Ashley S Boyd
Ashley S. Boyd (she/her) is an associate professor of English/English Education at Washington State University, where she teaches graduate courses on critical theories and anti-oppressive pedagogies and undergraduate courses on Young Adult Literature and Methods for Teaching English. A former secondary English-language arts teacher, Ashley's scholarship examines practicing teachers' social justice pedagogies and their critical content knowledge; explores how young adult literature is an avenue...See more
Ashley S. Boyd (she/her) is an associate professor of English/English Education at Washington State University, where she teaches graduate courses on critical theories and anti-oppressive pedagogies and undergraduate courses on Young Adult Literature and Methods for Teaching English. A former secondary English-language arts teacher, Ashley's scholarship examines practicing teachers' social justice pedagogies and their critical content knowledge; explores how young adult literature is an avenue for cultivating students' critical literacies; and investigates how students select, organize, and implement social action projects. Her books, including Social Justice Literacies in the English Classroom: Teaching Practice in Action , analyze and amplify how teachers subvert traditional classroom curriculum to advance equity and justice. She is co-author of Reading for Action: Engaging Youth in Social Justice through Young Adult Literature , and she has also published in the Journal of Teacher Education , English Education , and The ALAN Review. See less
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