Faculty and graduate students from the Department of Reading and Language at Oakland University are presenting at 15 different sessions during the Literacy Research Association (LRA) conference being held in Marco Island, Florida from December 3 to 6, 2014. The LRA conference represents the largest gathering of scholars in the field of literacy research. The 11 OU faculty members and graduate students whose papers were accepted for the conference are listed below.
1. Social Roles and Comprehension Processes During Emergent Readers’ Buddy-Reading
Wed, December 3, 8:45 to 10:15am, Marriott Marco Island Conference Center, Islands Ballroom Salon J - Lobby Level
Authors: Tanya Christ, Oakland University; X. Christine Wang, University at Buffalo; Ming Ming Chiu, University at Buffalo
2. Availability of Counterstories for African American Children
Thu, December 4, 3:00 to 4:30pm, Marriott Marco Island Conference Center, Captiva Room - Lobby Level
Author: Ashelin Currie, Oakland University
3. International ICG Alternative Poster Session: Language and Literacy in Global Contexts
Fri, December 5, 3:00 to 4:30pm, Marriott Marco Island Conference Center, Islands Ballroom Salon G - Lobby Level
Author: Narges Kazemi Zadeh Gol, Oakland University
4. Study Group: Approaches to Video Data Analysis in Literacy Research
Wed, December 3, 12:05 to 1:00pm, Marriott Marco Island Conference Center, Islands Ballroom Salon F - Lobby LevelThu, December 4, 12:05 to 1:00pm, Marriott Marco Island Conference Center, Islands Ballroom Salon F - Lobby LevelFri, December 5, 12:05 to 1:00pm, Marriott Marco Island Conference Center, Islands Ballroom Salon F - Lobby Level
Jill Castek, Portland State University; Julie Coiro, University of Rhode Island; Lizabeth Guzniczak, Oakland University
5. Integrating Opportunities to Wonder Into Structured Online Inquiry Tasks
Thu, December 4, 3:00 to 4:30pm, Marriott Marco Island Conference Center, Islands Ballroom Salon F - Lobby Level
Authors: Lizabeth Guzniczak, Oakland University; Diane Carver Sekeres, University of Alabama
6. From Composition to Comprehension: Developing and Testing a Grammar of Comics Fri, December 5, 8:45 to 10:15am, Marriott Marco Island Conference Center, Capri 1 - Lower Level
Authors: Dawnelle Henretty, Oakland University
7. Development of Valid and Reliable Affective Instruments in Literacy
Wed, December 3, 10:30am to 12:00pm, Marriott Marco Island Conference Center, Islands Ballroom Salon A - Lobby Level
Authors: Bong Gee Jang, Oakland University, Michael McKenna, University of Virginia, Kristin Conradi, North Carolina State University, Jacquelynn A. Malloy, Anderson University, Barbara Marinak, Mount St. Mary’s University, Linda B. Gambrell, Clemson University, Huijing Wen, University of Delaware, Pei Li, Oakland University, Narges Gol, Oakland University
8. Developing an Instrument to Measure Reading Attitudes of Chinese Middle School Students
Fri, December 5, 1:15 to 2:45pm, Marriott Marco Island Conference Center, Capri 9 & 10 - Lower Level
Authors: Bong Gee Jang, Oakland University; Pei Li, Oakland University; Huijing Wen, University of Delaware
9. Pre-Service Teachers’ Attitudes toward and Knowledge of Content Literacy Instruction: How Are They Related?
Thu, December 4, 3:50 to 4:30pm, Marriott Marco Island Conference Center, Islands Ballroom Salon G - Lobby Level
Authors: Bong Gee Jang, Oakland University; Wendy A. Farkas, Northern Michigan University; Natasha Heny, University of Virginia
10. Black Youth and Critical Literary Dialogues
Thu, December 4, 8:45 to 10:15am, Marriott Marco Island Conference Center, Lobby Level, Key West - Lobby Level
Discussant: Gwendolyn Thompson McMillon, Oakland University
11. Critical Race Theory Study Group
Wed, December 3, 12:05 to 1:00pm, Marriott Marco Island Conference Center, Lobby Level, Key West - Lobby Level; Thu, December 4, 12:05 to 1:00pm, Marriott Marco Island Conference Center, Lobby Level, Key West - Lobby Level; Fri, December 5, 12:05 to 1:00pm, Marriott Marco Island Conference Center, Lobby Level, Key West - Lobby Level
Patricia Ann Edwards, Michigan State University; Gwendolyn Thompson McMillon, Oakland University; Robert J LeBlanc, University of Pennsylvania; Ann M Bennett, University of Tennessee
12. Educators' Perceptions of State Policy Initiatives
Sat, December 6, 8:45 to 10:15am, Marriott Marco Island Conference Center, Caxambas 1 - Lobby Level
Chair: Gwendolyn Thompson McMillon, Oakland University
13. Constructing Professional Knowledge: Activity, Collaboration, & Conversation
Thu, December 4, 3:00 to 4:30pm, Marriott Marco Island Conference Center, Capri 4 & 5 - Lower Level
Authors: Celeste C. Bates, Clemson University; Robert Schwartz, Oakland University
14. Diversity Issues in Literacy Teacher Education: Online Focus Groups
Fri, December 5, 8:45 to 10:15am, Marriott Marco Island Conference Center, Captiva Room - Lobby Level
Authors: Sue Ann Sharma, Oakland University; Abha Gupta, Old Dominion University; Julie K. Kidd, George Mason University
15. Creating New Opportunities for Lesson Study in an Online Reading Clinic
Thu, December 4, 1:15 to 2:45pm, Marriott Marco Island Conference Center, Captiva Room - Lobby Level
Authors: Sue Ann Sharma, Oakland University; Sangho Pang, Clemson University
