American Reading Forum

A community of literacy scholars & teachers

NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

ARF 2021 CONFERENCE IS GOING VIRTUAL

The ARF Board has made the challenging but responsible decision to move this year's conference to a virtual format. As the Delta variant of COVID has continued to infect people across the US, we simply cannot justify asking our valued colleagues to travel across the country putting themselves and others at risk.  Guided by this year's conference theme, Literacy as Power: Creating Socially Just Communities and Futures in Tumultuous Times, our conference chairs remain committed to bringing you a full program of quality sessions, following the same general format that we would employ if we were meeting in person. We will have keynotes and concurrent sessions on Thursday, December 9 & Friday, December 10.  Sign up for a Professional or Graduate Student Conference subscription for access to the conference and yearlong membership.

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ARF 2020 YEARBOOK​

The ARF 2020 yearbook featuring articles related to the ARF Virtual (un)Conference has been released.  Topics of articles include anti-racist teaching practices, culturally responsive teaching, creating virtual communities through coaching, and teaching a literacy practicum during a pandemic.  Check it out now!

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CONGRATULATIONS!

Congratulations to our recent ARF award winners and newly elected board members!

Gary Moorman Early Career Literacy Scholar Award - Jeanne Dyches

Brenda Townsend Service Award - Vicky Zygouris-Coe

Graduate Student Scholarship Awards - Catherine (Cat) Miller; Susan Taylor; Angela Curfman

Newly Elected ARF Board Members - Brittany Adams; Thea Yurkewecz

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The American Reading Forum is a nonprofit, professional organization composed of individuals who share an interest in the improvement of reading. While the American Reading Forum is an organization that facilitates the dissemination of ideas and research, it places highest priority on providing its members opportunities for critical discussion of ideas, issues, research and emerging research interests and paradigms.