Faculty Profiles

Lopez, M. M., & Saunders, J. M. (2022). Where Our Paths Crossed: Latina Teachers, Professional Development, and Funds of Identity. In Research Anthology on Racial Equity, Identity, and Privilege (pp. 623–643). IGI Global. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-4507-5.ch033

Saunders, J. M. (2020, October). Invited review of the book How stories teach us: Composition, life writing, and blended scholarship, edited by A. Robillard & D. S. Combs. Teachers College Record. Retrieved from https://www.tcrecord.org ID Number: 23481

Lopez, M. M., & Saunders, J. M. (2020). Literacy Teacher Preparation for Educational Justice through Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies. In Integrating Social Justice Education in Teacher Preparation Programs (pp. 56–75). IGI Global. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-5098-4.ch003

Lopez, M. M., & Saunders, J. M. (2020). Where Our Paths Crossed: Latina Teachers, Professional Development, and Funds of Identity. In Beyond Language Learning Instruction: Transformative Supports for Emergent Bilinguals and Educators. Hershey, PA, United States: IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-1962-2.ch013

Headley, K. N., Gillis, V., Casey, H., Aragon, J. W., Ash, G. E., Boggs, G., … Saunders, J. M. (2019). Engagement and adolescent literacy [Position statement and research brief]. Newark, DE, USA: International Literacy Association. Retrieved from https://literacyworldwide.org/docs/default-source/where-we-stand/ila-engagement-and-adolescent-literacy.pdf

Saunders, J. M. (2019). Adolescents in the wild:  Critiquing and arguing back through  mediated social spaces. In D. G. Pyles, R. M. Rish, & J. Warner (Eds.), Negotiating space and place through digital literacies: Research and practice (pp. 219–240). Charlotte, NC, Information Age.

Saunders, J. M. (n.d.). Learning to fly: The importance of developing student voice. In J. Warner (Ed.), Failure before success: Teachers describe what they learned from mistakes. Rowman & Littlefield.

Ash, G. E., & Saunders, J. M. (2018). From “I don’t like Mondays” to “Pumped Up Kicks€”:  Rampage school shootings in young adult fiction and young adults’ lives. Children’s Literature in Education, 49, 34–46.

Saunders, J. M., Ash, G. E., Salazar, I., Pruitt, R., Wallach, D., Breed, E., … Szachacz, A. (2017). “We’re already somebody”: High School Students Practicing Critical Media Literacy IRL [in real life]. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 60, 515–526.

Van Overschelde, J., Saunders, J. M., & Ash, G. E. (2017). “Teaching is a lot more than just showing up to class and grading assignments”: Preparing middle-level teachers for longevity in the profession. Middle School Journal, 48(5), 28–39.

Saunders, J. M. (2017). Using Infographics to Engage in Disciplinary Literacy. English in Texas, 47(1), 45–50.

Saunders, J. M. (2015, June). Tapping into art to develop writing: a brief review of Syllabus: Notes from an accidental professor, by Lynda Barry. Texas Voices Newsletter. Texas Council of Teachers of English Language Arts.

Saunders, J. M., & Smith, E. (2014). Every word is on trial: Six-word memoirs in the classroom. The Reading Teacher, 67(8), 600–605.

Saunders, J. (2014). What the Hunger Games can teach us about disciplinary literacy. English Journal, 103(3), 41–47.

Saunders, J. M. (2014). Where writing happens: Elevating student writing and developing voice through digital storytelling. Teaching/Writing: The Journal of Writing Teacher Education, 3(1), 61–70. Retrieved from http://scholarworks.wmich.edu/wte/vol3/iss1/8

Saunders, J. M. (2014, April). Taking your membership to the next level. Texas Voices, Newsletter. Texas Council of Teachers of English Language Arts.

Saunders, J. M., & Ash, G. E. (2013). Entering the arena: The figured worlds transition of preservice teachers. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 56(6), 490–499.

Saunders, J. M. (2013). Life inside the hive: Creating a space for literacy to grow. Journal of Language and Literacy Education, 9(2), 95–109.

Saunders, J. M. (2012). Intersecting realities: A novice’s attempts to use critical literacy to access her students’ figured worlds. Multicultural Education, 20(2), 18–23.

Saunders, J. M. (2012). Layering of language and novel study deepens student learning. Middle School Journal, 43(5), 34–39.

Rush, L., Ash, G. E., Saunders, J. M., Holschuh, J., & Ford, J. (2011). Meaningful and significant texts for adolescents: Tensions in text selection policies. Literacy Research Association 60th Yearbook, 349–361.

Assaf, L. C., Ash, G., & Saunders, J. (2011). Renewing two seminal literacy practices: I-charts and I-search papers, 18(40), 31–42.

Saunders, J. M. (2010). Seeing themselves as writers: Building on the 6 trait writing process to engage student authors. English in Texas, 40(2), 56–59.

Saunders, J. M. (1994). Song lyrics: Gateway to the interpretation of poetry. English in Texas, 25(4), 48–50.