Leila Christenbury & Randy Bomer 
Handbook of Adolescent Literacy Research [EPUB ebook] 

I. Overview

2. Sociocultural Constructions of Adolescence and Young People’s Literacies,  
Donna E. Alvermann

3. Who Are Adolescents Today?: Youth Voices and What They Tell Us,
Sam M. Intrator and
Robert Kunzman

II. Literacy in School

4. Contexts for Adolescent Literacy,
Judith A. Langer

5. Adolescents Who Struggle with Literacy,
Larry R. Johannessen and
Thomas M. Mc Cann

6. Proficient Reading in School: Traditional Paradigms and New Textual Landscapes,
David O’Brien, Roger Stewart, and
Richard Beach

7. Fostering Adolescents’ Engaged Academic Literacy,
Ruth Schoenbach and
Cynthia Greenleaf

8. Divided against Ourselves: Standards, Assessments, and Adolescent Literacy,
James Marshall

9. Adolescent Second-Language Writing,
Linda Harklau and
Rachel Pinnow

10. Research on the Literacies of AAVE-Speaking Adolescents,
Jamal Cooks and
Arnetha F. Ball

11. Digital Literacies in the Classroom,
Joan A. Rhodes and
Valerie J. Robnolt

12. The Secondary English Curriculum and Adolescent Literacy,
Robert Burroughs and
Peter Smagorinsky

13. Visual Arts and Literacy,
Michelle Zoss

14. Policy and Adolescent Literacy,
Allan Luke and
Annette Woods

15. Tracking and Ability Grouping,
Jo Worthy, Holly Hungerford-Kresser, and
Angela Hampton

III. Literacy Out of School

16. Preparing Adolescents for the Literacy Demands of the 21st-Century Workplace,
Anne Beaufort

17. The Literacy Demands of Entering the University,
Kathleen Blake Yancey

18. Literacy in Virtual Worlds,
Rebecca W. Black and
Constance Steinkuehler

19. Reading and Writing Video: Media Literacy and Adolescents,
David L. Bruce

IV. Literacy and Culture

20. Literacy and Identity: Implications for Research and Practice,
Cynthia Lewis and
Antillana del Valle

21. Latina/o Youth Literacies: Hidden Funds of Knowledge,
Carmen M. Martínez-Roldán and
María E. Fránquiz

22. Beyond Hip-Hop: A Cultural Context View of Literacy,
Yolanda J. Majors, Jung Kim, and
Sana
Ansari

23. Boys and Literacy: Complexity and Multiplicity,
Michael W. Smith and
Jeffrey D. Wilhelm

24. Lessons on Literacy Learning and Teaching: Listening to Adolescent Girls,
Barbara J. Guzzetti

25. Literacy Issues and GLBTQ Youth: Queer Interventions in English Education,
Wayne 
Martino

26. The Literacies of New Immigrant Youth,
Danling Fu and
Jennifer M. Graff

27. American Indian Adolescent Literacy,
Mary Jiron Belgarde, Richard K. Lo Ré, and
Richard Meyer

Leila Christenbury, Ed D, is Commonwealth Professor of English Education at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). The author or coauthor of 12 books, she is a frequent speaker on issues of English teaching and learning and has been cited extensively in the national media. Dr. Christenbury has been honored with the David H. Russell Award and the CEE James N. Britton Award from the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). Additionally, she is a recipient of the Edward B. Fry Book Award from the National Reading Conference for the Handbook of Adolescent Literacy Research. She is a former editor of
English Journal, a past president of NCTE, and past interim dean of the VCU School of Education.

Randy Bomer, Ph D, teaches in the Language and Literacy Studies Program in the College of Education at the University of Texas at Austin, where he also directs the Heart of Texas Writing Project. Formerly a middle and high school teacher, he has consulted with urban school districts across the United States. The author of two books and many journal articles, Dr. Bomer is a past president of NCTE.

Peter Smagorinsky, Ph D, teaches in the Department of Language and Literacy Education at the University of Georgia. He currently chairs the NCTE Research Forum. Dr. Smagorinsky has received honors including the Raymond B. Cattell Early Career Award for Programmatic Research from the American Educational Research Association, the Janet Emig Award from NCTE’s Conference on English Education, and the Distinguished Research in Teacher Education Award from the Association of Teacher Educators. He has published 14 books and numerous journal articles.