Rebecca W. BlackAssistant Professor of Language, Literacy, and Technology |
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Research Interests |
Literacy, popular culture, second language acquisition, computer-mediated communication | |
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Research Abstract |
Rebecca W. Black received her Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 2006. Her research centers on the literacy and socialization practices of adolescents from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds who are writing and participating in online, popular culture-inspired environments. This work includes an explicit focus on the 21st century skills and forms of literacy and learning that youth are engaging with in online spaces. Dr. Black's work has been published in Teachers College Record, Reading Research Quarterly, Research in the Teaching of English, the Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, the International Journal of Learning and Media, and E-learning. Her book exploring how English language learning youth represent their cultural and linguistic identities through fan fiction texts was published by Peter Lang in the Spring of 2008. | |
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Books Black, R.W. (2008). Adolescents and Online Fan Fiction. New York: Peter Lang. Journal Articles Black, R. W. (forthcoming). Online fan fiction and critical media literacy. Journal of Computing in Teacher Education. Thorne, S.L., Black, R. W., & Sykes, J. (in press). Second language use,socialization, and learning in Internet interest communities and online games. Modern Language Journal. Black, R.W. (2009). Online Fanfiction, global identities, and imagination. Research in the Teaching of English, 43(4). Black, R. W. (2009). English language learners, fan communities, and twenty first century skills. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 52(8). Lewis, L., Black, R. & Tomlinson, B. (2009). Let everyone play: An educational perspective on why fan fiction is or should be legal. International Journal of Learning and Media, 1(1), 67-81. Tomlinson, B., Baumer, E., Yau, M.L., Carpenter, L., & Black, R.W. (2008). A participatory simulation for informal learning in restoration ecology. E-Learning, (5) 3. Thorne, S. L., & Black, R. (2007). Language and literacy development in computer mediated contexts and communities. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 27, 133-160. Black, R.W. (2007). Fanfiction writing and the construction of space. E-Learning,(4) 4, 384-397. Gomez, M.L., Black, R.W., & Allen, A.R. (2007). “Becoming” a teacher. Teachers College Record, (109) 9. Black, R. W. (2006). Language, culture, and identity in online fanfiction. E-learning, 3 (2), 170-184. Black, R. W. (2005). Access and affiliation: The literacy and composition practices of English language learners in an online fanfiction community. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 49 (2), 118-128. Black, R. W. (2005). Online fanfiction: What technology and popular culture can teach us about writing and literacy instruction. New Horizons for Learning Online Journal, XI (2), Spring 2005. Steinkuehler, C.A., Black, R.W., & Clinton, K.A. (2004). Researching Literacy as Tool, Place, and Way of Being. Reading Research Quarterly, 40 (1), 7-12. Book Chapters Thorne, S. & Black, R. W. (in press). Interaction and identity in Internet-mediated contexts. In C. Higgins (Ed.), Negotiating the Self in a Second Language: Identity Formation and Cross-Cultural Adaptation in a Globalizing World. Warschauer, M., Black, R. W., & Chou, Y.-L. (in press). Online Englishes. In A. Kirkpatrick (Ed.), World Englishes Handbook. New York: Routledge. Black, R. W. & Steinkuehler, C. A. (2008). Adolescents in virtual worlds. In L. Christenbury, R. Bomer, & P. Smagorinsky (Eds.), Handbook of Adolescent Literacy Research. New York: Guilford Press. Black, R. W. (2008). Convergence and divergence: Online fanfiction communities and literacy pedagogy. In Z. Bekerman, N. Burbules, H. Giroux, & D. Silberman-Keller (Eds.), Mirror images: Popular culture and education. New York: Peter Lang. Black, R. W. (2008) Just don’t call them cartoons: The new literacy spaces of animé, manga, and fanfiction. In D. Leu, J. Coiro, C. Lankshear, & M. Knobel (Eds.), Handbook of Research on New Literacies. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum. Black, R. W. (2007). Digital design: English language learners and reader feedback in online fanfiction. In M. Knobel & C. Lankshear (Eds.), A New Literacies Sampler. Peter Lang. |
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| Last updated | 11/17/2009 | |