Making “Good Trouble” for Rural Literacy Research to Promote Spatial and Educational Equity

Session Submission Type: Alternative Format Session

Abstract

This alternative session theorizes rurality, literacy, and inequity to create a space for thinking about how, where, and when opportunity to develop literate selves does not manifest equitably across place. Rural places are often ignored in research and policy despite the 9.7 million students who attend rural schools in the US. In this interactive session four rural-serving literacy researchers invite participants to engage in discussions about rural definitions, spatial inequities, rural literacies, and literacy research.

Content Area

• AREA 7. Critical, Cultural, and Social Issues of Literacy Practices In and Out of School

Chair

• Karen Eppley, Penn State

Presenters

• Catherine Lammert, Texas Tech University

• Alexandra Panos, University of South Florida

• Devon Brenner, Mississippi State University

• Karen Eppley, Penn State