DONNA E. ALVERMANNScholar Talk – By Jessica Streck Ortolano

Overview – Scholar Talk

Who is Donna E. Alvermann? Brief Bio Education Professional Career

My Review of Her Work Current Work – Video Clip

Why I Chose Donna!

Who is Donna E. Alvermann?

Bio

Education

Professional Career

Awards/Honors

• Dog Lover• Jazz Musician• Teacher, Writer,

Professor and…• Currently lives near

and works at the University of Georgia

Who is Donna E. Alvermann?

Bio

Education

Professional Career

Awards/Honors

• B.S. in 1965 from University of Texas at Austin

• M.A. 1968 “”• M.L.S in 1980

from Syracuse University

• Ph.D. in 1980 “”

WORDLE OF HER VITA!

Who is Donna E. Alvermann?

Bio

Education

Professional Career

Awards/Honors

Public

School

Experience

Collegiate/Professor

Experience

Visiting Scholar

Consultant

Researcher

Who is Donna E. Alvermann?

Bio

Education

Professional Career

Awards/Honors

• Memberships:• Invisible College for Research on

Teaching• Wellesley Centers for Women• European Association for Research on

Learning and Instruction• Laubach Literacy Volunteer Tutor for

Adult Literacy Program• NCRE, NCTE, ARF, CRA, AERA, NRC,

IRA, AMLA

• Awards:• Warren G. Findley Research Award• Albert J. Kingston Award• Oscar S. Causey Award• Honorary Doctorate of Pedagogy (at

L.I.U)• International Reading Forum’s Brenda

S. Townsend Service Award• and MANY MORE!

Elected to the

Reading Hall of

Fame in 1999

Review of Her Work…

• Professional Workshop & Talks• Over 203

• Grants funded• Over 23

• Presentations • Over 315

• Written • 7 Books• 210 Articles

Review of Her Work…

The articles I choose: Text Differences: Children's Perceptions at the

Transition Stage in Reading. (1982) Using Textbook Reading Assignments to Promote

Classroom Discussion. (1984) Effects of Spontaneous and Induced Lookbacks on

Self-Perceived High-and Low-Ability Comprehenders. (1988)

Teacher-Student Mediation of Content Area Texts. (1989)

Peer-led discussions: whose interests are served? (1995-96)

Getting involved and having fun: Dilemmas in building a literate community in one lower‐track English class. (1996)

Current Work – Video Clip

What made me choose Donna? Hall of Fame

Female Dog Owner Music Lover

Interest in Current Work Adolescents' Online Literacies

Digital Media Popular Culture

2012 - TechZombie Interview

References:

Websites: http://www.ibr.uga.edu/direct

ory/faculty/alvermann.htm http://curry.virginia.edu/ http://www.readinghalloffame

.org/donna_alvermann http://all4ed.org/people/donn

a-alvermann/ http://www.quora.com/Donna

-Alvermann/about

http://www.linkedin.com/in/donnaalvermann

http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=UB7GB5wAAAAJ&hl=en

https://twitter.com/diglitalvermann

https://plus.google.com/104217120523885803452/about

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9xWBZdnmHU

Articles: Alvermann, D. E. (1982). Text Differences:

Children's Perceptions at the Transition Stage in Reading. The Reading Teacher, 36(3), 298-302.

Alvermann, D. E. (1984). Using Textbook Reading Assignments to Promote Classroom Discussion. The Clearing House, 58(2), 70-73.

Alvermann, D. E. (1989). Teacher-Student Mediation of Content Area Texts. Theory into Practice, 28(2), 142-147.

Alvermann, D. E. (1995-1996). Peer-led discussions whose interests are served? Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 39(4), 282-289.

Alvermann, D. E., Umpleby, R., & Olson, J. R. (1996). Getting involved and having fun: Dilemmas in building a literate community in one lower‐track English class. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 9(4), 461-475. doi: 10.1080/0951839960090407

Alvermann, D. E. (n.d.). Effects of Spontaneous and Induced Lookbacks on Self-Perceived High-and Low-Ability Comprehenders. The Journal of Educational Research, 81(6), 325-331.