Professional Interests Critical literacies; the possibilities and challenges of multiliteracies pedagogies; critical multicultural analysis of children’s and young adult literature; critical collaborative inquiry as professional learning; and rethinking school literacy practices through the exploration and convergence of critical literacies, multiliteracies, and Waldorf language arts practices.
Articles
Canadian Children’s Literature (with Miriam Richter, Yeola Cleavou, and Carol Jupiter), Multicultural Perspectives (2009)
The Hybrid Genre of Verse Novels (with Tara Nappi and Sara Young), Multicultural Perspectives (2009)
Representation of Mexican American Farmworkers in Children’s Literature: Guide to New Resources, Multicultural Perspectives (2008)
The English Language Learner: Honoring Children’s Cultural and Linguistic Knowledge: Guide to New Resources, Multicultural Perspectives (2007)
The No Child Left Behind Act and Classroom Literacy Teaching and Learning: Guide to New Resources, Multicultural Perspectives (2007)
Books
Critical Multicultural Analysis of Children’s Literature: Mirrors, Windows, and Doors (with Rudman and Masha Kabakow) (2009)
Contributions to Books
Critical Pedagogy, Empowerment, and Learning, The Light in Their Eyes: Creating Multicultural Learning Communities: The 10th Anniversary Edition (2010)
Respecting Children’s Cultural and Linguistic Knowledge: The Pedagogical Possibilities and Challenges of Multiliteracies in Schools (with Sarah Cohen, Lisa Leoni, Patricia Chow, and Padma Sastri), Home-School Connections in a Multicultural Society: Learning from and with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Families (2010)
Critical Pedagogy, Empowerment, and Learning, The Light in Their Eyes: Creating Multicultural Learning Communities (1999)
Popular Press
Posing Questions Together: Critical Collaborative Inquiry in Initial Teacher Education (with Cathi Gibson-Gates), OISE/University of Toronto (2008)
We Have Stories to Tell: Gathering and Publishing Stories in a Puerto Rican Community (with Vionette Turner and Mary Wright), School Talk (2006)
Presentations
The Power of Love: The Politics of An Emotion. In “What’s Love Got to Do With It?”: Multi-modal Perspectives on Curriculum, Criticality, and Love Panel (with Sally Galman; Kathy McDonough; and Stephen Sadlier,), American Educational Research Association Conference (2010)
Reading Literacy Practices: Critical Collaborative (with Lisa Leoni), National Council for the Teachers of English Assembly for Research (2010)
Engaging in Critical Multicultural Readings of Children’s and Young Adult Literature, New England Conference for Multicultural Education (2010)
Making Visible the Invisible: Accessing Children’s First Languages as Resources for Classroom Learning (with Patricia Chow and Padma Sastri), 7th Bi-annual Conference of the International Association for the Improvement of Mother Tongue Education (2009)