Assistant Professor of Literacy
Year Joined RCNJ: 2019
Contact Information
Education
- Ed.D., Curriculum Studies, Teachers College, Columbia University
- M.A., Educational Administration, California State University, Los Angeles
- M.Ed., Literacy, William Paterson University
- B.A., Political Science, Rutgers College, Rutgers University
- B.A. Spanish, Rutgers College, Rutgers University
Special Certifications/Licenses
- National Board Certified Teacher
- Supervisory Certification/License
- Middle Grades Mathematics-Science Teacher Education Program Certification
- Standard Elementary School Teacher Certification/License
- District Bilingual Certification
Convening Group
Courses Offered听
- Student Literacy Corps
- Literacy Theory and Practice
- Reading and Writing in the Content Areas
- Literacy across the Elementary Curriculum
Teaching Interests
- Literacy Education and New Literacies
- Culturally Relevant and Sustaining Pedagogies
- Racial and Social Justice Pedagogies
Research Interests
- Urban Education
- Literacy Education
- Teacher Education (Emphasis: Early-Career Teachers)
- Diversifying the Teacher Workforce
Recent Publications and Presentations
Publications
- Leathers, L.S. (Under final review). Community-based PLCs: Re-envisioning teacher collaboration, agency, and professionalism in urban education. In S. Jones-Fosu & C. Lewis (Eds.) Economic, Political, and Legal Solutions to Urban Education and the Implications on Teacher Preparation.
Collaborating Author
- American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. (2019). The Black and Hispanic/Latino male teacher Networked Improvement Community: Promising practices to recruit and retain male teachers of color. Washington, DC: AACTE. https://aacte.org/resources/research-reports-and-briefs/the-black-and-hispanic-latino- male-teacher-networked-improvement-community-promising-practices-to-recruit-and-retain-male-teachers-of-color/
Conference Presentation
- Leathers, L.S. (2021, January). Counternarratives of racial literacy within teacher education. Panel Discussion at the 1st Annual Teacher Educator Convening, Institute for Teachers of Color, Virtual presentation.听
Conference Paper Presentations
- Leathers, L.S. (2021, November). Freire, bell hooks, and the persistent problem of freedom. Paper presentation at the Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers (ALER). Paper accepted.
- Leathers, L.S., Cheruvu, R. (2020, December). The racial literacy project: Sustaining and supporting teachers of color within a community of teacher education and K-12 professionals. Paper presentation at the 10th Annual Conference on Education and Social Justice, Virtual presentation.
- Leathers, L.S. (2020, April). From failure to transformational resistance: Counternarratives of teachers of color who leave the classroom. Paper accepted at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA).
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