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Donna Alvermann

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I research critical media literacy practices, youth literacy, generative AI texts, & pop culture. Earlier I studied cognitively-mediated text structures. Currently writing “Precarity: Theorizing CML Practices for a More Just Future” (postdigital frame). .. more

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Donna Alvermann is an American educator and researcher in the field of Language and Literacy Education whose work focuses on adolescent literacy in and out of school, inclusive of new media and digital literacies. Her most recent research interest involves developing historical-autobiographical methods for uncovering silences in scholarly writing that mask more than they disclose. She is the Omer Clyde and Elizabeth Parr Aderhold Professor in Education in the Mary Frances Early College of Education at the University of Georgia (UGA). She is also a UGA-appointed Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of Language and Literacy Education. .. more

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Donna Alvermann @donnaalvermann.bsky.social · 10d

North Georgia Folk Festival October 11, 2025. Check it out at www.northgeorgiafolkfestival.org/folk-festival

Folk Festival | North Georgia Folk Festival

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Donna Alvermann @donnaalvermann.bsky.social · 17d

This volume is scheduled for release in early November. Pre-order and save!

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Theories, Models, and Practices of Literacy

This eighth edition of Theoretical Models and Processes of Literacy, a foundational text in literacy research, is updated to represent a new era in contemporary and critical scholarship. With a revise...

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Django Paris @djangoparis.bsky.social · Dec 11

Friends! Grateful to join Gloria Ladson-Billings, H. Samy Alim & Na’ilah Nasir in our new article, “The Past, Present & Future of Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies.” Open Access in the Harvard Ed Review. Hope it can be useful in our collective work! meridian.allenpress.com/her/article/...

The Past, Present, and Future of Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies: An Invitation to Teachers, Researchers, and Communities

In this Voices: Reflective Accounts of Education essay, Gloria Ladson-Billings, Django Paris, H. Samy Alim, and Na’ilah Suad Nasir speak to the past, present, and future of culturally sustaining pedag...

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Karis Jones @karismjones.bsky.social · Jan 7

It’s here: “Fandoms in the Classroom” now in print! @scottstorm.bsky.social and I are excited to reveal that our foreword was written by none other than @ebonyteach.bsky.social — we are so grateful to you and excited to be in conversation about fandoms & classrooms! #literacies #newrelease #EduSky

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Initiative for Literacy in a Digital Age @init4literacy.bsky.social · Jul 18

Build without broadcasting.

The most powerful movements don’t always make noise—they build trust, strategy, and care in quiet. Not every system needs to go public to matter.

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#DigitalEquity #QuietPower

Build Without Broadcasting: What Resistance Movements Teach Us About Sustainable Collaboration : Initative for Literacy in a Digital Age

“Build without broadcasting.” That phrase has been echoing in my mind ever since a recent conversation with Dr. Stephanie Toliver (shared with permission). She said many powerful things, but this idea...

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Donna Alvermann @donnaalvermann.bsky.social · Jul 10

Coming soon from Routledge. Please check here for updates.

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Honesty for Ohio Education @honesty4ohioed.bsky.social · Jul 1

COLUMBUS, Ohio -The 19-member Ohio State Board of Education will be reduced to just five members, all appointed by the governor, under a provision in the new state budget that Gov. Mike DeWine allowed to become law late Monday without a veto.
by Laura Hancock
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Ohio State Board of Education to shrink to 5 appointed members

Gov. Mike DeWine allowed the provision become law Monday without a veto.

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Donna Alvermann @donnaalvermann.bsky.social · May 20

Two excellently written books I’m reading in tandem.

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AERA Media, Culture & Learning SIG @mclsig.bsky.social · Apr 5

Join the Literature SIG, the Media, Culture & Learning SIG, and the Writing & Literacies SIG @writinglit.bsky.social for a joint networking social at AERA 2025. Meet us at Ace Eat Serve, 501 E 17th Ave, Denver, CO on Friday 4/25 at 8pm MDT!

decorative splash of paint with the content Join the Literature SIG, the Media, Culture & Learning SIG, and the Writing & Literacies SIG for a joint networking social at AERA 2025. Meet us at Ace Eat Serve, 501 E 17th Ave, Denver, CO on Friday 4/25 at 8pm MDT!

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Donna Alvermann @donnaalvermann.bsky.social · Apr 2

For real? Mustering my skilz in CML.

Donna Alvermann @donnaalvermann.bsky.social · Apr 2

Try This in a Small Town: Climate Change and Critical Media Literacy in a Rural High School | ncte.org - publicationsncte.org/content/jour...

NCTE

NCTE amplifies the voice of educators through personal connection, collaboration, and a shared mission to improve the teaching and learning of English and language arts at all levels.

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AERA Writing & Literacies SIG @writinglit.bsky.social · Mar 26

Q5: What kinds of ethical and democratizing research methods can we use to learn more about arts-based civic literacies alongside the communities we serve? #literacies

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Donna Alvermann @donnaalvermann.bsky.social · Mar 25

Librarians, historians, literacy educators, and the general public, please make your voices heard on this effort to deny access to Canadians.