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