EDIC-PDC Workshop by Dr. Ashley Boyd and Rachael Wolney
About the event
Title: “Palouse Reads: A Community Literacy Project”
Abstract: In this presentation, Professor Ashley Boyd and Doctoral Candidate Rachael Wolney will share their work creating and implementing a project in which local community members were invited to participate in collaborative reading and dialogue around social justice issues raised in young adult literature (YAL) such as mental health and food insecurity, and representatives from outreach organizations in the community were invited to share their connections to the books’ foci. Attendees will examine brief excerpts of data and will discuss our own university needs in related areas.
Bios:
Ashley S. Boyd (she/her) is a professor of English education and Director of University Common Requirements (UCORE) at Washington State University. She teaches courses on English Methods and Young Adult Literature and researches practicing teachers’ social justice pedagogies as well as avenues for cultivating students’ critical literacies. She is author of Social Justice Literacies in the English Classroom and co-author (with Janine J. Darragh) of Reading for Justice: Engaging Middle Level Readers in Social Action through Young Adult Literature.
Rachael R. Wolney (she/her) is a 5th year doctoral candidate in the Department of English at Washington State University. Her research interests include Disability Studies, Young Adult Literature, and Education. She teaches using disability studies pedagogy in a range of literature and writing courses, but specifically enjoys working with pre-service teachers and practicing teachers in learning about disability.