Alanna Rochelle Dail

Assistant Professor, Literacy Education
Department of Curriculum and Instruction
205D Graves Hall
(205)-348-7402
rdail@bamaed.ua.edu
Appointed in 2005

Recent Courses Taught:

CRD 369: Fundamentals of Reading Instruction
CRD 510: Expanding Reading in the Elementary Grades
CEE 370: Teaching Reading in the Elementary School
CEE 570: Teaching Reading in the Elementary School

Areas of Research:

Family and community literacies
Early literacy learning and teaching
Culturally relevant teaching
Effective coaching and professional development in preschool and early grades

Academic Degrees:

Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, 2004. Education and Human Development.
Ed.S. Middle Tennessee State University, 1994. Administration and Supervision.
M.Ed., Middle Tennessee State University, 1990. Reading.
B.S., Middle Tennessee State University, 1989. Elementary Education.

Professional Experiences:

Assistant Professor, The College of Education, The University of Alabama, 2004 – Present.

Classroom Teacher, Lebanon Special School District, Lebanon, TN, 2002-2005, 1989-1994. 1989 - 1990, 1988 – 1995.

Special Education Teacher, Lebanon Special School District, Lebanon, TN, 2000-2001.

GED Level 3 Teacher, Wilson County Schools, Lebanon, TN, 2002, 1990.

Graduate Teaching /Research Assistant, George Peabody College, Vanderbilt University, 1995-1999.

Selected Publications:

Champion, T. B., Katz, L., Muldrow, R., & Dail, R. (1999). Storytelling and storymaking in an urban preschool classroom: Building bridges from home to school culture Topics in Language Disorders 19(3), 52-67.

Bloome, D. & Dail, A. R. K. (1997). Toward (re)defining miscue analysis: Reading as a social and cultural process, Language Arts, 74(8), 610-617.

Selected Presentations:

Dail, A. R., McGee, L. M., Edwards, P. A., & Gales, S. O. (2007, November). The transforming power of community book club. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Reading Conference, Austin, TX.

Dail, A. R., Hughey, S., & Wilson, P. (2007, November). Meeting the challenge: Accelerating at-risk preschool children’s literacy achievement. . In W. Teale, (Chair), Transforming Preschool Classroom Environments and Language and Literacy Instruction: Child Outcomes and Teacher Effectiveness. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the National Reading Conference, Austin, TX.

Dail, A. R. (2006, December). Mothers' library book selections for their children. In D. W. Rowe (Chair), You Can Judge a Book: Studies of Children's Book Selection. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the National Reading Conference, Los Angeles, CA.

Dail, A. R. (2006, November). Learning to use books. Paper presented at the 96th annual convention of the National Council of Teacher of English, Nashville, TN.

Rowe, D. W., Peter, J. A., & Dail, R. (1996, December). Investigating the literate potentials of classroom interactions: Connecting sociocognitive and sociocultural approaches to literacy research. In J. Green, (Chair), Teaching and learning reading and writing as reflective, social practices: A framework for conceptualizing and researching the teaching and learning of reading and writing. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the National Reading Conference, Charleston, SC.