AREA 8. Literacy Learning and Practice in Multicultural and Multilingual Settings

Kongji Qin, New York University

Doris Villarreal, University of Missouri-St. Louis

Community, Spirituality, School, and Self-Expression: The Healing Local Literacy Practices within a Residential Facility for Trafficking Survivors - Gretchen S Goode, University of Southern Mississippi; Sunny D Wells, University of Southern Mississippi; Kimberly A Hogan, University of Southern Mississippi; Tommie Killen, University of Southern Mississippi; Rebecca R Lavigne, University of Southern Mississippi; Megan Simmons, N/A

Empowering Young Bilingual Children: Agency Through Multimodal Responses - Ling Hao, University of South Carolina

Testimonio as Anti-Oppressive Literacy Pedagogy with Newcomer Immigrant Youth - Kongji Qin, New York University