Curriculum Vitae Judson C. Laughter Spring 2014

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1 Curriculum Vitae Judson C. Laughter Spring 2014 A418 Bailey Education Complex Knoxville, TN Current Position Assistant Professor of English Education Department of Theory and Practice in Teacher Education University of Tennessee, Knoxville *Program Advisor: English Education Track 1 (non-licensure) Areas of Specialization Social Justice Education, Multicultural Teacher Education, Dialogic Pedagogy, Critical Race Theory, Literacy Education Research Interests Race, racism, and raciality in literacy education and critical pedagogy The development of understandings of race among preservice teachers Multicultural teacher education and the preparation of teachers for diverse classrooms Education PhD (August 2009), Peabody College of Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee Language, Literacy, and Culture Department of Teaching and Learning Change Agents: Empowering White Female Preservice Teachers Through Dialogue and Counter-Narrative (Available Visiting Scholar ( ), Keble College of Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom Middle and Early Modern English Literature BA (May 2000), Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee Honors English, magna cum laude You Say You Want a Revolution: The Struggle of Style Utility in a Consumer Economy Honors French, magna cum laude Marx, la France, et ses amis français: La pensée franco-marxiste, maintenant et dans le passé (Available Study Abroad: Vanderbilt-in-France, Aix-en-Provence (1999)

2 Judson C. Laughter Spring Professional Experience Assistant Professor of English Education (2010-present) University of Tennessee, Knoxville Program Advisor for English Education Track 1 (non-licensure) and for Middle Grades English. Courses focus on middle and high school English methods and action research. Clinical Assistant Professor of English Education ( ) University of Tennessee, Knoxville Program Advisor for English Education Track 1 (non-licensure) and for Middle Grades English. Courses focus on middle and high school English methods and action research. Lead Editorial Assistant ( ) National Reading Conference Yearbook Vanderbilt University; Nashville, Tennessee Lead Editorial Assistant to Dr. Kevin Leander for editing and publication. Acted as primary contact for submissions and reviews. Graduate Teaching Associate ( ) Department of Teaching and Learning, Peabody College Vanderbilt University; Nashville, Tennessee Supervised student teachers and practicum students. Acted as a teaching assistant and instructor of record in literacy education courses. NCATE Accreditation Report Writer ( ) Department of Teaching and Learning, Peabody College Vanderbilt University; Nashville, Tennessee Compiled and wrote data collection protocols and accreditation reports in English Language Arts (NCTE) and Science (NSTA). Teacher of English ( ) University School of Nashville; Nashville, Tennessee Developed and implemented middle school curriculum on a variety of genres and topics in literature such as Heroes and the Civil Rights Movement. Served as academic advisor for fifteen students per year. Research and Scholarship Articles Published in Refereed Journals Milner, H. R., & Laughter, J. C. (in press). But good intentions are not enough: Preparing teachers to center race and poverty. The Urban Review. Laughter, J. C., Han, K. T., King, D., Madhuri, M., Nayan, R., & Williams, T. (2014). A Community of Narratives: Developing transracialized selves through a literacy research community. Education and Urban Society. DOI: / Madhuri, M., Han, K. T., & Laughter, J. C. (2013). Addressing social justice in teacher education through children s literature. Colorado Reading Journal, 24(Winter),

3 Judson C. Laughter Spring Adams, A., & Laughter, J. C. (2012). Making space for Space Traders. Multicultural Learning and Teaching, 7(2), Article 3. DOI: / Laughter, J. C., & Adams, A. (2012). Culturally relevant science teaching in middle school. Urban Education, 47(6), [Interview on this article available: uex.sagepub.com/site/misc/index/podcasts.xhtml] Laughter, J. C. (2011). Rethinking assumptions of demographic privilege: Diversity among White preservice teachers. Teaching and Teacher Education 27, Milner, H. R., Tenore, F. B., & Laughter, J. C. (2008). What can teacher education programs do to prepare teachers to teach high-achieving culturally diverse male students? Gifted Child Today, 31(1), Contributions to Edited Volumes Groenke, S. L., & Laughter, J. C. (in press) Don t say gay : Using action research to interrogate language use in the English classroom. In E. Morrell & L. Scherff (Eds.), Literacy in the 21 st Century: Reenvisioning Teaching and Research. Milner, H. R., Laughter, J. C., & Childs, J. (in press). Developing teacher leadership for equity in urban schools. In M. Khalifa, C. Grant, & N. Witherspoon Arnold (Eds.), Handbook for Urban Educational Leadership. London: Rowman & Littlefield. Laughter, J. C. (2013). The myth and fallacy of meritocracy. In D. J. C. Andrews & F. Tuitt (Eds.), The continued significance of race in U.S. education (pp ). New York: Peter Lang. Milner, H. R., & Laughter, J. C. (2012). Preservice and inservice diversity courses. In J. A. Banks (Ed.), Encyclopedia of diversity in education (p ). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE. Laughter, J. C. (2011). Hiding in plain sight: How literature reviews have misconstrued teaching for social change. In I. M. Saleh & M. S. Khine, Teaching teachers: Approaches in improving quality of education (pp ). New York: Nova Science Publishers. Tenore, F. B., Dunn, A. C., Laughter, J. C., & Milner, H. R. (2010). Teacher candidate selection, recruitment, and induction: A critical analysis with implications for transformation. In V. Hill-Jackson & C. W. Lewis (Ed.), Transforming teacher education: What went wrong in teacher training and how we can fix it (pp ). Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing. Milner, H. R., & Laughter, J. C. (2010). Ten suggestions when starting the doctoral process: You are still a person, too, aren t you? In R. L. Calabrese & P. Smith, The doctoral student s advisor and mentor: Sage advice from the experts (pp ). Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Education. Milner, H. R., Laughter, J. C., & Tenore, F. B. (2008). Multicultural education in teacher education. In C.A. Lassonde, R. Michael, & J. Rivera-Wilson (Eds.) Issues in Teacher Education (pp ). Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas Publishers. Laughter, J. C., Baker, A. A., Williams, S. M., Cearley, N. K., & Milner, H. R. (2006). The power of story: How personal narratives show us what teachers can do to fight racism. In H.R. Milner & E.W. Ross (Eds.), Race, ethnicity, and education: The influences of racial and ethnic identity in education (pp ). Westport, CT: Greenwood/Praeger. Childers, P. B., Laughter, J., Lowry, M. & Trumpeter, S. (1998). Developing a community in a secondary school writing center. In C. Haviland & T. Wolf (Eds.), Weaving knowledge together: Writing centers and collaboration (pp ). Emmitsburg, MD: NWCA Press.

4 Judson C. Laughter Spring Papers Published in Conference Proceedings Laughter, J. C. (2011). What we have heard: Final thoughts. In, The Maryville Symposium: Conversations on Faith and the Liberal Arts (Vol 4, The Book, Texts, and the Liberal Arts). Maryville, TN: Maryville College. Articles Published in Popular Press Laughter, J. C. (2013, 20 July). Fix poverty to fix what s wrong with our schools. The Knoxville News Sentinel, 2B. Laughter, J. C. (2012, 4 March). Improve education by asking educators about good teachers. The Knoxville News Sentinel, 4F. Articles Published in Non-Refereed Journals Laughter, J. C. (2013). Culturally relevant pedagogy [Guest Editorial]. English Leadership Quarterly 35(3), 1-2. Payne, E., & Laughter, J. C. (2013). Culturally relevant pedagogy in ELA. English Leadership Quarterly 35(3), 2-5. Laughter, J. C. (2011). Peace, love, and understanding [Guest Editorial]. English Leadership Quarterly 33(4), 1-2. Laughter, J. C. (2011). Dear Mr. President. English Leadership Quarterly 33(3), 6-7. Laughter, J. C. (2010). Talking about race in the post-racial classroom. English Leadership Quarterly 32(3), Childers, P. B. & Laughter, J. (1996, January) Collaboration and college application essays: Two writing center perspectives. The Writing Lab Newsletter, 4-5. Manuscripts Submitted for Publication Laughter, J. C. (under revision). What do we really mean? Unpacking racial and ethnic labels in Educational Researcher. Educational Researcher. Laughter, J. C. (under revision). ELA teacher preparation 2.0: Critical media literacy, action research, and music videos. Journal of Media Literacy Education. Aronson, B., & Laughter, J. C. (under revision). The theory and practice of culturally relevant education: A synthesis of research across content areas and communities. Review of Educational Research. Gass, K., & Laughter, J. C. (under revision). Clogging the pipeline: How teachers can impact the effect of gangs in the classroom. Equity and Excellence in Education. Laughter, J. C. (under review). Toward a theory of micro-kindness. International Journal of Multicultural Education. Laughter, J. C. (under review). Looking beyond proxied competencies: The case for why attitudes and dispositions are important for effective teaching. Journal of Teacher Education. Laughter, J. C. (under review). My Black kids are not sub-pops : Tracking social justice dispositions beyond English teacher preparation. English Education.

5 Judson C. Laughter Spring Projects and Grants Completed Peabody Dean s Fellowship for Research. Primary Investigator. Peabody College, $5000, Graduate School Travel Grant for presentation at the National Reading Conference. Austin, TX. Vanderbilt University, $500, Peabody College Travel Grant for presentation at the National Council for Teacher of English Annual Conference. New York, NY. Peabody College, $520, Funded and in Progress Making the Rounds: Incorporating Experiential Learning in English Teacher Preparation. Primary Investigator. Creative Teaching Grant: Tennessee Learning Center, $5000, Under Review Effective Preparation Makes Effective Teachers: The Impact of Attitudes and Dispositions on Teacher Competencies and Student Outcomes. Primary Investigator. Institute of Education Sciences, $980,000, Seminars and Workshops ED100 Teacher Education Panel [Presenter]. UTK. March ASL Faculty Class [Participant]. UTK. Spring 2014 CRT Study Group: Literacy Research Association [Leader]. Dallas, TX. December edtpa Conference [Department Representative]. San Diego, CA. October ED100 Teacher Education Panel [Presenter]. UTK. October Theology on Tap [Leader]. Tyson House, Knoxville, TN. October Active Shooter Workshop [Participant]. UTK. March ED100 Teacher Education Panel [Presenter]. UTK. March ATLAS.ti Workshop [Participant]. UTK. March Urban Multicultural Education Seminar [Presenter]. UTK. March TVAAS Training Module [Participant]. Knoxville, TN. February CRT Study Group: Literacy Research Association [Leader]. San Diego, CA. December ED100 Teacher Education Panel [Presenter]. UTK. October THEC Meetings on TVAAS e-learning Resources [Departmental Representative]. Knoxville, TN. October 2012 Common Core State Standards Inservice [Participant]. Knox County Schools. August PARCC and Tennessee Higher Education [Departmental Representative]. Nashville State Community College. July CITI: Social & Behavioral Research, Basic Curriculum [Participant]. Online. April CITI: Responsible Conduct of Research Curriculum [Participant]. Online. April Writing the NSF CAREER Grant [Participant]. UTK. March ED100 Teacher Education Panel [Presenter]. UTK. March CRT Study Group: Literacy Research Association [Leader]. Jacksonville, FL. December ED100 Teacher Education Panel [Presenter]. UTK, Knoxville. October ED100 Teacher Education Panel [Presenter]. UTK. March 2011.

6 Judson C. Laughter Spring TPAC Academic Language Workshop [Departmental Representative]. Vanderbilt University. January MLK Day Teach In: The Who, Where, What, When, and Why of Nonviolence [Presenter]. UTK. January CRT Study Group: Literacy Research Association [Leader]. Ft. Worth, TX. December ED100 Teacher Education Panel [Presenter]. UTK. October Banner Training Workshop [Participant]. UTK. September TPAC Training Workshop [Participant]. UTK. August TPAC Training Workshop [Participant]. UTK. April Tennessee Teaching and Learning Center Interculturalism Workshop [Participant]. UTK. March What is Action Research [Presenter] West High School. Knox County Schools. February Writing Successful Grants, Part I [Participant]. UTK. February MLK Day Teach In: The Man, The Movement, The Mission [Presenter]. UTK. January CRT Study Group: National Reading Conference [Participant]. Albuquerque, NM. December Tennessee Teaching and Learning Center: Faculty Interest Group Acting [Participant]. UTK. Fall CRT Study Group: National Reading Conference [Participant]. Orlando, FL. December CRT Study Group: National Reading Conference [Participant]. Austin, TX. December Freedom Ride 2007: Vanderbilt University. Participant in weekend conference recreating the Freedom Rides of the 1960s with original members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Papers Presented at Professional Meetings Gass, K., & Laughter, J. C. (2014, May). How teachers can impact the school-to-prison pipeline. Refereed presentation at the Critical Race Theory in Education Conference. Nashville, TN. Laughter, J. C. (2013, December). Moving the racial discussion forward: Narratives, counternarratives, and our narratives. Refereed presentation at the Literacy Research Association Annual Conference. Dallas, TX. Han, K. T., Laughter, J. C., & Madhuri, M. (2013, December). Critical race theory. Refereed daily study group at the Literacy Research Association Annual Conference. Dallas, TX. Laughter, J. C. (2013, November). Effective preparation makes effective teachers. Refereed presentation at the National Council for Teachers of English Annual Convention. Boston, MA. Laughter, J. C., & Aronson, B. (2013, May). Critical race tools in teacher preparation. Refereed presentation at the Critical Race Theory in Education Annual Conference. Nashville, TN. Laughter, J. C. (2013, April). Exploring our habitudes: Demographic labels in educational research. Refereed presentation at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA. Laughter, J. C. (2013, January). The Who, What, When, Where, and Why of Nonviolence. Invited Breakout Session at the Clifton M. Jones Student Leadership Conference. Knoxville, TN. Laughter, J. C. (2012, November). 21 st century action research: Exploring research paradigms through music videos. Refereed presentation at the Literacy Research Association Annual

7 Judson C. Laughter Spring Conference. San Diego, CA. Han, K. T., Laughter, J. C., & Madhuri, M. (2012, November). Critical race theory. Refereed daily study group at the Literacy Research Association Annual Conference. San Diego, CA. Laughter, J. C. (2012, October). Dialogical self theory and training dialogue leaders for community service. Refereed symposium at the 7 th International Conference on Dialogical Self. Athens, GA. Groenke, S., & Laughter, J. C. (2012, April). From knowing to acting on what we know: Action research for critical English education. Refereed presentation at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting. Vancouver, BC. Laughter, J. C. (2012, April). When I was in England. Invited Keynote Presenter at the Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholar Outbound Orientation. Dalton, GA. Laughter, J. C. (2011, December). Making space for The Space Traders in the middle school classroom. Refereed Alternative Format Paper Presentation at the Literacy Research Association Annual Conference. Jacksonville, FL. Laughter, J. C. (2011, October). What we have heard. Invited Keynote Presenter at the Maryville Symposium on Faith and the Liberal Arts, Maryville, TN. Han, K. T., Laughter, J. C., Madhuri, M., Nayan, R., & Williams, T. (2010, December). Talk about racial identities: Personal narratives and hope for the future in literacy research. Refereed Alternative Format Presentation at the Literacy Research Association Annual Conference. Fort Worth, TX. Laughter, J. C., Meggs, D., & Moran, R. (2010, November). Bridging the University/School Divide as a Preservice Teacher. Refereed presentation at the National Council for Teachers of English Annual Convention. Orlando, FL. Laughter, J. C., King, D., & Williams, T. (2009, December). Overview of Critical Race Theory, narrative analysis, and literature review. Refereed presentation at the National Reading Conference Annual Conference. Albuquerque, NM. Laughter, J. C. (2009, April). Preparing teachers to be change agents. Refereed presentation at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA. Laughter, J. C. (2009, February). White Teachers or Whiteness: Who Wins in Teacher Education? Refereed presentation at the National Council for Teachers of English Assembly of Research. Los Angeles, CA. Laughter, J. C. (2007, November). Petitioning the Oracle: Using Macedo to Discover Promising Practices. Refereed presentation at the National Reading Conference Annual Conference. Austin, TX. Laughter, J. C. (2007, November). From the Civil Rights Movement to Critical Race Theory. Refereed presentation at the National Council for Teachers of English Annual Convention. New York, NY. Laughter, J. C. (2007, April). Crossing lines with Dave Chappelle: Using comedy to talk about racism. Presentation at Vanderbilt Graduate Student Research Day. Nashville, TN. Laughter, J. & Tenore, F. B. (2006, November). Shakespeare as a civil right: A culturally relevant Othello. Refereed presentation at the National Council for Teachers of English Annual Convention. Nashville, TN. Milner, H. R., Tenore, F. B., & Laughter, J. C. (2006, November). Urban teachers learning to teach high achieving Black students. Refereed presentation at the National Association for Gifted Children Conference. Charlotte, NC

8 Judson C. Laughter Spring Milner, H. R., Laughter, J., Williams, S. & Moses, V. (2005, November). Building and sustaining parental involvement: A model for retaining culturally diverse gifted students. Refereed presentation at the National Association for Gifted Children Conference. Louisville, KY. Honors and Awards Outstanding Reviewer Award, Urban Education (2012) Kappa Delta Pi Honor Fraternity (2008-present) Vanderbilt University Fellow ( ) Peabody College Fellow ( ) Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship ( ) Jacqueline Wachs Essay Prize in French (2000) Pi Delta Phi, National French Honors Society (2000) Strayhorn Honor Scholar ( ) National Merit Scholar ( ) Teaching Courses Taught at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville ENED 592/Linguistics and the Teaching of English ENED 543/Teaching Language Arts in the Middle Grades TPTE 574/Analysis of Teaching for Professional Development: Foundations and theory of action research in the secondary English Language Arts classroom. TPTE 591/Clinical Studies: Methods of action research and data analysis in the secondary English Language Arts classroom. TPTE 575/Professional Internship: Secondary. TPTE 593/Independent Study. TPTE 517/Trends and Issues in Education. Courses Taught at Vanderbilt University (Peabody College) ENED 2280/Language Study in Elementary and Secondary Classrooms: A course exploring the English language as a socially-constructed artifact and an ever-changing and dynamic combination of cultural, racial, and personal symbols. ENED 3040/Perspectives on the English Language: An examination of language in general and English is specific in relation to power, culture, and identity. EDUC 2920/Young Adult Literature: A course exploring the world of young adult literature with a focus on addressing difficult topics with students. EDUC 2350/Practicum in Secondary Education, Alternative Placements. EDUC 2360/Practicum in Secondary Education. EDUC 2703/Student Teaching: Secondary. EDUC 2701/Student Teaching: Elementary (Cambridge, UK). Student Advising PhD Committee Member: Ashlee Anderson, Brittany Aronson, Nancy Carow Masters Thesis Committee Chair (Graduated): Sr. John Armour, Paul Bowers, Allye Bradshaw, Taylor Campbell, Chelsea Carter, Tabitha Cartwright, Ellen Dailey, DeWayne Emert,

9 Judson C. Laughter Spring Jillian Gentry, Kara Glenn, Sr. Andrea Graham, Kristen Long, Kimberly Lynch, Samantha McElfresh, Charity Seymour, Chris Shamblin, Kevin Smathers, Melanie Thomas, Danielle Watson Masters Thesis Committee Member (Graduated): Kelby Arrowood, Caroline Blanks, Alicia Farrar, Rachel Mezger, Bethany Priode. Catherine Widner Student Advising PhD Committee Member: Ashlee Anderson, Brittany Aronson, Ann Bennett, Nancy Carow Masters Thesis Committee Chair (Graduated): Kara Borum, Brett Coleman, David Dills, Hannah Gardner, Kayla Gass, Angela Hoffman, Nescha Lee, Sarah Mayer, Ashley Norton, Emily Payne, Sara Tait, Krista Whitaker Masters Thesis Committee Member (Graduated): Melissa Deskin, Jennifer Graham, Seth Isley, Carrie Ison, Ashley Menner, Laine Moody, Michelle Morrison Student Advising PhD Committee Member: Ann Bennett, Nancy Carow, Todd Cherner Masters Thesis Committee Chair (Graduated): Kelsey Bull, JoLee Cody, Blaklee Collett, Mollie Errington, Amanda Ferrell, Susan Fleetwood, Erica Kennington, Lynley Latimer, Tiffany Mason, Marianina Morris, Rachel Myers, Windsor Park, Fallon Preste, Katelyn Rutkowski, Meredith Saffelder, Britton Sanders, Nat Scott, Ashley Stroud, Blake Trent, Alisha Tynes, Lindsey Walton, Laura Whitehead Masters Thesis Committee Member (Graduated): Kris Cozad, Matthew Dearman, Hayley Evans, Trent Frazor, Chelsie Nunn, Lindsey Pickett, Kandace Rimmer, Richard Shaffer, Janet Smith, Jess Stockton Student Advising PhD Committee Member: Ann Bennett, Nancy Carow, Todd Cherner Masters Thesis Committee Chair (Graduated): Nathan Bonewitz, Jennifer Bradford, Lauren Cockrell, Brooke Cunningham, Sandy Greek, Amanda Hafer, Krislyn Harrington, Andrea Keck, Parastoo Kheirkhah, Danielle King, Kelly Kopenhafer, Justin Lamb, Toffer Lehnherr, Cassie Maples, Alison McGowan, Stephanie McSpadden, Amanda Meredith, Hollie Nawrocki, Martha Reddick, Jacqui Sellers, Emily Shell, Jennifer Torrance, Jennifer Wingo Masters Thesis Committee Member (Graduated): Christopher Foster, Christopher Franklin, Benjamin Garden, Anthony Kuubenome, Catrina Long, Alison Murphy, Jeremiah Tener Student Advising EdS Committee Member (Graduated): Shannon Suddath, Angela Taylor Masters Thesis Committee Chair (Graduated): Mark Alewine, Thomas Collins, Natalia Hardin, Jared Huisingh Masters Thesis Committee Member (Gradudated): James Anderson, Misty Brown, Clint Crosier, Ashley Henry, Kendra LaVeck, Jennifer Leanza, Natalie McGee, Dylan Meggs, Rachel Moran, Margaret Morris, Melissa Rosloniec, Jessica Schwind, Autumn Settlemire, Kathryn Trammel, Nick Walsh, Star Wilkerson, Andrea Wilson University Internship Mentor: James Anderson, Jennifer Leanza, Natalie McGee, Jessica Schwind

10 Judson C. Laughter Spring Service Institutional Service Committee Member, Revision of Review of Research Guidelines (2013) Committee Member, Revision of P&T Guidelines (2012-present) Committee Chair, Strategic Plan Priority 6 (2012) Committee Member, Secondary Education (2009-present) Committee Member, Middle Grades Education (2009-present) Search Committee Member, Urban-Multicultural Education ( ) Hired Chonika Coleman-King Program Coordinator, English Education Track 1 (2009-present) Program Coordinator, Middle Grades English ( ) Cal Turner Program for Moral Leadership in the Professions ( ): Fellow of intercollege colloquium dedicated to the discussion and promotion of moral values relevant to the professional schools and the practice of the professions. Disciplinary Service Literacy Research Association, Ed Fry Book Award Committee ( ) Co-editor (with Susan Groenke) of the Layered Literacies Column in The ALAN Review Laughter, J. C. (2013). Guest Editor of English Leadership Quarterly, 35(3). Laughter, J. C. (2011). Guest Editor of English Leadership Quarterly, 33(4). Laughter, J. C. (2012, November). Media and technology as promising pedagogies for preservice teacher education. Session Chair at the Literacy Research Association Annual Conference, San Diego, CA. Laughter, J. C. (2012, October). Paper Session. Session Chair at the 7 th International Conference on Dialogical Self. Athens, GA. Laughter, J. C. (2011, April). Negotiating educators, parents, and the print media to find voice and combat stereotypes. Session chair at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA. Laughter, J. C. (2011, December). Social and cultural issues in literacy research and instruction. Session discussant at the Literacy Research Association Annual Conference. Jacksonville, FL. Laughter, J. C. (2011, December). Multiple orthographies, morphological analysis, and assessment of English learners. Session discussant at the Literacy Research Association Annual Conference. Jacksonville, FL. Laughter, J. C. (2010, December). Power of the written word. Session discussant at the Literacy Research Association Annual Conference. Fort Worth, TX. Manuscript Reviewer, Journal of Negro Education (since 2014) Manuscript Reviewer, Journal of Curriculum Studies (since 2013) Manuscript Reviewer, Journal for Critical Urban Education (since 2012) Manuscript Reviewer, Journal of Literacy Research (since 2012) Manuscript Reviewer, Social Psychology of Education (since 2012) Editorial Review Board, Urban Education (since 2011)

11 Judson C. Laughter Spring Manuscript Reviewer, Journal of Curriculum Studies (since 2011) Manuscript Reviewer, Tennessee Association of Middle Schools Journal (since 2011) Monograph Reviewer, Wadsworth Publishing (2011) Manuscript Reviewer, Teaching and Teacher Education (since 2010) Manuscript Reviewer, Journal of Teacher Education (since 2010) Monograph Reviewer, Corwin Press (2010) Editorial Advisory Review Board, Literacy Research Association Yearbook (since 2009) Manuscript Reviewer, Research in the Teaching of English (since 2009) Proposal Reviewer, Literacy Research Association (since 2008) Manuscript Reviewer, International Journal of Multicultural Education (since 2008) Proposal Reviewer, American Education Research Association (since 2007) Manuscript Reviewer, Journal of Research in Mathematics Education (since 2006) Member of the National Reading Conference/Literacy Research Association, the National Council of Teachers of English, and the American Education Research Association. Lifetime Member of The Oxford Union (since 2004) Member of the Oxford Education Society (since 2012) Outreach and Civic Service Volunteer and Dialogue Facilitator, FISH Hospitality Pantries (2011-present) Local food relief pantry and MOSAIC community dialogue circle. Board Member, Tyson House (2011-present) Episcopal and Lutheran campus ministry. Program Chair, Brotherhood of Saint Andrew (2010-present) International service and outreach fraternity. Dialogue in Diversity Facilitator, Scarritt-Bennett Center (2008-present) Facilitator for community-based dialogue circles on race and racism in our community. Vestry Member, Saint Bartholomew s Church ( ) Member of governing board for local parish with membership over Film School, Saint Bartholomew s Church ( ) Taught youth Sunday school class centered on critical evaluation of film and television. Emergent Cohort, Nashville, TN ( ) Speaker and instructor for young ministers in and around the Nashville area, particularly in the areas of Critical Race Theory and combating racism. Summer Institute for Teachers, University School of Nashville (2006) A continuing education opportunity for current teachers to develop the praxis of best practice and current educational theory in culturally relevant pedagogy.