Volume 17(2)
Academic Articles | Academic Book Reviews | CYAL Book Reviews | Poetry, Fiction, and Visual Arts
“Points of View” by Andrew Wales
Editor’s Introduction
Editor’s Introduction: Resisting “Normality” through Community Reciprocity
Yixuan Wang
Academic Articles
Research Articles
Teaching and Assessing Early Literacy during COVID-19 and Beyond
Katia Ciampa and Rosemarie Jagielo-Manion
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The Black Box: Close Reading Literary Life
Scott Jarvie
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Embodied Literacies of Sexuality and Gender of College Students
Meg C. Jones, Annemarie Vaccaro, Ryan A. Miller, Rachael Forester, Rachel E. Friedensen, Ezekiel W. Kimball, and Desiree Forsythe
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Reconfiguring Literacies in the Age of Misinformation and Disinformation
Kristy Smith and Lana Parker
Now I Feel Myself as a Full Person: Women’s Empowerment through Integrated Functional Adult Education program in Ethiopia
Tilahun Adamu Mengistie
Karla M. Zaccor and Jake C. Thurman
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Voices from the Field
Can(n)non Fodder No More: Disrupting Common Arguments that Support a Canonical Empire
S.R. Toliver and Heidi Hadley
Listen to an interview with the authorsTairan Qiu, Chioma Kas-Osoka, and Jason D. Mizell
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Magic Water: The Symbolic and Healing Nature of Water in Black Children’s Literature
Autumn A. Griffin
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Academic Book Reviews
The academic book reviews in this issue cover a range of topics relevant to the field of language and literacy education. Reviewers with diverse backgrounds provide summaries and critiques of books focusing on curriculum, instruction, and social equity.
Wei-Yi Lee, Academic Book Review Editor, jolle.bookrev@gmail.com
Review of It’s not “One More Thing”: Culturally Responsive and Affirming Strategies in K-12 Literacy Classrooms
Jennifer Barreto, West Chester University
Review of Media Literacy in Action: Questioning the Mediaby Renee Hobbs
Sarah K. Stice, University of Georgia
Review of Hemingway in the Digital Age: Reflections on Teaching, Reading, and Understanding by Laura Godfrey
Eun Young Yeom, University of Georgia
Review of SEL Every Day: Integrating Social and Emotional Learning with Instruction in Secondary Classrooms by Meena Srinivasan
Caroline Bedingfield, Georgia State University
Children & Young Adult Literature (CYAL) Book Reviews
The Journal of Language and Literacy Education reviews recently published or soon-to-be-published children’s and young adult literature. At JoLLE, we value students’ voices and creativity in reflecting their understanding and evaluation of the literature that is written for them. For this year’s fall issue, we are pleased to share reflections from parents, teachers, and students on topics related to social justice, diversity, faith, culture and identity, and self-affirmation. We hope these reviews will promote engagement with textual literacy and understanding of literature for learners from different age groups. We thank the students, teachers, and caregivers who have participated in our Children and Young Adult Literature book reviews. We hope to see more reviews from children and adults around the globe.
Xing Wei, CYAL Book Review Editor, jolle.cyal@gmail.com
Picture Book Reviews
Review of From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial that Galvanized the Asian American Movement
Student Reviewers: John Lee
Adult/Educator Reviewer: Rosa Nam
Review of Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story
Student Reviewer: Reed Norton
Adult/Educator Reviewer: Tori Golden Hughes
Review of I Am!: Affirmations for Resilience
Student Reviewers: Clara Stice
Adult/Educator Reviewer: Sarah Stice
Review of Sharice’s Big Voice: A Native Kid Becomes a Congresswoman
Student Reviewer: Zoë Heiss, Benjamin Heiss, and Miriam Heiss
Adult/Educator Reviewer: Nancy Heiss
Young Adult Book Reviews
Student Reviewer: Olivia Kutzleb
Adult/Educator Reviewer: Cameron Stevenson
Poetry, Fiction, & Visual Arts
In the Fall 2021 issue of JoLLE, we are proud to present a Poetry, Fiction, & Visual Arts section that shows voices from educators, students, and artists in diverse contexts around the world. Our contributors, who are also researchers and educators, provide us both practical inspiration and poetic interpretation of many issues related to teaching, emotions, language, and literacy.
Yixuan Wang, Poetry, Fiction, & Visual Arts Editor, jolle.art.literature@gmail.com
Poetry
Title: “It Just Feels Different”
Author: Jennifer C. Mann
Institution: North Carolina State University
Title: “Teachers Worry, Too”
Author: Katherine LaMaster
Title: “More Than a Class (Poetry for Two Voices)”
Author: Sel Melvin
Institution: Coastal Carolina University
Visual Art
Titles: “Pains, Blood, Red” & “We Belong to Nature”
Artist: Jayanthi Sankar
Principal Editor
Yixuan Wang
Managing Editor
Jennifer Ervin
Production Editor
Madison Gannon
Conference Chair
Olumide Ajayi
Academic Book Review Editor
Wei-Yi Lee
Poetry, Fiction, & Visual Arts Editor
Yixuan Wang
CYAL Book Review Editor
Xing Wei
Communications Editor
Saurabh Anand
Scholars Speak Out Editor
Wisnu Agung Pradana
Digital Content Editor
Yixuan Wang
Faculty Advisor
Usree Bhattacharya