Selected Publications

Articles In Academic Journals

Year Title
2017 Taking on the role of participant observer in research studies that aim to transform teaching and learning.  SAGE Research Methods Cases.
2014 Learning to Develop a Culturally Relevant Approach to 21st Century Writing Instruction.  Teaching/Writing: The Journal of Writing Teacher Education. 5.
2013 Supporting multilingual writers: Teachers working together to re-­?think writing instruction.  Focus on the middle.
2012 Announcing the 2011 Alan C. Purves award recipient.  Research in the Teaching of English. 314­?316.
2011 The power of picturebooks: Resources that support language and learning in middle grade classrooms.  Voices from the Middle. 24-31.

Chapters

Year Title
2014 Expanding adolescent writing: Building upon youths’ practices, purposes, relationships and thoughtfulness.  Best Practices in adolescent literacy instruction. New York, NY: Guildford Press.
2013 Meeting them where they are: Researching youth literacies in and out of school.  62nd yearbook of the Literacy Research Association. Oak Creek, WI: Literacy Research Association, Inc..
2012 Writing Across Lifeworlds.  61st Yearbook of the Literacy Research Association. Oak Creek, WI: Literacy Research Association, Inc..

Education And Training

  • Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction, The University of Texas at Austin 2015
  • M.A. in Curriculum and Instruction, The University of Texas at Austin 2010
  • B.A. in Secondary Education - Theatre and English, University Of Maryland - College Park 1998

    • Full Name

  • Michelle Fowler-Amato