of diverse cultural backgrounds in LRA as members, Annual Conference presenters, Committee members, and officers.\
• To assist and advise the Board of Directors in monitoring LRA’s progress in meeting goals of equity.

Field Council

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Purpose

• The LRA Field Council shall serve as an advisory council to the LRA President and Board of Directors regarding the work of the Literacy Research Association.
• Every year the Field Council Representatives in each state/province/country should contact faculty at colleges and universities within their assigned areas to encourage the acquisition, renewal, or maintenance of subscriptions to the LRA Yearbook and the Journal of Literacy Research.
• Field Council members are encouraged to arrange co-sponsored meetings at state and regional meetings of other literacy organizations with the understanding that LRA does not guarantee program slots at the annual LRA meeting for co-sponsoring organizations. Co-sponsoring organizations are invited to submit program proposals for consideration under the regulations of the LRA Call for Proposals.

Gender and Sexualities

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Purpose

• To promote and encourage literacy research that highlights perspectives around gender and sexualities, especially as those identities intersect with race, class, language, nationality, religion, age, ability, and culture.
• To increase awareness, access to information, and collaboration among a diverse network of scholars that supports LGBTQ individuals and counters homophobia and heteronormativity in LRA, schools, and communities.
• To advocate for LGBTQ youth, families, and educators in and out of schools through policies, curricula, and instructional practices that include and support gender and sexual diversities.
• To encourage interaction and engagement with organizations and scholars involved in outreach, advocacy, and/or research related to gender and sexual identities in various local and global contexts.

Policy and Legislative

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Purpose

The Policy and Legislative Committee is charged with keeping the LRA membership informed about policy issues and to support the organization in policy and legislative activities. The committee has multiple objectives including: identifying policy expertise and concerns within the LRA community, reviewing policy concerns and sharing concerns with the Board, and collaborating with the Board in the development of policy-related documents such as Endorsements, Resolutions, and Policy Briefs. In addition, the committee is expected to provide members with strategies for addressing policy issues at local, state, and national levels and to serve as a liaison with other organizations (e.g., ILA, NCTE, AERA) regarding policy issues. LRA Members who wish become involved in the work of the P&L committee, who would like to develop a policy brief, or who would like to request that LRA endorse a particular policy or respond to a particular issue should contact the P&L committee chair. More information about the committee, its objectives, and procedures for the development and dissemination of policy documents can be found in the Policy and Procedures Handbook.

Policy and Advocacy Statements and Resources

Publications

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Purpose

• The purpose of the Publications Committee is to oversee the publications of LRA

Resources

Journal of Literacy Research (JLR)
Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice
Style Guide LR:TMP 2016
Conference Video
Conference Archives
Yearbook Archives

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Research

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The purpose of the LRA Research Committee is to monitor and increase awareness of relevant trends in literacy and related research, as well as the overall status of research in the field and within LRA (e.g. citation rates, funding for literacy research). The committee is also responsible for monitoring opportunities for funded research related to literacy and promoting and facilitating efforts to seek available funding. The committee encourage and promotes the conduct and broad dissemination of ethical literacy research without undo restrictions, commercialization, and conflict of interest, including the dissemination of literacy research online. Finally, the committee serves as a resource to the Board of Directors and to Committees in matters pertaining to literacy research, and consults with the Annual Conference Committee Chair about issues related to research.

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Additional Resources

Voice of Literacy and CITE-ITEL

Technology and Digital Communications

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Purpose

The Technology Committee, because of the rapid expansion of our field, has a constantly evolving charge. At present, the purpose of the Committee is to:

• Explore and implement means by which technology can benefit LRA
• Explore ethical issues related to technology
• Explore issues of technology as text and issues of technology and paradigms
• Recommend technology-related policy to the Board of Directors, particularly with respect to the Listserv and Web site
• Provide leadership for Web site development and continual update of the Web site
• Organize the recording and subsequent posting to the Web site each plenary address at the Annual Conference