I was featured in Fig Magazine, a regional business and culture magazine based in Lancaster, PA, for my work at Elizabethtown College as a human-centered design leader. The people at Fig are absolutely amazing. You can read more about the […]

This book chapter, published in Getting to the Truth by Hippocampus Magazine and Books, is a nod to a project I worked on several years ago in Wamego, KS. It includes a couple of writing exercises and some additional prompts […]

Published in the National Council of Teachers of English English Journal, this column describes a new summer school program designed to engage and inspire a group of middle school students in a credit recovery class. Full text: Breath of Life

Published in The ALAN Review this article discusses the experiences of undergraduate pre-service teachers attending the ALAN Workshop for the first time in Boston, MA. Full text: From Innocence to Relevance

This article, published in the International Reading Association’s SIGNAL Journal is an examination of an emerging secondary orality among young adults and adolescents as they connect, collaborate and exchange ideas online. Full text:Secondary Orality and Emerging Literacies in the Age of […]

Published in Kansas English, this teacher narrative essay examines the internal and external motivations of a student who once thought of himself as a struggling reader and writer. Full text: A Lasting Impact

Published in the International Reading Association’s Reading Today, this essay includes a variety of ways teachers look to motivate student reading by including the types of stories students are looking for. Full text: The Key to Transforming Student Reading: Honor stories […]

Published in the International Reading Association’s  SIGNAL Journal Jen Bryant discusses the new landscape of war in Young Adult literature. Full text: War in YAL: An interview with Jen Bryant

Published in English Journal, the flagship peer-reviewed journal of the National Council of Teachers of English, the article, co-authored with Dr. Lori Goodson, discusses how students developed their own podcast detailing rural life in a small Kansas town in the Flint […]

“A Special Guest” is a brief teacher narrative that retells an authentic exchange between teacher and student about the importance of examining character development when reading a novel. Full text: A Special Guest