Innovative Community Groups
Design-Based Research
Transnational
Literacy Labs
Doctoral-Students
Purpose
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To support the professional growth of doctoral students who are members of the Literacy Research Association.
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The ICG will communicate the interests and concerns of doctoral students by acting as a liaison between the
Executive Board and the Doctoral Students’ ICG membership.
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The goal of the ICG will be to encourage the active participation of doctoral students in the Literacy Research Association
Members
Sr. Co-Chair
Reka Barton
San Diego State University
rbarton2@sdsu.edu
Jr. Co-Chair
Alex Corbitt
Boston College
corbitta@bc.edu
Asst. Co-Chair
Tempestt Johnson
University of South Carolina
tgavins@email.dc.edu
LRA Board Liaison
TBD
TBD
TBD
Alumni Liaison
Tairan Qiu
University Georgia
tqiu19@uga.edu
Committee Members: Conference Coordinators
Sr. Conference Coordinator
Scott Storm
New York University
scott.storm@nyu.edu
Jr. Conference Coordinator
Marisa Segel
Boston College
segelm@bc.edu
Committee Members: Newsletter Editing Team
Olivia Murphy
University of Maryland, College Park
oamurph@gmail.com
Hayley Hoover
Clemson University
hayleyh@g.clemson.edu
Alexandra Lampp Berglundy
The University of Georgia
alampp@uga.edu
Committee Members: Newsletter Writers
Liz Gibbs
Judson University
twnz1998@gmail.com
Marcie Stutzman
Salisbury University
mstutzman1@gulls.salisbury.edu
Huan Gao
University of Florida
huan.gao@ufl.edu
Sarah Fennelly
St. John’s University
sarahfennelly92@gmail.com
Committee Members: DSICG Technology Committee
Tracy Donohue
Michigan State University
donohu41@msu.edu
Emily Mannard
McGill University
emily.mannard@mail.mcgill.ca
Mary Rose
O’Shea University of Illinois at Chicago
moshea@uic.edu
Committee Members: Historian
Melissa Benson
University of Kentucky
melissa.benson@uky.edu
Committee Members: Treasurers
Andrew Vardas-Doane
George Mason University
doaneandrew@gmail.com
Emily Mannard
McGill University
emily.mannard@mail.mcgill.ca
Formative Experiments & Design-Based Research
Purpose
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To serve the needs and promote the interests of LRA members invested informative experiments (FE) and design-based research (DBR) as a methodological approach to literacy research.
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To create a supportive, dialogic community of researchers confronting problems, issues, and challenges related to this approach and who wish to share their successes and failures, thus increasing collective wisdom and developing a network of resources.
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To clarify the parameters of this approach toward developing useful frameworks for conceptualizing, planning, conducting, and reporting FE and DBR. To develop and promote standards of rigor for designing FE and DBR and in collecting and analyzing data.
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To promote discussions about the fundamental purposes of literacy research, particularly the relation between research, practice, and the enhancement of human well-being.
Members
Chair - 2019 - 2021
Emily Howell
Clemson University
esmothe@clemson.edu
Chair-Elect - 2019 - 2022
Ryan McCarty
National Louis University
rmccarty@nl.edu
Liaison - 2019 - 2022
Gina Cervetti
University of Michigan
cervetti@umich.edu
Committee Members
Megan Adams
madam104@kennesaw.edu
(2014 - 2021)
Barbara Bradley
barbarab@ku.edu
(2014 - 2021)
Jamie Colwell
jcolwell@odu.edu
(2014 - 2021)
Michael Manderino
mmanderino@niu.edu
(2014 - 2021)
David Reinking
reinkin@clemson.edu
(2014 - 2021)
Jennifer Schneider
jschneid@usf.edu
(2014 - 2021)
History
Purpose
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To create a community of scholars in LRA who are dedicated to the promotion and advancement of the study of the history of literacy.
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To provide a forum for the discussion of historiographic method as well as recent historical research as related to the field of literacy.
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To promote the scholarly study of the history of literacy in its varied forms in conjunction with organizations and scholars beyond LRA.
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To advocate that literacy professionals, both neophytes and more senior, should have a fundamental knowledge and healthy appreciation for the history of literacy and the literacy profession.
Members
Chair - 2022 -
Samuel DeJulio
University of Texas San Antonio
samuel.dejulio@utsa.edu
Liaison - TBD
TBD
TBD
rTBD
International Innovative Community Group
Purpose
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To increase awareness of international literacy, research, activities, and ideas.
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To encourage contacts and collaboration between LRA and its members and literacy organizations and individuals from other nations.
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To increase availability of information about LRA to international members.
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To encourage international membership and participation in LRA.
Term Information
The International ICG has a chair, and 2 co-chairs (first Co-chair and second Co-chair), with 3-year terms. The second co-chair organizes the application process for the travel award. The first Co-chair works with the Chair in the business of the ICG and takes over as Chair the following year.
Members
Chair
Lijun Jin
Towson University
ljin@towson.edu
Liaison - 2020 - 2023
Patriann Smith
University of South Florida
psmith4@usf.edu
Co-Chair
Luzkarime Calle-DÃaz
Universidad del Norte
luzkarimec@uninorte.edu.co
Co-Chair
Carina lonela Branzila
Universitatea Alexandru loan Cuza
carinabranzila@gmail.com
Committee Members: International ICG Steering Committee
Xiaoming Liu,
Towson University
XLiu@towson.edu
Jessica Rubin
University of Waikato
jrubin@waikato.ac.nz
Hitomi Kambara
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
hitomi.kambara@utrgv.edu
Ran Hu East
Carolina University
hur@ecu.edu
Lijun Jin
Towson University
ljin@towson.edu
Katina Zammit
Western Sydney University
k.zammit@westernsydney.edu.au
Committee Members: Former Chairs and Steering Committee, active members
Lori Assaf
Texas State University
lassaf@txstate.edu
Patience Sowa
RTI International
patiencesowa95@gmail.com
Chinwe Ikpeze
St. John Fisher College
chikpeze@gmail.com
Poonam Arya
Wayne State University
parya@wayne.edu
Carol Janish
Texas Technical University
Email N/A
Janet Gaffney
Janet Gaffney University of Auckland
janet.gaffney@auckland.ac.nz
Multilingual / Transnational ICG
Purpose
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To create a community of scholars interested in how people become literate in a second or additional languages.
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To increase awareness concerning the importance of dual and multi- language literacy in the U.S. and around the world among the membership of LRA.
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To encourage interaction and contacts with organizations and scholars outside of LRA involved in research and scholarship on dual and multi- language literacy.
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To advocate research-supported policies and instructional practices that promote multi-language literacies.
Members
Co-Chair - 2021-2023
Lenny Sánchez
University of South Carolina
sanchezl@sc.edu
Co-Chair - 2022-2024
Mariannella Nuñez
University of the Incarnate Word
mdnunez@uiwt.edu
Liaison - 2023 - 2024
Zhihui Fang
University of Florida
zfang@coe.ufl.edu
Committee Members: Advocacy Working Group
Lenny Sánchez
University of South Carolina
sanchezl@sc.edu
Matthew Deroo
University of Miami
deroomat@miami.edu
Kristen Pratt
Western Oregon University
prattk@wou.edu
Mariannella Nuñez
University of the Incarnate Word
mdnunez@uiwtx.edu
Committee Member: Mentoring Program Coordinator
Mandy Stewart
Mandy Stewart Texas Woman’s University
MStewart7@twu.edu
Reading Clinics/ Literacy Labs
Purpose
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To serve as a supportive, dialogic community of practitioner/researchers confronting problems, issues, and challenges faced across sites.
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To increase awareness of the many operational aspects of reading clinics/literacy labs, and provide assistance in fine-tuning administration and content.
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To provide a forum for discussion of current topics and a safe space to brainstorm solutions to problems and avenues for advocacy.
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To continually create a community of scholars who examine deep issues related to reading clinics/literacy labs, generate research questions, conduct collaborative research, and disseminate findings.
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Want information about or colleagues connected to Literacy Clinics, please contact us at RCLLICG@literacyresearchassociation.org
Members
Chair - 2022 - 2025
Joan Rhodes
Virginia Commonwealth University
jarhodes2@vcu.edu
Co-Chair
Tammy Milby
University of Richmond
tmilby@richmond.edu