LRA AREA CHAIRS
(Area Chair Terms are for 3 years)

Area 1. Pre-service Teacher Education in Literacy

Jason Moore	Oakland University	[email protected]	2019 - 2022
Frank Serafini	Arizona State University	[email protected]	2020 - 2021
Michelle Kwok	Texas A&M University	[email protected]	2020 - 2023
Crystal Wise	University of Illinois at Chicago	[email protected]	2020 - 2023
Kristine Schutz	UIC - College of Education	[email protected]	2020 - 2023

Area 2. In-service Teacher Education/Professional Development in Literacy

Area 3. Literacy Assessment, Learning, and Teaching

Zhihui Fang	University of Florida	[email protected]	2019 - 2022
Susan Piazza	Western Michigan	[email protected]	2019 - 2022
Sheri Vasinda	Oklahoma State University	[email protected]	2019 - 2022
Mary Hoch	National Louis University	[email protected]	2020 - 2023
Zoi A. Traga Philippakos	University of Tennessee Knoxville	[email protected]	2020 - 2023

Area 4. Public Engagement and Policy in Literacy

Kelly Puzio	Washington State University	[email protected]	2019 - 2022
Ross Collin	Virginia Commonwealth University	[email protected]	2020 - 2023
Samuel Tanner	Penn State University	[email protected]	2020 - 2023
John Strong	University at Buffalo	[email protected]	2020 - 2023

Area 5. Early and Elementary Literacy Processes

Area 6. Adolescent, College, and Adult Literacy Processes

Phillip Wilder	Clemson University	[email protected]	2019 - 2021
Saba Vlach	University of Iowa	[email protected]	2020 - 2023
Jennifer Theriault	Northern Illinois University	[email protected]	2020 - 2023

Area 7. Critical, Cultural, and Social Issues of Literacy Practices In and Out of School

Christian Ehret	McGill University	[email protected]	2019 - 2022
Grace Enriquez	Lesley University	[email protected]	2019 - 2022
Christina Dobbs	Boston University	[email protected]	2019 - 2022
Susan Bennett	University of South Florida St. Petersburg	[email protected]	2020 - 2023
Mandy Stewart	Texas Woman's University	[email protected]	2020 - 2023

Area 8. Literacy Learning and Practice in Multicultural and Multilingual Settings

Huili Hong	Towson University	[email protected]	2019 - 2022
P. Zitlali Morales	University of Illinois at Chicago	[email protected]	2019 - 2022
Maria Selena Protacio	Western Michigan University	[email protected]	2019 - 2022
Claudia Rodriguez-Mojica	Santa Clara University	[email protected]	2020 - 2023
Kongji Qin	New York University	[email protected]	2020 - 2023

Area 9. Text Analysis/Adult, Children’s, and Young Adult Literature

Area 10. Literacy Media and Technology

Beth Beschorner	Minnesota State University-Manakato	[email protected]	2019 - 2022
Becky Beucher	Illinois State University	[email protected]	2020 - 2023
Blaine Smith	University of Arizona	[email protected]	2020 - 2023
Laurie Thrailkill	East Carolina University	[email protected]	2020 - 2023

Area 11. Research Methods, Practices, and Theory

Jamie Colwell	Old Dominion University	j[email protected]	2019 - 2021
Seth Parsons	George Mason University	[email protected]	2020 - 2023
Lucy Spence	University of South Carolina	[email protected]	2020 - 2023
Amelie Lemieux	UDEM	[email protected]	2020 - 2023

Area 12. International Research on Literacy Learning and Teaching

Claudia Finkbeiner	University of Kassel-Germany	[email protected]	2019 - 2022
Jiening Ruan	University of Oklahoma	[email protected]	2020 - 2023
Zaline Roy-Campbell	Syracuse University	[email protected]	2020 - 2023

Area 13. Study Groups

Aaron Johnson	Farmington Public Schools	[email protected]	2019 - 2022
Rebecca Woodard	University of Illinois-Chicago	[email protected]	2020 - 2023

Area 14. Other Topics

Bridget Dalton	University of Colorado	b[email protected]	2019 - 2022
Kisha Bryan	Tennessee State University	[email protected]	2019 - 2022

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to Contact LRA Headquarters
at 706-443-1334 or [email protected]

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