Publications by Peggy Albers

Books

Albers, P. (2007). Finding the artist within: Creating and reading visual texts in English language arts classrooms. Newark, DE: International Reading Association. Book of the month for International Reading Association.

Albers, P. & Harste, J.C. (Eds.). (2007). The arts, new literacies, and multimodality. [Monograph/Themed Issue]. English Education, 40 (1). 

Albers, P. (Ed.). (2001). Literacy in the arts. [Monograph/Themed Issue]. Primary Voices K-6, 9 (4). Urbana, IL: NCTE.

Albers, P. & Murphy, S. (2000). Telling pieces:  Art as literacy in middle school classes.  Mahwah, NJ:  Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Mikulecky, L., Albers, P., & Peers, M. (1996). Literacy transfer: A review of the literature. [Monograph].  Advances in Adult Literacy Research and Development. Report: TR94-05. Philadelphia, PA: Hampton Press.

Book Chapters

Albers, P. (accepted). From literacy to multiliteracies. In D. Stephens & J.C. Harste, Literacy: From past to future direction.

Albers, P. (accepted). Making critical literacy visible: A study of visual texts in ELA classrooms. In  R. Meyer, R. & K. Whitmore (2008). Reviving reading in the post NCLB world. M. Lewison & V. Vasquez, section editors.

Albers, P. (under review). Reading art, reading lives: An interpretive study of the visual texts of urban English language arts students. In P. Albers & J. Sanders (Eds.) (under review). Literacy and the Arts, Multimodality, and New Literacies: Perspectives in Research and Practice from the Commission On Arts and Literacies. Prepared for National Council of Teachers of English.

Albers, P. (under review). A curriculum of the everyday self. In Tinker-Sachs, G. (Ed.), Critical mass–explorations in being there.

Albers, P. (2003). Semiotics and arts-based literacy. In J. C. Richards, M. R. Goldberg, & M. C. McKenna, Integrating multiple literacies in K-8 classrooms: Cases, comments, and practical applications. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Albers, P. (2003). Literacy in the arts (reprinted). In Literacy learning: Teachers as professional decision makers (E-16-E-22) Katonah, NY: Richard C. Owens.

Albers, P. (2001).  Oral and written language communication. In J. Many, (Ed.) Instructional practices for literacy teacher-educators: Examples and reflections from the teaching lives of literary scholars. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers.

Mikulecky, L. & Albers, P. (1999). Literacy transfer. In Wagner, D.A. (Ed.) Adult literacy: Advances in research, policy and practice, Volume 2. Assessment, Learning and Instruction. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.

Journal Articles

Albers, P., Vasquez V.M., & Harste, J.C. (in press). A classroom with a view: Teachers, multimodality and new literacies. Talking Points.
 
Albers, P. (in press). Theorizing visual representation in children’s literature. Journal of Literacy Research. 

Albers, P. & Harste, J.C. (2007). The arts, new literacies, and multimodality. English Education, 40 (1) 6-20.

Albers, P.  (2007). Visual discourse analysis:  An introduction to the analysis of school-generated visual texts (pp. 81-95).   In D. W. Rowe, R. T. Jimenez, D. L. Compton, D. K. Dickinson, Y Kim, K. M. Leander, & V. J. Risko (Eds.), 56th Yearbook of the National Reading Conference. Oak Creek, WI:  NRC. 

Albers, P. (2007). Georgia perspectives. Clay Times Magazine, 13 (2), 38-41.
 
Cowan, K. & Albers, P. (2007). Developing word consciousness to build complex literacy practices. Voices from the Middle, 15 (1), 34-43.

Albers, P. & Cowan, K. (2006). Literacy…on our minds: A student-inspired symposium. Language Arts, 83 (6), 514-522.

Albers, P. (2006). Multimodality and English education. English Education, 38 (2), 75-101.

Cowan, K. & Albers, P. (2006). Semiotic representations: Building complex literacy practices through the arts. The Reading Teacher, 60 (2), 124-137.
 
Albers, P. (2006). Making it BIG. Clay Times Magazine, 12 (3), 51-54.

Albers, P. (2004). Literacy in art: A question of responsibility. Democracy and Education, 15 (3-4), 32-41.

Albers, P. (2004). Suggestions for further reading: The arts and literacy. Language Arts, 80 (5), 406.

Albers, P. (2004). Dancing platters (or why throw on a bat when you can use the wheelhead?). Clay Times, 10 (6), 46-49.

Albers, P. & Koshewa, A. (2004). From the editors. Talking Points, 15 (2), 1-2.