Dr. Morgan has been a member of the Geneseo Faculty since 2004.
Office Hours
Curriculum Vitae
Education
Ph.D. Education: Emphasis in Literacy, Spring, 2006. State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY.
M.S. Education (Reading Specialist), 1996. Saint Bonaventure University, St. Bonaventure, NY.
B.A. English Literature, January, 1983. State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY.
Affiliations
Literacy Research Association
National Council of Teachers of English
International Literacy Association
IRA History of Reading SIG
Publications
Jones III, W. E., Pritting, S., & Morgan, B. (2014). Understanding availability: Usability testing of a consortial interlibrary loan catalog. Journal of Web Librarianship, 8(1), 69-87.
Morgan, B. (2010). New Literacies in the Classroom: Digital Capital, Student Identity, and Third Space. The International Journal of Technology, Knowledge and Society, Volume 6, Issue 2, pp.221-240.
Morgan, B. (2008). Identity presentation: The construction of identity in asynchronous discussion. Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 9(3). Retrieved 2008-12-27, from http://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/1006 FQS is a peer-reviewed multilingual on-line journal for qualitative research, established in 1999.
Morgan, B., & Smith, R. D. (2008). A Wiki for Classroom Writing. Reading Teacher. 62 (1), 80-82. The Reading Teacher is the most widely read journal in literacy.
Research Interests
My research focuses mainly on new literacies, multiliteracies, digital literacy, and adolescent literacy singly or in any combination.
Partnerships
The Keeping Kids in School Project is a research project done with the cooperation of the Rochester City School District.
I also consult with area teachers on content area literacies and the implementation of ICT and useful methods for its employment in the classroom.
Master Instructor for the Librarian Instruction Leadership Academy (LILAc) in 2012 and 2014.
Classes
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CURR 538: Teaching Lit Birth to 6 Grade
Stresses the importance of literature in all areas of children's (birth through sixth grade) learning and development for both typical and atypical learners. The course is designed to use literature to develop critical reading skills and to foster the appreciation of the contributions of literature to various areas of the curriculum.
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CURR 540: Content Area Rdg/Lit-SecSchool
The course serves as an introduction to learning text and study/learning strategies in grades 7-12. The major purpose is to better inform content area teachers about ways to use textbooks, supplementary readings, and writing/speaking/listening more effectively. Special focus is placed on differentiating text-based instruction in content subjects for diverse learners and on the role of the context area teacher in adolescents' reading and literary development.
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EDUC 102: Welcome to the Education Major
This is an elective introductory course for entering education majors. Related topics will be explored through discussion, workshops, and presentations and may include topics such as navigating online portfolios, using TERC library resources, exploring implications of copyright laws, and using content standards in the elementary classroom.
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WRTG 105: Wrtg: Banned Books Censorship
Writing Seminar lays the foundation for students to participate insightfully in both written and oral academic conversations. The course focuses on three modes of written and oral communication: communication as an ongoing persuasive dialogue with multiple audiences, communication with a reflective self, and communication with a dynamic evolving text. The course also introduces elements of information literacy and critical thinking needed to develop and evaluate academic conversation. Writing Seminar is typically taken by new students in their first two semesters, often as the introduction to general education, to our library, and to academic support services as sites of collaboration rather than remediation. As many new students' only seminar-style class, Writing Seminar can help lay the foundations of not only academic but also social success.