Detra Price-Dennis

Scholarly Interests

• Sociopolitical and sociocultural aspects of literacy learning in early and middle childhood education
• Digital Literacies
• Literacy Teacher Education
• Critical perspectives on children’s and young adult literature

Educational Background

Doctor of Philosophy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 2009

Selected Publications

Price-Dennis, D., Holmes, K., and Smith, E. (2015). Exploring digital literacy practices in an inclusive classroom. The Reading Teacher. 69(2), 195–205.

Roser, N., Mosley, M., Martinez, M., & Price-Dennis, D. (2015). A digital tool that grows and grows. Reading and Writing Quarterly. 31(2), 185–200.

Groenke, S., Haddix, M., Glenn, W., Kirkland, D, Price-Dennis, D., & Coleman-King, C. (2015). Disrupting and dismantling the dominant vision of youth of color. English Journal, 104(3), 35–40.

Price-Dennis, D., Fowler-Amato, M., & Wiebe, M. (2014). Developing an authentic writing curriculum: Pre-service teachers explore the use of writer’s notebooks and digital texts. Journal of Writing Teacher Education, 3(2), 46–77.

Haddix, M., & Price-Dennis, D. (2013). Urban fiction and multicultural literature as transformative tools for preparing English teachers for diverse classrooms. English Education, 45(3), 247– 283.