Classroom Caffeine

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Debbie Reese talks to us about Native Nations, folk tales, untold histories, and knowing ourselves. Debbie is known for her studies of depictions of Native content in children's and young adult texts. Dr. Reese is tribally enrolled at Nambé Owingeh, a sovereign Native Nation in the southwest. She is a former school teacher and former assistant professor at the University...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Richard Beach talks to us about a transdisciplinary approach to education, systems thinking, case studies, digital media, and how, together, these ideas can help us to imagine the problems and solutions of the future. Rick is known for his work in the areas of language, literature, writing, digital literacies, and, most recently, climate justice and sustainability literacies....

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Robert J. Tierney talks to us about waves of thinking in education research, students as agents of change, and crossing borders in new ways by considering our approach to ideas. Rob is known for his work in the areas of reading and the reading-writing connection, theories of literacy instruction and research, and teaching, learning, and researching with digital literacies, and...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Elizabeth Hadley talks to us about responsive interactions with young children through the academic and social language in preschools. Liz is known for her work in the areas of oral language development and vocabulary in preschool classrooms, and she works to understand the connections between oral language in early childhood and later reading comprehension skills. Dr. Hadley...

Send us Fan Mail Drs. Dixie Massey and Margaret Vaughn talk to us about agency, interests, and books. Dr. Dixie Massey is known for her work in the areas of literacy development, preservice teacher education, and children’s literature. Dr. Massey is a lecturer at Seattle Pacific University. Dr. Margaret Vaughn is known for her work in student agency, teacher decision-making, and reading materials...

Send us Fan Mail Kaylee Laub talks to us about science education, problem-based learning, student research, and teaching with technology. Kaylee is a secondary science teacher and teacher mentor at Alta Sierra Intermediate School in Clovis, California. Her research investigates secondary students’ sensemaking in science with problem-based learning centered on local community issues, place-based ed...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Sharon Vaughn talks to us about how emotional and behavioral aspects of students’ lives can impact academics, students’ background knowledge as a kind of jet fuel for progress in reading, and teaching with evidence-based practices informed by our clinical experiences. Sharon is known for her work in the areas of effective interventions for a diverse group of students with read...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Patriann Smith talks to us about race, language, and immigration. Dr. Smith is known for her transdisciplinary research at the intersection of linguistics, (im)migration and race in literacy education. Her forthcoming book, with Drs. Arlette Willis and Gwendolyn McMillon, Affirming Black Students’ Lives and Literacies: Bearing Witness, will soon appear in Teachers College Pres...

Send us Fan Mail Renée Dinnerstein talks to us about choice, play, and inquiry, particularly in the early years. Renee is known for her work as an early childhood educator and as the author of Choice Time: How to Deepen Learning Through Inquiry and Play . With over 50 years experience in education, she has been affiliated with New York City’s public schools, Department of Education, and the Teache...

Send us Fan Mail Visit www.classroomcaffeine.com to share how you use podcasts to learn.  Connect with Classroom Caffeine at www.classroomcaffeine.com or on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Marjorie Faulstich Orellana talks to us about shifting our mindset to see how kids contribute to their families and communities, and how kids are doing much more in their lives than we ask of them in schools. Marjorie is known for her work in the areas of language brokering, cultural modeling, pedagogies of the heart and mind, immigrant youth and families, and power dynamics a...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Gay Ivey talks to us about motivation in reading, building relationships with kids around books, and what happens when we create circumstances in schools where students drive their own reading and learning.  Gay is known for her work in the areas of reading engagement as a tool for improving the academic and relational lives of children and adolescents. Dr. Ivey is the William...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Kevin Leander talks to us about responsiveness, presence, relationships, and energy in education. He is known for his work in the areas of digital literacies, literacies in social and geographic spaces, and embodied literacies. Dr. Leander is a Professor at Vanderbilt University. To cite this episode: Persohn, L. (Host). (2021, Sept 28). A conversation with Kevin Leander. (Sea...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. David Pearson talks to us about the interconnected nature of learning, a useful view of reading that he calls the “radical middle”, and ways to think about the total experience of literacy in schools and in life.  David is known for his work in the areas of literacy history, literacy policy, and literacy practice. He has authored more than 300 books, articles, and chapters wit...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Mona Jain talks to us about keys to success in her long and outstanding career in education as sincerity, integrity, humanity, courtesy, wisdom, and charity. In 2019, the School District of Manatee County in Florida dedicated Dr. Mona Jain Middle School in her honor. Mona’s encouraging message for teachers showcases the importance of connections to the community and continuous...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Noah Golden talks to us about advocacy, relationships, and creating spaces for responsiveness in schools. Noah is known for his work in the areas of critical literacies, urban education, and English education. Dr. Golden is an Assistant Professor of Teacher Education at California State University, Long Beach. To cite this episode: Persohn, L. (Host). (2021, Aug 17). A convers...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Alexandra Panos talks to us about teaching critical literacies through complex topics that are critical to our own communities, focusing on climate literacies and other issues of social justice. Alex is known for her work in the areas of spatial literacies, climate justice literacies, and critical qualitative research methodologies. Dr. Panos is currently an Assistant Professo...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Earl Aguilera talks to us about interest-driven instruction, multimedia literacies in practice, and taking a critical stance toward literacy and educational justice. Earl is known for his work in the areas of digital media literacies, social justice issues particularly related to first-generation college students, and critical studies of the narrative in digital contexts. Dr....

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Jody McBrien talks to us about diversity and equity, support, kindness, and understanding for the students we teach, particularly those who come to our classrooms as refugees, and exploring viewpoints other than our own. Jody is known for her work in the areas of international and comparative issues of refugee students and their families, work she has done in North America, Af...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Judith Dunkerly-Bean talks to us about advocacy, representation, blind spots, and preparing preservice teachers for what could be seen as difficult conversations. Judith is known for her work in the areas of critical literacies, young adult literature, social justice, and human rights education. She is a fierce advocate for women, girls, and people who identify as lesbian, gay...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Blaine Smith talks to us about creating classroom spaces that empower students, collaborating with adolescent learners to navigate and learn through multimodal literacies, and remixing projects to provide opportunities for learners to use digital literacies and share their thinking.  Dr. Smith is an Associate Professor of New Literacies and Bi/Multilingual Immigrant Learners i...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Sandra Faulkner talks to us about inclusive pedagogy, transforming the energy in classrooms, concrete steps to building relationships with students, and poetry as a way to portray learning experiences. Sandra is known for her work in qualitative methodology, poetic inquiry, and the relationships among culture, identities, and sexualities. Dr. Faulkner is a Professor of Communi...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode the host, Lindsay Persohn, recaps Season 1 of the show and talks about goals and changes for Season 2, which will begin on May 25. (The show is moving to a biweekly release in Season 2.) We hope you will get in touch with the show through www.classroomcaffeine.com to share your feedback and input! Connect with Classroom Caffeine at www.classroomcaffeine.com or on I...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Jessica Pandya talks to us about navigating new learning opportunities for teachers and students, writing in digital spaces for authentic audiences, and diversity in schools. Jessica is known for her work in the areas of critical digital literacies, identity in literacy, multimodal composing, and diverse classroom contexts. Dr. Pandya is a Professor of Teacher Education and Li...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Elizabeth Moje talks to us about justice and equity, valuing difference as a way to new ideas, and critical thinking across our lives as learners. Elizabeth is known for her work in the areas of disciplinary literacy, adolescent literacy, racial justice, and teacher education. Dr. Moje is dean, and George Herbert Mead Collegiate Professor of Education, and an Arthur F. Thurnau...