Email
dpricedennis@austin.utexas.edu
Office & Hours
Office: SZB 334N
Tuesday: 1-3:30pm
By appointment
Phone
(512) 232-5300
Fax
(512) 471-8460
Courses of Instruction
EDC 385G The Teaching of Literacy (graduate)
EDC 381F Introduction to Teaching and Teacher Education (graduate)
EDC 670EB Language Arts Methods (undergraduate)
EDC 670 EA Reading Methods (undergraduate)
ALD 327/AFR 374 Sociocultural Influences on Learning (undergraduate/graduate)
Profile
Detra Price-Dennis is an Assistant Professor in Language and Literacy Studies in the College of Education. She brings 10 years of teaching experience to the professoriate, having served as an elementary teacher in an urban and suburban school setting, literacy coach, and literacy consultant in Columbus, Ohio. As a teacher educator, Price-Dennis focuses her work on transformative literacy pedagogies that seek to create and sustain equitable learning environments for all students. She is interested in the sociopolitical and sociocultural aspects of literacy learning and engagement among elementary and middle school students.
Education
Doctor of Philosophy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 2009
Areas of concentrations: Middle Childhood Education and Literacy Education
Dissertation Title: “Practicing the Promise of Critical Pedagogy: Case Studies of Three Pre-Service Teachers Mediating the Meaning of Race, Equity, and Social Justice In Middle School Classrooms”
Program: Reading & Literacy in Early & Middle Childhood
Dissertation Chairs: Patricia Enciso (co-chair) and Valerie Kinloch (co-chair)
Representative Publications
Haddix, M., & Price-Dennis, D. (In Press). Urban fiction and multicultural literature as transformative tools for preparing English teachers for diverse classrooms. English Education, 45(3).
Souto-Manning, M. & Price-Dennis, D. (November, 2012) Everyday texts and critical literacies in early childhood teacher education. Journal of Early Childhood Education.
Katz, L., Ryan, C., Wilson, M., & Price-Dennis, D. (2012). Locating themes and trends in early childhood education in language arts. In V. Vasquez and J. Woods (Eds.). Perspectives and Provocations in Early Childhood Education. Information Age Publishing.
Price-Dennis, D. & Souto-Manning, M. (2011). (Re)Framing diverse pre-service
classrooms as spaces for culturally relevant teaching. Journal of Negro Education, 223-238, 80(3).
Current Research Projects and Grants
Learning to Develop Culturally Responsive Writing Pedagogy: The Use of Writer's Notebooks as a Teaching Tool. (2011-2012). Principal Investigator, University of Texas at Austin.
Teaching and Learning with iPads: Interdisciplinary Perspectives from
Higher Education. (2011-present). Co-Principal Investigator. University of Texas at Austin.
Boards, Committees and Associations
- Editor, Middle School Perspectives, Association for Childhood Education International
- Member of Elementary Section Steering Committee, National Council of Teachers of English, 2012-2015
- Member of Research Forum, National Council of Teachers of English, 2012-2015
- Section 5 Co-Chair, American Educational Research Association Division K, 2013-2014
- Section 10 Co-Chair, American Educational Research Association Division K, 2011-2012
- Editorial review board, Children’s Literature Assembly
- Publications Committee, Association for Childhood Education International
- American Educational Research Association, Critical Educators for Social Justice Advocacy Award Committee, 2011