Untold Stories Using Contrapuntal Approaches
Committees
Multilingualism
Sexualities
Legislative
Digital
Communications
Ethics Committee
Committee Chair
Emily Machado (2022 - 2025)
University of Wisconsin
machado3@wisc.edu
Committee Members
Avia Kelly
akelly18@uwyo.edu
Committee Member
2022-2025
Jessica Masterson
jessica.masterson@esu.edu
Committee Member
2022-2025
Grace Player
gracedplayer@gmail.com
Committee Member
2020 - 2023
Lenny Sánchez
sanchezl@sc.edu
Committee Member
2021 - 2024
Christian Ehret
christian.ehret@mcgill.ca
Committee Member
2021 - 2024
Joy Valentine
joyv@uic.edu
Doctoral Student Committee Member
(2022-2025)
Standing Committee Support
Maria Paula Ghiso (2021 - 2024)
Columbia University
ghiso@tc.edu
Purpose
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To educate and provide guidance to LRA members and to those with whom they interact about the ethical principles as outlined in the Ethics Statement.
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To serve as a resource to the membership regarding ethical issues arising in aspects of their research.
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The goal of the ICG will be to encourage the active participation of doctoral students in the Literacy Research Association
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To assist and advise the Executive Committee and Board of Directors in addressing ethical issues. To facilitate and encourage discussion of ethical issues among the LRA community.
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Informing the membership of the organization’s Ethics Statement, such as a symposium at the Annual Conference on ethical issues relevant to the practice of literacy research and/or a newsletter column
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To find and implement a variety of opportunities for the LRA membership to raise, discuss, consider, and, if desired, respond to general ethical issues currently arising in relation to literacy research and/or education.
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Undertaking periodic reviews of the Ethics Statement to ensure that it addresses the ethical issues that arise in the changing context of literacy research.
Ethnicity, Race and Multilingualism
Committee Chair
Tiffany Flowers (2021-2024)
Georgia State University
tflowers@gsu.edu
Committee Chair
Cynthia Reyes
creyes@uvm.edu
Committee Member
2020-2023
Hiawatha Smith
hiwawatha.smith@uwrf.edu
Committee Member
2022-2025
Eliza Braden
allen1@mailbox.sc.edu
Committee Member
2022-2025
Kwangok Song
ksong@ku.edu
Committee Member
2022-2025
Allison Briceno
abriceno@gmail.com
Committee Member
2022-2025
Mary Patillo-Dunn
patillodunn@gmail.com
Doctoral Student Committee Member
2022-2023
Standing Committee Support
Liaison - 2022 - 2025
Melanie Kuhn
Purdue University
melaniek@purdue.edu
Purpose
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The Ethnicity, Race, and Multilingualism Committee has four main objectives:
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To increase awareness and knowledge of members about issues of diversity and equity in literacy research and education.
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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.
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To increase the participation of scholars of diverse cultural backgrounds in LRA as members, Annual Conference presenters, Committee members, and officers.\
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To assist and advise the Board of Directors in monitoring LRA’s progress in meeting goals of equity.
Field Council
Committee Chair
Alice Lee (2020 - 2023)
University of California, Riverside
alice.lee@ucr.edu
Committee Members
Christopher Wagner
Queens College
cwagner@qc.cuny.edu
Northeast Region, (2021-2023)
Kongji Qin
NYU
kongji.qin@nyu.edu
Northeast Region, (2021-2023)
Joanne Marciano
marcian2@msu.edu
Midwest Region (2020-2023)
Emily Hayden
ehayden@iastate.edu
Midwest Region (2020-2023)
Lindsey Moses
lmoses1@asu.edu
West Region (2020-2023)
Bridgette Davis
davisbridgetteb@gmail.com
West Region (2022-2025)
Rahat Zaidi
rahat.zaidi@ucalgary.ca
International (2020-2023)
Rebecca Jesson
r.jesson@auckland.ac.nz
International (2020-2023)
Jill Grifenhagen
jfgrifen@ncsu.edu
South Region (2022-2025)
Tempestt Johnson
tempestt.johnson17@gmail.com
South Region (2022-2025)
Kisha Bryan
kbryan@tnstate.edu
Tennessee State University
Historically Black Colleges &
Universities (HBCU)
Co-Chair (2020-2023)
Gilberto Lara
gilberto.lara@utsa.edu
University of Texas at San Antonio
Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSI)
Co-Chair (2020-2023)
Field Council
| Name | Term | Contract | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chair: Alice Lee, University of California-Riverside | 2020-2023 | alice.lee@ucr.edu | |
| Northeast Regional Co-Chair: Kongji Qin, New York University | 2021-2023 | kongji.qin@nyu.edu | |
| Northeast Regional Co-Chair: Christopher Wagner, Queens College | 2021-2023 | cwagner@qc.cuny.edu | |
| South Regional Co-Chair: Amy Broemmel, University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 2019-2022 | sbennett@colled.msstate.edu | |
| South Regional Co-Chair: Leslie Cavendish, High Point University | 2019-2022 | lcavendi@highpoint.edu | |
| Midwest Regional Co-Chair: Emily Hayden, Iowa State University | 2020-2023 | ehayden@iastate.edu | |
| Midwest Regional Co-Chair: Joanne Marciano, Michigan State University | 2020-2023 | marcian2@msu.edu | |
| West Regional Co-Chair: James Josh Coleman, San Jose State University | 2021-2024 | james.coleman@sjsu.edu | |
| West Regional Co-Chair: Lindsey Moses, Arizona State University | 2020-2023 | lmoses1@asu.edu | |
| International Chair: Rebecca Jesson, University of Auckland | 2020-2023 | r.jesson@auckland.ac.nz | |
| Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSI) Co-Chair: Gilberto Lara, University of Texas at San Antonio | 2020-2023 | gilberto.lara@utsa.edu | |
| Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCU) Co-Chair: Kisha Bryan, Tennessee State University | 2020-2023 | kbryan@tnstate.edu | |
Standing Committee Support
Patriann Smith
(2020 - 2023)
University of South Florida
psmith4@usf.edu
Purpose
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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.
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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.
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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
Committee Co-Chairs
Kate Kedley (2021-2024)
Rowan University
kedley@rowan.edu
Committee Members
José Ramón Lizárraga
jose.lizarraga@colorado.edu
Committee Member (2021-2024)
Latrise Johnson
lpjohnson5@ua.edu
Committee Member (2021-2024)
Corrine Wickens
cwickens@niu.edu
Committee Member (2020-2023)
Jason Moore
jasonmoore@oakland.edu
Committee Member (2022-2025)
Adam Crawley
acrawley@austin.utexas.edu
Committee Member (2022-2025)
Standing Committee Support
Purpose
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
Committee Chair
Marcus Croom (2022 - 2025)
Indiana University
mcroom@iu.edu
Committee Members
Blaine Smith
blainesmith@email.arizona.edu
Committee Member (2021-2024)
Natalia Aleksandrovna Ward
wardna1@mail.etsu.edu
Committee Member (2021-2024)
Chantal Francois
cfrancois@towson.edu
Committee Member (2022-2025)
David McMillon
david.mcmillon@emory.edu
Committee Member (2022-2025)
Monica Yoo
myoo@uccs.edu
Committee Member, (2020 - 2023)
Emily Caylor
ecaylor@oakland.edu
Doctoral Student Committee Member (2022-2023)
Standing Committee Support
Virginia Goatley (2020 - 2023)
University at Albany SUNY
vgoatley@albany.edu
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
Committee Chair
Melody Zoch (2022-2025)
University of North Carolina - Greensboro
mjpatter@uncg.edu
Committee Members
David Bloome
davidbloome@gmail.com
Committee Member (2021-2024)
Silvia Nogueron-Liu
silvia.nogueronliu@colorado.edu
Committee Member (2021-2024)
Cindy Brock
cynthia.brock@uwyo.edu
Committee Member (2022-2025)
Lindsey Rowe
lrowe2@clemson.edu
Committee Member (2022 - 2025)
Vaughn Watson
watsonv2@msu.edu
Committee Member (2020 - 2023)
Kierstin Giunco
giunco@bc.edu
Doctoral Student Committee Member (2022-2023
Standing Committee Support
Purpose
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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
To access the Journals, users must register their email with SAGE at https://journals.sagepub.com/action/registration and then activate their Member ID. After registering and verifying their email, sign in at http://journals.sagepub.com and then click on My Tools, My Account, Society Member Access. Choose LRA from drop down menu, put in ID and hit activate.
Research
Committee Chair
Ebony Elizabeth Thomas (2021-2024)
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
ebonyt@umich.edu
Committee Members
Emily Hayden
ehayden@iastate.edu
Committee Member (2021-2024)
Katina Zammit
k.zammit@westernsydney.edu.au
Committee Member (2021-2024)
Christina Dobbs
cdobbs@psu.edu
Committee Member (2022-2025)
Claudia Finkbeiner
cfink@uni-kassel.de
Committee Member (2022-2025)
Jon Wargo
wargoj@bc.edu
Committee Member (2020 - 2023)
Idalia Nunez-Cortez
idalian@illinois.edu
Committee Member (2020 - 2023)
Tran Templeton
tran.templeton@unt.edu
Committee Member (2020 - 2023)
Jason Mizell
jdmizell@miami.edu
Committee Member (2022-2025)
Standing Committee Support
Mary McVee (2020 - 2023)
University of Buffalo
mcvee@buffalo.edu
Purpose
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.
Purpose
- Patricia Enciso and Kingston Award
- Janice Almasi, University of Kentucky
- Arlette Willis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- David Reinking, Clemson University, (Powerpoint)
- Kathleen A. Hinchman, Syracuse University
- Norman A. Stahl, Northern Illinois University
- Patricia A. Edwards, Michigan State University
- Victoria Purcell-Gates, University of British Columbia
- Donald J. Leu, University of Connecticut
- Lea M. McGee, University of Alabama
- Lee Gunderson, University of British Columbia
- Deborah R. Dillon
- Peter B.Mosenthal, Syracuse University
- Taffy E. Raphael, Oakland University
- Linda Gambrell, Clemson University
- Martha Rapp Ruddell, Sonoma State University
- Kathryn H. Au, University of Hawaii
- Richard L. Allington, The University of Albany - SUNY
- Jane Hansen, University of New Hampshire
- James Flood and Diane Lapp, San Diego State University
- Rebecca Barr, National-Louis University and The Spencer Foundation
- Donna E. Alvermann, University of Georgia
- Robert J. Tierney, Ohio State University
- Gerald G. Duffy
- James V. Hoffman, University of Texas, Austin
- Jerome C. Harste, Indiana University
- P. David Pearson and Sheila Valencia, University of Illinois
- Lenore H. Ringler, New York University
- Shirley Brice Heath, Stanford University
- Frank Greene, McGill University
- Harry Singer, University of California, Riverside
- J. Jaap Tuinman, Simon Fraser University
- Edward Fry, Rutgers University
Additional Resources
Voice of Literacy and CITE-ITEL
Technology and Digital Communications
Committee Chair
Lindsay Woodward (2022-2024)
Drake University
lindsay.woodward@drake.edu
Committee Members
Antero Garcia
antero.garcia@stanford.edu
Committee Member (2021-2024)
Yong Zeng
yongzeng@oakland.edu
Graduate Student Member (2022-2023)
Jin Jung
jjung@email.arizona.edu
Committee Member (2022-2025)
Earl Aguilera
eaguilera@csufresno.edu
Committee Member (2020 - 2023)
Paty Abril-Gonzalez
abrilgon@austin.utexas.edu
Committee Member (2020 - 2023)
Beth Beschorner
beth.beschorner@mnsu.edu
Committee Member (2022-2025)
Rohit Mehta
mehta@csufresno.edu
Committee Member (2021 - 2024)
Standing Committee Support
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:
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Explore and implement means by which technology can benefit LRA
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Explore ethical issues related to technology
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Explore issues of technology as text and issues of technology and paradigms
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Recommend technology-related policy to the Board of Directors, particularly with respect to the Listserv and Web site
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Provide leadership for Web site development and continual update of the Web site
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Organize the recording and subsequent posting to the Web site each plenary address at the Annual Conference