Areas of Interest

• Adolescent/youth literacies
• Literary criticism and English teaching
• Adolescent and children's literature
• Socio-cultural aspects of literacy
• School/community connections in teacher preparation in literacy

Research Activities

• The YouthCLAIM project: Critical literacies and arts-integrated media practices of youth in school and community settings. http://web.mac.com/theresa.rogers/iWeb/Site/Youth%20CLAIM.html
• Infusing Multiple Literacies into Teaching and Learning across sections of LLED 301: Language across the curriculum in multilingual classrooms: Secondary (UBC Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund) http://www.langandlit.ualberta.ca/archivesDate.html
• A collaborative (school/university) research project exploring the multiple literacies of youth in an alternative secondary school (www.newtonliteracies.ca)
• A collaborative (school district/university) research project supporting and evaluating a three-year, grades 4-8 Literacy Project focusing on reading comprehension and writing
• An exploration of issues related to Holocaust writing and teaching for young adults

Selected Recent Publications

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Updated June 2008