Nell K. Duke
Dr. Nell K. Duke is known for her work in the areas of early literacy development, particularly among children living in economic poverty. Specifically, she focuses on the development of informational reading and writing in young children, comprehension development and instruction in early schooling, and issues of equity in literacy education. She has authored or co-authored many publications that have appeared in journals such as Reading Research Quarterly, The American Educational Research Journal, Educational Leadership, Young Children, AERA Open, The Reading Teacher, Teaching Young Children, and many others. She is author or co-author of numerous books such as Inside Information: Developing Powerful Readers and Writers of Informational Text through Project-based Instruction, Reading and Writing Informational Text in the Primary Grades: Research-Based Practices; Beyond Bedtime Stories: A Parent’s Guide to Promoting Reading, Writing, and Other Literacy Skills From Birth to 5, now in its second edition; and the forthcoming book Literacy Learning for Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers: Key Practices for Educators. She is co-editor of the Handbook of Effective Literacy Instruction: Research-based Practice K to 8 and Literacy Research Methodologies. She is also editor of The Research-Informed Classroom book series and co-editor of the Not This, But That book series. Her work has been funded by the Institute of Education Sciences, the National Science Foundation, the Spencer Foundation, the Kellogg Foundation, and the George Lucas Educational Foundation, among other organizations. Nell has been named one of the most influential education scholars in the U.S. in EdWeek. In 2014, she was awarded the P. David Pearson Scholarly Influence Award from the Literacy Research Association, and in 2018 she received the International Literacy Association's William S. Gray Citation of Merit for outstanding contributions to research, theory, practice, and policy. She has also received are the Michigan Reading Association Advocacy Award, the American Educational Research Association Early Career Award, the Literacy Research Association Early Career Achievement Award, the International Reading Association Dina Feitelson Research Award, the National Council of Teachers of English Promising Researcher Award, and the International Reading Association Outstanding Dissertation Award. Among other roles, she currently serves as advisor for the Public Broadcasting Service/Corporation for Public Broadcasting Ready to Learn initiative, an expert for NBC Today, advisor to the Council of Chief State School Officers Early Literacy Networked Improvement Community and an advisor for Stand for Children. She has served as author or consultant on several educational programs, including Connect4Learning. Dr. Duke received her Bachelor’s degree from Swarthmore College and her Masters and Doctoral degrees from Harvard University. She is a professor in literacy, language, and culture in the School of Education at the University of Michigan.
You can connect with Dr. Duke through her website at www.nellkduke.org or on Twitter @nellkduke.
Resource: www.LiteracyEssentials.org
To cite this episode: Persohn, L. (Host). (2022, Jul 5). A conversation with Nell K. Duke. (Season 3, No. 3) [Audio podcast episode]. In Classroom Caffeine Podcast series. https://www.classroomcaffeine.com/guests.DOI: 10.5240/6B76-0A22-1F1F-7758-A5CA-T