The Literacy Research Association (LRA) has elected Professor Elizabeth Dutro to the Board of Directors for a three-year term beginning December 2015. The board comprises recognized leading scholars in Literacy Studies. Its members advance the mission of LRA and collaboratively oversee a wide variety of committees, programs, resources, and publications (including the widely-read Journal of Literacy Research and the LRA Yearbook), as well as the flagship annual conference for literacy scholars and educators.
LRA is a community of scholars dedicated to promoting research that enriches the knowledge, understanding, and development of lifespan literacies in a multicultural and multilingual world. LRA is committed to ethical research that is rigorous, methodologically diverse, and socially responsible. LRA is dedicated to disseminating such research broadly so as to promote generative theories, informed practices and sound policies. Central to its mission, LRA mentors and supports future generations of literacy scholars.
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