Lynch School of Education

Lisa Patel Stevens

assistant professor

Email

Campion Hall
Room 115

617.552.1699

   

EDUCATION

Ph.D., University of Nevada, Las Vegas

EXPERTISE/INTERESTS

Critical literacy, literacies and multiliteracies used with young people in educational settings and those used by them outside of institutional contexts, the cultural construction of adolescence, poli cy studies, poststructural and complexity theories, and critical ethnographic and discourse methodologies

HONORS/PUBLICATIONS/PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Stevens, L. P. & Bean, T. W. (in press). Critical literacy in the United States: A matter of context. New York: Peter Lang.

Vadeboncoeur, J. & Stevens, L. P. (Eds). (2005). Re/constructing the 'adolescent': Sign, symbol and body. New York, Peter Lang.

Stevens, L. P. (in press). Early literacy policy: National and local instantiations. Critical Issues in Language Planning

Stevens, L. P. (2005). ReNaming adolescence: Subjectivities in Complex Settings. In J. A. Vadeboncouer & L. P. Stevens (Eds). Re/constructing the 'adolescent': Sign, symbol, and body. New York: Peter Lang.

Stevens, L. P. (2004). Locating the role of the critical discourse analyst. In R. Rogers, (Ed). Critical discourse analysis in educational settings. New York: Heinemann.

Stevens, L.P. (2003). Reading First: A critical policy analysis. The Reading Teacher, 56, 662-668.

Mitchell, J., Kapitzke, C., Mayer, D., Carrington, V., Stevens, L., Bahr, N., Pendergast, D., & Hunter, L. (2003). Aligning school reform and teacher education in the Middle Years: an Australian case study. Teaching Education

Hagood, M. C., Stevens, L. P., & Reinking, D. (2002). What do THEY have to teach US? Talkin' 'cross generations! In D. Alvermann (Ed.) Adolescents and literacies in a digital world. New York: Peter Lang.

Stevens, L. P. (2002). Making the road by walking: Transitions from content area literacy to adolescent literacy. Reading Research and Instruction, 41(3), 267-278.

Bean, T. W.,& Stevens, L. P. (2002). Scaffolding reflection for preservice and inservice teachers. Reflective Practice, 3, (205-218).