Kelli Rushek, Ph.D., assistant professor of English education, Addie Taylor, Class of 2025 and current economics graduate student, Lada Gallant, AYA English language arts, Class of 2026, and Patricia Taylor, Kettering High School English language arts teacher, have published a peer-reviewed manuscript in The ALAN Review, a leading journal focused on the teaching and reading of young adult literature.

Their article, “Let Them Read with Us: Uncovering a (Raven) Cycle of Intergenerational, Shared Literacy Practices,” appears in volume 52, issue 3 of the journal. The interdisciplinary collaboration brings together faculty, current students, an alumna and a practicing secondary educator to examine shared and intergenerational approaches to literacy and young adult literature.

Rushek, K.A., Taylor, A., Gallant, L., & Taylor, P. (2025). Let Them Read with Us: Uncovering a (Raven) Cycle of Intergenerational, Shared Literacy Practices. The ALAN Review. 52(3). 33-47.

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