Research Within Reach, Secondary School Reading: A Research Guided Response to Concerns of Reading Educators

by Donna E. Alvermann, David W. Moore, Mark W. Conley (Editor)

Alvermann, Donna E., Moore, David W.

186 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 1987

About the author

Donna E. Alvermann teaches courses in popular culture and adolescent literacy at the University of Georgia, where she holds the title of Distinguished Research Professor in Language and Literacy Education. Donna has been a middle/junior high school teacher in Houston, Texas, and Elmira, New York. She has been a fan of “all things pop culture” since the mid-1950s, when she was president of the James Dean Fan Club. Currently, she counts Facebook, YouTube, and Second Life among her favorite pop culture texts.