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Conference Special Features:

Keynote Panel with Harvey J. Graff: "Responses to The Literacy Myth: 30 Years Later"

In honor of the 30th Anniversary of the publication of The Literacy Myth: Literacy and Social Structure in the Nineteenth Century, author Harvey J. Graff will respond to a panel of graduate students from various disciplines speaking about "the literacy myth." Harvey J. Graff is currently Ohio Eminent Scholar in Literacy Studies and Professor of English and History at The Ohio State University.

Interactive Workshop by Participatory Design Pioneer Liz Sanders

Senior Lecturer in the Department of Design at Ohio State and President of MakeTools (a design research firm), Liz Sanders is a pioneer in the use of participatory research methods for the design of products, systems, services, and spaces. Sanders speaks about and teaches human-centered design to students, clients, and colleagues around the world. She will lead conference participants in an interactive workshop about the future of literacy, as a reflection of and closure for the conference.

Plenary Presentation by Shirley Brice Heath, author of Ways With Words

Heath is a sociolinguist and anthropologist whose primary interests are oral and written language, youth development, racial relations, organizational learning, and the relationships among aesthetics, cognition, and human development. At the heart of Heath's research are the organizational structures and cultural values and behaviors that surround the learning and use of language. She is the author of the prize-winning book Ways With Words: Language, Life, and Work in Communities and Classrooms (1983) and co-editor of Identity and Inner-city Youth: Beyond Ethnicity and Gender (1993), as well as several other books and over 100 articles and book chapters. Heath is Professor at Large for the Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University and Margery Bailey Professor Emerita at Stanford University.

Conference Organizing Committee

Conference Co-Chairs
Vicki Daiello, Ph.D. Candidate, Art Education
Michael Harker, Ph.D. Candidate, English
Caitlin Ryan, Ph.D. Candidate, Teaching and Learning

Conference Committee Co-Chairs

Arrangements
Karin Hooks

Communications
Shawn Casey
Merce Graell-Colas

Program
Kelly Bradbury
Shari Savage

Conference Sponsor and Advisor

Harvey J. Graff
Ohio Eminent Scholar in Literacy Studies
Professor of English and History