Nicole Mirra is an Assistant Professor of English Education at the University of Texas at El Paso, USA.Antero Garcia is an Assistant Professor in the English Department at Colorado State University, USA. Ernest Morrell is Director of the Institute for Urban and Minority Education and Professor of English Education at Teachers College, Columbia University, USA and 2015 National Council of Teachers of English President.

• ForewordSonia NietoPrefaceChapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: The Theoretical and Epistemological Foundations of YPARInterlude: Discussing the Council’s OriginsChapter 3: The Pedagogy of Relationships as the Core of YPARInterlude: Brokering Relationships in the CouncilChapter 4: Asking Research QuestionsInterlude: Reflecting on the Council’s PedagogyChapter 5: Making Methodological ChoicesInterlude: Transforming Practice and Identity in the CouncilChapter 6: Becoming Researchers through Data Collection and AnalysisInterlude: Changing Young Lives in the CouncilChapter 7: Producing and Sharing ResearchInterlude: Demanding Change in the CouncilChapter 8: YPAR in the AcademyChapter 9: ConclusionAppendix A: In Their Own Words: Students Explain the Council of Youth ResearchAppendix B: 2010 Summer Seminar Reading ListAppendix C: 2010 Summer Seminar Survey ResultsAppendix D: Symposium Proposal Submitted to the 2011 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research AssociationAppendix E: Scholarly Publications Authored by Adults Members of the Council about YPARBibliographyIndex

Nicole Mirra is an Assistant Professor of English Education at the University of Texas at El Paso, USA.Antero Garcia is an Assistant Professor in the English Department at Colorado State University, USA. Ernest Morrell is Director of the Institute for Urban and Minority Education and Professor of English Education at Teachers College, Columbia University, USA and 2015 National Council of Teachers of English President.

• ForewordSonia NietoPrefaceChapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: The Theoretical and Epistemological Foundations of YPARInterlude: Discussing the Council’s OriginsChapter 3: The Pedagogy of Relationships as the Core of YPARInterlude: Brokering Relationships in the CouncilChapter 4: Asking Research QuestionsInterlude: Reflecting on the Council’s PedagogyChapter 5: Making Methodological ChoicesInterlude: Transforming Practice and Identity in the CouncilChapter 6: Becoming Researchers through Data Collection and AnalysisInterlude: Changing Young Lives in the CouncilChapter 7: Producing and Sharing ResearchInterlude: Demanding Change in the CouncilChapter 8: YPAR in the AcademyChapter 9: ConclusionAppendix A: In Their Own Words: Students Explain the Council of Youth ResearchAppendix B: 2010 Summer Seminar Reading ListAppendix C: 2010 Summer Seminar Survey ResultsAppendix D: Symposium Proposal Submitted to the 2011 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research AssociationAppendix E: Scholarly Publications Authored by Adults Members of the Council about YPARBibliographyIndex