Tom Bean

Dr. Thomas W. Bean is known for his work in disciplinary and content area literacy, adolescent literacy, and his work with incarcerated youth. He is the co-author of over 24 books, 32 book chapters, and over 100 articles in refereed journals including Reading Research Quarterly and the Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy. He is senior author of Content Area Literacy: An Integrated Approach (2017), now in its 11th edition. Tom served as Co-Editor of the then International Reading Association’s Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy. He also served as Chair of the Literacy Research Association Publications Committee. He has been twice honored with the University of Nevada, Las Vegas College of Education Distinguished Research Award for his studies of reader responses to multicultural young adult literature in content area classrooms. He is the co-author of the original widely circulated International Reading Association (now International Literacy Association) position paper, Adolescent Literacy: A Position Statement, designed to guide policy decisions aimed at increasing literacy development efforts for adolescents and he continues to serve on ILA’s Adolescent Literacy Task Force. Dr. Bean is a Professor of Literacy/Reading in the Department of Teaching and Learning, Darden College of Education and the Rosanne Keeley Norris Endowed Professor, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA.

Bean, T. W., Dunkerly-Bean, J., Guzzetti, B. J., & Morris, J. (2019). "Outside voices:" Justice-system involved adolescent males writing their identities. In B. J. Guzzetti, T. W. Bean, & Judith Dunkerly-Bean (Eds.), Literacies, sexualities, and gender: Understanding identity from preschool to adulthood (pp. 117-127). New York: Routledge.

To cite this episode: Persohn, L. (Host). (2021, Apr. 6). A conversation with Tom Bean. (Season 1, No. 21) [Audio podcast episode]. In Classroom Caffeine Podcast series. https://www.classroomcaffeine.com/guests. DOI: 10.5240/442F-6B61-75DA-D2F2-411D-5