Much of the current research on scientific literacy focuses on particular text genres read by students within the classroom context. We offer a cross-case analysis of [...]

This article examines the relationship between oral- and textual-literacy systems that existed during the antebellum period of United States history. I argue that Afri[...]

This article presents findings from a case study of an adult literacy program. The author conducted this IRB-approved study as part of a three-year, research-based, co[...]

This article reclaims Jane Addams as a community literacy pedagogue and explicates her pedagogical theory through an analysis of her social thought. Addams’ goal of “s[...]

Rhetorical theorists have argued that agency is a communal experience, but material conditions in jail and society often prevent prisoners and college students from ex[...]

As a WPA and a service-learning director and practitioner, the author suggests connections between food studies, rhetoric and composition studies, and critical service[...]