Charge
To identify and address issues of broad concern to NCTE members interested in advancing research in English language arts; to develop position statements and other publications helpful to teachers, administrators, and policymakers regarding research in English language arts; to maintain a presence in AERA and coordinate efforts to secure private grants and foundation funding for NCTE research initiatives; and to explore ways to increase support for literacy research by engaging other groups in collaborative projects and by creating support materials to help the Council make the case for governmental support for literacy research programs.
2008 Annual Report
Current Members
CHAIR, Peter Smagorinsky
(University of Georgia, Athens)
Janet Alsup
Chair, Conference on English Education
(Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN)
Arnetha Ball
President, National Conference on Research
in Language and Literacy
(Stanford University, CA)
Gerald Campano
Co-Chair, Assembly for Research
(Indiana University, Bloomington)
Stephanie Carter
Co-Chair, Assembly for Research
(Indiana University, Bloomington)
Mark Dressman
Co-Editor, Research in the Teaching of English
(University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Anne Ruggles Gere
James R. Squire Office of Policy Research in ELA
(University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)
Juan Guerra
Chair, Research Foundation
(University of Washington, Seattle)
Joanne Larson
Chair, Standing Committee on Research
(University of Rochester, NY)
Susi Long
Elementary Section Steering Committee
(University of South Carolina, Columbia)
Frank Madden
TYCA Representative
(Westchester Community College, Valhalla, NY)
Sarah McCarthey
Co-Editor, Research in the Teaching of English
(University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Beatrice Mendez-Newman
College Section Steering Committee
(University of Texas-Pan American, Edinburg)
Nancy Patterson
Chair, Middle Level Section Steering Committee
(Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, MI)
Paul Prior
Co-Editor, Research in the Teaching of English
(University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Kent Williamson
Executive Director
(National Council of Teachers of English, Urbana, IL)
Executive Committee Liaison, Kathleen Blake Yancey
(Florida State University, Tallahassee)
NCTE Administrative Liaison, Linda Walters
Past Members