Faculty Profiles

Valdez-Gainer, N., & Gainer, J. S. (n.d.).

Valdez-Gainer, N., & Gainer, J. S. (n.d.).

Gainer, J. S., & Castro, C. (Eds.). (2022). Docentes de Educación Intercultural Bilingüe de México, Estados Unidos, y Perú Escriben sus Experiencias en Aula. Aquifer Cartonera.

Kinard, T. A., Gainer, J. S., Valdez-Gainer, N., Long, S., & Volk, D. (2021). Interrogating the “Gold Standard”: Play-Based Early Childhood Education and Perpetuating White Supremacy. Theory into Practice. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/00405841.2021.1911587

Busey, C. L., & Gainer, J. S. (2021). Arrested Development: How This We Believe Utilizes Colorblind Narratives and Racialization to Socially Construct Early Adolescent Development. Urban Review. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/s11256-021-00604-3

Kinard, T. A., Gainer, J. S., & Valdez-Gainer, N. (2021). Play-based early childhood education and perpetuating white supremacy.

Valdez-Gainer, N., & Gainer, J. S. (2020). Everyday stories for everyday people: Communal responsibility and Nepantla literacies in early childhood education. Urban Educaation, 55(6), 911–936. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042085919892043

Kinard, T. A., & Gainer, J. S. (2020). Exploring borders in a Texas prekindergaraten: Storytelling from the in-between. The New Educator, 16(2), 149–170.

Acevedo-Aquino, M. V., Bowles, D., Eisenberg, J., Elliott, Z., Gainer, J. S., & Valdez-Gainer, N. (2020). Reflections on the #OwnVoices movement. Journal of Children’s Literature, 46(2), 27–35.

Gainer, J. S., Rumenapp, J., Toliver, S., Pole, K., Flowers, T., Wargo, J., … Mora, R. (2019). Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Equity and Inclusion. Literacy Research Association.

Kinard, T. A., Gainer, J. S., & Huerta, M. E. (2018). Power play : Explorando y empujando fronteras en una escuela en Tejas through a multilingual play-based early learning curriculum (Vol. 4). New York, New York, United States: Peter Lang Publishing Inc. https://doi.org/10.3726/b11316

Gainer, J. S. (2018). Storytelling and story acting: An assets-based literacy practice. Literacy Today, Sept/Oct, 34–35.

Gainer, J. S. (2017). Promoting the legacy of Dr. Tomás Rivera with a Chicana/o children’s book award. The Bilingual Review/La Revista Bilingue, 33(5), 107–116.

Gainer, J. S., & Valdez-Gainer, N. (2017). Re-visioning through storytelling and story acting in a second-grade classroom. Language Arts, 95(2).

Kinard, T., & Gainer, J. (2015). Talking science in an ESL pre-K: The Caterpillar and the Rain. Dimensions of Early Childhood, 43(1), 16–24.

Gainer, J. (2013). STELLAR III Final Project Report.

Gainer, J., Zapata, A., & Valdez-Gainer, N. (2013). Re-storying nuestro barrio: Mentoring children’s picture book writing with Latino/a children’s literature. In Diversity in youth literature: Opening doors through reading.

Gainer, J., Valdez-Gainer, N., & Kinard, T. A. (2013). The elementary bubble project: Exploring critical media literacy in a fourth-grade classroom. In Transforming practice: Critical issues in equity, diversity and education.

Gainer, J. (2011). STELLAR II Final Project Report.

Gainer, J. (2010). The boy made of lightning: Examining 21st-century texts through a critical sociocultural lens. Journal of Adult Literacy.

Gainer, J. (2010). 21st-Century mentor texts: Developing critical literacies in the information age. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy.

Gainer, J. (2010). On open access to research: The green, the gold, and the public good. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy.

Gainer, J. (2010). Critical thinking: Foundational for digital literacies and democracy. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy.

Gainer, J. (2010). Critical media literacy in middle school: Exploring the politics of representation. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy.

Gainer, J. (2010). Finding voice, defining self: An interview with Yuyi Morales. Language Arts.

Gainer, J. (2010). Remixing old and new literacies = motivated students. English Journal.

Gainer, J. (2010, January 10). Critical media literacy in the 2.0. Language Arts.

Gainer, J. (2010). Literacy remix: Bridging adolescents’ in and out of school literacies.

Larrotta, C., & Gainer, J. S. (2010). Promoting family literacy among Latino immigrant parents: A concept mapping experience. Georgia Reading Journal, 32(1), 13–18.

Gainer, J. S., Valdez-Gainer, N., & Kinard, T. (2010). The elementary bubble project: Critical media literacy through culture jamming. The Reading Teacher, 62(8), 674–683.

Larrotta, C., & Gainer, J. S. (2010). Text matters: Mexican immigrant parents reading their world. Multicultural Education, 16(2), 45–48.

Gainer, J. (2010). Who is DeAndre?: Tapping the power of popular culture in literacy learning. Voices From the Middle, 16(1), 23–30.

Gainer, J. S. (2010). Social critique and pleasure: Critical media literacy with popular culture texts. Language Arts, 85(2), 106–114.

Gainer, J. S. (2010). When children roll up their sleeves: Moviemaking as a tool for literacy learning. English In Texas, 38(1), 14-Sep.

Gainer, J. S. (2010, January 6). Review of the book Media and Literacy: Learning in the Information AgeÑIssues, Ideas, and Teaching Strategies. Education Review: A Journal of Book Reviews. Retrieved from http://edrev.asu.edu/brief/aug06.html

Gainer, J. S. (2010, January 5). Review of 3-Minute Reading Assessments: Word Recognition, Fluency & Comprehension. Grades 5-8. Education Review: A Journal of Book Reviews. Retrieved from http://edrev.asu.edu/brief/dec05.html

Gainer, J. (2010). Comparatively reading multiple sources: Developing critical literacy in a second-grade classroom. In Teaching new literacies in grades K-3: Resources for 21st-century classrooms.

Gainer, J. (2010). Comprehension instruction: Using remix as a tool for meaning making. In Comprehension across the curriculum: Perspectives and practices K-12.

Gainer, J. (2010). Developing critical literacy: Comparatively reading multiple text sources in a sixth-grade classroom. In Teaching new literacies in grades 4-6: Resources for 21st-century classrooms.