This article is a critical, integrative literature review of scholarship in literacy studies from
2004 to 2012 that draws on critical discourse analysis (CDA). We discuss key issues, trends …

Issues of race periodically rupture in the national and international consciousness, while at
other times, there is a false belief that society has arrived at a post-racial era. Either way …

This timely book focuses on different social justice pedagogies and how they can work
within standards and district mandates in a variety of English language arts classrooms. With …

Drawing from interdisciplinary scholarship that re-conceptualizes adolescence as a cultural
construct, this article introduces a Youth Lens. A Youth Lens comprises an approach to …

This book examines 'diversity', or the lack thereof, in young adult fiction (YA) publishing. It
focuses on cultural hegemony in the United Kingdom and explores how literary culture …

This article details a self-study dissecting an interracial group of students' theories of
Blackness in a postsecondary classroom. I begin by conceptualizing fugitive literacy …

A common model for connecting theory to practice within literacy teacher preparation
programs involves preservice teachers (PTs) working in field-based courses to contextualize …

Controversial topics may be uncomfortable for teachers to include in their in-class
discussions. However, there are considerable cognitive and social-emotional benefits to …

This research examined how preservice teachers in a university classroom used discourse
analysis of video-recorded lessons to explore how identity markers such as race shaped …

This article urges educators to responsibly teach, discuss, and read against To Kill a
Mockingbird by Harper Lee for fear that it may otherwise perpetuate subtle racist ideologies …