FACULTY

Professor. B.A., English and Communications, Linfield College; M.A., English, Washington State University; Ph.D., English Education, New York University.

Professor Reid teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in English education and directs the program. Courses include adolescents' literature; theories of language, literacies and learning; theories of teaching literature; and methods of teaching reading, language arts, and composition. She is the editor of English Journal, a national publication for secondary school English language arts teachers. She has published articles in numerous professional journals, including English Journal and English Education, and gives workshops nationally and internationally on teaching international literature to young adults, teachers as researchers, critical reading strategies, and visual literacy. Current research interests include an investigation of the nature and status of English education. Six textbooks for high school students, co-authored with Fran Claggett and Ruth Vinz, exemplify her theories: Learning the Landscape, Recasting the Text (1996) and four Daybooks of Critical Reading and Writing for grades 9-12 (1998). Reflective Activities: Helping Students Connect with Texts (1998), edited with Jeffrey Golub, gathers exemplary classroom practices around the unifying theme of the power of reflection in teaching and learning. Rationales for Teaching Young Adult Literature (1999), edited with Jamie Hayes Neufeld, incorporates her research interests in censorship, literacy, and adolescents' literature.

Phone: 970 491 5264
Email Address: Louann.Reid@ColoState.EDU