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

What's Important About An After School Digital Storytelling Workshop with Female Adolescent Newcomers? - Sarah M Vander Zanden, University of Northern Iowa

“I Have to Get Ready”: Examining Mexican and Mexican-Origin Students’ Lived Experiences of Digital Literacies and College Readiness - Erika Mein, University of Texas at El Paso; Christina Convertino, University of Texas at El Paso

“Some people get lost”: Using diasporic texts as identity catalysts for minoritized and refugee students in an after school reading and writing collaborative. - Will J. Edwards, University of Toronto

Composing Culture: Exploring Innovations in Multimodal Literacies with Youth Writers in Casablanca and New York - Janine L Nieroda, Syracuse University