Area 7: Social, Cultural, and Political Issues of Literacy Practices In and Out of School

Kristen Perry, University of Kentucky

Asian Immigrants Family-School Relationships and Literacy Learning: Patterns and Explanations - Guofang Li, University of British Columbia; Zhuo Sun, University of British Columbia

(re)Storying Literacy Experiences and Practices of African American Families through Narrative Inquiry - Shana E. Rochester, University of Michigan

Beyond Synergy: Children's role in brokering literacy practices in an Afghan-American refugee family - Assadullah Sadiq, University of British Columbia

Developing Critically Literate Children at Bilingual Homes - Zawan Al Bulushi, Indiana University