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2022 NCTE Cosponsored Speakers
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Authors:
Nathaniel Bryan, Miami University, Oxford OH
Toward a BlackBoyCrit Pedagogy: Black Boys, Male Teachers, and Early Childhood Classroom Practices
Black boys and black male teachers
Critical literacies and pedagogies
Levels: Elementary, college
Robert Bryant Crisp, Myers Park HS, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, NC
Using Film to Unlock Textual Literacy: A Teacher’s Guide
Film literacy
Presentation of texts
Levels: Secondary
Thomas Crisp, Georgia State University
Reading and Teaching with Diverse Nonfiction Children’s Books: Representations and Possibilities (Coauthor)
Children’s literature (nonfiction, diverse books)
Classroom libraries
Levels: Elementary, middle, college
Judith Freeman Garey, Professor Emerita, Ventura College, CA
Theater, Drama, and Reading: Transforming the Rehearsal Process into a Reading Process
Using drama strategies to engage students with literature
Levels: Middle, secondary, college
Thomas M. McCann, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL
On the Case in the English Language Arts Classroom: Situations for the Teaching of English (Coauthor)
Teaching of writing and literature
Argument
Levels: Secondary, college
Detra Price-Dennis, Teachers College, Columbia University
“Special Issues, Vol. 1: Racial Literacy: Implications for Curriculum, Pedagogy & Policy”
Digital Literacies
Children’s Literature
Levels: Elementary
Committee Members:
Damián Baca, University of Arizona, Tucson
Committee Against Racism and Bias in the Teaching of English
Indigenous and Latinx writing practices
Decolonial theory and praxis
Levels: Elementary, middle, secondary, college
Christopher Bronke, Downers Grove North High School
Executive Committee; Conference on English Leadership, Chair
Literacy leadership and curriculum design
Standards-based grading
Levels: Secondary
Tamara T. Butler, Avery Research Center for African American History & Culture, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC
ELATE Executive Committee, author of “Where is the Justice? Engaged Pedagogies in Schools and Communities”
Critical community engagements
Equity and justice in education
Levels: Secondary, college
Limarys Caraballo, Teachers College, Columbia University
Chair of Standing Committee on Research
Youth research and activism
Multiple identities and literacies
Levels: Middle, secondary, college
Sakeena Everett, University of Georgia in Athens Georgia
NCTE Standing Committee on Research, author of
“Special Issues, Vol. 1: Trauma-Informed Teaching: Cultivating Healing-Centered ELA Classrooms”
Literary (writing pedagogies)
Teacher education
Levels: Elementary, middle, secondary, college
Tracey T. Flores, University of Texas at Austin
Executive Committee; Elementary Section Steering Committee Chair
Writing
Partnering with Families and Communities
Family and Community Literacies
Expansive Mentor Texts for Writing
Levels: Elementary, Middle
Lorena Germán, Headwaters School, Austin, TX
Chair, Committee Against Racism and Bias in the Teaching of English, Chair
Approaches to Inclusive Literature (#DisruptTexts)
Antiracist and Antibias Literacy Teaching Practices
Social Justice ELA Curriculum and Lesson Design
Levels: Middle, Secondary
Dorian Harrison, The Ohio State University at Newark
Committee Against Racism and Bias in the Teaching of English
English language arts and literary education
Culturally relevant pedagogy
Levels: Elementary, middle, college
Ileana Jiménez, Teachers College, Columbia University
LGBTQ+ Chair
Critical feminist and queer pedagogies, curricula, and activism in the high school English classroom
Teaching intersectionality, women of color feminisms (Black, Latina), queer literature, memoir writing, Toni Morrison, and Black feminism
Levels: Secondary, college
Susi Long, University of South Carolina
Co-Chair of Standing Committee on Diversity and Inclusivity
Culturally relevant language and literacy pedagogy
Anti-racist elementary literacy education
Levels: Elementary, college
Lakisha Odlum, New York City Department of Education
Executive Committee; Middle Level Representative at Large
Critical media pedagogy
Digital racial literacies
Black girls’ literacies
Levels: Middle, secondary
Nawal Qarooni, NQC Literacy, Chicago, IL
Committee Against Racism and Bias in the Teaching of English
Holistic instructional approach to literacy
Translanguaging, multiculturalism, and multilingual learning
Levels: Elementary, middle
Rochelle (Shelley) Rodrigo, University of Arizona
Executive Committee; Vice President
Online/digital teaching and learning
Writing across the curriculum
Shared curriculum
Levels: Secondary, college
René M. Rodríguez-Astacio, California State University, Fresno
LGBTQ+ Member
Teaching literature to adolescents
Queer and Latinx Young Adult literature
Social justice in children’s and Young Adult literature
Levels: Middle, secondary, college
Lisa Scherff, Community School of Naples, FL
Executive Committee; Secondary Section Steering Committee Chair
Secondary curriculum (policy, ideas/implementation, etc.)
Research skills including AP research
Levels: Secondary
Holly Spinelli, Monroe-Woodbury High School, NY; Orange County Community College, NY
Committee Against Racism and Bias in the Teaching of English
Co-creating curriculum and assessments with students
Including experiential learning and performance-based standards in middle and high school classrooms
Levels: Middle, secondary, college
LaMar Timmons-Long, New York City Department of Education, NY
LGBTQ+ Member
Culturally responsive English language arts and literary education
Teaching Young Adult literature and Critical media literacy, ethnic, and LGBTQ+ studies
Levels: Middle, secondary, college
Gabriel T. Acevedo Velázquez, Arizona State University
LGBTQ+ Member
Queer children’s and young adult literature
Pop-culture pedagogies (Pop-culture beyond a tool of instruction)
Levels: Elementary, middle, secondary, college
Kamania Wynter-Hoyte, University of South Carolina Columbia, SC
Co-Chair of Standing Committee on Diversity and Inclusivity
Culturally relevant pedagogy
Anti-racist teaching
Levels: Elementary, college
Janice Baines, University of South Carolina, Columbia
Executive Committee Member
- Early childhood education
- Culturally relevant pedagogy
Levels: Elementary
Editors:
Darin Jensen, Salt Lake Community College
Editor
Two-year college writing studies
Two-year college professional and disciplinary concerns
Teacher/scholar/activist identify and work
Levels: College
Malea Powell, Michigan State University, East Lansing MI
Editor
Indigenous rhetorics
Cultural rhetorics
Levels: College
Matt Skillen, Elizabethtown College; Elizabethtown, PA
Editor
Design thinking
Creative non-fiction and place-based writing
Levels: Elementary, middle, secondary, college