Terri L. Rodriguez, Ph.D.

Adolescent Literature

Content Area Reading

Teaching English in Secondary Schools

Teaching Language Arts in Grades 4-8

Teaching Reading in Grades 4-8

Secondary level pre-service teacher preparation in English language arts education;

Social justice frameworks in teacher education;

Latino/a critical race theory in education;

Narrative and qualitative approaches to research

Book Chapter

Rodriguez, T.L. (2003). Freedom's children and the Civil Rights Movement: A collaborative nonfiction unit. In Gantt, P. M. & Meeks, L. L. (Eds.) Teaching ideas for 7-12 English language arts: What really works. Norwood, MA: Christopher-Gordon.

Refereed Articles

Rodriguez, T.L. (In Press). Narrative reflexivity in raced and gendered spaces. Women in Literature and Life Assembly (WILLA) Journal.

Rodriguez, T.L. & Reis, D.S. (In Press). 'Ms. Morales needs to go back to English class': Narratives of a bilingual Latina pre-service English language arts teacher in a diverse society. The New Educator.

Rodriguez, T.L. (2011). Stories of self, stories of practice: Enacting a vision of socially just pedagogy for Latino youth. Teaching Education 22(3), p. 239-254.

Gomez, M.L. & Rodriguez, T.L. (2011). Imagining the knowledge, strengths and skills of a Latina prospective teacher. Teacher Education Quarterly 38(1), p. 127-146.

Rodriguez, T.L. & Cho, H.-s. (2011). Eliciting critical literacy narratives of bi/multilingual teacher candidates across U.S. teacher education contexts. Teaching and Teacher Education 27(3), p. 496-504.

Rodriguez, T.L. (2010). Resisting negative images and stereotypes: One Latina prospective teacher's story. Brock Education Journal 19(2), p. 3-19.

Gomez, M.L., Rodriguez, T.L., & Agosto, V. (2008). Life histories of Latino/a teacher candidates. Teacher's College Record 110(8), p. 1639-1676.

Gomez, M.L., Rodriguez, T.L., & Agosto, V. (2008). Who are Latino prospective teachers and what do they bring to US schools? Race, Ethnicity, and Education 11(3), p. 267-283.

International, Peer Reviewed

Rodriguez, T.L. (2012, April). Inspiring action in social justice teacher education: Generating stories of self and practice. Presentation to the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Vancouver, BC.

Rodriguez, T.L. & Polat, N. (2012, April). Stories of diversity and citizenship: Constructing Self and Other in teacher education for English learners. Presentation to the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Vancouver, BC.

Rodriguez, T.L. & Cho, H.S. (2010, April). Using literacy narratives for creating transformative spaces in teacher education. Presentation to the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Denver, CO.

Rodriguez, T.L. (2009, April). Social justice pedagogy and the enactment of a vision: Narratives of a bilingual Latina educator. Presentation to the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA.

Rodriguez, T.L., Hallman, H.L.; Johnson, A.S., & Schieble, M. (2008, March). Building a mandate for literacy: Educators' aims for social change and community action. Presentation to the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY.

Johnson, A.S., Hallman, H.L., Rodriguez, T.L., & Schieble, M. (2007, April). Making purposeful choices toward quality in research on teachers and teaching. Presentation to the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.

Rodriguez, T.L. (2007, April). Resisting negative images and stereotypes: One Latina prospective teacher's story. Presentation to the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.

National, Peer Reviewed

Rodriguez, T.L. (2012, November). Digital book clubs: Pre-service teachers connecting urban youth with disciplinary literacies through young adult literature. Paper submitted for presentation to the Annual Meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English, Las Vegas, NV.

Rodriguez, T.L. & Hallman, H.L. (2012, February). A storied landscape of teaching English in the new millennium. Presentation to the Annual Meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English Assembly for Research, Tuscaloosa, AL.

Rodriguez, T.L. & Polat, N. (2011, February). Crafting equity-oriented pedagogies for English learners: A Study of diverse pre-service teachers' beliefs and identities. Presentation to the Annual Meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English Assembly for Research, Madison, WI.

Botzakis, S., Hallman, H., Lachuk, A. J., Petrone, R., Rodriguez, T.L., & Schieble, M. (2011, February). Narratives on the transition to a faculty role in literacy education. Presentation to the Annual Meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English Assembly for Research, Madison, WI.

Rodriguez, T.L. (2009, December). -Ms. Morales needs to go back to English class': Exploring bilingual Latino/a pre-service elementary teachers' beliefs about the -good- English language arts teacher. Presentation to the Annual Meeting of the National Reading Conference, Albuquerque, NM.

Rodriguez, T.L. (2009, October). -I was coming home basically hopeless': Exploring the literacy narratives of bilingual Latino/a teacher candidates. Presentation to the First Triennial Conference on Latino Education and Immigrant Integration, Athens, GA.

Gomez, M.L., & Rodriguez, T.L. (2009, October). 'I really want you guys to see what I'm going through-: Responding to the strengths and needs of Latino pre-service teachers. Presentation to the First Triennial Conference on Latino Education and Immigrant Integration, Athens, GA.

Rodriguez, T.L., & Hallman, H.L. (2009, February). 'stepping over the line-: Ethical representation in narrative and ethnographic literacy research. Presentation to the Annual Meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English Assembly for Research, Los Angeles, CA.

Rodriguez, T.L. (2008, December). Portraits of diversity: The literacy mandates of three bilingual/bicultural Latino/a teacher candidates. Presentation to the Annual Meeting of the National Reading Conference, Orlando, FL.

Regional, Peer Reviewed

Rodriguez, T.L. & Unger, M. (2011, March). Profile pages: Using social networking sites for character analysis. Presentation to the Annual Meeting of the Western Pennsylvania Council of Teachers of English, Pittsburgh, PA.

Regional, Invited

Rodriguez, T.L. & Polat, N. (2011, June; 2010, July). Equity for English learners in urban contexts: A study of diverse pre-service teachers' experiences, beliefs and identities. Presentation to the Barbara A. Sizemore Urban Education Conference, Pittsburgh, PA.

American Educational Research Association (AERA)

National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)

National Conference on Research in Language and Literacy (NCRLL)

National Latino Education Research Agenda Project (NLERAP)

Pennsylvania Council of Teachers of English and Language Arts (PCTELA)

Western Pennsylvania Council of Teachers of English (WPCTE)