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Rachelle S Savitz

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  • Rachelle S. Savitz, PhD,is an associate professor of reading/literacy at East Carolina University. She is the recipient of the Association of Literacy Educators and Researcher's Jerry Johns Promising Researcher Award and the Early Career Literacy Scholar Award from the American Reading Forum. Her research interests and publications focus on analyzing and using young adult literature, teacher self-efficacy, and culturally sustaining pedagogy. She has co-authored Teaching Hope and Resilience for Students Experiencing Trauma: Creating Safe and Nurturing Classrooms for Learning with Drs. Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey and has publications in Teaching and Teaching Education, Literacy Research and Instruction, Journal of Adolescent &; Adult Literacy, among others.

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  • Associate Professor of Reading/Literacy