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Ethics Committee

Committee Chair

Emily Machado (2022 - 2025)
University of Wisconsin
machado3@wisc.edu

Committee Members

Melissa Schieble
mschiebl@hunter.cuny.edu
Committee Member
2023-2026

Jessica Masterson
jessica.masterson@esu.edu
Committee Member
2022-2025

Kathleen Hinchman
gracedplayer@gmail.com
Committee Member
2021 - 2024

Lenny Sánchez
sanchezl@sc.edu
Committee Member
2021 - 2024

Antony T. Smith
smithant@uw.edu
Committee Member
2023 - 2026

Tempestt Johnson
tempestt.johnson17@gmail.com
Committee Member (Doctoral Student)
2023 - 2024

Standing Committee Support

Maria Paula Ghiso (2021 - 2024)
Columbia University
ghiso@tc.edu

Purpose

  • • To educate and provide guidance to LRA members and to those with whom they interact about the ethical principles as outlined in the Ethics Statement.
  • • To serve as a resource to the membership regarding ethical issues arising in aspects of their research.
  • • The goal of the ICG will be to encourage the active participation of doctoral students in the Literacy Research Association
  • • To assist and advise the Executive Committee and Board of Directors in addressing ethical issues. To facilitate and encourage discussion of ethical issues among the LRA community.
  • •
    Informing the membership of the organization’s Ethics Statement, such as a symposium at the Annual Conference on ethical issues relevant to the practice of literacy research and/or a newsletter column
  • •
    To find and implement a variety of opportunities for the LRA membership to raise, discuss, consider, and, if desired, respond to general ethical issues currently arising in relation to literacy research and/or education.
  • •
    Undertaking periodic reviews of the Ethics Statement to ensure that it addresses the ethical issues that arise in the changing context of literacy research.

Ethnicity, Race and Multilingualism

Committee Chair

Tiffany Flowers (2021-2024)
Georgia State University
tflowers@gsu.edu

Committee Chair

Mary McVee
mcvee@buffalo.edu
Committee Member
2021-2024

Hiawatha Smith
hiwawatha.smith@uwrf.edu
Committee Member
2022-2025

Eliza Braden
allen1@mailbox.sc.edu
Committee Member
2022-2025

Kwangok Song ksong@ku.edu.edu
Committee Member
2021-2024

Allison Briceno
abriceno@gmail.com
Committee Member
2021-2024

Blessing Emodi
bemodi@email.sc.edu
Committee Member (Doctoral Student)
2023-2024

Standing Committee Support

Liaison 2023-2026
Tisha Lewis Ellison
The University of Georgia
tlewisellison@gmail.com

Purpose

  • • The Ethnicity, Race, and Multilingualism Committee has four main objectives:
  • • To increase awareness and knowledge of members about issues of diversity and equity in literacy research and education.
  • • To promote an interest in conducting or supporting literacy research aimed at improving educational opportunities, access, achievement, and empowerment of students of diverse, cultural, linguistic, and socioeconomic backgrounds.
  • • To increase the participation of scholars of diverse cultural backgrounds in LRA as members, Annual Conference presenters, Committee members, and officers.\
  • • To assist and advise the Board of Directors in monitoring LRA’s progress in meeting goals of equity.

Field Council

Committee Chair

Kongji Qin (2023 - 2026)
New York University
kongji.qin@nyu.edu

Committee Members

James Joshua Coleman
The University of Iowa
josh-coleman@uiowa.edu
Midwest, (2021-2024)

Althier Lazar
Saint Joseph's University
alazar@sju.edu
Northeast Region, (2023-2024)

Joanne Marciano
marcian2@msu.edu
Midwest Region (2023-2024)

Barrett Rosser
rosser@upenn.edu
Northeast (2023-2026)

Lindsey Moses
lmoses1@asu.edu
West Region (2023-2024)

Bridgette Davis
davisbridgetteb@gmail.com
West Region (2022-2025)

Christina Kfouri
kfouric22@ecu.edu
International (2023-2026)

Rebecca Jesson
r.jesson@auckland.ac.nz
International (2023-2024)

Jill Grifenhagen
jfgrifen@ncsu.edu
South Region (2022-2025)

Kristian Douglas
kd72@buffalo.edu
HBCU Representative (2023-2026)

Gui Ying Annie Yang-Heim
gayangh@ilstu.edu
HSI Representative(2023-2026)

Standing Committee Support

Tisha Lewis Ellison
(2023 - 2026)
University of Georgia
tlewisellison@gmail.com

Purpose

  • • The LRA Field Council shall serve as an advisory council to the LRA President and Board of Directors regarding the work of the Literacy Research Association.
  • • Every year the Field Council Representatives in each state/province/country should contact faculty at colleges and universities within their assigned areas to encourage the acquisition, renewal, or maintenance of subscriptions to the LRA Yearbook and the Journal of Literacy Research.
  • • Field Council members are encouraged to arrange co-sponsored meetings at state and regional meetings of other literacy organizations with the understanding that LRA does not guarantee program slots at the annual LRA meeting for co-sponsoring organizations. Co-sponsoring organizations are invited to submit program proposals for consideration under the regulations of the LRA Call for Proposals.

Gender and Sexualities

Committee Co-Chairs

Kate Kedley (2021-2024)
Rowan University
kedley@rowan.edu

Committee Members

José Ramón Lizárraga
jose.lizarraga@colorado.edu
Committee Member (2021-2024)

Latrise Johnson
lpjohnson5@ua.edu
Committee Member (2021-2024)

Darian Thrailkill
thrailkill19@ecuedu
Committee Member (2022-2025)

Jason Moore
jasonmoore@oakland.edu
Committee Member (2022-2025)

Ryan Schey
ryanschey@uga.edu
Committee Member (2023-2026)

Purpose

  • • To promote and encourage literacy research that highlights perspectives around gender and sexualities, especially as those identities intersect with race, class, language, nationality, religion, age, ability, and culture.
  • • To increase awareness, access to information, and collaboration among a diverse network of scholars that supports LGBTQ individuals and counters homophobia and heteronormativity in LRA, schools, and communities.
  • • To advocate for LGBTQ youth, families, and educators in and out of schools through policies, curricula, and instructional practices that include and support gender and sexual diversities.
  • • To encourage interaction and engagement with organizations and scholars involved in outreach, advocacy, and/or research related to gender and sexual identities in various local and global contexts.

Policy and Legislative

Committee Chair

Marcus Croom (2022 - 2025)
Indiana University
mcroom@iu.edu

Committee Members

Blaine Smith
blainesmith@email.arizona.edu
Committee Member (2021-2024)

Natalia Aleksandrovna Ward
wardna1@mail.etsu.edu
Committee Member (2021-2024)

Chantal Francois
cfrancois@towson.edu
Committee Member (2022-2025)

David McMillon
david.mcmillon@emory.edu
Committee Member (2022-2025)

Monica Yoo
myoo@uccs.edu
Committee Member, (2023 - 2026)

Stephanie Lemley
sbennett@colled.msstate.edu.edu
Committee Member (2023-2026)

Salondra Griggs
wigfalls@email.sc.edu.edu
Doctoral Student Committee Member (2023-2025)

Standing Committee Support

Virginia Goatley (2022 - 2025)
University at Albany SUNY
vgoatley@albany.edu

Purpose

The Policy and Legislative Committee is charged with keeping the LRA membership informed about policy issues and to support the organization in policy and legislative activities. The committee has multiple objectives including: identifying policy expertise and concerns within the LRA community, reviewing policy concerns and sharing concerns with the Board, and collaborating with the Board in the development of policy-related documents such as Endorsements, Resolutions, and Policy Briefs. In addition, the committee is expected to provide members with strategies for addressing policy issues at local, state, and national levels and to serve as a liaison with other organizations (e.g., ILA, NCTE, AERA) regarding policy issues. LRA Members who wish become involved in the work of the P&L; committee, who would like to develop a policy brief, or who would like to request that LRA endorse a particular policy or respond to a particular issue should contact the P&L; committee chair. More information about the committee, its objectives, and procedures for the development and dissemination of policy documents can be found in the Policy and Procedures Handbook.

Policy and Advocacy Statements and Resources

Publications

Committee Chair

Melody Zoch (2022-2025)
University of North Carolina - Greensboro
mjpatter@uncg.edu

Committee Members

David Bloome
davidbloome@gmail.com
Committee Member (2021-2024)

Silvia Nogueron-Liu
silvia.nogueronliu@colorado.edu
Committee Member (2021-2024)

Wanda Brooks
wbrooks@temple.edu
Committee Member (2022-2025)

Paola Pilonieta
pilonieta@uncc.edu
Committee Member (2022-2025)

Lindsey Rowe
lrowe2@clemson.edu
Committee Member (2022 - 2025)

Grace Enriquez
genrique@lesley.edu.edu
Committee Member (2023 - 2026)

Tierney Hinman
tbh0028@auburn.edu
Committee Member (2032-2026

Kyungjin Hwang
khwang@email.sc.edu
Committee Member (2023-2024)

Standing Committee Support

Bogum Yoon (2023- 2026)
Binghamton University
byonn@binghampton.edu

Purpose

  • • The purpose of the Publications Committee is to oversee the publications of LRA

Resources

Journal of Literacy Research (JLR)
Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice
Style Guide LR:TMP 2016
Conference Video
Conference Archives
Yearbook Archives

To access the Journals, users must register their email with SAGE at https://journals.sagepub.com/action/registration and then activate their Member ID. After registering and verifying their email, sign in at http://journals.sagepub.com and then click on My Tools, My Account, Society Member Access. Choose LRA from drop down menu, put in ID and hit activate.

Research

Committee Chair

Jon Wargo (2023-2026)
University of Michigan
wargojon@umich.edu

Committee Members

Emily Hayden
ehayden@iastate.edu
Committee Member (2021-2024)

Katina Zammit
k.zammit@westernsydney.edu.au
Committee Member (2021-2024)

Christina Dobbs
cdobbs@psu.edu
Committee Member (2022-2025)

Donna Alvermann
dalverma@gmail.com
Committee Member (2023-2026)

Claudia Finkbeiner
cfink@uni-kassel.de
Committee Member (2022-2025)

Jason Mizell
jdmizell@miami.edu
Committee Member (2022-2025)

Chinwe H. Ikpeze
cikpeze@sjfc.edu.edu
Committee Member (2023-2026)

Standing Committee Support

Maria Paula Ghiso (2023-2026)
Columbia University
ghiso@tc.edu

Purpose

The purpose of the LRA Research Committee is to monitor and increase awareness of relevant trends in literacy and related research, as well as the overall status of research in the field and within LRA (e.g. citation rates, funding for literacy research). The committee is also responsible for monitoring opportunities for funded research related to literacy and promoting and facilitating efforts to seek available funding. The committee encourage and promotes the conduct and broad dissemination of ethical literacy research without undo restrictions, commercialization, and conflict of interest, including the dissemination of literacy research online. Finally, the committee serves as a resource to the Board of Directors and to Committees in matters pertaining to literacy research, and consults with the Annual Conference Committee Chair about issues related to research.

Purpose

Additional Resources

Voice of Literacy and CITE-ITEL

Technology and Digital Communications

Committee Chair

Lindsay Woodward (2022-2025)
Drake University
lindsay.woodward@drake.edu

Committee Members

Antero Garcia
antero.garcia@stanford.edu
Committee Member (2021-2024)

Olivia Stewart
olivia.g.stewart@gmail.com
Committee Member(2021-2024)

Jin Jung
jjung@email.arizona.edu
Committee Member (2022-2025)

Jodi Pilgrim
jpilgrim@umhb.edu
Committee Member (2023-2026)

Heather Young
hkindall@uark.edu
Committee Member (2023-2026)

Beth Beschorner
beth.beschorner@mnsu.edu
Committee Member (2022-2025)

Melanie Blanton
melanie.s.blanton@gmail.com
Committee Member (2023-2024)

Standing Committee Support

Nicole Mirra (2023-2026)
Rutgers University
nicole.mirra@gse.rutgers.edu

Purpose

The Technology Committee, because of the rapid expansion of our field, has a constantly evolving charge. At present, the purpose of the Committee is to:

  • • Explore and implement means by which technology can benefit LRA
  • • Explore ethical issues related to technology
  • • Explore issues of technology as text and issues of technology and paradigms
  • • Recommend technology-related policy to the Board of Directors, particularly with respect to the Listserv and Web site
  • • Provide leadership for Web site development and continual update of the Web site
  • • Organize the recording and subsequent posting to the Web site each plenary address at the Annual Conference