Research by LSJTRG Members

Publications

2009
Rogers, R., Mosley, M. & Kramer, M. & The Literacy for Social Justice Teacher Research Group. (2009). Designing Socially Just Learning Communities: Critical Literacy Education across the Lifespan. New York: Routledge.

Pole, K. & Rogers, R. (in press). A State Take-Over: The Language of a School District Crisis. In L. MacGillivray (Ed.) Literacy Practices in Times of Crisis. New York, New York: Routledge.

2008

Rogers, R. & Kramer, M. (2008). Adult Educating Teachers Designing Critical Literacy Practices. New York: Routledge.

Mosley, M. & Rogers, R. (2008). Designing Action in a Critical Literacy Classroom: The Pedagogical Tools of Mediated Discourse Analysis. In C. Compton-Lilly (Ed.) Sociocultural considerations for educators. Newark, Delware: International Reading Association.

2007
Pole, K. & Rogers, R. (2007). Educating for peace and justice: Using literacy as a tool for social change. The Missouri Reader, 32 (1), 27-32.

Brown, C. & Rogers, R. (2007). Review of Writing for Change: Boosting Literacy and Learning through Social Action. PsychCritiques.

Mosley, M. (2007). Anti-racist teaching. In G. L. Anderson and K. Herr (Eds.) Encyclopedia of activism and social justice (pp. 172-175). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Mosley, M. (2007). The Highlander School. In G. L. Anderson and K. Herr (Eds.) Encyclopedia of activism and social justice (pp. 680-682). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Mosley, M. (2007). Myles Horton. In G. L. Anderson and K. Herr (Eds.) Encyclopedia of activism and social justice (pp. 709-711). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Mosley, M. and Tucker-Raymond, E. (2007). Critical literacy. In G. L. Anderson and K. Herr (Eds.) Encyclopedia of activism and social justice (pp. 402-404). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Mosley, M. & Johnson, A. S. (2007). Examining literacy teaching stories for racial positioning: Pursuing multimodal approaches. In D. W. Rowe, R. Jimenez, D. Compton, D. Dickson, Y. Kim, K. Leander, & V. Risko (Eds.) Fifty-sixth Yearbook of the National Reading Conference.

Mosley, M. (2007). Learning to Teach Literacy in a Teacher Education Program: Integrating Multiple Frameworks to become a New Literacies Teacher (Doctoral Dissertation, Washington University in St. Louis, 2007).

Rogers, R. (2007) Reconstructing Pedagogical Frameworks: Teaching for Literacy Acceleration within Critical Frameworks. Pedagogies: An International Journal, 2 (4).

Rogers, R. & Fuller, C. (2007). As if you heard it from your mother: Reconstructing histories of participation in an adult education classroom. In Lewis, C., Enciso, P., & Moje, E. (Eds.), Identity, Agency, and Power: Reframing sociocultural research on literacy. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

2005
Rogers, R., Kramer, M., & Mosley, M. (2005). Becoming Socially Just across the Lifespan: A Portrait of the Literacy for Social Justice Teacher Research Group. The Missouri Reader, 29(3), 76-87.pdf version

Kramer, M. & Rogers, R. with the Literacy for Social Justice Research Group. In Berger, A., Lewis, J., & Jongsma, K. (Eds.) (2005). On the frontline: Advocating effectively for your classroom, your school, and your profession, pp 48-49. Newark, DE: International Reading Association.

Rogers & The Literacy for Social Justice Teacher Research Group (2005). The Long Haul: Professional Development as Social Change. Language Arts, 82(5), 347-358.pdf version

2004
Rogers, R. (2004). Storied Selves: A Critical Analysis of Adult Learners' Literate Lives. Reading Research Quarterly, 39(3), 272-305.

Rogers, R. & Light, R, Curtis, L. (2004). "Anyone Can be an Expert in Something": Exploring the Complexity of Discourse Conflict and Alignment in a 5th Grade Classroom. Journal of Literacy Research, 36(2), 177-210.pdf version

Rogers, R. & Mosley, M. (2004). Learning to be just: Peer learning in a working class classroom, pp. 142-154. In E. Gregory, S. Long, & D. Volk (Eds). Many Pathways to Literacy: Learning with Siblings, Peers, Grandparents, and in Community Settings. NY: Routledge.pdf version

Presentations
Mosley, M., Pole, K., Hobson, S., Light, R. (2009). Designing Socially Just Learning Communities. University of Pennsylvania Penn Ethnography Forum, February 26-27.

Brenner, D., MacGillivray, L., Bedford, A., Ragusa, G., Pole, K., & Rogers, R. (2008). When Literacy and Crisis Meet: Literacy Practices after Katrina, After Divorce, and During a School District Take-Over. Presented at National Reading Conference.

Rogers, R. (2008). Class Struggles: Teachers and Students Working Together for Social Change. United Kingdom Literacy Association (UKLA), July 10, Liverpool, England.

Pole, K., Rogers, R., Slapac, A., Folkes, A., & Hobson, S. (2008) Designing socially just learning communities: A lifespan perspective. Presented at the National Council of Teachers of English Assembly on Research Meeting.

Pole, K., Rogers, R., Patterson, L., Wickstrom, C., Simpson, A., & Woodside-Jiron, H. (2007) Critical policy analysis: Discourses that shape transactions across national, state, and local contexts. Symposium, National Reading Conference annual meeting, Austin, TX.

Pole, K. (2007). Decision-making and Effective Writing Instruction. National Reading Conference Annual Meeting, Austin, TX.

Labadie, M., Buechler, L., Folkes, A., Mann, C., Lewis-Clark, O., Slipac, A. & Rogers, R. (2007). Connecting our Educator/Activist Selves. Chicago Curriculum Fair. November 10, 2007.

Mosley, M. (2007). Addressing local and global issues in education: Teachers Working Together for Change. Center for Cultural Diversity and Community Renewal Conference, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, November 17, 2007.

Rogers, R., Kramer, M. & Folkes, A. (2007). Becoming Critical Educators: The Wisdom of Practice. Invited Presentation for Division K, Mid-Western Research Association. October 24, 2007. St. Louis, MO.

The Literacy for Social Justice Teacher Research Group (2007). Table Display at San Fransisco - Teachers 4 Social Justice Conference 'Breaking the Script, Visions for Change.' October 13, 2007. San Fransisco, CA.

The Literacy for Social Justice Teacher Research Group (2007). Designing Socially Just Learning Communities. Invited Presentation at Southern Illinois University -- Edwardsville.

Pole, K. (2006). Teacher as researcher: Action research in the classroom. (2006) Reading Recovery/Early Literacy Institute, Dallas, Texas.

Buechler, L. (2005). Curriculum and publications from the LSJTRG and Military Action in a Third Grade Classroom. Presentations at The Chicago Teachers for Social Justice Curriculum Fair.

Kramer, M.A. and Jones, R. (2005). Modeling Professional Development: Literacy for Social Justice Teacher Research Group. Commission on Adult Basic Education National Conference. Anaheim, CA May 5, 2005

Kramer, M. A., Mims, T., Mosley, M., Rogers, R. and Rowe, L. (2005). The Literacy for Social Justice Teacher Research Group: Qualitative Inquiry of Elementary Literacy Learning, Adult Literacy Learning, and Teacher Education. Presentation at The Fifth Annual Qualitative Research Conference at Webster University, St. Louis, MO.

Mosley, M. & Rogers, R. (2004). Critical Literacy in a White Working Class Classroom. Presentation at American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA.

Fuller, C. & Rogers, R. (2004). Critical and Accelerative Adult Education. Presentation at UMSL Qualitative Research Conference, St. Louis, MO.

Kramer, M.A. (2004). Critical Literacy Lab: Developing Instructional Models. Commission on Adult Basic Education National Conference. Columbus, Ohio. April 28, 2004.

The Literacy for Social Justice Teacher Research Group (2004). Professional Development as Social Change. Presentation at the ABC's of Literacy: Acting for a Better Community Conference - Webster University.

Rogers, R. (2003). From writing sermons to reading basal texts: A critical discourse analysis of literate identities across contexts. NCTE Midwinter Assembly of Research: Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Kramer, M.A. (2003). Critical Literacy Action Research. MO Association of Adult, Continuing and Community Education Conference. June 11, 2003.

Rogers, R. & Light, R. (2002). Using local literacies to challenge traditional notions of power and knowledge in a fifth grade classroom. Paper presented at the annual meeting of National Council Teachers English, NY: NY.