Writing & Literacies On Air

Welcome to the Writing & Literacies SIG podcast series "Scholarship Spotlight"! In this episode we interview Christopher R. Rogers, Dr. Tracey Flores, and Dr. Rae L. Oviatt about their work with literacies and communities. Christopher R. Rogers (he/him/his) was born and raised in Chester, PA and is now a Ph. D student within the Reading/Writing/Literacy program at PennGSE. His current research int...

This episode features: - Meagan J. Meehan, @artsycr8tor - University of Buffalo (SUNY) Meagan J. Meehan is an artist and author who holds a Bachelors in English Literature from New York Institute of Technology (NYIT), a Masters in Communication from Marist College, and is pursuing a Ph. D. in Curriculum, Instruction and the Science of Learning at University at Buffalo (SUNY). Meagan’s research foc...

"Visit tinyurl.com/y4uwutxj to upload your research video!" This episode features: - Abdul-Qadir Islam, @aqeyes - Teachers College, Columbia University - Anna Smith, @anna_phd - Illinois State University - Bethany Monea, @bethanymonea - University of Pennsylvania - The Digital Discourse Project, @digitaldiscourseproject; @amystorn; @ElyseEA; @bethanymonea; @rabanigarg; @kagrogan15; @educatorsWAB;...

Welcome to the Writing & Literacies SIG podcast series "Scholarship Spotlight"! This episode, titled “Publishing Across Modalities and Communities,” is Part 2 of our two-part interview series with Professor Tananarive Due and Dr. Ebony Elizabeth Thomas. Professor Due and Dr. Thomas discuss how they work in academic and fan communities to publish work across a variety of modalities. They conclude t...

Welcome to the Writing & Literacies SIG new podcast series "Scholarship Spotlight"! This episode, titled “Representation and (Re)Writing Speculative Fiction,” is an interview with Professor Tananarive Due and Dr. Ebony Elizabeth Thomas about their histories and critical involvement with(re)writing the genre of speculative fiction. In Part I of this two part series, they answer the questions: How d...

Titled “Common Strands: Multimodality, Literacy, and International Perspectives,” this podcast surveys Dr. Jennifer Rowsell’s engagement with New Literacy Studies as a graduate student, the rise of multimodality in the field of literacy studies, and the current landscape of UK and Canadian literacy research. Dr. Rowsell is professor in the Department of Teacher Education, Canada Research Chair in...

Titled “Expanding Context: Literacy, Politics, and Civil Rights,” this podcast surveys the origins and expansions of the Writing and Literacies Special Interest Group from the perspective of one of its former presidents, Dr. Stuart Greene, associate professor of English at the University of Notre Dame. We discuss the serendipitous influences of SIG members in his scholarship in the field of writin...

Titled “Early Days: The Emergence of Writing as a Distinct Focus”, this podcast surveys the origins of the Writing and Literacies Special Interest Group from the perspective of one of its early members, Dr. George Newell. Dr. Newell is professor of Adolescent, Post-Secondary and Community Literacies in the Department of Teaching and Learning at the Ohio State University, and together we discuss th...

Our second podcast, “Writing Towards Diverse Democracies through Public Scholarship” surveys writing and literacies scholarship as it pertains to public scholarship, engagement, and community partnerships. Dialoguing with community collaborators, we had the opportunity to learn from two groups doing community-based work. Our first team included Dr. Valerie Kinloch (Professor of Literacy Studies in...

This podcast surveys the emergence of the writing and literacies special interest group and asks the questions: “Why writing?" and "Why now?” Featuring some of the Writing and Literacies SIG's founding members: Dr. Sarah W Freedman Professor of the Graduate School at UC Berkeley and Dr. Glynda Hull, the Elizabeth H. and Eugene A. Shurtleff Chair in Undergraduate Education at UC-Berkeley, we engage...