Dr. Kelly C Johnston in Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2020, with co-author(s) Dr. R Marttinen, George Mason University, S Flory, University of South Florida, and B Meza.
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Enacting a body-focused curriculum with young girls through an activist approach: Leveraging the after-school space
“The Day You Begin”: Using children’s lived experiences as a tool for cultivating critical consciousness
Dr. Kelly C Johnston, published The Day You Begin: Using children’s lived experiences as a tool for cultivating critical consciousness in Multicultural literature in the content areas: Transforming K-12 classrooms into engaging, inviting, and socially conscious spaces.
Affective literacies in the classroom
Dr. Kelly C Johnston, published Affective Literacies in the Classroom in Literacy Today magazine, a publication of the International Literacy Association, 2020.
Assemblaging communities: Looking at how communities work for enacting critical literacies pedagogy in the classroom
Dr. Kelly C Johnston, published Assemblaging communities: Looking at how communities work for enacting critical literacies pedagogy in the classroom in English Teaching: Practice & Critique, Vol. 19, Issue 1, p. 121-135, 2020.
Tapping into the Feeling Power: Considering the Affordances of the Affective Nature of Multimodal Literacies
Dr. Kelly C Johnston, published Tapping into the Feeling Power: Considering the Affordances of the Affective Nature of Multimodal Literacies in Language Arts, Vol. 97, Issue 3.
Emerging Scholar Fellowship
Dr. Kelly C Johnston, received Emerging Scholars Fellowship Award from The Reading Hall of Fame, July 2019.
Dissertation Award
Dr. Kelly C Johnston, received the Timothy & Cynthia Shanahan Outstanding Dissertation Finalist from International Literacy Association, June 1, 2019.
Dr. Johnston’s Centennial Blog Post
The Productive – and Necessary – Expansion of Literacy over the Past 100 Years: What this Means and Why it Matters Centennial Faculty Guest Blog By Dr. Kelly C. Johnston
Girls’ Experiences in a Positive Youth Development Sport Program: Developing a Participant-Centered Space
Dr. Kelly C Johnston, assistant professor, published Girls' Experiences in a Positive Youth Development Sport Program: Developing a Participant-Centered Space in Journal of Youth Development, Vol. 14, Issue 1, p. 93-111, with co-author(s) Risto Marttinen, George Mason University, and Ray Fredrick, Queens College, City University of New York.
Research Interests
Literacy in schools and communities
Integrating literacy pedagogy in alternative contexts and spaces
Critical literacies
Sociomaterial, sociocultural, and affective approaches to literacy engagement