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Queer(ing) Space and Place in Literacy Research: How a Queer Book Club Functioned as a Space of Arrival and Home,
National Council of Teachers of English Assembly for Research conference 2024-02-01
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Queering Language and Literacy Teacher Learning: Experiences with a Queer Teacher Book Club,
Journal of Language and Literacy Education annual conference 2024-02-01
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Reading Queerly and Other Approaches for Queering Library Services.,
How to Build LGBTQIA+ Centered Spaces, Programs, and Services by Library Journal/School Library Journal Professional Development Services 2023-12-01
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Exploring Support for Ally Work in a Queer Book Club for Teachers,
National Council of Teachers of English annual convention 2023-11-01
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Keep Doing What You Can: Speaking Up and Teaching Out, Together.,
Elementary Section at the National Council of Teachers of English annual convention 2023-11-01
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Meet the Editors: Learning How to Write for NCTE Publications.,
National Council of Teachers of English annual convention 2023-11-01
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Queer Mothering in Academia as Pandemic Preparation: A Dialogue Between QueerMotherScholarFriends,
Research on Women and Education SIG at the American Educational Research Association 2023-05-01
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“I was encouraged by our conversation a few meetings back”: How an LGBTQ-Inclusive Book Club for Teachers Encourages Ally Solidarity in Schools,
National Council of Teachers of English Assembly for Research conference 2023-03-01
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Queer as a Verb: Reading Queerly and Other Practical Applications of Queer Theory to Library Services.,
How to Build LGBTQIA+ Centered Spaces, Programs, and Services by Library Journal/School Library Journal Professional Development Services 2022-12-01
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Reading the Rainbow in These Times.,
Book Love Foundation’s 2022 Summer Book Club 2022-07-01
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Bills Attacking Public Education: Anti-CRT/Trans Bills.,
Elementary Social Studies Education Summit (ESSES) annual conference 2022-05-01
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Children’s Literature Assembly Master Class: Reading Queerness at the Intersections: Using LGBTQ-Inclusive Literature to Move toward Equity, Justice, and Antiracist Teaching.,
National Council of Teachers of English annual convention 2021-11-01
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Expanding the Argument for Anti-Racist Literature: A Continuing Conversation,
National Council of Teachers of English annual convention 2021-11-01
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Expect, and Embrace Gender Diversity through ELA Curriculum and Pedagogy: Using NCTE Position Statements to Teach for Justice and Equity,
National Council of Teachers of English annual convention 2021-11-01
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Teachers Discussing Diverse LGBTQ-Inclusive Books: Reading Queerly, Intersectionally, and with Intention in a K–8 Teacher Book Club,
National Council of Teachers of English annual convention 2021-11-01
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Teachers as Rainbow Readers: The Effects of an LGBTQ-inclusive Book Club for K–8 Teachers. Roundtable presented as part of the Queer Intersections of Equity, Justice, and Antiracism panel,
National Council of Teachers of English annual convention 2021-11-01
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Reading the Rainbow: Addressing LGBTQ+ Topics in K-12 Schools.,
PreK-12 Team of the Education Policy program of New America 2021-06-01
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The Importance of Teaching with #OwnVoices Texts,
Elementary Social Studies Education Summit (ESSES) annual conference 2021-06-01
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Expanding the Argument for Diverse Literature: Equity, Comprehension, and Social Learning in Classrooms and Communities,
National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention 2020-11-01
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Whiteness in the Classroom,
Presented as part of the Critical and Decolonizing Praxis Teach-In by UNCW’s Racial Justice Learning Community 2020-10-01
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Whiteness in the Classroom.,
Critical and Decolonizing Praxis Teach-In by UNCW’s Racial Justice Learning Community 2020-10-01
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LGBTQ-Inclusive Literature by and about People of Color,
National Council of Teachers of English’s Member Gathering 2020-07-01
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LGBTQ-Inclusive Literature by and about People of Color.,
National Council of Teachers of English’s Member Gathering 2020-07-01
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“When All of the Above Isn’t the Answer: Examining Mathematics Pedagogy Through a Lens of Social Justice.” ,
Joint Mathematics Meetings 2020-01-01
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Discussant Remarks for “Representations of Race and Ethnicity in Children's Literature” session,
Literacy Research Association 2019-12-01
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Doctoral Student Innovative Community Group Study Group, “Publish or Perish?: Designing Studies, Writing Manuscripts, and Publishing Research While Maintaining Self-Care.”,
Literacy Research Association 2019-12-01
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“Publish or Perish?: Designing Studies, Writing Manuscripts, and Publishing Research While Maintaining Self-Care.”,
Literacy Research Association 2019-12-01
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“Representations of Race and Ethnicity in Children's Literature”,
Literacy Research Association 2019-12-01
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Diversifying Your Bookshelves,
Day-long workshop presented at the Margaret Blount Harvey Literacy Institute 2019-09-01
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Diversifying Your Bookshelves,
Margaret Blount Harvey Literacy Institute 2019-09-01
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What about the Parents?: An Analysis of How LGBTQ-Inclusive Elementary Teachers Navigated Resistant Parents,
Queer Studies SIG at the American Educational Research Association 2019-04-01
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Reading the Rainbow: The Power of Teaching Kids Through LGBTQ-Inclusive Literature,
Presented at Illinois St. University, Normal, IL 2019-03-01
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Reading the Rainbow: The Power of Teaching Kids Through LGBTQ-Inclusive Literature.,
Illinois St. University 2019-03-01
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Reading the Rainbow: Diversity in Children’s Literature,
Presented to the Tar River Reading Council, Greenville, NC 2019-01-01
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Reading the Rainbow: Diversity in Children’s Literature.,
Tar River Reading Council 2019-01-01
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Queering Traditional Elementary ELA Practices. Paper presented as part of a symposium entitled “Enacting Queer Literacy Curricula in K-12 Schools: Working the Tensions of (In)action, (De)humanization, and Love”,
Literacy Research Association Annual Conference 2018-12-01
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Build Your Stack: LGBTQ-Inclusive Children’s Books for Elementary Classrooms.,
National Council of Teachers of English annual conference 2018-11-01
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Build Your Stack: LGBTQ-Inclusive Children’s Books for Elementary Classrooms.,
National Council of Teachers of English annual conference 2018-11-01
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LGBTQ Texts in Elementary Classrooms: Oh, the Possibilities.,
National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention 2018-11-01
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Caught on Tape: Using Video Capture Technology to Enhance Candidate Learning across Programs and Contexts,
North Carolina Association of Colleges and Teacher Educators 2018-10-01
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“This idea came from a book called Crooked River”: Queering “Straight” Literature in K-5 Classrooms,
Literature SIG at the American Educational Research Association 2018-04-01
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Managing Parental Resistance to LGBTQ-Inclusive English Language Arts Curriculum: Considering Responses of LGBTQ-Inclusive Elementary School Teachers as Part of Literacy Research,
Literacy Research Association Annual Conference 2017-12-01
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Teachers and Students Queering “Straight” Children’s Literature in Elementary School Classrooms,
Literacy Research Association Annual Conference 2017-12-01
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A Girl Named George: Finally Representing the “T” in LGBT Chapter Books for Elementary School Readers,
Literacy Research Association Annual Conference 2016-12-01
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Black Girl Power: Examining Identity and Agency in Williams-Garcia’s One Crazy Summer Novels.,
Literacy Research Association Annual Conference 2016-12-01
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LGBTQ Topics and Literature in Elementary School: A Dialogue Among K-5 Classroom Teachers.,
National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention 2016-11-01
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Navigating Parental Resistance to LGBT-Inclusive Curriculum: Learning from Responses of an LGBT-Inclusive Elementary School Teacher,
Queer Studies SIG at the American Educational Research Association 2016-04-01
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Turning Straw into Gold: Making the Most of Mandated Licensure Exams in Reading Education,
Literacy Research Association Annual Conference 2015-12-01
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“Girl, How is You Living Up in Here?”: Exploring Tash’s Intersectional Queerness in Jacqueline Woodson’s After Tupac and D. Foster.,
Literacy Research Association Annual Conference 2015-12-01
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Multiple Ways to Approach LGBT Topics in K-8 Classrooms with Children’s Literature: Finding What Works For You,
National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention 2015-11-01
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Reading Jacqueline Woodson in Upper Elementary and Middle Grades Classrooms: Exploring LGBTQ Topics Through Her Novels and Picture Books,
National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention 2015-11-01
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Words Are Awesome: Exploring Vocabulary Strategies,
Mary Lois Staton Language Arts Conference 2015-10-01
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Exploring Heteronormative Complications When Enacting Queer Research in Elementary Schools: Autoethnographic Perspectives,
Queer Studies SIG at the American Educational Research Association 2015-04-01
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Cultural Connections for Comprehension.,
Presented to the Tar River Reading Council, Greenville, NC. 2015-03-01
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Cultural Connections for Comprehension.,
Tar River Reading Council 2015-03-01
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Methodological Considerations for Doing Queer Literacy Research in Elementary Schools: An Autoethnographic Perspective,
National Council of Teachers of English Assembly for Research 2015-01-01
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LGBT 101: A Beginner’s Guide to Addressing LGBT Issues for K-8th Language Arts Teachers.,
National Council of Teachers of English 2013-11-01
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Serving all students: A principal’s role in addressing LGBT issues in schools.,
ECU’s 2013 cohort of Masters of School Administration interns 2013-11-01
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The Laramie Project: Encouraging reading, teaching, and acting for social justice through the story of Matthew Shepard.,
National Council of Teachers of English 2013-11-01
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Re-thinking Ideas of Text Complexity.,
Mary Lois Staton Language Arts Conference 2013-10-01
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Children’s Contributions to the Construction and Perpetuation of Heteronormativity in Elementary School Classrooms.,
Division G at the American Educational Research Association 2013-04-01
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Talking, Reading, and Writing about Lesbian and Gay Families in Classrooms: The Consequences of Different Pedagogical Approaches.,
Sixth Annual Faculty Lecture sponsored by ECU’s College of Education Research Committee 2013-04-01
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Beyond the Victory Narrative: Bringing Deconstructive Analysis to Critically Exciting Data.,
National Council of Teachers of English Assembly for Research 2013-02-01
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Teachers Doing the Work: Including LGBT Topics in Elementary School Classrooms.,
National Council of Teachers of English 2012-11-01
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Social Studies and Literacy: Recognizing and Interrupting ‘Single Stories’ in our Classrooms.,
North Carolina English Teachers Association Conference 2012-09-01
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Recognizing the Language and Literacy Resources of Young Children with Lesbian Mothers.,
Critical Perspectives on Early Childhood Education SIG at the American Educational Research Association 2012-04-01
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What It Looks Like In Practice: Including Non-Normative Genders and Sexualities in Elementary School Teaching.,
Division B at the American Educational Research Association 2012-04-01
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Exploring Multiple Contexts for LGBTQ-Inclusive Literacy Curriculum in Elementary Schools: Making Spaces in Different Places.,
National Council of Teachers of English Assembly for Research midwinter conference 2012-02-01
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Teaching with Multicultural Children’s Literature: Recognizing and Interrupting “Single Stories.”,
Mary Lois Staton Reading/Language Arts Conference 2012-02-01
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Addressing LGBT Topics in Classrooms: Teachers Share Their Approaches.,
National Council of Teachers of English 2011-11-01
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Including LGBT Issues in K-12 Schools.,
Diversity in American Education graduate students at Texas Christian University 2011-11-01
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Promoting Diversity and Social Justice through Multicultural Literature.,
Tar River Reading Council 2011-10-01
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Teaching with Multicultural Children’s Literature.,
Tar River Reading Council 2011-04-01
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“In Real Life I Would Not Think This”: Multiple Positionings of Young Children with Lesbian Mothers in an Out-of-School Book Club.,
Queer Positionalities of Teachers, Parents, Youth, and Texts symposium in the Queer Studies SIG at the American Educational Research Association 2011-04-01
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Moving Beyond the In-School/Out-of-School Binary: The Power of Multi-Site Ethnography in Literacy Research.,
National Council of Teachers of English Assembly for Research midwinter conference 2011-02-01
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Serving All Students: Incorporating LGBT Issues in Schools.,
North Carolina Teaching Fellows and Maynard Scholars 2011-02-01
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Understanding and Addressing Homophobia and Heterosexism.,
North Carolina Teaching Fellows and Maynard Scholars 2010-12-01
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Acknowledging the Significance of The Day of Silence for LGBTQ Students, Faculty, and Staff in K-12 Schools: Presenting the Mayes Award to Jesse Gilliam and Maria Pulzetti.,
Serpentine Society 2010 Gala Dinner 2010-11-01
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The Shape of the Field: Facts and Figures from Language Arts.,
National Council of Teachers of English 2010-11-01
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Already on the Shelf: Queer Readings of Award-Winning Children’s Literature.,
Queer Studies SIG at the American Educational Research Association 2010-04-01
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“Waaaaaay different families”: Discussions in a Book Club with Young Children of Lesbian Moms.,
Queer Studies SIG at the American Educational Research Association 2010-04-01
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Laughing and Messing Around: Moments of Play with/in Data.,
National Council of Teachers of English Assembly for Research conference 2010-02-01
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Kids, Kinship, Connections, and Context: Reading in an Out-of-School Book Club for Young Children with Lesbian Moms.,
University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education 2009-12-01
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“I’ve Got Two Moms Too!”: Finding Our Families in an Elementary Out-of-School Book Club. Part of Seeing Ourselves and Re-Seeing the World: Reading LGBT-Themed Literature In and Out of School,
National Council of Teachers of English 2009-11-01
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Between Home and School? Reading by the Children of Lesbian Parents. Part of Children At-Risk for Literacy or Illiteracy: Research in progress from LiteracyStudies@OSU,
Society for the History of Children and Youth 2009-07-01
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Navigating Heteronormativity: The Home/School Divide Faced by Young Children of Lesbian Parents.,
Division G at the American Educational Research Association 2009-03-01
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The Influence of Curricular and Pedagogical Approaches on the Visibility of Family for First Grade Students with Lesbian Mom(s).,
Division C at the American Educational Research Association 2009-03-01
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Reading: What It Is, What It Isn’t, What It Can Do, What It Can’t, and Why It’s Complicated.,
Sigma Tau Delta, Undergraduate English Honors Society, The Ohio State University 2008-11-01
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Connecting a Character and a Community: A Chronotopic Analysis of Cisneros’ The House on Mango Street.,
Literature SIG at the American Educational Research Association 2008-03-01
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Queer(ing) Methodology in Literacy Research.,
National Council of Teachers of English Assembly for Research conference 2008-02-01
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Multi-genre/Multi-modal Composition and Who I am in the World: How Students and Teachers Use Multi-genre/Multi-modal Composition to Examine Their Communities.,
National Council of Teachers of English 2007-11-01
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LGBT Children’s Literature in Schools: Prospective Teachers’ Attitudes.,
Edward F. Hayes Graduate Research Forum 2007-04-01
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Preservice Teachers Redesigning Reading Education in Urban Middle School Settings: Pedagogies of Performance and Place.,
National Council of Teachers of English 2006-11-01
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Queer Theory, Queer Lives: Making Room for Queer Readings of Children’s Literature in Elementary School Classrooms.,
National Council of Teachers of English 2006-11-01
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Making Room for Queer Readings of Children's Literature in Elementary School Classrooms.,
Graduate Student Interdisciplinary Seminar in Literacy Studies, The Ohio State University 2006-05-01
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Rethinking Pedagogy to Re-center Race: Some Reflections.,
College of Education Diversity Forum and Graduate Student Symposium, The Ohio State University 2006-05-01
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Moving Beyond “I Could Never Discuss That In My Classroom!”: Using Critical Theories and Children's Literature to Create New Conversations.,
National Council of Teachers of English Assembly for Research conference 2006-02-01
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