Urban Literacies

In this collection of research on issues in urban education, new and emerging scholars of color in the field have authored theoretically rich and practically sound chapters that extend current conversations on the literate lives, academic achievements, and social networking systems of students of color in urban environments during and after school time. The primary focus of this book is to closely and carefully investigate-through rigorous research, various theoretical orientations, and diverse methodologies-meanings of and current concerns with urban education in the lives of children, youth, and adults of color across three intersecting spectrums.

Valerie Kinloch is associate professor in literacy studies in the School of Teaching and Learning at The Ohio State University. Her most recent book is Harlem on Our Minds: Place, Race, and the Literacies of Urban Youth.