LRA Area Chairs (Area Chair terms are for 3 years)
Area 1. Pre-service Teacher Education in Literacy
Area 2. In-service Teacher Education/Professional Development in Literacy
Area 3. Literacy Assessment, Learning, and Teaching
Area 4. Public Engagement and Policy in Literacy
Renee Rice Moran
East Tennessee St. University
ricemoran@etsu.edu
2022 - 2025
Samuel Tanner
Penn State University
sjt20@psu.edu
2020 - 2023
John Strong
University at Buffalo
jstrong3@buffalo.edu
2020 - 2023
Area 5. Early and Elementary Literacy Processes
Area 6. Adolescent, College, and Adult Literacy Processes
Saba Vlach
University of Iowa
saba-vlach@uiowa.edu
2020 - 2023
Jennifer Theriault
University of Findlay
jennifer.theriault@findlay.edu
2020 - 2023
Susan Groenke
University of Tennessee
sgroenke@utk.edu
2020 - 2023
Renee Rice Moran
East Tennessee State University
ricemoran@mail.etsu.edu
2022 - 2025
Area 7. Critical, Cultural, and Social Issues of Literacy Practices In and Out of School
Area 8. Literacy Learning and Practice in Multicultural and Multilingual Settings
Area 9. Text Analysis/Adult, Children’s, and Young Adult Literature
Area 10. Literacy Media and Technology
Area 11. Research Methods, Practices, and Theory
Area 12. International Research on Literacy Learning and Teaching
Area 13. Study Groups
Area 14. Other Topics