AERA Media, Culture & Learning SIG @mclsig.bsky.social The Media, Culture & Learning Special Interest Group of AERA
Board Members:
Dr. T. Philip Nichols, Chair
Dr. Stephanie Rollag Yoon, Program Chair
Dr. Alex Panos, Treasurer
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National Writing Project @writingproject.bsky.social We envision a future where every person is an accomplished writer and engaged learner.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social The official "Resistance" team of U.S. National Park Service. Our website: www.ourparks.org
Nick Sousanis @nsousanis.bsky.social Comics as thinking. Eisner winner. Unflattening from HarvardUP (http://bit.ly/1vENIO7). Former Detroiter/NYer/YYC/now assoc prof SFSU-Comics Studies!
https://spinweaveandcut.com/
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#Unflattening #Nostos
Nelson Flores @nelsonlflores.bsky.social Professor in the academy working with communities within and beyond it in the fight for a more equitable world
Check out and subscribe to my blog:
https://substack.com/@educationallinguist?r=5hc96n&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=profile&shareImageVariant=light
Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social Research Assistant Professor of AI & Society at Binghamton University (SUNY) - Civics of Technology Board Member - Luddite Praxis - Dad Life - he/him
박사라 Sarah Park Dahlen @readingspark.bsky.social Associate Professor iSchool University of Illinois; Asian American Youth Lit; Asian American Studies; Critical Adoption Studies; RDYL co-editor #VeryKorean #VeryAsian sarahpark.com
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Maha Bali, PhD @mahabali.bsky.social Equity/care. Open connected educator. @bali_maha 🐦. Mahabali@mastodon.social
Blog: https://blog.mahabali.me Dismantle injustice 🇵🇸 #EduSky #highered
Professor of Practice, American Univ in Cairo
Bonnie Stewart @bonstewart.bsky.social online pedagogies, digital/data/multiliteracies, belonging, open ed. Three Fires Confederacy land. they/she.
old-skool cyborg/digital educator in the Haraway tradition: partial, ironic, faithful as blasphemy is faithful.
Chanea Bond @heymrsbond.com (shuh-NAY) • The Madwoman in the Classroom • nationally recognized, award winning literacy educator • teacher-scholar • mom • your favorite teacher’s favorite English teacher • doc student • #heymrsbond 💛 • she/her
shea wesley martin @sheathescholar.bsky.social literacy scholar, shot-caller, brawler
📍 red states (until they’re blue)
Jamie D. Gravell, PhD (she/her) @jamiegravell.bsky.social learner. teacher. history nerd. mama. wife. civic edu. all the fiber arts & dramatic TV, there is always time for ice cream.
Chris Chang-Bacon @chrischangbacon.bsky.social Associate Professor of Education @ University of Virginia. Bilingualism, Language Policy, & Anti-Oppressive Education.
Will Banks @rhetprof.bsky.social Professor of Rhetoric, Writing, & Prof Comm at ECU, Director of WAC. Amateur baker. Wishing I were in London.
Gemma @gemmasupernova.bsky.social Writing education towards justice. Writer, poet, playwright, literacies scholar (Syracuse PhD 2022), writing coach. We Might As Well Be Underwater (Unsolicited Press, 2017). Queer. Social media lurker mostly. She/her.
www.gemmacoopernovack.com
Brady Nash @nashb.bsky.social English Education scholar. Digital/critical literacies. Read my stuff here: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Brady-Nash-2
Tori K. Flint @torikflint.bsky.social Mother | Writer | Lover of Poetry & Punk | Associate Prof. of Literacy & Early Childhood Ed | Listening to and and learning from children | She/her
rom comrade @savasavasava.myatproto.social academic. filmmaker. straight-presenting-bi. nyc asshole in toronto. she/her/auntiefa. acab.
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banner: jealous gf meme with Marx, & Rom & Quark from ds9. Quark is jealous gf, marx is new hottie.
Nicole R. Misra she/her @nicolermisra.bsky.social PhD student; education, racial literacy, translanguaging, racioliguistics. | Grad student board for Writing & Literacies SIG | Bilingual Education Research SIG Working Webinar Group Member
Caroline B. Rabalais, PhD @carolinebr.bsky.social Adjunct instructor in the CEHD at GSU • English teacher • Reality TV fanatic
Trevor Aleo @mraleosays.bsky.social teacher | scholar | ENG & EDU lecturer | literary, critical, & postdigital #literacies
PL Thomas EdD @plthomasedd.bsky.social P. L. Thomas, Professor, Furman University. Teacher/Writer/Poet. Social media is not my classroom. Posts represent me only and no organization linktr.ee/plthomas
Literacy (reading and composition) and education policy, comic book scholarship
BW Hamilton ☄️ @brentneyh.bsky.social comp lecturer. rural rhetorics researcher. ultra trail jogger. manic pixie dream possum. lost gonzo.
Philip Montgomery @dpmontgomery.bsky.social Living and learning in Astana. Proud papa. Adopted Kazakh Kúıeý Bala. Researching and teaching multilingual education, “academic” writing, and critical language policy at Nazarbayev University. dpmontgomery.wordpress.com
Angela Stockman @angelastockman.bsky.social Teacher | Author | Consultant
My research interests include pedagogical documentation, multiliteracy instruction, and multimodal composition.
She/Hers
I share stuff here: https://linktr.ee/AngelaStockman
Kevin Wong 黃浩文 @kevinwongla.bsky.social Associate Professor @Pepperdine • #BilingualEducation & #Multiraciality • Aspiring picture book author • Editor of CATESOL Journal & The Teacher Advocate • #PhDad • Ephesians 2:10 • he/他/佢
www.kevin-m-wong.com • YouTube➡️@TheBilingualProfessor
Molly Moloney @mollymolo.bsky.social Education data and policy nerd. Book lover (SF/fantasy, especially). California native gardening. Experimenting with new recipes. General silliness.
Claire Jackson @claire.northsky.social assistant professor of writing studies and director of writing @ SUNY geneseo.
researching the political economy of writing programs and ideologies of literacy, language, gender, and technology.
bass in sweet crush.
Kristen Hawley Turner @teachkht.bsky.social Writer. Teacher. Learner. Mother of Twins.
Kerry H Alexander @languageartist.bsky.social Artist, writer, teacher, mom 🧡 Elementary literacy pedagogy and practice; Assistant Professor of Literacy Education at the University of Maryland College Park. ✨ www.languageartistry.com ✨
Dr. Diana Liu @dianaliuedu.bsky.social (She/her)
7-12 ELA Educator | Cooperating/ Mentor Teacher | Respect for All Liaison | Adjunct Instructor | PhD in English Education | Aerials Enthusiast
tompolk.bsky.social @tompolk.bsky.social Director, Writing Across the Curriculum, George Mason University. Research on access, authenticity, and development
abbey (they/them) @abbeyosborn.bsky.social bilingual high school English teacher in MKE. passionate about books, biking and iced coffee in no particular order. interested in dual language teaching and biliteracy. they/them/elle
Bronwyn Williams @bronwynwilliams.bsky.social Writing about literacy & identity, learning in times of disruption, climate change & sustainability education. Latest book: Literacies in Times of Disruption. Otherwise my heart is in playing music, hiking, movies, travel, and cooking.
Faythe Beauchemin @faythebeauch.bsky.social Assistant professor at Boston College studying language & critical literacies. Former pre-k & elementary classroom teacher. She/her tinyurl.com/5yzpcump
Rachelle Savitz @chelle1331.bsky.social Scholar/Teacher/Author of cultural sustaining, trauma-sensitive, and critical literacy practices. Lover of YA and the great outdoors. Associate Prof at East Carolina University.
José Lizárraga (Dr ThemBot) @drthembot.bsky.social Researcher, Artist, Creative, Activist
Fabienne Doucet, Ph.D. 🇭🇹 @bailabomba.bsky.social polysemic mother scholar writer lover sister daughter dancer dreamer seeker. professor @nyu. executive director @metronyu. #author LOVE IS STILL WINNING/EL AMOR SIEMPRE TRIUNFA. #scbwi #pbauthor
Kelli McGraw @kellimcg.bsky.social English educator, lecturing at university and teaching part time in high school in Queensland Australia. Editor: Australian Journal of English Education. X: @kmcg2375 
Jlarson @jlarson56.bsky.social Michael W Scandling Professor. University of Rochester. Collaborating for liberation.
Tairan Qiu (she/her/她） @tairanqiu.bsky.social Mother | teacher | writer | im/migrant | artist | chef | assistant professor of literacy/ELA education. Views are my own. ✊🏽🥟🏊🏼♀️🪡📚⌨️
Stephanie Reid @drstephaniereid.bsky.social 
Rachel Besharat Mann @rbmann.bsky.social I study the intersection of identity development + social media + #literacies at a university.
Big fan of critical thinking, civil discourse, silliness, and dismantling injustice. I also like my dog and paranormal stuff.
Amy Stornaiuolo @amystorn.bsky.social Professor of literacy studies at the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania, studying digital literacies, youth media, & writing; lover of beaches & dystopian fiction (vs real dystopias); triple scorpio; she/hers
Alex Corbitt @alexcorbitt.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Literacy | Coauthorship | Gaming | Critical Worldbuilding | Horror |
alexcorbitt.com
@lpatel.bsky.social @lpatel.bsky.social Eldercare Provider, Writer, Educator, Social Scienist
Elyse can’t even @elyseea.bsky.social Former educator, prof, and national nonprofit director. Retired, married, dog lover. Pro-democracy; anti-oligarchy; pretty damn pissed off right now. Trust me, folks, it’s really not fun to live under fascism. Also at Threads as "elyseea". No DMs.💙🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇲🇽
Kris Gutierrez @krisgu.bsky.social Distinguished Prof, UC Berkeley Learning Scientist/qualitative methodologist/Critical Studies/Literacy
Lalitha Vasudevan @lmv.bsky.social Teachers College; Digital Futures Institute; Media and Social Change Lab
Veena Vasudevan @veenav.bsky.social Associate Professor of Digital Media & Learning
Founder of Imagination PLAYce | Program Coordinator for our MEd in C&I, STEAM and Critical Technology in Digital Media for Learning certificate programs | Pitt School of Education
Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social Literacy Research: Theory, Method, & Practice, an LRA journal, is a peer-reviewed publication exploring research & theory in literacy & literacy education from the Literacy Research Association.
Raúl Alberto Mora, Ph.D. (Dr. Berry) [él|he|han|ele|il|on] @elpatronhimself.bsky.social Professor, writer, researcher, mentor, advocate, dog pawrent, Dr. of Patronomics, literacy scholar, proud coffee-drinking Colombian, agent provocateur
and certified KUNG-FRO JEDI MASTER
Happy to see a lot of my #WorldwideAcademicFam right here and now!
@nathancphillips.bsky.social @nathancphillips.bsky.social 
Mandie Dunn @mandiedunn.bsky.social Associate Professor @ U of South Florida ☀️| studying how we can better sustain and support teachers during grief | former English teacher and current teacher educator | mandiebdunn.com| she/her
Cassie Brownell (she/her) @brownellcassie.bsky.social 2024 NAEd/Spencer Postdoc Fellow | Associate Prof @ U. of Toronto | Playing the role of researcher across 🇺🇸 + 🇨🇦 through June 2025
www.cassiebrownell.com
Matthew R. Deroo @deroomat.bsky.social Ph.D. Languaging and Literacies. Immigration. Musings on my interdisciplinary academic life, pop culture, and politics. 双语 who loves travel (views my own)
Karis Jones Ph.D. @karismjones.bsky.social Educator acafan activist & Assistant Prof of ELA Education || Baylor University || Exec @writinglit #literacies 💫📚💻|| ttrpg & gaming || karisjonesphd.com
Scott Storm @scottstorm.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Literacy in a School of Education | Former English teacher who designed and sustained public high schools | Social Justice Pedagogies | Adolescent Literacies | Critical Aesthetics | Machine Learning | Nerd | (he/him) 🏳️🌈
Cody Miller @hcodymiller.bsky.social English teaching, pop culture, comics, politics, and plants. FL ➡️ ROC. He, him, his.
Phil Nichols @philnichols.bsky.social Assoc professor @Baylor. Studies: digitalization of/in education; how science/tech shape the ways we practice, teach, and talk about literacy. [he/him]
Sarah Lohnes Watulak @sarahlw.bsky.social into critical digital pedagogy, inclusive design, connected learning. sometime amateur cellist. mother to cats and kiddos. current status: director of digital pedagogy & media @ DLINQ, Middlebury. Ed.D. (she/her)
Antero Garcia @anterobot.bsky.social Associate Professor at Stanford University. NCTE President Elect. Education. Speculative Imagination. Healing. Dad of twins. he/him/his
lacuenta.substack.com
sr_toliver @srtoliver.bsky.social Associate Professor @ University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | #Literacies, #EduSky, #AcademicSky, #BlackSky |she/her| Award-winning author (😆) | website: www.ReadingBlackFutures.com 💖💚
Remi Kalir @remikalir.bsky.social Associate Director, Faculty Development and Applied Research, Duke University
Order “Re/Marks on Power” from MIT Press: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262551038/remarks-on-power/
Keynote Speaker | Author | Researcher:
https://remikalir.com/
Dr. Betina Hsieh (she/her/ 她） @profhsieh.bsky.social She/her/她; Taiwanese American MotherScholar, Endowed Professor of Teacher Education/ Committed to thickening solidarities/ Research: Asian Americans in Education; Humanizing (Teacher) Education; Coast Salish Lands
Jon M. Wargo (he/him/his) @wargojon.bsky.social Writer丨Gamer丨Designer丨Teacher丨Learner丨Critical Literacy丨Technology丨Learning Sciences丨Inquiry Methodologies丨Equity & Racial Justice (he/him) 🏳️🌈 https://www.jonwargo.com/
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Ebony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app I wrote #TheDarkFantastic. Aspiring YA fantasy author; newbie YouTuber. Professor and grad program chair; Auntie PhD. 🔺1913, OES⭐️, Rattler🧡🐍, Wolverine💛💙. Detroit vs Everybody. Linktree: Ebonyteach.
Anna Smith @anna-phd.bsky.social writing | tech & new media | learning theory | lead co-editor @lrtmp.bsky.social | 25-26 Provost Fellow | initiating member @EduNowLab.bsky.social | Past Exec B NCRLL | Past Chair AERA @writinglit.bsky.social
Nicole Mirra @nicole-mirra.bsky.social Associate Professor at UCLA School of Education. I study youth critical literacies & speculative civic engagement. Station Eleven superfan. (she/her)
AERA Writing & Literacies SIG @writinglit.bsky.social https://www.aera.net/SIG137/Writing-and-Literacies-SIG-137
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