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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- Hurdles and Straightaways: Building a Cross-School Community of Practice
  . Action in Teacher Education. 2024
- Developing an Empathic Analysis: Using Critical Literacy, Dialogue, and Inquiry with Literature to Explore the Issues with Gender Labels. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy. 68:14-22. 2024
- Literacy in geography? Exploration into a geography teacher's inclusion of literacy within her own instruction.. The Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas. 2023
- Using young adult literature to embrace student choice and take a stand.. Florida Literacy Journal. 2023
- Case Study of an SEL Coach and Instructional Specialist: Understanding a New Role. Michigan Literacy Journal. 56:35-48. 2023
- Using Movement to Help Reduce Students' Trauma Responses. Edutopia. 2023
- Tips for Using Hand Gestures to Support Learning. Edutopia. 2022
- Professional learning should blend SEL and equity: SEL coaches can lead the way. The Learning Professional. 43. 2022
- Variations in RTI Literacy Implementation in Grades 6-12: A National Study. Literacy Research and Instruction. 2022
- White teachers developing racial identity awareness and critical consciousness through critical reflexivity. Whiteness and Education. 2022
- Debate as a tool to develop disciplinary practices and student agency. Teaching and Teacher Education. 2021
- Literacy across the Disciplines: Development and Validation of an Instrument to Assess Literacy Instruction in Middle and High School Classrooms. The Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas. 2021
- A School-Wide Attack on Reading Problems: Ways Secondary Teachers Can Support Striving Readers - Then and Now. The Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas. 2020
- Exploring Adolescent Motivation to Read with an Online YA Book Club. Literacy Research and Instruction. 2020
- Strategy: Situated-Learning of Content-Area Reading and Writing Strategies. The Journal of Faculty Development. 2020
- Defying Expectations: Representations of Youths in Young Adult Literature. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy. 2019
- Situated Learning, the Secondary-Education Preservice/In-service Teacher, and the Taming of the Literacy Education Shrew. The Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas. 2019
- Response to Intervention: A Summary of the Guidance State Departments of Education Provide to Schools and School Districts. The Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas. 2018
- What Role Do We Expect Secondary Master Reading Teachers to Play?. The Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas. 2018
- "Smarter Than We Give Them Credit For": Assumptions and Disruptions in a Summer Reading Program. Voices from the Middle. 2016
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- Trauma-sensitive literacy instruction: Building student resilience in English language arts classrooms.. Teachers College Press. 2023
- Teaching the "taboo": Diverse and inclusive literature is the way.. Routledge. 2023
- Teaching hope and resilience for students experiencing trauma: Creating safe and nurturing classrooms for learning. Teachers College Press. 2020
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- Disciplinary literacy in the performing arts. Guilford. 2023
- Teaching empathy: Combating ableism and encouraging inclusion in the classroom. Routledge. 2023
- Disciplinary literacy and culturally sustaining pedagogies: Tensions and potential.. Teachers College Press. 2022
- Young Adult Literature as a Means for Developing and Supporting Socio-Emotional Learning 2021
- Breaking silences: An historical inquiry design approach to The Fountains of Silence. Rowman and Littlefield.

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NC DRIVE Coalition Advisory Board and Eastern Region Co-Chair 2025
Fostering Inclusive Education for All conference I am organizing this summit on March 22, coordinating the event's logistics, securing funding, venue, and food orders, seeking and ensuring that speakers and participants are aligned with the summit's goals, and fostering an environment that promotes meaningful discussions on equity in education. My role involves overseeing the schedule, managing communications, and supporting the collaborative efforts of all involved to ensure the summit's success.This is also a pop-up event for Mapping the Movement to engage Eastern NC in these conversations. 2024
Literacy Research Association P. David Pearson Award Committee https://literacyresearchassociation.org/p-david-pearson-scholarly-influence-award/ 2024
AERA Division C-Section 1B Conference Proposal Reviewer 2021 - 2023
Journal of Disability Policy Studies Editorial Board Literacy Consultant/Reviewer for the journal 2021 - 2023
American Reading Forum The American Reading Forum is a nonprofit, professional organization composed of individuals who share an interest in the advancement of literacy education. While the American Reading Forum is an organization that facilitates the dissemination of ideas and research, it places highest priority on providing its members opportunities for critical discussion of ideas, issues, research and emerging research interests, and paradigms. 2019 - 2022
LRA Culturally Sustaining Literacy Study Group Organizer As a co-organizer, I work alongside a few others toorganize the three-day study group (getting speakers), writing and submitting the proposal, and attending the three sessions (introducing speakers, facilitating the discussion). 2022
American Reading Forum Yearbook Editor 2020
The Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas Literacy Editor 2019

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