Richard Beach
Dr. Richard Beach is known for his work in the areas of language, literature, writing composition, digital literacies, and, most recently, climate justice and sustainability literacies. His episode focuses on work related to his 2017 co-authored book Beyond Teaching about Climate Change to Adolescents: Reading, Writing, and Making a Difference. Dr. Beach has authored or co-authored more than 150 articles and book chapters and authored, co-authored, or edited 30 books, including two books currently in press. Drawing on Students’ Worlds in the ELA Classroom: Toward Critical Engagement and Deep Learning, and Teaching to Exceed State English Language Arts Standards will both soon be available. His work has appeared in journals such as Voices from the Middle, Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, Language Arts, Journal of Literacy Research, Reading & Writing Quarterly, Educational Researcher, and Reading Research Quarterly. His influential work has been a part of books such as Languaging Relations in Teaching Literacy and the Language Arts, The International Encyclopedia of Media Literacy, Literacy Research, Practice and Evaluation: Best Practices in Teaching Digital Literacies, Informing English Language Arts Instruction: Handbook of Research on Teaching the English Language Arts, Handbook of Research on Reading Comprehension, and Handbook of Writing Research. Rick has served extensively for the National Council of Teachers of English, as President of the Literacy Research Association, President of the National Conference on Research in English, and Chair of the Board of Trustees for The Research Foundation of the National Council of Teachers of English. He was awarded the 2022 John J. Gumperz Memorial Award for Distinguished Lifetime Scholarship by the Language and Social Processes SIG of American Educational Research Association. Dr. Beach is Professor Emeritus of English Education at the University of Minnesota.
Richard Beach, Professor Emeritus of English Education, University of Minnesota rbeach@umn.edu
Websites: Digital writing, Media literacy, Teaching literature, Identity-focused ELA Teaching, Common Core State Standards, Apps for literacy learning, Teaching about climate change, Teaching language as action
Previous guests mentioned in this episode: Alex Panos & Blaine Smith
Resources mentioned in episode:
Link to the LRA handout referred to in the podcast http://t.ly/ZIFR
Website for Teaching Climate Change to Adolescents: Reading, Writing, and Making a Difference. Routledge. http://climatechangeela.pbworks.com
The ETCCC (English Teachers Concerned about Climate Change) blog https://etcccsite.com/
Presentations at the NCTE annual conference for 2018-2021 http://climatecrisisncte2021.pbworks.com
Presentations at the Literacy Research Association annual conference for 2019-2021 http://climatecrisislra2021.pbworks.com
Alliance for the Climate Emergency (teaching resources) https://acespace.org/
InTeGrate Project: (Transdiciplinary teaching resources) https://serc.carleton.edu/integrate/index.html
To cite this episode: Persohn, L. (Host). (2022, Feb 15). A conversation with Richard Beach. (Season 2, No. 20) [Audio podcast episode]. In Classroom Caffeine Podcast series. https://www.classroomcaffeine.com/guests. DOI: 10.5240/9CF2-C74D-F6C7-4611-F235-C
