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

Kelly C Johnston, Baylor University

Kira LeeKeenan, University of Texas Austin

Sustainable Communities, Sustainable Lives: Urban Youth Perspectives In An Out Of School Writers’ Club - Kirsten Dara Hill, The University of Michigan-Dearborn; Karen Thomas Brown, The University of Michigan-Dearborn; LaShorage Shaffer, The University of Michigan-Dearborn

Using the Places We Write: The Physicality of Youths’ Writing Processes - Bethany Silva, University of New Hampshire

What does writing do? Changing the perspective on transformational literacy practices - Elizabeth Bolton, OISE, University of Toronto