Elena Forzani
Dr. Elena Forzani’s research centers on using multiple and mixed methods to understand and support digital literacies practices across the elementary and secondary levels. In particular, her work investigates the cognitive, metacognitive, and motivational dimensions of online reading, and especially how readers evaluate the credibility of online information. Through this work, Dr. Forzani seeks to inform the design of equity-oriented instruction and assessment environments. Dr. Forzani’s scholarship has been published in multiple researcher and practitioner journals, including Reading Research Quarterly, Computers in Human Behavior, Computers & Education Open, The Reading Teacher, and The Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy. Dr. Forzani currently serves on the US Department of Education’s National Assessment of Educational Progress Standing Reading Committee. Since her doctoral work in educational psychology at the University of Connecticut, Dr. Forzani has served as the assistant research director for the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS), an international print reading assessment, and ePIRLS, an international digital reading assessment. She is a former first grade and high school English and Reading teacher, as well as a former literacy specialist. Dr. Elena Forzani is an assistant professor in Literacy Education at Boston University’s Wheelock College of Education & Human Development.
To cite this episode: Persohn, L. (Host). (2023, Nov 14). A conversation with Elena E. Forzani (Season 4, No. 5) [Audio podcast episode]. In Classroom Caffeine Podcast series. https://www.classroomcaffeine.com/guests. DOI: 10.5240/0140-D0AD-2E0C-666F-42D2-L