Diplomas/Degrees
Diplomas/Degrees
Ph.D. English Education, University of Virginia (2004)
M.A. American Studies, Boston College (1997)
B.A. English Teaching; History, University of New Hampshire (1995)
Recent Courses
Recent Courses
Exploring The Arts: Theatre For Young Adult Audiences
Exploring The Arts: Women In Art And Literature
Inquiry And Expression Literacy Across The Curric: Humanities
Instruction And Assesment In English Education
Master'S Seminar In Adolescence Education
Master'S Seminar In Educational Theater
The Art Of Teaching Shakespeare
Youth Literacies: Literature, Culture And The Arts
Specialization/Interests
Specialization/Interests
Critical Literacy
Feminist Pedagogy
Differentiated Instruction
Adolescent Literacy
Curriculum Design
Research Interests
Research Interests
Literacy Across the Curriculum
Critical Literacy
Gender, Class, Race, and Sexuality
Books
Books
Wallowitz, L. (Ed.). (2008). Critical literacy as resistance: Teaching for social justice across the secondary curriculum. New York: Peter Lang.
Articles
Articles
Wallowitz, L. (2004), Reading as Resistance: Gendered Messages in Literature and Media. English Journal, 93, 26-31.
Wallowitz, L. (2003), Women's Health Activism: Bridging Theory and Practice. Iris: a journal about women, 47, 64-67.
Conference Presentations
Conference Presentations
Wallowitz, L. (2007). Critical Literacy as resistance: Problematizing race, gender, and class with urban youth. In Paris International Conference on Education, Economy, and Society. Paris, France.
Wallowitz, L. (2007). "Student's Negotiations of Heteronormative Spaces". In American Association of Curriculum Studies. Chicago, Illinois.
Wallowitz, L., & Linne. R. (2006). "Labor as Curriculum". In Conference on Curriculum Studies. Marbles Fall, Texas.
Wallowitz, L., & Bekkala, E. (2006). "Bridging cultures, bridging curriculum: Using text and image as a vehicle for interdisciplinary teaching.". In Second World Curriculum Conference. Tampere, Finland.
Wallowitz, L., & Linne, R. (2006). "Differentiation across the curriculum". In Hawaii International Conference on Education. Honolulu, Hawaii.
Emert, T., Wallowitz, L., & Levy, A. (2005). "Hot burning torches: Teaching YA books that sizzle with controversy". In ALAN Conference. Pittsburgh, PA.
Wallowitz, L. (2004). "Women's health activism in a feminist voice". In Bergamo Conference on Curriculum Theorizing. Daytone, Ohio.
Other Work
Other Work
Wallowitz, L. "Just like Lizzie: Gender stereotyping, essentialism, and the domestication of rebellion in Disney's Lizzie Maguire." In Macedo, D., & Steinberg, S.R.(Eds.). Media literacy: A reader. New York: Peter Lang.
"Happy Victims: The Construction of Women in Advertising." In Jha and Nigam (Eds.) Women in advertising: Changing perceptions. ICFAI Books.
Grants
Grants
Project BUILD: Four Year Nonfiction Literacy Research Grant
Honors and Accomplishments
Honors and Accomplishments
Teaching Excellence Award, 2006-07
Keynote Speaker, Kappa Delta Pi, International Education Honor Society Induction Ceremony
Women's Recognition Award, SGA's Women's Recognition Dinner
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