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3 A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT 5 2017 INDUCTEES 7 EMERGING SCHOLARS 9 MEMBER UPDATES

SAVE THE DATE

We will hold an informal RHF meeting at the Research Association Annual Conference.

Saturday, 2 December 2017, 7:00 - 8:30am Tampa Marriott Waterside Hotel & Marina 2nd Floor, Grand Salon A

A NOTE FROM THE TREASURER

Dues for RHF are as follows: New members: $250. Can be paid over 5 years. Existing members of 10 years or less (inducted 2007 or after): $100. Members of 10 or more years (inducted before 2007): $50.

Patty Anders is the RHF treasurer (here’s a shout-out to Tim Rasinski, who recently completed his term) Patty can be reached at [email protected] 5635 East Burns Street, Tucson, AZ 85711 or 520-747-2231.

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A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT

and charm. Rita is so very inclusive us information about our deceased of everyone and is the first to ask colleagues, our history as a field, if anyone has been inadvertently and archiving and organizing these overlooked. We owe Rita Bean a historical artifacts and data into debt of gratitude for her exceptional a coherent database that we can service to RHF! I for one feel access and learn from. Those who blessed to have Rita Bean as a friend, know Don understand how modest mentor, and colleague, and I expect he is about his own contributions. that many of you feel that same way. But we in RHF owe Don our thanks If you get a chance, please drop Rita for a job well done that will assist us a note of thanks. Let her know how to remember our past, understand her service has impacted both RHF our present, and point us to a better and you as her colleagues. future. Thank you, Don. Next up, I need to give a shout-out Now, with all of these changes I’d to the many timely and helpful like to welcome the new members contributions of our colleague Tim of the RHF Executive Board. I am Rasinski as past RHF Treasurer. pleased to be serving as your RHF Tim has not only done the oft President for the next two years. D. Ray Reutzel unheralded work of Treasurer Next, there is Patti Anders, who providing excellent stewardship has graciously agreed to serve as President of the Reading Hall of Fame of current RHF funds, but he has RHF Treasurer for a two-year term. sought to place RHF on firm ground Welcome Patti! Finally, there is our Dear Reading Hall of Fame for the future with his proposal to new Historian, Norm Stahl, who Colleagues: move from an annual to a one time has been the fountain of policy Howdy from the high plains of dues structure. I have known Tim wisdom for many of us for years. the Rocky Mountain West! I am for most of my career, and he is one I am pleased and grateful to be pleased to have this opportunity to of the kindest and most service- serving with these new Executive communicate with you as President oriented colleagues in our field. We Board members. Let us also, not of the RHF. In this letter, I will pay owe Tim a debt of gratitude for his forget, that Vicki Risko continues homage to the service of those who service, vision, and leadership in the to serve as RHF secretary, but will have passed the torch of leadership role of Treasurer of RHF. Please be be leaving us after this year. We to a new RHF Executive Board as sure to let Tim know how much you continue to appreciate Vicki’s well as update you on current and appreciate his service as well. outstanding service to RHF. By way future issues. Finally, I want to laud the exceptional of information, Jan Dole will replace work and service of our friend and Vicki next year as RHF Secretary. Jim Every great organization is built Hoffman and his team of graduate upon the foundation of former colleague, Don Leu as RHF Historian. Don has tirelessly worked to change students at the University of Texas contributors. This past summer, the at Austin have agreed to take on the torch for the RHF Presidency passed the look, feel, and content of the RHF website by updating its content, production of the RFH Newsletter. I from Dr. Rita Bean to me. Rita has know that Jim has already begun his been not only a wonderful mentor gave the website a fresh look, and increased the website’s functionality. work. Thanks to all for your current and supporter as I have assumed this and future service to RHF! new role, but she has served the RHF Don, too, has worked behind the organization with diligence, grace, scenes to serve RHF in providing

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One of my first official actions taken With this result, the RHF LRA Move I would like to remind everyone to as RHF President was to send out to Proposal Subcommittee pay their one-time dues so that the the membership a ballot initiative appointed by former RHF President good work of the RHF can continue concerning the future organizational Rita Bean has been charged to write to benefit the field and our younger home for RHF’s annual breakfast a proposal for proposing the move colleagues. If you need to learn how and business meeting and inductee to the LRA Board of Directors. to pay your dues, please email Dr. presentation forum. After several Members of the RHF LRA Move Patti Anders at [email protected]. weeks of time to consider this ballot Proposal Writing Subcommittee edu. proposal, the RHF membership include: Gay Ivey, P. David Pearson, I also extend an invitation to any and overwhelmingly supported holding William Teale, Colin Harrison, all of our RHF members to consider future RHF annual breakfast and and Don Leu. This proposal once submitting a co-sponsored session business meetings and inductee approved by the RHF Executive proposal to literacy conferences presentation forums at the annual Board will be presented by Dr. Gay world wide in the name of the meeting of the Literacy Research Ivey to the LRA Board of Directors Reading Hall of Fame. It is important Association with a footnote of thanks at their December 2017 Board that we share our collective wisdom to ILA for its continued support of Meeting. If approved, we will begin to influence policy and disseminate RHF and a commitment to continue work to plan the next RHF Breakfast, practices related to literacy as to provide RHF presenters at future Business and Inductee Presentation widely as possible. Feel free to share ILA conferences. The outcome of Meetings for LRA in December of your ideas on the listserv, with our the balloting is reported below: 2018. Please stay tuned on this one. Executive Board, or with me. Norm Stahl, our Historian, is Reading Hall of Fame LRA Move Many thanks for the opportunity to anxiously engaged in rounding up Ballot serve as President of the Reading photos for all RHF Members living Hall of Fame. Again, thank you for September 26th 2017, 7:38 am MDT and deceased. If you have photos your many contributions to the Q1 - Move the RHF Annual of yourself or any of our deceased Reading Hall of Fame. Breakfast, Business Meeting, and colleagues, please send these along Best, Inductee Presentations to the to Norm so he can update the RHF Annual Meeting of the Literacy website. As a reminder, if you have Research Association (LRA). not updated or edited your RHF profile on the website in the past 1 Yes 79.25% 42 year, please go to the website and 2 No 20.75% 11 update your profile. Thank you to Total 100% 53 those who have already or recently Q2 - If the above ballot initiative done so. This will help Norm so that passes and is approved by LRA he doesn’t have to needle any of us D. Ray Reutzel leadership, RHF leadership should to do so. Dean, College of Education, contact ILA Leadership to request I am excited about our young University of Wyoming an annual Reading Hall of Fame scholar-mentoring program, which 2017-2019 President, Reading Hall of Co- Sponsored Session or Sessions is functioning effectively under the Fame strand on the program of the leadership of our able friend and International Literacy Association. colleague, Dr. James Baumann. This This strand would emphasize the year’s number of applicants was importance of translating research plentiful if not the largest ever. This to practice to attract teachers and posed a particularly difficult task for other educators who are responsible the committee to determine who for using research to inform would be selected to benefit from instruction. this excellent program. Because of 1 Yes 94.12% 48 our new dues structure, we should 2 No 5.88% 3 be able us to continue supporting Total 100% this program well into the future if we manage carefully.

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2017 INDUCTEES

HEATHER BELL CAROLE BLOCH DONNA SCANLON

Heather Bell, Principal, Rosebank Carole Bloch is Director of PRAESA, Donna Scanlon – Professor, School, New Zealand is an which under her leadership won the University at Albany-SUNY – in internationally known literacy Astrid Lindgren prize in Sweden this over 40 years of research funded by educator who has made substantial year for their literacy work in eleven over $22 million in federal grants, contributions to literacy education African languages in South Africa. has focused on the characteristics through her leadership role locally, She has conducted literacy and of children experiencing difficulties nationally, and internationally. In biliteracy research in multilingual acquiring literacy and how to 2016, she was awarded an Officer African settings, and facilitated prevent and remediate those of the New Zealand Order of Merit, pre-service and in-service support difficulties. Her work with colleague on the occasion of the Queen’s for teachers and teacher educators. Frank Vellutino was crucial in 90th birthday celebration; this Her goal places stories, meaning debunking myths about and award signals the respect that making and enjoyment at the center the IQ-Achievement discrepancy, Heather Bell has as a literacy of literacy and biliteracy teaching. leading to the development of RTI leader. Heather Bell served on the She authors books for children of as a preventive approach to reading Board of the International Literacy all ages in various languages. She disability. Her subsequent research Association (2011-2014) and while on coordinated the Stories Across Africa has developed and validated the the board she served as the liaison Project, for the African Academy Interactive Strategies Approach as to many different committees, of Languages (ACALAN). She a powerful early intervention and including the IRA International founded The Little Hands Trust, professional development tool. Her Development Committee in promoting book reading across publications include a best selling Oceania. With a deep knowledge Africa. She leads Nal’ibali “here is book on the ISA, and among her of literacy, she exemplifies the the story” in isiXhosa language. Dr. over 50 articles, the over 30 journal importance of leadership at the Bloch, literacy consultant in several articles are virtually all in top tier school level, working tirelessly to African countries, is bringing literacy journals and rest on long-term support teachers in their efforts to Africa’s children. fieldwork in classrooms using to provide exemplary literacy multiple methodologies. Recognition education to students. Heather Bell for her research includes IRA/ILA’s is a practitioner using research to Albert Harris Award and the SUNY develop sound educational practices Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in and, moreover, has shared that work Research. with literacy colleagues globally.

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NORMAN STAHL MARYELLEN VOGT RON CARVER Posthumous Inductee

Norman Stahl focuses his MaryEllen Vogt holds a doctorate in Before his untimely passing in scholarship on college reading/ Language and Literacy, University 2004, Ron Carver was Professor learning, literacy history, and of California, Berkeley. Known Emeritus at the University of research methodology with 100+ nationally and internationally for Missouri at Kansas City. He was publications (books, articles, her school-based literacy research, given the Oscar Causey Award for chapters, reviews, commentaries) professional development, and his research by NRC in 1990. In and over 250 conference literacy leadership, MaryEllen is 1998, NRC granted him the Albert presentations. He received awards author/co-author of 60+ articles and Kingston Award for outstanding for scholarship or service from LRA chapters, and 17 professional texts. service to the organization. Perhaps (Kingston), ALER (Herr), the National She is co-creator of SIOP, the only he was best known for his research Association for Developmental empirically validated instructional on “Rauding Theory” as it led us Education, the College Reading model for developing the academic to better understand and assess and Learning Association, and learning of English Learners. SIOP, comprehension, rate, and efficiency the College Literacy and Learning with worldwide implementation, in reading. We all know Ron as SIG/ILA among others. He served includes sites in Germany, where a fierce advocate for empirical as President of LRA, ALER, CRLA, MaryEllen was a University of research of the highest quality. History of Literacy SIG/ILA, and Cologne Visiting Scholar. Selected His research appeared regularly Board Chair of ARF. He is a National by the CSU Chancellor’s Office and in the most impactful journals in Fellow of the Council of Learning the Department of Education as the the profession (e.g., RRQ, JLR) and Assistance and Developmental first Co-Director of the CSU Center his texts were regular reading for Education Associations (the field’s for the Advancement of Reading, a generation of graduate students. highest honor). Currently he is she collaborated with faculty from Over the years Ron served on the CRLA Historian and LRA Literacy 22 CSU campuses to improve rigor Board of Directors of NRC and was History ICG Co-Chair. He serves/d in reading methods and graduate also its Historian. Ron can also be on review boards for 12 literacy, reading courses. MaryEllen is a called the founding father of the developmental education, and adult member of California’s Reading Hall Society for the Scientific Study of basic education journals. Norm is of Fame, CSULB’s Distinguished Reading. known as a long-time mentor to Faculty Teaching Award recipient, graduate students and emerging and former President of the professionals at Northern and in California Reading Association and professional associations. International Literacy Association.

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EMERGING SCHOLARS

The Reading Hall of Fame Emerging SARA LUPO JENNIFER REICHENBERG Scholars Fellowship supports new literacy faculty by pairing them with Reading Hall of Fame mentors during their first two years of a college or university tenure-track appointment. The program is intended to help emerging scholars to maintain their focus on research and publication as they make their way from the mentored experience of doctoral study to the competing demands of a full-time, faculty position. Reading Hall of Fame mentors maintain regular contact with their fellows and are encouraged to meet with them face-to-face Mentee: Sara Lupo, James Madison Mentee: Jennifer Reichenberg, at professional meetings. The ESF University Medialle College program is designed to be flexible Mentor: Sheila Valencia, University Mentor: Taffy Raphael, University of and responsive to fellows’ needs, of Washington Illinois Chicago, Emerita although common activities include reviewing drafts of manuscripts and Sara is a recent graduate of the Jennifer is a graduate of the literacy conference proposals, supporting Reading Education program at program at the University at efforts to seek funding for research, the University of Virginia. She Buffalo, State University of New and offering guidance in how to is an assistant professor in the York. She is an assistant professor balance the various expectations Department of Early, Elementary, in the Department of Education at university faculty face in the arenas and Reading Education at James Medialle College. Jennifer’s research of teaching, research, and service. Madison University. Sara’s research interests are in literacy coaching Current funding permits the interests address the intersection of and professional development. Taffy awarding of two fellowships each comprehension, text complexity, and Raphael will mentor Jennifer for the year. The two 2017 Reading Hall of classroom discourse. Sheila Valencia next two years. Fame Emerging Scholars Fellows will to mentor Sara for the next two are Dr. Sara Lupo and Dr. Jennifer years. Reichenberg.

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With Sara’s and Jennifer’s being named 2017 Emerging Scholar Fellowship recipients, this brings to 19 the total number of Fellows since the program’s inception in 2013. The full list of Fellows and mentors by year is as follows:

2017 2014 2013 Sara Lupo, James Madison University Katherine Batchelor, Miami Dawan Coombs, Brigham Young mentor: Sheila Valencia University University Jennifer Reichenberg, Medialle mentor: Jane Hansen mentor: Judith Langer College Robert Price Gardner, Mary Katherine Frankel, Boston University mentor: Taffy Raphael Washington University mentor: Donna Alvermann 2016 mentor: Kathryn Au Kelly Puzio, Washington State Michiko Hikida, The Ohio State Logan Manning, University of Texas, University University San Antonio mentor: Gerald Duffy mentor: Robert Jiménez mentor: JoBeth Allen Dana Robertson, University of Laura Tortorelli, Michigan State Sandra Osorio, Illinois State Wyoming University University mentor: Peter Afflerbach mentor: Elfrieda (Freddy) Hiebert mentor: Nancy Roser Patriann Smith, University of Illinois 2015 Blaine Smith, University of Miami at Urbana-Champaign mentor: Donald Leu mentor: Vicki Risko Eliza Allen, University of South Carolina, Columbia Yang Wang, University of South mentor: Judith Green Carolina mentor: Yetta Goodman Tracey Hodges, University of Southern Mississippi Phillip Wilder, Clemson University mentor: Timothy Shanahan mentor: Jan Dole Jaye Thiel, University of Tennessee, Knoxville mentor: Hilary Janks

Current members of the Reading Hall of Fame Emerging Scholars Fellowship Committee:

Patricia Edwards, Michigan State University (appointed 2016) Judith A. Langer, University at Albany, State University of New York (appointed 2016) Stuart McNaughton, The University of Auckland, New Zealand (appointed 2015) Donna Ogle, National-Louis University, Emerita (appointed 2015) Sheila Valencia, University of Washington (appointed 2015) James F. Baumann (Chair), University of Missouri, Emeritus (appointed 2014)

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UPDATES FROM OUR MEMBERS

TOM STICHT founders of Highlights for Children, Sarah Hochstetler’s Re-forming and others. There are a Literacy Education and Julie Justice number of photos and illustrations & B. Frank Tenore’s Becoming and a list of references. Anyone who Critical Pedagogues; and papers in would like a copy of the report can Journal of Language and Literacy send Tom an email asking for it, and Education, Children’s Literature & he will send it along. In addition to Reading, LRA Yearbook (with Karen working on the report, Tom served Eppley), Journal of Research in Rural for a while in 2016 on a special board Education, and the Oxford Research on literacy assessment for the San Education Encyclopedia. For text, Diego Council on Literacy and have lies & videotape fans, Laura is an reviewed papers for a couple of assistant professor in the College literacy journals. Busy enough! of Agriculture at the University of Minnesota and Tim Pat is a remote producer of digital games in PATRICK SHANNON Michigan for Trendy Entertainment. KEN & YETTA GOODMAN International Consultant in Adult Education (Ret.) [email protected]

From time to time Tom has written a number of brief notes about adult literacy education. He has shared these on various online discussion lists. This year Tom compiled 48 of these notes into a 100+ page report entitled: “The Struggle for Adult Literacy Education in America: A Trilogy Of Notes on History, Research, Policy, & Practice in Adult Literacy Education”. Part 1 of the trilogy is “Fighting Illiteracy in Times of War” Distinguished Professor Emeritus of and discusses the teaching of adult Education Yetta Goodman celebrated the 50th literacy from the Revolutionary Penn State University anniversary of her doctoral degree War into the streets of Iraq in the from Wayne State University in 21st century. Part 2 is entitled This year, Patrick Shannon retired Detroit by returning to the College “From to Literacy and Back to become a full-time professional of Education for a lecture as part Again: Investing in the Education of almost-noon basketball player, of their 150th anniversary. Yetta Adults to Improve the Educability political malcontent, and part and Ken just welcomed their 11th of Children.” Part 3 is entitled “Adult time rock and roller. He is great grandchild, Michaela Diane Education for Social Justice and writing the libretto for a musical Goodmeyer born October 13. Workforce Development.” “Bourne in the USA” - a tribute to Ken Goodman will turn 90 The report discusses a number Randolph Bourne upon the 100th December 23. With Kelly Allen, he of pioneers in reading including anniversary of his death. While is completing a book on reading for Edmund Huey, Paul Witty, George not in hightop Converse or paisley parents. Spache, Caroline and Garry Myers, jacket, he published Progressive both of whom were adult literacy Reading Education in America teachers in World War I and later (Routledge, 2017); chapters in 9 READING HALL OF FAME NEWSLETTER FALL 2017

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RICHARD ANDERSON on reading and a conference on P. DAVID PEARSON critical thinking. Dick’s publications in 2017 were on the topics of children’s productive use of academic vocabulary, instructional influences on English language learners’ storytelling, emergent leadership in children’s cooperative problem solving groups, and effects of teacher framing on children’s engagement during Collaborative Reasoning discussions. Life is not always easy when you get older, and Dick reports that both he and his wife, Jana, are beginning to feel the wages of time. BILL TEALE

Richard C Anderson University Scholar and Professor Evelyn Lois Corey Emeritus Professor Emeritus of Instructional Science and Professor University of Illinois of the Graduate School Graduate School of Education University of California, Berkeley This year Richard C. Anderson celebrated his 53rd year on the faculty at the University of Illinois, P. David Pearson retired from UC where he is now University Scholar Berkeley on June 29, 2017. It is not and professor emeritus. In March really news since he is friends with 2017, Dick gave a keynote address many RHF colleagues on Facebook at the International Convention of (where it was announced on that Psychological Science in Vienna very day!), but it is the first public and made colloquium presentations announcement of the occasion in a at the University of Lower Silesia, professional newsletter. He plans a the Technological University of A current project is LL4L: Lawndale much less active professional profile, Dresden, and Ludwig Maximilian Leaders for Literacy, which involves devoting more time to visiting University of Munich. In April he working with eight school principals grandkids and kids in the Chicago spoke at AERA in San Antonio and in in one of the most economically area AND traveling to places he has July at a preconvention institute at stressed neighborhoods of Chicago never seen. And attending RHF in its ILA in Orlando. In November, Dick to enhance leadership for literacy new venue! visited Beijing to celebrate the 15th instruction as a level for improving anniversary of Sunglory Education student achievement. http://www.sungloryedu.org/, a company he helped to found that publishes a shared book reading program to introduce reading and writing to Chinese kindergarteners in a fun, interesting way. While in China, he spoke at a conference

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VINCENT GREANY VICTORIA RISKO In September, Vicki was thrilled to meet with educators, including Ann-Sofie Selin, Pehr-Olof Rönnholm, and Pekka Olavi Niemi in Turku, Finland, and present “Engaging ALL readers in meaningful learning” to the Finnish Reading Association. For the second year into her retirement (!!), Vicki is serving as a literacy consultant for the TN State Department of Education, supporting the initiatives of the Commissioner of Education. As mentioned previously, the policy world is a new one for Vicki and she finds that she is constantly evaluating what she knows and how In recent years Vincent has she can support teachers and the worked mainly on issues related to students they teach. Drawing on monitoring student achievement research and constantly seeking levels through national assessments, different perspectives, Vicki finds public examinations and educational this work challenging and exciting at policy. Thomas Kellaghan and the same time. So many possibilities Vincent edited the World Bank’s Vicki’s publications this past year are there but what we know from five volume series on monitoring include: research on reform efforts, there educational achievement levels Risko, V.J., & Walker-Dalhouse, D. must be a commitment to long-term through sample-based national (in press). Best practices to change problem solving with the inclusion of assessment as well as coauthoring the trajectory of struggling readers, multiple voices. Change is possible two of the volumes The series in L. Gambrell & L. Morrow (Eds.). but how to influence policies and has been translated into Arabic, Best Practices in Literacy Instruction, actions that take hold for the long French, Portuguese, Spanish, and Sixth Edition to be published in 2018, term is such a challenge. Russian and can be downloaded Guilford Press. from the World Bank website. They were working on a book on Risko, V. J., Reid, L., Hoffman, J., PHILIP GOUGH public examination systems when Rodesiler, L., Skerrett, A., & Teale, Thomas sadly passed away in March W. with Shoffner, M., & Vasquez, V. 2017. Vincent hopes to submit the (March, 2017). Research advisory: manuscript for review later this Literacy teacher preparation. Joint year. Prior to, and since retirement, publication of the International Vincent has worked on educational Literacy Association and National projects in Africa, South and East Council of Teachers of English. Asia and, most recently, in the MENA Jiménez, R. T., David, S., Pacheco, region (Middle East and North M., Risko, V. J., Pray, L., Fagan, K. Africa) specifically in Egypt, Kuwait, & Gonzales, M. (2017). Creating Oman, and Saudi Arabia. He serves Responsive Teachers of Students on an advisory board for Russia’s Learning English. In Horowitz, R., & Center for International Cooperation Samuels, J. (Eds.). The Achievement in Education Development. Vincent Gap in Reading: Complex Causes, In 2010, Philip moved to The remains interested in the role of Persistent Issues, Possible Solutions Bellettini, a retirement home in textbooks in promoting tolerance (pp. 38-56). New York, NY: Bellevue, WA. and social cohesion. Routledge/Taylor & Francis.

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PATRICIA A. EDWARDS Gutman Library and across Harvard HEATHER BELL University. The award of $2,500 will support travel to and from Cambridge and other expenses. The award is valid during the period July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018.

GAY IVEY

Patricia’s Teachers College Press bestselling book New Ways to Engage Parents: Strategies and Kia ora tatou Greetings from the Tools for Teachers and Leaders, K-12 Aotearoa New Zealand where won the 2017 Delta Kappa Gamma Heather Bell is waiting for summer. International Society Educators Heather resigned as principal of Book Award. The committee Rosebank School at the end of recognizes women authors whose September, and she is still coming educational research and writing Well in advance of the snowy to terms with this decision. potentially impact the thoughts and season, Gay Ivey left the University Farewelling 500+ children and actions of today’s complex society. of Wisconsin-Madison and their families after 13 years was The award of $2,500 is presented at headed south to begin her new emotionally draining. We never the international convention of the position as the William E. Moran really know the impact we have on Society in even-numbered years and Distinguished Professor in Literacy the lives of children and to hear at one of five regional conferences at the University of North Carolina- their voices share their thoughts so (i.e., Canada, Europe, Latin America, Greensboro. She is enjoying the openly and thoroughly indicated that and United States). wide access to pulled pork barbecue, we have been positively contributing Patricia attended the Northeast the soothing sounds of southern to increasing their life chances by Regional Conference in Windsor, accents, and opportunities to laying a strong critical and creative Ontario, Canada, July 12-14, 2017 connect with fellow Reading Hall of foundation. The New Zealand to accept the award, speak briefly Famers Jim and Pat Cunningham, national curriculum facilitates this, about her work, and participate in a who live nearby. She has devoted our Y1 - Y6 children benefit from breakout session. much of her time this year to the the flexibility and the requirement Literacy Research Association, that teachers and schools use the Patricia was named the 2017-2018 serving as President-Elect and 2017 framework to design and implement Jeanne S. Chall Visiting Researcher Conference Chair. a curriculum that suits individual by the Jeanne S. Chall Endowment communities. Heather will be Advisory Board. The purpose of undertaking some consultancy and the award is to provide access mentoring work and will carry the to the Jeanne S. Chall Collection Rosebank kids in her heart and as on the Teaching of Reading at the moral imperative. Kia kaha.... be Harvard Graduate School of strong. Education’s Monroe C. Gutman Special Collections, as well as the other extensive resources of

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JANE HANSEN Speaks about Race, edited by Armstrong, S. L., & Stahl, N. A. (2017). Jesmyn Ward. Finally: Yes, Jane Communication across the silos lives in Charlottesville. And: Yes, and borders: The culture of reading Charlottesville is a great place. The in a community college. Journal of community has certainly been in College Reading and Learning, 47, the spotlight recently. The story 99-122. continues to unfold, and she hopes * Communication across the silos that she and her community can find and borders: The culture of reading a way to relax some of the tenseness in a community college will be given they feel. the article of the year award by the College Reading and Learning NORMAN STAHL Association on 11/2/17.

JEROME HARSTE

Jane spends every morning (after a jog or exercises, of course) practicing music with Tom, her husband. She plays keyboard and he sings, plays guitar, banjo, and harmonica. They provide music approximately once a month at various senior centers in their area -- and they enjoy it! Jane has played piano by notes for decades, and now she can play by chords, which has been quite a learning process. She spends most afternoons reading Completed the 2nd edition of Recent articles: with one or more of the four Teaching Children ‘s Literature: It’s children in a refugee family her Stahl, N. A., & Armstrong, S. L. Critical (with Chris Leland & Mitzi husband and she have known for (2017). Re-claiming, re-inventing, Lewison). Received “Best Non- eleven years. They are from Liberia, and re-reforming a field: The Objective Art Award” from Hoosier where Jane and her husband were future of college reading. Journal of Salon during their Annual Show in the Peace Corps in the mid-60s, College Reading and Learning, 48 (1). for entry entitled “Jericho.” Juried which provides a helpful foundation (Electronic version posted 9/29/17) into Indiana Watercolor Society’s International Show with entry for their relationship. Plus, they Hartman, D. K., Stahl, N. A. & King, entitled, “Civilized Residue.” are much fun. Her book club, the J. R. (2017). Making history a verb in African-American Authors Book literacy education. In N. A. Vines, Club (AAABC), continues to give her & S. Botzakis (Eds.). Annual Online opportunities to read many books Yearbook of the American Reading that she may not have otherwise Forum, Volume 37. read. Jane has belonged to AAABC Henry, L. A., & Stahl, N. A. (2017). since moving to Charlottesville, VA, Dismantling the developmental in 1999, and appreciates the lively education pipeline: Potent conversations. The most recent pedagogies and promising practices title is one she can recommend: The that address the college readiness Fire This Time: A New Generation gap. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 60 (6), 611-616. 13 READING HALL OF FAME NEWSLETTER FALL 2017

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BARBARA COMBER MARYELLEN VOGT MODDY MCKEOWN

Barbara really enjoyed working MaryEllen Vogt, Professor Emerita In July Margaret (Moddy) McKeown, with Canadian colleagues at the of Education at California State along with colleagues Paul Dean, University of Calgary recently. University, Long Beach, is an Judy Scott, Bob Krovetz, and Rene Their SSHRC workshop was entitled author of numerous professional Lawless, published an integrated “Affect, Embodiment, and Place articles and chapters and is volume resulting from a conference in : Assembling co-author of 17 books for teachers on vocabulary assessment: Theory and Practice”. Lots of terrific and administrators, including Vocabulary Assessment to Support emerging scholars in the field from Professional Learning in Action: Instruction (Guilford Press). Another UK, Canada, and USA. Barbara has An Inquiry Approach (with V. publication new this summer, in a new book out with Australian and Risko, 2016), and Making Content conjunction with Isabel Beck, is UK colleagues - Hayes, D. Hattam, R. Comprehensible for English Learners: Word Heroes, a vocabulary and Comber, B. Kerkham, L. Lupton, R. & The SIOP Model (5th ed., 2017). comprehension program for Thomson, P. (2017). Literacy, leading She is co-creator of SIOP, the only kindergarten, first, and second and learning: Beyond pedagogies of empirically validated instructional grades (Abrams Learning Trends). poverty. London: Routledge. Barbara model for developing the academic Moddy was in Stockholm, Sweden in is learning a lot on her study, language and content learning of August to present a keynote address Learning to write: A socio-material English Learners. The Model, with to the Eighth Nordic Congress analysis of text production, ARC worldwide implementation, includes on the Remediation of Dyslexia. Discovery; with Annette Woods, Lisa sites in Germany, where MaryEllen Moddy was also invited to present Kervin and Aspa Baroutsis. served as a University of Cologne the annual Jeanne S. Chall Lecture Visiting Scholar. Selected by the at Harvard. She presented the talk, CSU Chancellor’s Office and CA “Stealth Aspects of Vocabulary Department of Education as the Learning” in September. first Co-Director of the CSU Center for the Advancement of Reading, she collaborated with faculty from 23 CSU campuses to improve rigor in reading methods and graduate reading courses. She was President of the International Reading Association (now ILA) in 2004-2005.

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