EXPERTISE

My work is often inter-disciplinary, helping colleagues 

to think across AI literacies, digitial literacies, critical literacies, multiliteracies, disAbilities studies, and multilingual learning. I love to work with students, families, teachers, and school leaders to create communities of intellectualism and care. ​​​

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For over twenty years I have studied, taught, and colloborated at Teachers College, Columbia University, and for the last three years my work has focused on global literacies. 
 
In this capacity, I've worked in the fields of curriculum development, staff development, and leadership support. I've worked extensively as coach and thought partner to school leaders around literacy leadership. I designed and lead principal conferences and leadership institutes. 

 

I've developed and hosted climate change symposia, developed book club institutes focusing on historical fiction and nonfiction research, developed institutes on ethical research practices for teens, argumentation, and on critical literacies, and most recently, been a writer in residence and an AI partner-in-residence for school communities. 

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RESEARCH INTERESTS

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AI and Digital Literacies

• AI Literacies

• Brain-First Learning Theory

• Deep Reading Practices

• Multimodal Literacies

• Digital Reading Skills

• AI-Enhanced Literacy

• Ethics and Innovation Inside of AI

 

Vocabulary Acquisition

• Literary Vocabulary

• Word Consciousness

• Domain Vocabulary

• Linguistic Histories 

 

Anti-Oppressive Education

• Civic Education

• Culturally Responsive Pedagogy

• Multilingual Learning

Close Reading

• Applying Critical Literacy Theories as Interpretive Lenses

• Developing Language and Protocols for Close Reading

• Transactional Reading​​​​

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

□ AI-Enhanced Literacy: Practical Steps for Deepening Reading and Writing Instruction. Co-authored with Philip Seyfried. ASCD, 2025. 

 

□ Vocabulary Connections: a Structured Approach to Deepening Children's Academic and Expressive Language. Stenhouse, 2025. 

 

□ Democratizing Reading with AI.  Co-authored with Philip Seyfried. Stenhouse, in press for 2026.

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□ AI-Supported Teaching for Multilingual Learners.  Co-authored with Philip Seyfried and Agustín Reyes-Torres. Teachers College, in press for 2026.

 

□ The Civically Engaged Classroom: Reading, Writing, and Speaking for Change, co-authored with Pablo Wolfe and Marc Todd

□ Critical Literacy: Unlocking Contemporary Fiction, co-authored with Sonja Cherry-Paul and Heather Burns

 

 

ORGANIZATIONS

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• National Council of Teachers of English

• National Council of Teachers of Social Studies

• International Literacy Association

• American Educational Research Association

• Act Up, NYC

• PFLAG