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

Area 1. Pre-service Teacher Education in Literacy

Jennifer Danridge Turner	University of Maryland College Park	[email protected]	2018-2020
Darrell Hucks	Kenne State College	[email protected]	2018-2020
Noah Golden	Chapman University	[email protected]	2018-2020
Mary McVee	University at Buffalo - SUNY	[email protected]	2019-2021

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

Kirsten Hill	University of Michigan-Dearborn	[email protected]	2018-2020
Emily Hayden	Iowa State University	[email protected]	2019-2020
Seth Parsons	George Mason University	s[email protected]	2019-2021
Pelusa Orellana	Universidad de los Andes	p[email protected]	2019-2020

Area 3. Literacy Instruction and Literacy Learning

Area 4. Literacy Assessment, Evaluation, and Public Policy

Bobbie Kabuto	Queens College	[email protected]	2018-2020
Elizabeth Stevens	Roberts Wesleyan College	[email protected]	2018-2020

Area 5. Early and Elementary Literacy Processes

Area 6. Adolescent, College, and Adult Literacy Processes

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

Judith Dunkerly-Bean	Old Dominion University	[email protected]	2017-2019
Melody Zoch	University of North Carolina, Greensboro	[email protected]	2018-2020
Jen Scott Curwood	The University of Sydney	[email protected]	2019-2020
Christina Dobbs	Boston University	[email protected]	2019-2020
Christian Ehret	McGill University	[email protected]	2019-2021

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

Kwangok Song	The University of Kansas	[email protected]	2017-2019
Ting Yuan	CUNY College of Staten Island	[email protected]	2018-2020
P. Zitlali Morales	University of Illinois at Chicago	z[email protected]	2019-2021
Ana Christina da Silva Iddings	Vanderbilt University	[email protected]	2019-2020

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

Mark Lewis	James Madison University	[email protected]	2018-2020
Amanda Thein	University of Iowa	[email protected]	2018-2020

Area 10. Literacy Technology and Media

Area 11. Research Theory, Methods, and Practices

Area 12. International Research on Literacy Teaching and Learning

Lori Czop Assaf	Texas State University	[email protected]	2017-2019
Katina Zammit	Western Sydney University	[email protected]	2017-2019
Patience Sowa	Research Triangle Institute International	[email protected]	2017-2019
Jacqueline D' Warte	Western Sydney University	[email protected]	2018-2020

Area 13. Study Groups

Keisha Green	University of Massachusetts Amherst	[email protected]	2018-2020
Meghan Barnes	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	[email protected]	2018-2020

Area 14. Other Topics

Bong Gee Jang	Syracuse University	[email protected]	2017-2019
Bridget Dalton	University of Colorado	b[email protected]	2019-2021

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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