Literacy Studies
- Advocating for LGBTQ+ Children’s Literature in Schools and Libraries I was invited to serve as a guest editor in 2025 for a themed issue of The Dragon Lode, a journal of the Children’s Literature and Reading special interest
Ashley Cartun brings her whole self to her work and she hopes others feel empowered as well. As the Director of Secondary Humanities and an Associate Teaching Professor in Literacy Studies, she is focused on preparing future
Haydn Crouse had several years of experience teaching in elementary schools and a solid undergraduate underpinning, when she realized she wanted to “become a better teacher for my students.”Crouse, a kindergarten teacher
Just like many educators, Deidre Bergquist navigated the challenges of transitioning to remote learning with her students in 2020, her first year teaching first-grade after earning her bachelor of arts in psychology with a
Erica Bednar traveled the world and thousands of miles before returning to 91´«Ă˝ and her hometown to earn her Master’s degree in literacy studies education from the School of Education. A 91´«Ă˝ Buff through and through,
A long line of educators inspired Will Ostendorf's winding path to becoming a teacher. His parents are both teachers — his mother taught middle school and his father entered the profession after retiring from an information