Jennifer Moon Ro, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Office: TH E272 Phone: (716)673-4845
Email: jennifer.ro@fredonia.edu
Introduction
Dr. Ro is currently an Assistant Professor of literacy in the department of Language, Learning & Leadership. She earned her Ph.D in reading/literacy education from The University of Georgia in 2002. She has taught young students in the New York City Public Schools, and older students at the undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral levels. The primary lens to her approaches to teaching and research is sociocultural.Research Interests or Expertise
Dr. Ro’s research interests involve biliteracy, the new literacies (popular culture, critical media literacy, multiliteracies), and teacher education. She holds interests in both qualitative and quantitative research methodologies.Publications
- Ro, J. M. (in progress). “In-Service graduate students’ inquiry-based research projects into the new literacies.”
- Ro, J. M. (in progress). “Identities, school achievement, and third space of English language Learners.”
- Ro, J. M., Eakle, A. J., Hruby, G., Rush, L., Alvermann, D. E., & Aaron, I. (2003). “Writing a literacy dissertation: Looking back, looking forward,” American Reading Forum Online Yearbook, 23. Refereed.
- Baumann, J., Ro, J. M., Duffy-Hester, A., & Hoffman, J. (2000). “Then and now: Perspectives on the status of elementary reading instruction by prominent reading educators,” Reading Research and Instruction, 39(3), 236-264. Refereed.
- Baumann, J. F., Hoffman, J. V., Duffy-Hester, A., & Ro, J. M. (2000). “The First Reading: Yesterday and today: U.S. elementary reading instruction practices reported by teachers and administrators,” Reading Research Quarterly, 35(3), 338-377. Refereed.
- Baumann, J. F., Duffy-Hester, A., Moon, J. S., & Hoffman, J. V. (2000). Our past and our present. In J. V. Hoffman, J. F. Baumann, & P. Afflerbach (Eds.), Balancing principles for teaching elementary reading. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
- Alvermann, D. E., Moon, J. S., & Hagood, M. S. (1999). Popular culture in the classroom: Teaching and researching critical media literacy. NRC/IRA Literacy Studies Series.
- Baumann, J. F., Hoffman, J. V., Moon, J. S., & Duffy-Hester, A. (1998). “Where are the teachers’ voices in the phonics/whole language debate? Results from a survey of U.S. elementary classroom teachers,” The Reading Teacher, 51(8), 636-650. Refereed.
Terminal Degree
Ph.D Literacy Education, May 2002, The University of Georgia, Athens, GAMS Reading Education, Lehman-CUNY
BS Elementary Education, New York University
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