LRA Area Chairs (Area Chair terms are for 3 years)

Area 1. Pre-service Teacher Education in Literacy

Sam von Gillern

University of Missouri

svongillern@missouri.edu

2022 - 2025

Crystal Wise

University of Illinois at Chicago

cnwise@uic.edu

2020 – 2023

Kristine Schutz

UIC - College of Education

kschutz@uic.edu

2020 - 2023

Miranda Fitzgerald

University of North Carolina - Charlotte

mfitzg21@uncc.edu

2021 - 2024

Area 2. In-service Teacher Education/Professional Development in Literacy

Sarah Lupo

James Madison University

luposm@jmu.edu

2022 - 2025

Carolyn S. Hunt

Illinois St. University

cshunt@ilstu.edu

2022 - 2025

Susan Browne

Rowan University

brownes@rowan.edu

2021 - 2024

Kristin Dara Hill

The University of Michigan-Dearborn

kirdara@umd.umich.edu

2021 - 2024

Area 3. Literacy Assessment, Learning, and Teaching

Courtney Hattan

Illinois St. University

zfang@coe.ufl.edu

2022 - 2025

Jackie Relyea

North Carolina University

jrelyea@ncsu.edu

2022 - 2025

Mary Hoch

National Louis University

mary.hoch@nl.edu

2020 - 2023

Elena Forzani

Boston University

eforzani@bu.edu

2021 - 2024

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

Zoi Traga Philippakos

University of Tennessee

zphilipp@utk.edu

2022 - 2025

Jill Grifenttagen

NC State University

eo9096@wayne.edu

2022 - 2025

Rebecca Norman

Mount St. Mary College

rebecca.norman@msmc.edu

2020 - 2023

Anne Marie Alberton Gunn

University of South Florida

gunn@usf.edu

2020 - 2023

Margaret Vaughn

Washington State University

margaret.vaughn@wsu.edu

2021 - 2024

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

Kelly Johnston

Baylor University

Kelly_johnston@baylor.edu

2022 - 2025

Annie Daly

University of Texas, Arlington

annie.daly@uta.edu

2022 - 2025

Susan Bennett

University of South Florida St. Petersburg

sbennet3@usf.edu

2020 - 2023

Mandy Stewart

Texas Woman’s University

mstewart7@twu.edu

2020 - 2023

Area 8. Literacy Learning and Practice in Multicultural and Multilingual Settings

Renata Love Jones

Georgia State University

rjones167@gsu.edu

2022 - 2025

Maria Selena Protacio

Western Michigan University

selena.protacio@gmail.com

2019 - 2022

Claudia Rodriguez-Mojica

Santa Clara University

crodriguezmojica@scu.edu

2020 - 2023

Kongji Qin

New York University

kongji.qin@nyu.edu

2020 - 2023

Area 9. Text Analysis/Adult, Children’s, and Young Adult Literature

Mark Lewis

James Madison University

lewis6ma@jmu.edu

2019 - 2022

Ryan Schey

University of Georgia

ryanschey@uga.edu

2022 - 2025

Stergios Botzakis

University of Tennessee

sbotzaki@utk.edu

2020 - 2023

Area 10. Literacy Media and Technology

Amy Hutchinson

University of Alabama

ahutchinson1@au.edu

2022 - 2025

Becky Beucher

Illinois State University

rlbeuch@ilstu.edu

2020 - 2023

Blaine Smith

Vanderbilt University

blaine.smith@vanderbilt.edu

2019 - 2022

Laurie Thrailkill

East Carolina University

thrailkilll19@ecu.edu

2020 - 2023

Area 11. Research Methods, Practices, and Theory

Lucy Spence

University of South Carolina

lucyspence@sc.edu

2020 - 2023

Amelie Lemieux

University of Montreal

amelie.lemieux.1@umontreal.ca

2020 - 2023

Area 12. International Research on Literacy Learning and Teaching

Guiyang Yang-Heim

annieheim2018@gmail.com

2022 - 2025

Jiening Ruan

University of Oklahoma

jruan@ou.edu

2020 - 2023

Zaline Roy-Campbell

Syracuse University

zmroycam@syr.edu

2020 - 2023

Mia Perry

University of Glasgow

mia.perry@glasgow.ac.uk

2021 - 2024

Area 13. Study Groups

Evan Ortlieb

2023 - 2025

Emily Machado

2023 - 2025

Tori K. Flint

University of Louisiana-Lafayette

Tori.flint@louisiana.edu

2021 - 2024

Area 14. Other Topics

Marla Robertson

Utah State University

mkrobertson2009@gmail.com

2021 - 2024

Emily Rodgers

The Ohio State University

rodgers.42@osu.edu

2021 - 2024