Selected Presentations

LARC presentations span national, state, and local symposia, conferences, workshops, and professional development opportunities.

Apol, L., Sigal, T., Bialek, K., Sigal, Y., Biocca, F., Mutwarasibo, E., Uwizeye, G. (2009). Using narrative writing to facilitate the healing process among survivors of the genocide against Tutsi in Rwanda. Address given at the International Symposium on the Genocide Against Tutsi, Kigali, Rwanda.

Caughlan, S. B. & Juzwik, M. M. (2005, November). Appropriating a research tool to facilitate teachers’ discussion practices. Paper presented in M. Nystrand (Chair), Opening and maintaining dialogic spaces for teacher learning about discussion. Panel conducted at the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English. Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

Cavazos-Kottke, S.(2004, April). Five readers browsing: The reading interests of talented middle school boy. Paper presented at the annual meeting of theAmerican Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA.

Certo, J., Apol, L., Hawkins, L., & Wibbens, E. (2009). Involving creative expression in preservice teacher education. Invited symposium at the American Educational Research Association, (AERA), San Diego, CA.

Certo, J., Apol, L., Hawkins, L., & Wibbens, E. (2009). The case for poetry in teacher education: Preservice teachers’ genre knowledge and development in a university-based course. Paper presentation at the American Educational Research Association, (AERA), San Diego, CA.

Certo, J, Vernon, L., Moxley, K., & Flam, E. (2007, May). Negotiating authentic instruction with literature circle discussions: The perspectives of elementary teachers. Poster presentation to the Annual Conference of the International Reading Association (IRA), Toronto, CA.

Certo, J., Moxley, K., & Flam, E. (2006, September). Enjoyment, social outcomes and learning in literature circles: Elementary students’ perspectives across grades and ability levels. Poster presentation at the Literacy Achievement Research Center (LARC) Practitioner Conference, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.

Certo, J, Kanyongo, G. & Brinda, W. (2005, November). Theatrical adaptations of literature for at-risk adolescents: Educational interventions and outcomes of a youth theatre/urban schools partnership. Poster presentation to the Annual Conference of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), Pittsburgh, PA.

Certo, J. (2005, May). Spotlight on Writing: Highlighting recent research and ideas for practice. Publications panel presentation to the Annual Conference of the International Reading Association, San Antonio, TX.

Certo, J, Webb, C., Mautino, R, & Whordley, D. (2005, April). The impact of field-based literacy instruction on preservice teacher professional development. Paper presentation to the Annual Conference of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Montreal.

Certo, J. (2004, April). Beginning teacher concerns in an accountability-based testing environment. Paper presentation to the American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Diego, CA

Conley, M. (2004). Effects of a middle school literacy program on prospective secondary school teachers. A paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Reading Conference, Phoenix, AZ.

Conley, M. & Purcell-Gates, V. (2004). Multiple perspectives on high stakes assessment. A paper presented at the annual meeting of theNational Reading Conference, Phoenix, AZ.

Crespo, S. & Juzwik, M. M. (2006, April). Stories teachers tell: Examining oral narratives in teacher groups. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. San Francisco, CA, USA.

Duke, N.K. (2009, March). Focusing Your Informational Reading Comprehension Instruction. Presentation at the Michigan Reading Association Conference.

Duke, N.K. (2009, March). Getting Informed About Informational Texts: Strategies for Assessment and Instruction in the Primary Grades. Presentation at the Illinois Reading Council Conference.

Duke, N.K. (2009, March). Beyond Bedtime Stories: How Parents and Early Childhood Educators Can Lay a Foundation for Literacy in Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers. Presentation at the Illinois Reading Council Conference.

Duke, N. K. (2007, May). Some Directions for Research and Practice in Literacy Education. Research Address at the Annual Meeting of the International Reading Association, Toronto, Canada.

Duke, N. K.(2004, January). Building comprehension of informational text. Presentation for the Chicago Public Schools. Chicago, IL.

Duke, N. K. (2004, January). Effective comprehension instruction. Presentations forNevada Reading First. Reno and Las Vegas, NV.

Duke, N. K.(2004, January). Exploring the effective uses of instructional materials – A focus on informational texts. Presentation for theChicago Public School Chicago, IL.

Duke, N. K.(2004, February). Developing comprehension of informational text. Presentation at the Wisconsin State Reading Associatio, Milwaukee, WI.

Duke, N. K. (2004, February). Reading and writing informational text in first grade. Presentation at the New Jersey State First Grade Teacher Conference, Atlantic City, NJ.

Duke, N. K.(2004, March). Effective comprehension instruction, with a focus on informational text. Presentation for the Chicago Public School, Chicago, IL.

Duke, N. K. (2004, March). Incorporating informational text in the primary grades. Presentation at theMichigan Reading Associatio, Detroit, MI.

Duke, N. K.(2004, April) (Co-Chair). Creating synergy across different methods of literacy research. Symposium at the annual meeting of theAmerican Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA.

Duke, N. K. (2004, April). Increasing informational text in K – 5 classrooms. Presentation at the Iowa Reading Association,Iowa Educational Media Association, &ESEA Title I Shared Conference, Des Moines, IA.

Duke, N. K.(2004, May) (Chair). Informational text and young readers: findings from research. In N. K. Duke (Chair), Informational text and young readers: findings from research. Symposium at the annual meeting of theInternational Reading Association, Reno, NV.

Duke, N. K.(2004, May). Learning from research: Critical understandings to guide our practices. In Hoyt, L., Taberski, S., Stead, T.,Duke, N. K, & Keene E. (Co-chairs). Building a literacy of thoughtfulness: Focus on comprehension instruction. Institute at the annual meeting of theInternational Reading Association, Reno, NV.

Duke, N. K. (2004, May). Preventing and addressing comprehension difficulties. Presentation to the Suburban Council of Reading Consultants, Lombard, IL.

Duke, N. K. (2004, May). Strategies for addressing comprehension difficulties. Presentation at Reading Research 2004: Moving Forward on Many Front, Reno, NV.

Duke, N. K. (2004, June). Improving comprehension of informational text. Presentation at the Learning Network Conferenc, Boulder, CO.

Duke, N. K. (2004, June). Making the most of every minute: Instructional density in literacy education. Presentation to the Iowa Statewide Reading Team Summer Institute, Des Moines, IA.

Duke, N. K, & Pearson, P. D. (2004, June). Nonfiction and research. Presentation at the National Geographic Literacy Summit, Washington, DC.

Duke, N. K. (2004, July). Incorporating informational text in P – 3 classrooms. Presentation at the Emma Eccles Jones Early Childhood Symposium, Sandy, UT.

Duke, N. K. (2004, July). Portrait of a kindergarten classroom: Incorporating informational text in kindergarten classrooms. Presentation at theColorado Kindergarten Literacy Conference, Denver, CO.

Duke, N. K. (2004, July). Saturating the day with literacy. Presentation at the CIERA Summer Institute, Ann Arbor, MI.

Duke, N. K. (2004, August). Building comprehension of informational text. Presentation atEaton Rapids Public Schools, Eaton Rapids, MI.

Duke, N. K. (2004, August). Laying the foundation for learning from text. Presentation at the Edmonton Regional Learning ConsortiumEarly Literacy Symposium, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Duke, N. K. (2004, August). Incorporating informational text in the preprimary and primary grades. Presentation at the Edmonton Regional Learning Consortium Early Literacy Symposium. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Duke, N. K. (2004, September). Developing informational literacy in early childhood. Presentation to the Chicago Public Schools and Agencies, Chicago, IL.

Duke, N. K. (2004, September). Reading and writing informational text in the primary grades. Presentation at Reading and Writing in Science: Research-Based Trends and Practices, Institute for Math/Science Education and Learning Technologies, University of Missouri-St. Louis College of Education.

Duke, N. K.(2004, September). Strategies for building comprehension of informational text. Presentation at Pacific Resources for Education and Learning (PREL). A Focus on Comprehension Forum, New York, NY.

Duke, N. K., & Tower, C. (2004, May). Research on informational text and young readers: An overview. In N. K. Duke (Chair), Informational text and young readers: findings from research. Symposium at the annual meeting of the International Reading Association, Reno, NV.

Englert, C. S., Mariage, T. V., Okolo, C. M., Chen, H.-Y., Courtad, C.A., Moxley, K. D., & Shankland, R. K. (2008, March). Content area literacy in inclusive middle grade classrooms: A two-year study of Project ACCEL. Paper accepted for presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York.

Englert, C. S., Mariage, T. V., & Okolo, C. M. (2008, March). Fostering understanding in middle school social studies and science: The ACCEL Project. Paper presented at the Michigan Reading Association, Detroit.

Hoyt, L., Taberski, S., Stead, T., Duke, N. K., & Keene E. (2004, May) (Co-chairs). Building a literacy of thoughtfulness: Focus on comprehension instruction. Institute at the annual meeting of the International Reading Associatio, Reno, NV.

Hummer, E., Pearson, P. D., & Duke, N. K. (2004, September). Content reading in the classroom: A videotape analysis and discussion. Presentation at Reading and Writing in Science: Research-Based Trends and Practices, Institute for Math/Science Education and Learning Technologies, University of Missouri-St. Louis College of Education.

Juzwik, M. M. (2006, October). Theorizing oral narratives as classroom discourse genres. Paper presented at the Watson Conference. Louisville, KY, USA.

Juzwik, M. M. (2006, April). The moral work of literary response: Oral narratives in an English language arts classroom discussion. Paper discussion at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. San Francisco, CA, USA.

Juzwik, M. M. (2006, March). Toward a post-critical pedagogy. Paper presented in F. Farmer (Chair), Writing against the public. Symposium conducted at the annual Conference on College Composition and Communication. Chicago, IL, USA.

Juzwik, M. M. & Sherry, M. B. (2006, February). Putting it together: Literature and oral narrative in the language arts classroom. Paper presented at the National Council of Teachers of English Assembly for Research Mid-Winter Conference. Chicago, IL, USA.

Juzwik, M. M. & Sherry, M. (2006, September). Classroom discourse and oral narratives. Presented at the Literacy Achievement Research Center Fall Practitioner Conference. East Lansing, MI, USA.

Juzwik, M. M. (2006, May). Investigating rhetorics of teaching: Oral narratives in language and literacy pedagogy. Presented at the NCRLL Breakfast. Annual convention of the International Reading Association. Chicago, IL, USA.

Juzwik, M. M. (2006, April). Performing perpetrators? Roles and uses of simulation in teaching the Holocaust. Presented at the 8th Annual Michigan Teachers Workshop on Holocaust Education. Michigan State University. East Lansing, MI, USA.

Juzwik, M. M. (2005, July). Performative ethos and narrative responses to literature in middle school. Paper presented at the 14th World Congress of Applied Linguistics. Madison, WI, USA.

Juzwik, M. M. (2005, April). How linguistic narrative analysis can promote complex understandings of culture in classrooms. Paper presented in Rymes, B. (chair), Narrative research and literacy teacher education: Pursuing sociolinguistic possibilities. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Juzwik, M. M., Curcic, S., Wolbers, K., Moxley, K., Dimling, L., & Shankland, R. (2005, February). Mapping research on writing. Paper presented at the Writing Research in the Making Conference. University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.

Juzwik, M. M. (2004, December). Narrative voices and collectively remembering in a middle school classroom context. Paper presented in P. Hayes (Chair), Understanding the Holocaust: Studies across contexts. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the Association of Jewish Studies. Chicago, IL, USA.

Juzwik, M. M. & Nystrand, M. (2004, November). Autobiographical narratives in a linguistically and culturally diverse classroom. Paper presented in L. Rex (Chair), “Doing English” in the classroom: Implications for students and teachers. Panel conducted at the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English, Indianapolis, IN, USA.

Juzwik, M. M. (2004, May). Understanding pedagogy as performance: The rhetorical construction of teaching ethos in a Holocaust unit. Paper presented at Rhetoric Society of America Biennial Conference, Austin, TX, USA.

Juzwik, M. M. (April, 2004). Voices of remembering the Holocaust: A cultural historical analysis of narrative performances in a middle-level Holocaust unit. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA, USA.

Juzwik, M. M. (2004, February). Narrative performances in middle school literature teaching: Constructing an ethos as a person of color. Paper presented at the National Council of Teachers of English Assembly for Research Mid-Winter Conference, Berkeley, CA, USA.

Kanyongo, G.Y., Certo, J. & Brown, L. (2006, April). The relationship between home environment and reading achievement among 6th graders in Zimbabwe. Paper presentation to the Annual Conference of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Francisco, CA.

Lundeberg, M.A. Michigan Reading Association (MRA) Pre-conference Research Institute, Strengthening Literacy through Problem-Based Learning. Detroit, March 2008

Mikeska, J., Lundeberg, M.A. and Eberhardt, J. Examining how middle school teachers use literacy practices in their science classrooms. Paper presented as part of a Litracy Achievement Research Center (LARC) symposium on Reconceptualizing literacy in science for adolescents, chaired by Mary Lundeberg, National Reading Conference, Orlando, FL, December, 2008

Morrell, E. (2004). Critical and digital: New media and textual production for social action in a research and writing seminar. Paper presented at the Conference on College Composition and Communication, San Antonio.

Morrell, E. (2004). Critical discourse analysis in literacy education. Paper to be presented at the annual meeting of the National Reading Conference. San Antonio, Texas.

Morrell, E. (2004). Critical ethnography in urban education: Promoting literacy and social change through community research. Paper presented at the annual meeting of theConference for Urban Ethnography,University of Pennsylvania.

Morrell, E. (2004). Discourse analysis: Conversation. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego.

Morrell, E. (2004). Enacting pedagogies and literacies of power: Lessons from a research seminar for urban students, teachers, and parents. Paper presented at the annual meeting of theAmerican Educational Research Association, San Diego.

Morrell, E. (2004). Urban youth as critical public historians: Investigating the struggle for education on equal terms in post-Brown Los Angeles. Paper to be presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of African-American Life and History, Pittsburgh.

Okolo. C., & Englert, C. S. (2008, March). Literacy and History: Reading and Writing about the Past in Diverse Classrooms. Detroit, MI: Michigan Reading Association.

Okolo, C. M., & Mariage, T. V. (2008, July). The Use and Evaluation of Online Learning Environments in General Education Content Area Classrooms. Paper presented at the Office of Special Education Program’s Project Directors’ Meeting, Washington D.C.

Okolo, C (2004, October). Technology enhanced learning in special education. Presentation at theLearning Disabilities Association of Michigan Annual Conference, East Lansing, MI.

Okolo, C., & Englert, C. (2004, October). Innovative approaches to teaching history through technology. Presentation at the 26th International Conference on Learning Disabilities, Las Vegas, NV.

Okolo, C., & Englert, C. (2005, July). Virtual history museum: The virtual history museum as a form of historical investigation … historical understanding as a form of literacy. Presentation at the National Geographic Literacy Institute 2005, Washington, DC.

Powell, D. R., Diamond, K. E., Bojczyk, K. E., & Gerde, H. K. (2008). Head Start teachers’ perspectives on early literacy. Journal of Literacy Research, 40, 422-460.

Rosaen, C.L., Lundeberg, M.A., Terpstra, M., Cooper, M. (2008) Seeing through a different lens: What do interns notice, talk about and learn from making video cases of their own teaching? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, as part of a symposium on High Tech High Touch: Creating Discourse Communities Around Video Cases in Literacy, Science and Mathematics, chaired by Matthew Koehler, New York.

Rosaen, C. L. (April, 2004). What constitutes a ‘learning opportunity’ from collaborating teachers’ perspectives: Learning from survey data and cases. Paper, Interactive Symposium, Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA.

Rosaen, C. L., Johnson, M. K., Koehler, M. & Ruggerio, C. (March, 2004). Exploring IVAN: Interactive Video Access Neighborhood. Poster Session, International Conference of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education, Atlanta.

Rosaen, C. L., Lundeberg, M., Cooper, M., Fritzen, A., & Kauer, S. (November, 2006). Noticing Noticing: How Does Investigation of Video Cases Change How Teachers Reflect on Their Experiences. Paper Session conduced at the National Reading Conference, LA.

Rosaen, C. L., Pardo, L., Boling, E., & Bates, A. (February, 2004). Preparing Teachers for Diverse Classrooms: Using Evidence of Quality to Co-Construct and Re-Design a Language Arts Practicum. Interactive Dialogue Session conducted at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for Colleges of Teacher Education, Chicago.

Sapone, S., Balach, C. & Certo, J (2005, April). Building leadership capacity in student teachers: The impact of a collaborative, whole-context approach toward student understanding. Roundtable discussion to the Annual Conference of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Montreal.