Author Archives: Spencer Salas

Name: Spencer Salas

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Bio: Spencer Salas, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Middle, Secondary, and K–12 Education at The University of North Carolina at Charlotte where he leads the PhD in Curriculum and Instruction Urban Literacies/TESL subconcentration. An award-winning District of Columbia Public School ESL teacher (1994–2001), he has been a Fulbright Fellow to Romania (1998), Guatemala (2007), and South Africa (2013); and, a frequent U.S. Department of State English Language Specialist (2003–present). His scholarship focuses on Black and Brown teachers’ lives and the potential of humanizing dignity and care as K–16 best practice.

Spencer Salas's Posts

• January 31, 2023:
  Motivated Literacy: Mrs. O’Donnell’s Magic Pencils
• November 28, 2022:
  Reading Barefoot
• October 14, 2022:
  Celebrating World Teachers’ Day: Literacies of Vulnerability
• September 27, 2022:
  Reading the Sun, Moon, and Stars: Intergenerational Literacy
• August 25, 2022:
  Reading With Purpose This School Year
• July 27, 2022:
  “Literacy” vs. “Reading”: 3 Questions to Consider This Fall