Doris Walker-Dalhouse
Dr. Doris Walker-Dalhouse is known for her work in the areas of sociocultural aspects of literacy, preservice teachers’ attitudes toward diversity, multicultural literature, and the literacy development of refugee children and struggling readers. Her research has been informed by her work as an elementary teacher and teacher educator working with preservice teachers and ethnically, culturally, and linguistically diverse students in after-school and community-based reading programs. Doris was recently elected to the Reading Hall of Fame. She is active in the Literacy Research Association where she serves as Vice-President Elect. She has served on the editorial review board for major literacy publications and her own work appears in The Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, The Reading Teacher, Journal of Reading Education, Reading & Writing Quarterly, the Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers Yearbook, Literacy Research and Instruction, and Childhood Education, as well as many edited books. Doris is committed to professional service and has served on the Board of Directors for IRA, ALER, and LRA; co-chair of the IRA Response to Intervention Task Force and as the lead writer for Standard 4: Diversity and Equity for the 2017 Standards for the Preparation of Literacy Professionals. She is notably the co-author of Be That Teacher! Breaking the cycle for struggling readers. Dr. Walker-Dalhouse is currently a Professor of Literacy at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
To cite this episode: Persohn, L. (Host). (2020, Dec. 29). A conversation with Doris Walker-Dalhouse. (Season 1, No. 8) [Audio podcast episode]. In Classroom Caffeine Podcast series. https://www.classroomcaffeine.com/guests. DOI: 10.5240/8052-1782-725F-AD8F-398A-2
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