Brittany Adams
Assistant Professor of Elementary Literacy Education, Curriculum & Instruction
EDUCATION
| Degree | Area of Study | University |
|---|---|---|
| Ph.D. | Literacy Education | University of Florida |
| M.L.I.S. | Youth Literacy | Florida State University |
| B.A. | Children’s Literature & Cultural Studies | University of Florida |
AWARDS & HONORS
| Year | Award |
|---|---|
| 2023 | State University of New York at Cortland Dr. Peter Fine Teaching Award |
| 2021 | American Reading Forum Gary Moorman Early Career Literacy Scholar Award |
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Critical Literacy
Children’s and Young Adult Literature
Preparation of Culturally Sustaining Teachers
Reading Comprehension
GRANT & RESEARCH PROJECTS
- Roll Tide for Reading: A Collaborative Partnership Supporting Children’s Literacy Development
- Troubling Canonical Texts in Alabama Public Schools
- Sponsors of Critical Literacy in Nonfiction Children’s Literature
- CLEVER: Cognition, Learning, and Exploration in Reading
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
The Reading Teacher
Adams, B., Mertens, G. E., Fang, Z., & Baugh, M. (2024). Scaffolding expository reading with picture books: Strategies for comprehending informational language. The Reading Teacher, 77(5), 663-672. https://doi.org/10.1002/trtr.2286
Teaching Education
Adams, B., Wilson, N. S., Dussling, T., Stevens, E. Y., Van Wig, A., Baumann, J., Yang, S., Mertens, G. E., Bean-Folkes, J., & Smetana, L. (2023). Literacy’s Schrödinger’s cat: Capturing reading comprehension with social annotation. Teaching Education, 34(4), 367-383. https://doi.org/10.1080/10476210.2022.2146088
Adams, B., Colantonio-Yurko, K. C., Miller, H. C., & Boehm, S. (2022). Beyond perpetrators, victims, and survivors: Young adult literature as bystander intervention education. The ALAN Review, 49(3), 42-52.
The Reading Teacher
Kaczmarczyk, A. B., & Adams, B. (2021). Expanding stories: Using author’s notes in culturally authentic picture books. The Reading Teacher, 75(2), 219-225. https://doi.org/10.1002/trtr.2020
Journal of Literacy Research
Adams, B. (2020). “I didn’t feel confident talking about this issue…but I knew I could talk about a book”: Using young adult literature to make sense of #metoo. Journal of Literacy Research, 52(2) 209–230. https://doi.org/10.1177/1086296X20915489
BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Brittany Adams is an Assistant Professor of Literacy Education and Teach in Bama Learning Community Faculty Mentor. She holds a B.A. in Children’s Literature and an M.L.I.S. in Youth Literacy. She received her Ph.D. in Literacy Education from the University of Florida. She teaches undergraduate and undergraduate courses on reading methods, children’s literature, and socio-critical theories of literacy to pre- and in-service teachers across educational contexts. Her research interests include critical literacy, children’s and young adult literature, the preparation of culturally sustaining teachers, and reading comprehension.