Professional Background
Educational Background
Ph.D.
Department of English, Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. Concentration: Composition & Rhetoric.Dissertation Title: "A Cultural Critique of the City as a Site of Rhetorical Education."
M.A.
English, Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. Concentration: Literature/African American Literature.
B.A.
English, Honors College Program, Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Scholarly Interests
English Education; Literacy; Teaching for Diversity and Social Justice; Middle School and High School Learners; Research on Writing; andAfrican American Literature and Biographical Writings
Selected Publications
June Jordan: Her Life and Letters (a biographical study), Women of Color Biography Series, Praeger Press/Greenwood Publishing, (July 2006).
Still Seeking An Attitude: Critical Reflections on the Work of June Jordan. Eds. V. Kinloch & M.Grebowicz. Maryland: Lexington Books, November 2004 (hardback), September 2005 (paperback).
"The Heidelberg Art Project as a Site of Literacy Activities and Urban Renewal Efforts: Implications for Composition Studies." JAC: A Journal of Composition Theory 25.1 (2005): 101-129.
"Revisiting the Promise of Students' Right to Their Own Language: Pedagogical Strategies." College Composition and Communication 57.1 (September 2005): 83-113.
"Poetry, Literacy, and Creativity: Fostering Effective Learning Strategies in an Urban Classroom." English Education 37.2 (January 2005): 96-114.
"June Jordan and the Linguistic Register: A Statement About our Rights." In V. Kinloch & M. Grebowicz (Eds.), Still Seeking An Attitude: Critical Reflections on the Work of June Jordan (pp.71-86). Maryland: Lexington Books, November 2004.
"English in the City: Getting Fired Up!" (a conversation on teaching writing w/G. Hamilton & E. Gordon), English Journal, 94:1 (September 2004): 109-114.
"TheRhetoric of Black Bodies: Race, Beauty, and Representation." In D. Martin & E. Watson (Eds.), There She Is, Miss America:' The Politics of Sex, Beauty, and Race in America's Most Famous Pageant (pp.93-109). NY: Palgrave/Macmillan, August 2004.
"Neither Distant Privilege Nor Privileging Distance: Literacies and the Lessons of the Heidelberg Project." (w/R. Marback & P. Bruch). In B. Huot, B. Stroble, & C. Bazerman (Eds.), Multiple Literacies for the 21st Century (pp.377-393). Cresskill: Hampton Press, February 2004.
"The Traveling City: The Hudson's Store, Urban Literacy, and Access in Detroit, MI." In D. Lundell & J. Higbee (Eds.), Exploring Urban Literacy and Developmental Education Monograph (pp.9-19). Minnesota: Center for Research on Developmental Education & Urban Literacy, 2002.
Valerie Felita Kinloch
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