Language and Literacy Studies are called many things—English, Language Arts, Reading, Literacy—and its complexity and significance is increasing more than ever in the 21st century. Our faculty and students contribute to the ways literacy education is changing in digital environments within an increasingly diverse communication landscape.
Our master’s and Ph.D. programs focus on educational research in the ways children learn, and re-learn how to read and compose in an evolving world. This includes an increase in the number of genres, media, cultures, and languages within a community. Our programs give educators the opportunity to think deeply about teaching and learning in diverse classrooms and communities. We provide students with theoretically sound, research-based ways of growing their knowledge of Language and Literacy Education. Students in our program go on to become certified teachers, professors, and policy influencers for education.
Faculty
 Bonnie M. ElliottClinical Assistant ProfessorHelps educators clear vision of how they want to teach before going out to their first professional jobs. |
 Jim HoffmanProfessorFocuses on teacher preperation, the classroom literacy environment and promoting literacy in developing countries. |
 Deborah KeltLecturerBrings her experience in literacy education to UT with a specialization in preparing secondary teachers to work in urban schools. |
 Beth MalochProfessorCatherine Mae Parker Centennial Professor in Education Examines literacy teacher preparation, specifically the role of coaching and mentoring that occurs inside programs. |
 Allison SkerrettAssociate ProfessorFocuses on secondary english and literacy education in urban contexts, including among transnational youth. |
 Melissa R. WetzelAssociate ProfessorFocuses on how preservice teachers integrate critical literacy and culturally relevant practices into field-based literacy teaching. |
 Jo WorthyProfessorTeaches classes on literacy development, research, and pedogogy, with an interest in alternatives to ability grouping. |
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