Literary Life Histories

Valarie Lee is Associate Professor of Literacy in the Department of Critical Literacy, Technology, and Multilingual Education at Rowan University, USA. With 28 years in high school and university teaching, Valarie researches adolescent literacy and lesson study. She is a co-founder of The Literacy Consortium and the Rowan University Writing Project.Marjorie Madden is Associate Professor of Literacy in the Department of Critical Literacy, Technology, and Multilingual Education at Rowan University, USA. With over 40 years of experience in education, Marjories’s researches underserved students, inclusive literacy practices, and critical pedagogy. She co-founded The Literacy Consortium and the Rowan University Writing Project.Susan Browne is Professor of Literacy in the Department of Critical Literacy, Technology, and Multilingual Education at Rowan University, USA. Susan teaches reading courses and advises graduate thesis research. A former Philadelphia teacher, she researches critical pedagogies, urban education, and diverse youth literature. She co-founded the Rowan University Writing Project.

• 1. Beginnings of Life Histories: Oral Histories as the Catalyst  Introduction.- 2. The Theoretical Framework of Life Histories.- 3. Confronting and Dissembling Current Social Issues.- 4. Life Histories, Memoirs and Narrative Empathy.- 5. Examining how a Government’s Abuse of Power Leads to Discrimination: Hitler’s Rise and the Holocaust.- 6. Life Histories and Urban Communities.- 7. Opening Spaces for Trauma.- 8. Life Histories as Culturally Responsive Teaching: Teachers as Writers and Performers.- 9. Where Do We Go From Here? Looking Forward.