Research & Publications

What We’re Learning

  • Zooming In & Zooming Out: Combining Inquiry And Critical Literacy Frameworks

    Katherine O’Daniels & Shea Kerkhoff (2019)

  • Teacher-Centered Action Literacy Plans

    Shea Kerkhoff, Katie Kline, Amy Lannin. et al. (2023)

  • Cultivating a Critical Translingual Landscape in the Elementary Language arts Classroom Language Arts Lessons

    Angie Zapata (2021)

Kerkhoff et al., 2023

“The process of creating literacy action plans that are designed by teachers enables schools to leverage individual action for systemic change.”

Lannin et. al, 2014

“ELA teachers can lead the way… by building communities of trust [and] empowering non-ELA teachers to recognize their own literacy expertise.”

  • Relating Inquiry To Disciplinary Literacy: A Pedagogical Approach

    Hiller Spires, Shea Kerkhoff, Abbey Graham, & John K. Lee (2014)

  • Interrogating Depictions of Disability in Children’s Picturebooks

    Monica Kleekamp & Angie Zapata (2018)

  • From English language arts teacher to literacy expert: Reimagining our roles

    Amy Lannin, Angela Kohnen, Katie Kline, Nancy Singer, Valorie Stokes, & Amy Knowles (2014)

  • Multimodal text sets to use literature and engage all learners in the science classroom.

    Lannin, A., Juergensen, R., Harper, C., Abdelnaby, H., Van Garderen, D., Folk, W., ... & Palmer, T. (2020).

  • Centering Teacher Expertise, Needs, and Wellbeing in In-Service Teacher Education: A Post/COVID-19 Study

    Astri Napitupulu, Jasmin Easterling, Leslie Hamm, Shea N. Kerkhoff, Diana Hammond, Tracy Brosch, Nancy Robb Singer & Katherine A. O’Daniels (2023