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
Jason Moore	Oakland University	[email protected]	2019-2022

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
Pelusa Orellana	Universidad de los Andes	[email protected]	2019-2020
Vicky McQuitty	Towson University	[email protected]	2019-2022

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
Kelly Puzio	Washington State University	[email protected]	2019-2022
Patriann Smith	University of South Florida	[email protected]	2019-2022
Arlette Willis	University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign	[email protected]	2019-2022

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

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
Grace Enriquez	Lesley University	[email protected]	2019-2022

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

Ting Yuan	CUNY College of Staten Island	[email protected]	2018-2020
Ana Christina da Silva Iddings	Vanderbilt University	[email protected]	2019-2020
P. Zitlali Morales	University of Illinois at Chicago	[email protected]	2019-2021
Maria Selena Protacio	Western Michigan University	[email protected]	2019-2022
Huili Hong	Towson University	[email protected]	2019-2022
Rachel Salas	University of Nevada-Reno	[email protected]	2019-2022

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

Area 10. Literacy Technology and Media

Poonam Arya	Wayne State University	[email protected]	2018-2020
Tanya Christ	Oakland University	[email protected]	2018-2020
Jon Wargo	Boston College	w[email protected]	2018-2020
Beth Beschorner	Minnesota State University-Manakato	[email protected]	2019-2022

Area 11. Research Theory, Methods, and Practices

Danny Martinez	UC Davis	[email protected]	2018-2020
Joseph Rumenapp	Concordia University - Portland	[email protected]	2018-2020
Jamie Colwell	Old Dominion University	j[email protected]	2019-2021
Seth Parsons	George Mason University	[email protected]	2020-2023

Area 12. International Research on Literacy Teaching and Learning

Jacqueline D' Warte	Western Sydney University	[email protected]	2018-2020
Claudia Finkbeiner	University of Kassel-Germany	[email protected]	2020-2023
Jiening Ruan	University of Oklahoma	[email protected]	2020-2023

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

Area 14. Other Topics

Bridget Dalton	University of Colorado	b[email protected]	2019-2021
Kisha Bryan	Tennessee State University	[email protected]	2020-2023

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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