Rate My Professor Laura Jacobs

Dr. Jacobs serves as co-chair of the Association of Teacher Educators’ (ATE) Literacy Special Interest Group and is active in professional organizations including ATE, the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), English Language Arts Teacher Educators (ELATE), and the Assembly on Literature for Adolescents (ALAN). Her key publications include Young et al. (2024), 'In Conversation about GenAI in ELA Education: Initial Insights and Experiences from ELA Teachers and ELA Teacher Educators,' in Revolutionizing English Education: The Power of AI in the Classroom; Barker et al. (2023), 'Banish the Bans: The Teacher Educator’s Role in Promoting Book Access and Choice,' in The Journal of Study and Scrutiny: Research on Young Adult Literature; Young et al. (2023), 'Teaching Diverse Young Adult Literature in Challenging Times: critical reflections and lessons learned,' in Handbook of Research on Race, Culture, and Student Achievement; and Lee, Jacobs, & Mann (2022), 'Writing with Dignity among Urban Youth: Using Mentor Texts as a Reflective Tool for Transformation,' in Urban Education. In 2023-2024, she received a $6,200 grant from the Kahlert Foundation for the project Diversity, Inclusion, and Representation through Environmental and Social Justice Young Adult Literature.