{"id":5,"date":"2012-10-25T22:04:15","date_gmt":"2012-10-25T22:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/template-faculty01\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2024-11-21T16:05:44","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T16:05:44","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/julianna-avila\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/juliannaavila.com\">You can learn more about me and my work here<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>EDUCATION<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>M.Sc. (in progress). University of Edinburgh.<\/p>\n<p>Ph.D. (2007). Language, Literacy &amp; Socio-Cultural Studies in Education, University of California, Berkeley.<\/p>\n<p>M.A. (2002). Advanced Reading &amp; Language Leadership Program, University of California, Berkeley.<\/p>\n<p>B.A. (1997). English Literature, University of Redlands (<em>summa cum laude<\/em>, Honors in English, Phi Beta Kappa).<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>AWARDS<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Divergent Book Award for Excellence in Literacy in a Digital Age, Initiative for 21st Century Literacies Research:\u00a0<em style=\"font-size: revert;color: initial\">Critical Digital Literacies: Boundary-Crossing Practices<\/em><span style=\"font-size: revert;color: initial\">. (2023).<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Edward B. Fry Book Award, Literacy Research Association:\u00a0<em>Critical Digital Literacies as Social Praxis: Intersections and Challenges<\/em>. (2014).<\/li>\n<li>Steve Cahir Excellence in Early Scholarship Award, American Educational Research Association Writing and Literacies SIG. (2011).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>BOOKS<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00c1vila, J. (2024). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.press.purdue.edu\/9781612499512\/fine-horses-and-fair-minded-riders\/\"><em>Fine Horses and Fair-Minded Riders: Modern Vaquero Horsemanship\u00a0<\/em><\/a>(New Directions in the Human-Animal Bond). Purdue University Press.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c1vila, J. (Ed.). (2023). <a href=\"https:\/\/brill.com\/display\/title\/69289\"><em>Leaders in English Language Arts Education Research: Intellectual Self-Portraits<\/em><\/a>. Brill.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c1vila, J., Rud, A.G., Waks, L., &amp; Ring, E. (Eds.). (2022). <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.routledge.com\/The-Contemporary-Relevance-of-John-Deweys-Theories-on-Teaching-and-Learning\/Avila-Ring-Jr-Waks\/p\/book\/9780367621513\">The Contemporary Relevance of John Dewey\u2019s Theories on Teaching and Learning: Deweyan Perspectives on Standardization, Accountability, and Assessment in Education<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em>Routledge International Studies in the Philosophy of Education.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c1vila, J. (Ed.). (2021). <a href=\"https:\/\/brill.com\/display\/title\/60481?language=en\"><em>Critical Digital Literacies: Boundary-Crossing Practices<\/em><\/a>. Brill.<\/p>\n<p>Pandya, J. Z., &amp; \u00c1vila, J. (Eds.) (2013). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.routledge.com\/Moving-Critical-Literacies-Forward-A-New-Look-at-Praxis-Across-Contexts\/Pandya-Avila\/p\/book\/9780415818148\"><i>Moving Critical Literacies Forward: A New Look at Praxis Across Contexts<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i>\u00a0Routledge.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c1vila, J. &amp; Pandya, J. Z. (Eds.) (2012).\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Critical-Digital-Literacies-Social-Praxis\/dp\/1433116936\"><i>Critical Digital Literacies as Social Praxis: Intersections and Challenges<\/i><\/a>. [<i>New Literacies and Digital Epistemologies<\/i>\u00a0Series (Eds. M. Knobel &amp; C. Lankshear)]. Peter Lang.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Rice, M. F. &amp; \u00c1vila, J. (2024). Online information: Theorising pedagogical attunements through technofeminist perspectives. <em>Digital Culture &amp; Education, 15<\/em>(1), 54-70 Available at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalcultureandeducation.com\/volume-151\">https:\/\/www.digitalcultureandeducation.com\/volume-151<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pandya, J. Z. &amp; \u00c1vila, J. (2023). CDL in the middle years classroom: Where we started and what might yet be. <em>Literacy Learning: The Middle Years, 31<\/em>(2), 40-48.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c1vila, J. (2022). A pedagogical grey crayon: Dewey\u2019s habit, assumption analysis, and thoughtful practice. <em>Irish Educational Studies<\/em>, 43(4), 737-749. DOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/03323315.2022.2148263\">10.1080\/03323315.2022.2148263<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00c1vila, J. (2021). #MultimediaResponse:\u00a0Instagram as a reading activity in a university English class.\u00a0<em>Journal of Adolescent &amp; Adult Literacy, 64<\/em>(5), 531-541.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c1vila, J. (2020). Creative and autobiographical response as counter-story.\u00a0<em>California English Journal, 26<\/em>(2).<\/p>\n<p>\u00c1vila, J. (2018). Complaint \u2018devices of art\u2019: Enlisting Dewey to question mandates. <em>Teachers College Record. <\/em>ID Number: 22548.<\/p>\n<p>Pandya, J. Z. &amp; \u00c1vila, J. (2016). Inequitable variations: A review of research in technology, literacy studies, and Special Education. <em>Literacy <\/em>(United Kingdom Literacy Association), <em>51<\/em>(3), 123-130.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c1vila, J. (2013). Participatory culture gets schooled: Reflections on a digital literacies course. <em>Teaching Education<\/em>, <em>24<\/em>(1), 97-111.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c1vila, J. (2012). The Fight\u2019s not always fixed: Using literary response to transcend standardized test scores. <em>English Journal, 102<\/em>(2)<em>, <\/em>101-107.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c1vila, J., &amp; Moore, M. T. (2012). Critical literacy, digital literacies and Common Core Standards: A workable union? <em>Theory into Practice<\/em>, <em>51<\/em>(1), 27-33.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c1vila, J., Zacher, J. C., Griffo, V. B., &amp; Pearson, P. D. (2011). Conducting\u00a0Instructional intervention research in the midst of a state takeover.\u00a0<em>Pedagogies, 6<\/em>(4), 30-45.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c1vila, J. (2009). Furthering teacher autonomy: Support, resources, and challenges informing professional communities of inquiry.\u00a0<em>Language Arts, 86<\/em>(4), 311-315.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c1vila, J. (2008). A Desire path to digital storytelling. <em>Teachers College Record. <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tcrecord.org\/Home.asp\">http:\/\/www.tcrecord.org<\/a>. ID Number: 15463.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>BOOK CHAPTERS<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Moore, M., Zancanella, D. &amp; \u00c1vila, J. (2016). National standards in policy and practice. In D. Wise, L. Hayward &amp; J. Z. Pandya, (Eds.) <em>The SAGE Handbook of Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment (<\/em>pp. 984-996). Sage Publications Ltd.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c1vila, J. (2015). Traveling down a desire line: Surviving where academia and community meet. In C. Gerstl-Pepin &amp; C. Reyes (Eds.) <em>Reimagining the Public Intellectual in Education: Making Scholarship Matter <\/em>(pp. 109-116). New York: Peter Lang.<\/p>\n<p>Moore, M., Zancanella, D. &amp; \u00c1vila, J. (2013). Text complexity: The battle for critical literacy in the Common Core State Standards. In J. Z. Pandya &amp; J. \u00c1vila, (Eds.)<em> Moving Critical Literacies Forward: A New Look at Praxis Across Contexts <\/em>(pp. 129-145). New York, NY: Routledge.<\/p>\n<p>Pandya, J. Z., &amp; \u00c1vila, J. (2013). Making the road by talking: Moving critical literacies forward. In J. Z. Pandya, J. &amp; J. \u00c1vila (Eds.) <em>Moving Critical Literacies Forward: A New Look at Praxis Across Contexts <\/em>(pp. 1-15). New York, NY: Routledge.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c1vila, J. &amp; Pandya, J. Z. (2012). Traveling, textual authority, and transformation:An Introduction to critical digital literacies. In J. \u00c1vila &amp; J. Z. Pandya, (Eds.). <em>Critical Digital Literacies as Social Praxis: Intersections and Challenges\u00a0<\/em>(pp. 1-12). New York, NY: Peter Lang.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c1vila, J., Underwood, C. &amp; Woodbridge, S. (2008). \u201cI\u2019m the expert now\u201d: Digital storytelling and transforming literacies among displaced children. In D. McInerney &amp; A.D. Liem (Eds.) <em>Research on Sociocultural Influences on Motivation and Learning: <\/em><em>Teaching and Learning: International Best Practice<\/em> (Vol. 8) (pp. 349-376)<em>.<\/em> Charlotte, N.C.: Information Age Publishing.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>GUEST EDITING<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00c1vila, J. &amp; Greenwalt, K. (2023). <em>The Journal of School &amp; Society<\/em>: <em>The Role of Philosophy in Initial Teacher Preparation, 9.1.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Barnes, M. &amp; \u00c1vila, J. (2020). <em>English Teaching: Practice and Critique: <\/em><em>Critical literacies in community contexts<\/em>, <em>19<\/em>(1).<\/p>\n<p>\u00c1vila, J., &amp; Pandya, J. Z. (2012). <em>Theory into Practice: <\/em><em>The future of critical literacies in US schools<\/em>, <em>51<\/em>(1).<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>SELECTED PRESENTATIONS<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cSuper High Grade Cultural Appropriation: Using Social Media to Critique Consumer Culture.\u201d <em>National Association for Media Literacy Education Conference<\/em>, July, 2022.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<span class=\"m_8813058138784084582mcenoneditable\">Dewey on the Danger of Routinized Praxis.&#8221; American Educational Research Association, April, 2022.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li>\u201cCritical Digital Storytelling in a Pre- and In-Service English Methods Course.\u201d Paper accepted for presentation at the Teachers, Teaching and Media Conference, Wake Forest University, May, 2017.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cProductive Digital Literacies for Students with Special Needs: A Review of Research on Technology, Literacy and Special Education.\u201d Paper accepted for presentation at the British Educational Research Association, Belfast, Ireland, September, 2015. With J. Pandya.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe Battle for critical literacy in the Common Core State Standards.\u201d Annual Convention of National Council of Teachers of English, Boston, MA, November, 2013. With M. Moore &amp; D. Zancanella.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cEmerging perspectives on critical digital literacies theory and practice\u201d (Discussant).\u00a0 Annual Meeting of the Literacy Research Association, San Diego, CA, November, 2012.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe City that national standards is constructing: Critical literacy as center, suburban, and\/or gentrified quarter?\u201d American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April, 2011.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe Future of critical literacies in U.S. Schools.\u201d Annual Convention of National Council of Teachers of English, Orlando, FL, November, 2010.<\/li>\n<li>\u201c \u2018You just don\u2019t know about me\u2019: Using digital literacies to reclaim agency.\u201d Proposal accepted to present at the Technology in Literacy Education Special Interest Group, Annual Convention of International Reading Association, Chicago, IL, May, 2010.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Storying against silence: using digital storytelling to improve literacy, engagement and aptitude.&#8221; Invited presentation at National Youth At-Risk Conference, Savannah, GA, March, 2010.<\/li>\n<li>\u201c \u2018I can teach you\u2026something\u2019: Josh, digital storytelling and proficiency.\u201d Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Georgia Council of Teachers of English, Jekyll Island, GA, February, 2009.<\/li>\n<li>\u201c \u2018You got to let the experts do it some time\u2019: Digital storytelling and the revision of literacy identities among displaced students.\u201d \u00a0Research Poster Session at the Annual Convention of the International Reading Association, Atlanta, GA, May, 2008 [proposal accepted].<\/li>\n<li>&#8221; \u2018Representing the N.O.\u2019 from afar: Writing one\u2019s way back into the world.\u201d \u00a0Presentation at the Annual Convention of the Conference on College Composition and Communication, New Orleans, April, 2008 [proposal accepted].<\/li>\n<li>\u201c \u2018I\u2019m the expert now\u2019: Digital storytelling and transforming literacies among displaced children.\u201d Presentation at the Conference on Literacy, Urban Issues, and Social Studies Education, Georgia State College of Education, Atlanta, GA, February, 2008.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cTeaching reading comprehension strategies to struggling students.\u201d \u00a0Presentation and workshop given at the Raskob Learning Institute (a school affiliated with Holy Names University), Oakland, California, June, 2006. \u00a0With P. D. Pearson, V. Benson, &amp; J. Hansell.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cConducting instructional intervention research in the midst of a state takeover.\u201d Presentation at the National Reading Conference, Miami, FL, December, 2005. With V. Benson, P.D. Pearson &amp; J. Zacher.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cEvery poem talks to me: twenty-seven lessons in a high school reading class.\u201d \u00a0Presentation at College Composition and Communication Conference, San Antonio, TX, March, 2004.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i><strong>COURSES TAUGHT<\/strong><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Teaching as Transformation<\/li>\n<li>Reading and Teaching Banned Books<\/li>\n<li>Teaching Academic English to Adolescent Learners<\/li>\n<li>Teaching of Multicultural and Multi-Ethnic Literature<\/li>\n<li>Teaching of Writing<\/li>\n<li>Digital Literacies<\/li>\n<li>Studies in Writing, Rhetoric and New Media<\/li>\n<li>Communities and Identities in Digital Worlds<\/li>\n<li>Teaching English\/Communication Skills to Middle and Secondary School Learners<\/li>\n<li>Contexts and Issues in the Teaching of English<\/li>\n<li>Writing about Literature<\/li>\n<li>Children&#8217;s\/Young Adult Literature and Childhood Trauma<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i><strong>FACULTY APPOINTMENTS<\/strong><\/i><\/p>\n<p>Associate Professor, UNC Charlotte, 2016-present.<\/p>\n<p>Assistant Professor, UNC\u00a0Charlotte, 2010-2016.<\/p>\n<p>Assistant Professor, Georgia Southern University, 2007-2010.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can learn more about me and my work here. EDUCATION M.Sc. (in progress). University of Edinburgh. Ph.D. (2007). Language, Literacy &amp; Socio-Cultural Studies in Education, University of California, Berkeley. M.A. (2002). Advanced Reading &amp; Language Leadership Program, University of California, Berkeley. B.A. (1997). 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