Selected Presentations from Jeffrey D. Wilhelm

• "Shifting Beyond 'English' and "Literacy': Envisioning a Wisdom-Centered Discipline of Democratic Humanism Named 'Personal Studies'." NCTE, San Antonio, TX.  November 2008.
• "'I Just Want to Be Good At It': Helping Students Be More Competent Readers and Writers." NCTE, San Antonio, TX.  November 2008.
• "Effective Adolescent Literacy Instruction." NCTE, New York City.  November 2007.
• "Inquiring Minds Want to Read and Write." NCTE, Nashville, TN.  November 2006.
• "Adolescent Literacy." Conference on Literacy. Colorado Council of IRA (CCIRA), Denver, CO.  February 2006.
• "Reading and Writing Startegies for Middle and High School Teachers." The Learning Exchange, Kansas City, MO.  January 2006.
• Conference on English Leadership (CEL) Workshop Speaker.  NCTE, Pittsburgh, PA.  November 2005.
• "When Writing is the Topic—A Look at What Works."  Table Discussion Leader for the Middle Level Mosaic, NCTE, Pittsburgh, PA.  November 2005.
• "Inquiring Minds Want to Read and Write." NCTE, Pittsburgh, PA.  November 2005.
• "Using Multiple Literacies to Investigate Social Issues." Table Discussion Leader for the Middle Level Mosaic, NCTE, Indianapolis, IN.  November 2004.
• "Engaged Teaching and Learning through Inquiry." NCTE, Indianapolis, IN.  November 2004.
• "Reading Don't Fix No Chevys: The Role of Literacy in the Lives of Young Men; You Gotta BE the Book; Hyperlearning: Where Projects, Inquiry, and Technology Meet; and Integration through Drama." Keynote for Middle Level Get-together, NCTE, Indianapolis, IN.  November 2004.
• "Reading in the Contact Zone!"  NCTE, San Francisco, CA.  November 21, 2003.
• "Energizing Readers."  Keynote and full-day Workshop for the Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development and the Title I Interest Group. International Reading Association, Orlando, FL.  May 4, 2003.
• "Teaching Nonfiction Reading through Think-Alouds."  International Reading Association, Orlando, FL.  May 7, 2003.
• Gender and Literacy Symposium. Half-day symposium, International Reading Association, Orlando, FL.  May 6, 2003.
• "Literacy in the Time of Technology: The literate behaviors of adolescents."   Keynote for Middle School Mosaic, NCTE, San Francisco, CA.  November 23, 2002.
• "Reading Don't Fix No Chevys: The Role of Literacy in the Lives of Young American Men."  Keynote for Australia Association of Teachers Annual Conference, Hobart, Tasmania.  July 13, 2001.
• "Co-constructing Curriculum through Drama."  The English Teacher as Curriculum Maker in the Face of Reform Conference, The University of Chicago.  June 18, 1999.
• "Action Strategies to Transform Readers."  Rural Sites Network National Retreat, Myrtle Beach, SC.  May 22, 1999.
• "The Drama of Engaged Reading: Supporting Reading and Student Inquiry Through the Arts."  NCTE Spring Conference, Albuquerque, NM.  March 17, 1998.
• "Reading Is Stupid! And What We Can Do About It."  NCTE, Detroit, MI, November 22, 1997.