Profiles in "Literacy and Writing" Expertise Area

  • Dr. Wendy R. Williams, Associate Professor of English, is a scholar of English education and visual/multimodal narrative. She is also a certified Maricopa County Master Gardener and classically trained chef.
  • Graham studies how writing develops, how to teach it effectively, and how writing can be used to support reading and learning.
  • Dr. Harris is ASU Regents Professor Emeritus and PI on ASU grants. Teaching children in poverty or with disabilities impacted her commitment to social justice and EBPs. Her research focuses on SRSD for writing and PD for SRSD.
  • Kate Anderson is the Editor of the journal Linguistics and Education and teaches both graduate qualitative research methods courses and linguistics courses in educating multilingual learners.
  • Lindsey Moses is a former elementary teacher of multilingual learners and is passionate about supporting literacy instruction in diverse classrooms.
  • Melissa Geiselhofer serves as program coordinator and faculty for the master's of education early childhood online program.
  • Ying-Chih Chen's research agenda focuses on how teachers use student scientific uncertainty as a pedagogical resource to facilitate students' practices of argumentation, Sensemakign, and modeling.
  • Dickens currently teaches a wide variety of Writing Programs classes at ASU-Tempe, including ENG 101, 102, 107, 108, 301, 302 and WAC 107. She specializes in business writing and L2 writing.
  • Clinical Assistant Professor University Supervisor for Student Teaching Early Childhood Program Lead