Kelly Chandler-Olcott

A former high school English and social studies teacher, Kelly Chandler-Olcott now teaches English methods and content literacy courses to secondary and K-12 education majors. With support from the National Science Foundation, the International Reading Association, and the Spencer Foundation, she has published six books and nearly 90 chapters and articles, including in such venues as Reading Research Quarterly, Journal of Literacy Research, Journal of Teacher Education, and Teacher Education Quarterly. In 2015, she began a six-year appointment as co-editor of Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy.

Education

•  Ed.D. University of Maine, 1998

Research & Scholarship

Her research interests cluster in three areas: classroom inquiry by teachers, literacy across the curriculum, and preparing professionals to teach writing in diverse, inclusive settings.

Recent Publications

• A Good Fit for All Kids: Collaborating to Teach Writing in Diverse, Inclusive Settings
• Best Practices in Adolescent Literacy Instruction
• Bypass, augment, or integrate: How secondary mathematics teachers address the literacy demands of standards-based curriculum materials.
• Iterating for Inclusion: A Cross-Case Analysis of Three Summer Writing Programs for Youth.
• Teacher Candidates Learn to Enact Curriculum in a Partnership-Sponsored Literacy Enrichment Program for Youth.

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