Teaching Reading Bibliography 

An Emerging Project of the TYCA Reading Network

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Armstrong, Sonya L., James Dyer, Britt Posey, James R. King, and Norman A. Stahl. “Questioning the Ethics of Legislated Literacy Curricula: What about the Pedagogical Rights of Postsecondary Readers?” Teaching English in the Two-Year College, vol. 48., no. 3, March 2021, pp. 314-331. 

Arrmstrong, Sonya L., et al., editors. Teaching Developmental Reading: Historical, Theoretical, and Practical Background Readings. Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2014. 

Baron, Naomi S. How We Read Now: Strategic Choices for Print, Screen, and Audio. Oxford University Press, 2021. 

---. Words Onscreen: The Fate of Reading in a Digital World. Oxford University Press, 2015.

Carillo, Ellen. A Writer’s Guide to Mindful Reading, WAC Clearinghouse, 2017. 

---. Securing a Place for Reading in Composition: The Importance of Teaching for Transfer. Utah State University Press, 2015. 

Cohn, Jenae. Skim, Dive, Surface: Teaching Digital Reading. West Virginia University Press, 2021. 

Conference on College Composition and Communication. "CCCC Position Statement on the 

Role of Reading in College Writing Classrooms." https://cccc.ncte.org/cccc/the-role-of-reading. March 2021.

Dehaene, Stanislas. Reading in the Brain: The New Science of How We Read. Penguin Books, 2010.

Del Principe, Annie, and Rachel Ihara. “A Long Look at Reading in the Community College: A Longitudinal Analysis of Student Reading Experiences.” Teaching English in the Two-Year College, vol. 45, no. 2, 2017, pp.183–206.

---. “‘I Bought the Book and I Didn’t Need It’: What Reading Looks Like at an Urban Community College.” Teaching English in the Two-Year College, vol. 43, no. 3, 2016, pp. 229–44.

Doran, Erin E. ““What’s Expected of Us as We Integrate the Two Disciplines?’: Two-Year  College Faculty Engage with Basic Writing Reform.” Teaching English in the Two-Year College, vol. 47, no. 2, 2019, pp. 149-167.

Escobar, Jennifer, and Aja Henriquez. “Understanding the Process and Criteria by Which Instructors Select Readings.” Teaching English in the Two-Year College, vol. 43, no. 2, 2015, pp. 195-201.

Finn, Heather B. “Linking the Past to the Present: Using Literacy Narratives to Raise ESL Students’ Awareness about Reading and Writing Relationships.” Teaching English in the Two-Year College, vol. 44, no. 3, 2017, pp. 276-288.

Flippo, Rona F., and Thomas W. Bean, editors. Handbook of College Reading and Study Strategy Research. Routledge, 2018.

Giordano, Joanne Baird and Holly Hassel. “Developing Critical Readers in the Age of Literacy Acceleration.” Pedagogy: Critical Approaches to Teaching Literature, Language, Composition, and Culture, vol. 21, no. 2, 2021, pp. 241-259. 

Giordano, Joanne Baird, Cassandra Phillips, Emily Suh, and Cheryl Hogue Smith. “Erasing Borders: Reframing “Basic” Writing as Postsecondary Literacy Education,” in Journal of Basic Writing, special 50th edition, forthcoming.

Giordano, Joanne Baird, and Cheryl Hogue Smith, editors. Teaching English in the Two-Year College, Special Issue on Teaching Reading in Open-Access Contexts, vol. 50, no. 2, 2022. 

Greenbaum, JoAnne, and Kathryn Bartle Angus. “Rights of Postsecondary Readers and Learners.” Journal of College Reading and Learning, vol. 48 no. 2, 2018, pp. 138–41.

Hassel, Holly, et al. “TYCA White Paper on Developmental Education Reforms.” Teaching English in the Two-Year College, vol. 42, no. 3, 2015, pp. 227–43.

Hirvela, Alan R. Connecting Reading and Writing in Second Language Writing Instruction. University of Michigan Press, 2016. 

Holschuh, Jodi Patrick, and Eric J. Paulson. “The Terrain of College Developmental Reading.” College Reading and Learning Association, 2013. https://www.crla.net/images/whitepaper/TheTerrainofCollege91913.pdf

Horning, Alice. The Case for Critical Literacy: A History of Reading in Writing Studies. Utah State University Press, 2024.

Horning, Alice, Deborah-Lee Gollnitz, and Cynthia R. Halle, editors. What Is College Reading? University Press of Colorado and WAC Clearinghouse, 2018. 

Horning, Alice, and Elizabeth W. Kraemer. Reconnecting Reading and Writing. Parlor Press, 2013. 

Ihara, Rachel. “'It Kind of Helped Me but Also Kind of Didn’t': Reflections on FYC FiveYears Later." Teaching English in the Two-Year College, vol. 51, no. 3, 2024, pp. 197–214.

Ihara, Rachel, and Annie Del Principe. “What We Mean When We Talk about Reading: Rethinking the Purposes and Contexts of College Reading.” Across the Disciplines, vol. 15, no. 2, 2018, pp. 1–14.

Kareem, Jamila. “A Critical Race Analysis of Transition-Level Writing Curriculum to Support the Racially Diverse Two-Year College.” Teaching English in the Two-Year College, vol. 46, no. 4, 2019, pp. 271–96.

Keller, Daniel Chasing Literacy: Reading and Writing in an Age of Acceleration. Utah State University Press, 2014. 

Kiefson, Ruth. “The Social Dimension of the Community College Classroom.” Teaching English in the Two-Year College, vol. 46, no. 1, 2018, pp. 56-69.

Marsh, Bill. “Reading-Writing Integration in Developmental and First-Year Composition.” Teaching English in the Two-Year College, vol. 43., no. 1, 2015, pp.58–70.

McSweeney, Meghan A.,, and Maureen McBride. “Difficulty Paper (Dis)Connections: Understanding the Threads StudentsWeave between Their Reading and Writing.” College Composition and Communication, vol. 66, no. 4, 2015, pp. 591-614.

Moe, Peter Wayne. “Being a First-Time Reader.” Teaching English in the Two-Year College, vol. 48, no. 4, 2021, pp. 447-448.

Paulson, Eric J., et al., editors. College Reading Research and Practice: Articles from The Journal of College Literacy and Learning. International Reading Association, 2003. 

Saxon, D. Patrick, Nara M. Martirosyan, and Nicholas T. Vick. “Best Practices and Challenges in Integrated Reading and Writing: A Survey of Field Professionals, Part 1.” Journal of Developmental Education, vol. 39, no. 2, 2016, pp. 32-34.  

---. “Best Practices and Challenges in Integrated Reading and Writing: A Survey of Field Professionals, Part 2.” Journal of Developmental Education, vol.39, no. 2, 2016, pp. 32-34. 

Smith, Cheryl Hogue. “Aesthetic Reading: Struggling Students Sensing their Way to Academic Success,” Journal of Basic Writing, vol. 36, no. 2, pp. 26-53. 

---. “Fractured Reading: Experiencing Students’ Thinking Habits,” Teaching English in the Two-Year College, vol. 47, no. 1, pp. 22-36. 

---. “Interrogating Texts: From Deferent to Efferent and Aesthetic Reading Practices.” Journal of Basic Writing, vol. 31, no. 1, 2012, pp. 59–79.

---. “The Teaching Zone: Square Pegs in Round Holes.” Teaching English in the Two-Year College, vol. 48, no. 4, 2021, pp. 413-435.

Sullivan, Patrick. “‘Deep Reading’ as a Threshold Concept in Composition Studies.” Deep Reading: Teaching Reading in the Writing Classroom, edited by Patrick Sullivan et al., National Council of Teachers of English, 2017, pp. 143–171.

Sullivan, Patrick, et al., editors. Deep Reading, Deep Learning: Deep Reading Volume 2. Peter Lang Publishers, 2023.

---. Deep Reading: Teaching Reading in the Writing Classroom. NCTE, 2017.

Tinberg, Howard. “When Writers Encounter Reading in a Community College First-Year Composition Course.” Deep Reading: Teaching Reading in the Writing Classroom, edited by Patrick Sullivan et al., National Council of Teachers of English, 2017, pp. 244–64.

Turkan, Ocal, Aydin Durgunoglu, and Lauren Twite. “Reading from Screen Vs. Reading from Print: Does It  Really Matter?” Journal of College Reading and Learning, https://doi.org/10.1080/10790195.2022.2028593. March 2022.

VanderStaay, Steven L., Sophia Bruner, and Leif B. Cresswell. “The Role of Reading Instruction in Teaching Social Justice.” Teaching English in the Two-Year College, vol. 51, no. 4, 2024, pp. 309-329. 

Voss, Jeff, editor. Do Not Ask Me to Remain the Same: Resocializing Reading at CUNY. Teaching and Learning Center, CUNY, pp. 56-77. https://tlc.commons.gc.cuny.edu/do-not-ask-me-to-remain-the-same/

Wilner, Arlene Fish. Rethinking Reading in College: An Across the Curriculum Approach. NCTE, 2020.

Wolf, Maryanne. Reader, Come Home. HarperCollins, 2018.