Price-Dennis addresses issues of literacy development in elementary and middle-childhood education, exploring culturally-relevant literacy pedagogy and preparing teachers to work in diverse communities.

In 2014, Price-Dennis received the Janet Emig Award for Exemplary Scholarship for her article, “Urban Fiction and Multicultural Literature as Transformative Tools for Preparing English Teachers for Diverse Classrooms,” co-authored with Marcelle Haddix, of Syracuse University, and published in the April 2013 issue of English Education.

Her most recent publications have emphasized critical research in literacy teacher education; field-based, twenty-first century learning experiences for preservice teachers; and ecological approaches for understanding digital literacy practices of diverse learners.

The courses Price-Dennis teaches at TC include “Exploring Issues of Social Justice in Children’s Literature” and “Digital Literacies: Critical Perspectives on Concepts, Practice and Policies.”

At New York City’s P.S. 236, Price-Dennis guides the technology club, an after-school space designed to support upper elementary school students’ acquisition of digital fluency and proficiency with technology of interest to them.

Published Monday, Apr 24, 2017