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 Anna Smith, our Treasurer Jayne Lammers, our Communication Chair Jamila Lyiscott, our SIG Service Team, 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!
Amy Stornaiuolo2019-2020 Writing & Literacies SIG Chairamystorn@upenn.edu
This is a reminder that the AERA proposal system is now open and closes on July 23, 11:59pm (Pacific Time). Please see the AERA Call for Proposals for more details
We are interested in submissions that reflect the conference theme focused on collaboration with a variety of educational organizations: The Power and Possibilities for the Public Good When Researchers and Organizational Stakeholders Collaborate.
You can read more about the conference theme here:
Other Writing and Literacies SIG themes to consider that have been explored in the past include, but are not limited to:
Due to the allocated number of time slots, individual papers will be grouped with similar research. Also consider submitting a posterpresentation. Please remove any author identification material from the document when submitting your proposal for peer review.
You can find the details about session types and formats of submissions on the official AERA website.
Assistant Professor Department of Teacher Education Ph.D., The Ohio State University
Graduate student at Northwestern University (USA). Paper title is: "Disrupting Ideological Media on YouTube: How Multimodal LGBTQ Response Videos Enact Critical Media Literacies."
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George Newell (2018)Jennifer Rowsell (2016)Peter Smagorinsky (2014)Linda Flower (2007)
Cassie Brownell (2018)Ksenia Korobkova & Natalia Smirnov (2017)