Academic Background: Ph.D. in Language, Literacy, and Culture, University of California, Berkeley, 2001; M.A. in Education, Stanford University, 1996.
Research Interests: Critical pedagogy, English education, literacy studies, and youth popular culture, with a focus on urban education.
Appointments: Professor of English and Education, University of Notre Dame; Director, National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) James R. Squire Office for Policy Research.
Awards: NCTE Distinguished Service Award; UCLA Distinguished Teaching Award.
Publications: Author of Educating Harlem (Columbia University Press, 2020); Critical Media Pedagogy (Teachers College Press, 2013).