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The Journal of Literacy Research (JLR) is a peer-reviewed journal that has contributed to the advancement literacy and literacy education research for over 50 years. JLR is a forum for sharing innovative research and pedagogy that considers a broad range of topics encompassing instruction and assessment, policy development, understandings of literacies, and relationships of ideology and knowledge. JLR particularly encourages papers that disrupt traditional notions of literacy and literacy instruction. View full journal description

This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

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Civic Compositional Literacies of Indonesian American Girlhood

  • Ankhi G. Thakurta
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Reading and Equity in Teacher Education: An Exploratory Study

  • Rachel Heydon
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  • Bronwyn Johns
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  • Marianne McTavish
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The Black Geographic Narratives of Haitian and Haitian American Youth

  • Wideline Seraphin
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Examining Queer Elements and Ideologies in LGBT-Themed Literature: What Queer Literature Can Offer Young Adult Readers

  • Mollie V. Blackburn
  • Caroline T. Clark
  • Emily A. Nemeth
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The Youth Lens: Analyzing Adolescence/ts in Literary Texts

  • Robert Petrone
  • Sophia Tatiana Sarigianides
  • Mark A. Lewis
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“I Am a Parrot”: Literacy Ideologies and Rote Learning

  • Usree Bhattacharya
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What Is Culturally Informed Literacy Instruction? A Review of Research in P–5 Contexts

  • Laura Beth Kelly
  • Wendy Wakefield
  • Jaclyn Caires-Hurley
  • Lynne Watanabe Kganetso
  • Lindsey Moses
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The Voices of Transnational MotherScholars of Emergent Bilinguals

  • Jungmin Kwon
  • Wenyang Sun
  • Minhye Son
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Critical Inquiry in (and About) Media Environments: Examining an Asset-Based Digital Literacy Curriculum

  • Brady Nash
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The Monstrous Hospitality of Canonical Text Selections: The Need for a Hospitable Literacy Framework

  • Heidi Lyn Hadley
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Refrains of Friendship in Young Children's Postdigital Play

  • Kenneth Pettersen
  • Christian Ehret
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