William McGinley is associate professor in English and literacy education and is a specialist in literature and literacy. Teaching areas of interest include language and literacy across the curriculum; teaching literature in secondary school; and literacy in families, schools, and communities. Research areas of interest include literature and the humanities in public education; literacy and culture; book clubs and popular reading; community-based literacy practices; teacher education and community mentorships.
In 2006, he wrote and co-directed Legends and Love, a dramatic poem that was performed by several high school students at the Paramount Theater in Denver. Recent papers and published works include Novel Ideas: Literary Imagination and Literacy Research, Amazing Space: Reading Life in the Literature Classroom, Literary Retailing and the Re-making of Popular Reading, "We've Been Through it:" The Pedagogy of Adult Community Members in an Urban After School Program, and Pedagogy for a Few: The Modern Book Industry as Literature Teacher. His work has appeared in a wide range of nationally recognized and regional journals. He is currently working on a book-length play based on his experiences as founder and director of Literacy and Learning for Life, an innovative after school literacy program in a Denver community center. He has received university and professional awards for his research and his programs involving community outreach and service. He is the founder and editor of Spoken, an on-line performance poetry journal for high school students in the Denver metropolitan and Boulder Valley areas. In addition, he currently runs several literacy-based outreach and professional development programs in local high schools and elementary schools.
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New Directions in the Humanities
