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Interdisciplinary Seminar for Graduate Students

Graduate students from more than twenty disciplinary departments participate in the Graduate Student Interdisciplinary Seminar in Literacy Studies. Their goal is to extend the conversation campus-wide. The group meets monthly, usually on the final Friday, for lunch and a student-organized program or presentation and discussion. We encourage graduate students interested in literacy to attend these informal seminars. The group includes students at every stage of study. For information, contact Karin Hooks (hooks.28@osu.edu).

On Friday, October 30, the graduate seminar will meet 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. at the George Wells Knight House, 104 E. 15th (between High and Indianola) for a presentation and discussion on Literacy, Popular Culture, and Education organized and moderated by Professor Valerie Kinloch (T&L), with Tamara Butler and Lisa Patrick. The topic is designed to provoke conversation about the meanings, roles, and purposes of popular culture in education.

Dolby, Nadine. "Popular Culture and Democratic Practice." [PDF] Harvard Educational Review. Fall 2003. 73:3. 258-284.

Dyson, Anne Haas. "Welcome to the Jam: Popular Culture, School Literacy, and the Making of Childhoods." [PDF] Harvard Educational Review. Fall 2003. 73:3. 328-361.

Kinloch, Valerie. "Poetry, Literacy, and Creativity: Fostering Effective Learning Strategies in an Urban Classroom." [PDF] English Education, 37:2. January 2005. 96-114.

Vasudevan, Lalitha, and Marc Lamont Hill (Eds.). "Moving Beyond Dichotomies of Media Engagement in Education: An Introduction." [PDF] Media, Learning, and Sites of Possibility. New York: Peter Lang, 2008. 1-12.

All graduate students are welcome. Please read one or more of the articles and arrive prepared to learn about the work of David Paul Nord.

As always, the Graduate Seminar welcomes new and returning graduate students from across the OSU campus to attend.

Graduate Interdisciplinary Specialization in Literacy Studies

The Graduate Interdisciplinary Specialization in Literacy Studies is designed to help prepare students to produce new knowledge and participate in the greater conversation about literacy and literacy studies.

This interdisciplinary specialization in literacy studies extends the educational and research experiences of any graduate student who wants to explore the role and relevance of reading and writing, no matter how broadly defined.

International Conference for Graduate Students

Ohio State hosted Expanding Literacy Studies, the first international, interdisciplinary conference on literacy studies for graduate and professional students April 3-5, 2009.

The conference Call for Proposals yielded more than 180 proposals from 66 institutions and 6 countries. In addition to many individual paper presentations, the conference program included creative performances, workshops, roundtables, organized panels, and poster presentations.

To see details about the conference as well as access audio and visual files from the presentations, please visit the conference archive.

Graduate Student Organization

Graduate students who participate in the Interdisciplinary Seminar formed the Graduate Interdisciplinary Literacy Studies Organization (GILSO), registered in 2007, to help raise awareness at OSU about literacy and literacy studies. For more information, contact the president, Sarah Kernan, at kernan.7@osu.edu.