Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice

💻 These media were made in collaboration with authors of Volume 74 and the @edunowlab.bsky.social with Dr. @anna-phd.bsky.social , Gokul Dhamodaran, and Viraj V. Patel.

🔔Stay tuned! Over the next few months, we will announce articles in Volume 74 alongside companion public media pieces created for youth, parents, educators, and policymakers.

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✨ The co-editors of @lrtmp.bsky.social and the @edunowlab.bsky.social are pleased to announce the launch of our Public Scholarship Initiative of articles in Literacy Research: Theory, Method & Practice, Volume 74.

💻 These media were made in collaboration with authors of Volume 74 and the @edunowlab.bsky.social with Dr. @anna-phd.bsky.social, Gokul Dhamodaran, and Viraj V. Patel.

🔔Stay tuned! Over the next few months, we will announce articles in Volume 74 alongside companion public media pieces created for youth, parents, educators, and policymakers.

Want to know what happens after you submit your article for LR:TMP? One of our Lead Co-Editors Dr. Sonia Kline shares the processes after you click submit!

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We invite all presenters at the 2025 LRA Conference to submit manuscripts based on their presentations for possible inclusion in LRTMP, Vol. 75.

Due Date Extended: Feb 6, 2026.

Submit: mc.manuscriptcentral.com/lrtmp

Guidelines: journals.sagepub.com/author-instr...

?s: LRA_LRTMP@illinoisstate.edu

A navy-blue announcement graphic with bold yellow text reading “Submissions Open” for Literacy Research: Theory, Method & Practice, Volume 75. Supporting text invites 2025 LRA Conference presenters to submit manuscripts based on their presentations, with a submission deadline of February 6, 2026. Two QR codes appear near the bottom, one labeled “Manuscript Guidelines” and the other “Submission Link.” An email address for questions is listed along the bottom. Decorative curved lines and subtle wave patterns frame the text.

We invite all presenters at the 2025 LRA Conference to submit manuscripts based on their presentations for possible inclusion in LRTMP, Vol. 75.

Due Date: Feb 6, 2026.

Submit: mc.manuscriptcentral.com/lrtmp

Guidelines: journals.sagepub.com/author-instr...

Questions? LRA_LRTMP@illinoisstate.edu

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📢 Calling All Literacy Scholars!

@lrtmp.bsky.social, a journal of the Literacy Research Association, is seeking reviewers for Vol. 75 (2026)!

👉 Reviewers evaluate no more than 2 (two) manuscripts between February 11 and March 13, 2026.

Learn more & sign up here: about.illinoisstate.edu/lrtmp/

📖 To read this article, please visit: doi.org/10.1177/2381...

The study: shows awareness of book bans shape participants’ text-selection decisions; highlights their vulnerability within school power structures & institutional pressures; underscores the need for preparation programs to help PSTs navigate censorship pressures & meaningful literacy instruction.

🔍 Brief Synopsis:

With book bans and censorship on the rise in U.S. schools, this study examines how preservice literacy teachers navigate tensions as they move from critical preparation programs into increasingly politicized public school contexts.

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📢 Publication Alert!

🧑‍🏫“We Can't Use That Book!”: Navigating Preservice Teacher's Text Selection Under the Specter of Censorship Discourses” by Jessica Murdter-Atkinson, Rachel Ranschaert, Erin Ashcraft, and Lisa Redding is now live at journals.sagepub.com/toc/LRX/curr...

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We invite all presenters at the 2025 LRA Conference to submit manuscripts based on their presentations for possible inclusion in LRTMP, Vol. 75.

Due Date: Feb 6, 2026.

📩Submit: mc.manuscriptcentral.com/lrtmp
📖Guidelines: journals.sagepub.com/author-instr...
📧Questions? LRA_LRTMP@illinoisstate.edu

📖 To read Mollie V. Blackburn’s Invited Address given at the 2024 Literacy Research Association Conference, visit: doi.org/10.1177/2381...

🤝Created in partnership with @edunowlab.bsky.social

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A group of people smiling and stacking their hands together in front of a large rainbow Pride flag. The image sets a tone of connection and collective care. Overlaid text introduces Mollie V. Blackburn’s ideas about fostering talk across differences. A dotted yellow path leads toward a “next” arrow. Several hands raise a small rainbow Pride flag against a soft sky background. The image visually supports the idea of inviting, affirming, and bolstering talk across differences. Decorative dotted arrows point toward the text explaining what this kind of talk is.

An illustrated background filled with diverse faces. The image functions as a visual metaphor for ideological diversity. Overlaid text defines “listening” and “wavering” in the context of fostering talk. A small dotted arrow marks the transition to the section. The same illustrated crowd of diverse faces used as a backdrop. The image continues the metaphor of ideological plurality while the overlaid text explains “pushing” as another conversational stance. A dotted loop guides attention toward the navigation arrow.

A child draped in a large Pride flag stands outdoors. The image underscores the stakes of students’ identities and the importance of careful, consequential conversations. Yellow dotted accents move across the slide to connect visually with the text. The back of a person wrapped in a rainbow flag facing an outdoor gathering. The image supports the message about approaching difficult conversations gradually and thoughtfully. A dotted arrow signals movement through the carousel.

Two hands holding each other, one wearing a rainbow wristband. The image reinforces the theme of care and thoughtful engagement. Overlaid text lists what educators should provide to students before engaging in these conversations. A gradient background featuring a large QR code that links to Mollie V. Blackburn’s full article. The slide also includes LRTMP’s social media icons and the Education Now Lab logo. This slide functions as the call-to-action for readers to learn more.

🗣️How can meaningful learning happen when we foster talk across differences?

💬 In this carousel for teachers and teacher educators, Dr. Mollie V. Blackburn shares the why and how of creating classroom spaces that invite, affirm, and support careful, nuanced dialogue. 1/2

This work argues for creating spaces where students can engage in challenging conversations alongside shared identities, allowing room to waver, question, & push one another toward deeper understanding.

📖 Read Mollie V. Blackburn’s Plenary Address at: doi.org/10.1177/2381...

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🔍: Through ethnography & teacher research the work explores how 2 students in an LGBTQ+-themed literature class at a queer-friendly Midwest high school use language to understand contrasting views of nationhood in relationship to the US, while leaving space for movement & change. (2/3)

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📢Mollie V. Blackburn’s Plenary Address given at the 2024 Literacy Research Association Conference - “Wavering and Pushing: Languaging Nationality in a High School LGBTQ+-Themed Literature Course” is now live at journals.sagepub.com/toc/LRX/curr...

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5 Ideas for Turning LRA Presentations into LR:TMP Papers - Bonus Tip: Time flies!

5 Ideas for Turning LRA Presentations into LR:TMP Papers - Tip #5: Use LRA as a resource!

5 Ideas for Turning LRA Presentations into LR:TMP Papers - Tip #4: List ideas to implement in your own article!

5 Ideas for Turning LRA Presentations into LR:TMP Papers - Tip #3: Audit a favorite LR:TMP article!

5 Ideas for Turning LRA Presentations into LR:TMP Papers - Tip #2: Record and transcribe your presentation!

5 Ideas for Turning LRA Presentations into LR:TMP Papers - Tip #1: Use presentation limits as generative constraints!

✈️ Heading to the Literacy Research Association annual conference? 💡 Here are LR:TMP co-editor, @anna-phd.bsky.social 5 Ideas for Turning LRA Presentations into LR:TMP Papers! 💻

Submission to LR:TMP are open to LRA presenters and are due February 6, 2026 at mc.manuscriptcentral.com/lrtmp

📖To read the 2024 LRA Student Outstanding Research Award Paper visit: doi.org/10.1177/2381...

Findings show that even when teachers faced little direct pushback, the political climate still weighed on them. Many described how anxiety & fear of potential complaints shaped their pedagogical decisions - as efforts to avoid conflict became one way the legislation was enacted in schools.

This narrative inquiry examines the experiences of Georgia secondary ELA teachers striving to use critical, culturally affirming pedagogies amid new legislation banning “divisive concepts” and easing the filing of curriculum complaints.

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📢 Publication Alert!

The 2024 Student Outstanding Research Award Paper “Where Is the Line? Narratives of Justice and Equity-Oriented Pedagogies in a Conflicted Sociopolitical Climate” by Jennifer Ervin is now live at journals.sagepub.com/toc/LRX/curr...