Welcome to the Writing and Literacies SIG, one of AERA's largest special interest groups and home to vibrant scholarship about people's literacy practices across the lifespan.
Each year, we work to offer a robust program at the annual AERA conference, thanks currently to the hard work of our Program Chair Jayne Lammers, our Treasurer Jamila Lyiscott, our Communication Chair Jennifer VanDerHeide, our Graduate Student Board, and all of our volunteer reviewers.
We encourage prospective and current members to connect to the community throughout the year by:
Stay tuned to our social media channels for updates and opportunities related to these activities through the year. We look forward to hearing from prospective and current members and encourage everyone to get involved in the SIG!
To promote research in writing and literacy at all age levels and across cultural and social (including institutional) contexts; to provide a forum for idea exchange related to writing and literacy research, theory, and practice across disciplines.
Dr. Karis Jones, Communications Chair, SUNY Empire State College, karis.jones@esc.edu
We are thrilled to have exceptional papers and presentations at this year's conference! Please follow us on social media (@writinglit) and on the AERA conference platform for ongoing updates about our featured sessions and sessions led by our SIG members. The following areas will be explored in connection with the conference theme:
The Ohio State University
Second Graders' Translingual Composing: How and Why Children Write Using Multiple Languages
University of Pennsylvania
"I Have the Advantage": Tracing Literate Girlhoods in an Urban Asian American Civic Education Collective
SUNY Empire State College
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Fall 2015 Newsletter
past winners:
Jennifer VanDerHeide (2019) Lindy L. Johnson (2017) Amy Stornaiuolo (2015) Amanda Kibler (2013) Julianna Avila (2011) Anne Whitney (2008) Mari Haneda (2001) David Wallace (1993) Peter Smagorinsky (1991) Melanie Sperling (1990)
Sarah Freedman (2020) George Newell (2018) Jennifer Rowsell (2016) Peter Smagorinsky (2014) Linda Flower (2007)
Monica Kleeklamp & Alex Corbitt, honorable mention (2020) Cassie Brownell (2018) Ksenia Korobkova & Natalia Smirnov (2017) >