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Open Positions:
Board of Directors
Vice President (1 position) – New term would begin December 2023
Director (3 positions) – New term would begin December 2023
Awards Committees
Albert Kingston Award (3 positions – 1 chair and 2 committee members)
Arthur Applebee Award for Excellence in Research on Literacy (2 positions – 2 committee members)
Brian Street Award (2 positions – 2 committee members)
Distinguished Scholar Lifetime Achievement Award (2 positions – 2 committee members)
Early Career Achievement Award (2 positions – 2 committee members)
Edward B. Fry Book Award (3 positions – 3 committee members)
J. Michael Parker Award (2 positions – 2 committee members)
Oscar S. Causey Award (2 positions- 2 committee members)
P. David Pearson Scholarly Influence Award (2 positions- 2 committee members)
Student Outstanding Research Award (4 positions – 4 committee members)
Innovative Community Groups
Doctoral Student ICG
Newsletter Editing Team
Newsletter Writers
Membership Secretary, Conference Coordinator, Treasurer, Technology Committee
Formative Experiments and Design-based Research ICG
History ICG
International ICG
Multilingual/Transcultural Literacies ICG
Reading Clinic/Literacy Labs ICG
Standing Committees
Ethics Committee (3 positions – 2 committee members and 1 graduate student)
ERM Committee (3 positions – 2 committee members and 1 graduate student)
Field Council (3 positions – 2 committee members and 1 graduate student)
Gender and Sexualities Committee (3 positions – 2 committee members and 1 graduate student)
Handbook of Reading Research Committee
Policy and Legislative Committee (3 positions – 2 committee members and 1 graduate student)
Publications Committee (3 positions – 2 committee members and 1 graduate student)
Research Committee (4 positions – 3 committee members and 1 graduate student)
Technology Committee (3 positions – 2 committee members and 1 graduate student)
Area Chairs
Area 1: Pre-service Teacher Education in Literacy (1 position)
Area 2: In-Service Teacher Education/Professional Development in Literacy (0 positions)
Area 3: Literacy Instruction and Literacy Learning (1 position)
Area 4: Literacy Assessment, Evaluation, and Public Policy (0 positions)
Area 5: Early and Elementary Literacy Processes (1 position)
Area 6: Adolescent, College and Adult Literacy Processes (1 position)
Area 7: Social, Cultural, and Political Issues of Literacy Practices in and Out of School (1 position)
Area 8: Literacy Learning and Practice in Multilingual and Multicultural Settings (1 position)
Area 9: Text Analysis/Children’s, Young Adult, and Adult Literature (0 positions)
Area 10: Literacy Technology and Media (0 positions)
Area 11: Research Theory, Methods, and Practice (1 position)
Area 12: International Research on Literacy Teaching and Learning (0 positions)
Area 13: Study Groups (0 positions)
Area 14: Other Topics (1 position)