TY - JOUR
T1 - Reimagining LRA in the Spirit of a Transcendent Approach to Literacy
AU - Waldron, Chad H.
AU - Willis, Arlette
AU - Tatum, Alfred
AU - Salas, Rachel G.
AU - Coleman, James Joshua
AU - Croom, Marcus
AU - Deroo, Matthew R.
AU - Hikida, Michiko
AU - Machado, Emily
AU - Smith, Patriann
AU - Zaidi, Rahat
PY - 2023/11
Y1 - 2023/11
N2 - This invited paper highlights the reflections of expert panelists who were spontaneously called upon, graciously accepted, and quickly organized to respond thoughtfully and compellingly to Dr. Arlette Willis' powerful and timely Oscar Causey address at the 2022 Literacy Research Association (LRA) annual conference. In her address, Dr. Willis issued a clarion call for a Transcendent Approach to Literacy (TAL) to a space where “We re-create literacy as an equitable and moral construct” (Willis, 2023, p. 133). This paper comprises Dr. Alfred Tatum's comprehensive introduction, the cogent reflections on TAL by panelists Dr. Josh Coleman, Dr. Marcus Croom, Dr. Matthew Deroo, Dr. Michiko Hikida, Dr. Emily Machado, Dr. Patriann Smith, Dr. Chad Waldron, and Dr. Rahat Zaidi, and Dr. Willis' eloquent epilogue. In her epilogue, she provides not an ending but the genesis of a movement forward for the LRA community to “be brave” and actively and genuinely engage in a TAL that “democratizes literacy, declaring literacy belongs to all.”
AB - This invited paper highlights the reflections of expert panelists who were spontaneously called upon, graciously accepted, and quickly organized to respond thoughtfully and compellingly to Dr. Arlette Willis' powerful and timely Oscar Causey address at the 2022 Literacy Research Association (LRA) annual conference. In her address, Dr. Willis issued a clarion call for a Transcendent Approach to Literacy (TAL) to a space where “We re-create literacy as an equitable and moral construct” (Willis, 2023, p. 133). This paper comprises Dr. Alfred Tatum's comprehensive introduction, the cogent reflections on TAL by panelists Dr. Josh Coleman, Dr. Marcus Croom, Dr. Matthew Deroo, Dr. Michiko Hikida, Dr. Emily Machado, Dr. Patriann Smith, Dr. Chad Waldron, and Dr. Rahat Zaidi, and Dr. Willis' eloquent epilogue. In her epilogue, she provides not an ending but the genesis of a movement forward for the LRA community to “be brave” and actively and genuinely engage in a TAL that “democratizes literacy, declaring literacy belongs to all.”
KW - authenticated knowledge
KW - transcendent literacies
KW - transcendent approach
KW - revolutionary
KW - democratize
U2 - 10.1177/23813377231183735
DO - 10.1177/23813377231183735
M3 - Article
SN - 2381-3369
VL - 72
SP - 50
EP - 73
JO - Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice
JF - Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice
IS - 1
ER -