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The Cultural Practices of Literacy Study

Research from the Cultural Practices of Literacy Study has appeared in a variety of publication outlets:

Perry, K.H. & Homan, A. (in press). “What I feel in my heart”: Literacy practices of and for the self among adults with limited or no schooling. Journal of Literacy Research.
Briseño-Garzon, A., Perry, K.H., & Purcell-Gates, V. (in press). “To learn about science”: Real life scientific literacy across multicultural communities. Community Literacy Journal.
Perry, K.H. (2014). “Mama, sign this note”: Young refugee children’s brokering of literacy practices. Language Arts, 91(5), 313-325.
Purcell-Gates, V. (2014). Constructions of difference and deficit, a case study: Nicaraguan families and children on the margins in Costa Rica. Global Education Review, 1 (2), 7-25. Constructions_Online
Purcell-Gates, V., Perry, K.H., & Briseño, A. (2011). Analyzing Literacy Practice: Grounded Theory to Model. Research in the Teaching of English, 45(4), 439-458.
Purcell-Gates, V., Perry, K.H., Briseño-Garzon, A., & Mazak, C. (2011). Hablemos de agencia: apropiación y resistencia en las prácticas de lectoescritura de niñ@s y jóvenes [Talking about agency: Appropriation and Resistance in the literacy practices of children & youth]. In D. Milstein, A. Clemente, M. Dantas-Whitney, A.L. Guerrero, & M. Higgins (Eds), Encuentros etnográphicos con nin@s y adolescentes: Entre tiempos y espacios compartidos [Ethnographic encounters with children and adolescents: Shared Time and Space]. Buenos Aires: Miño y Dávila.
Perry, K.H. & Moses, A. (2011). “I learned how to spell English on Channel 18”: Television, language, and literacies in Sudanese refugee families. Research in the Teaching of English, 45(3), 278-307.
Purcell-Gates, V. (2010). Leading with the heart: A cross-cultural analysis of the Latino Cultural model of educacion. Journal of School Communications.
Moayeri, M & Smith, J. (2010). The Unfinished Stories of Two First Nations Mothers. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy 53(5). pp. 408-417
Perry, K.H. (2009). Genres, Contexts, and Literacy Practices: Literacy Brokering among Sudanese Refugee Families. Reading Research Quarterly 44(3), pp. 256-276.
Perry, K.H. (2009). “Lost Boys”, Cousins & Aunties: Using Sudanese Refugee Relationships to Complicate Definitions of “Family”. In M. Dantas & P. Manyak (Eds.), Home-School Connections in a Multicultural Society: Learning from and with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Families (pp. 19-40). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Perry, K. (2008). From storytelling to writing: Transforming literacy practices among Sudanese refugees. Journal of Literacy Research, 40 (3), pp.317-358
Purcell-Gates, V. (Ed.). (2006). Cultural Practices of Literacy: Case Studies of Language, Literacy, Social Practice, and Power. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Perry, K., & Purcell-Gates, V. (2005). Resistance and Appropriation: Literacy Practices as Agency within Hegemonic Contexts. Oak Creek, WI: National Reading Conference.

In addition to published work, CPLS provides final reports of each case study or cross-case analysis that is sponsored by or affiliated with the project. We also provide access to presentation materials from conferences at which CPLS-related work has been presented. You may access copies of the Working Papers and the Conference Presentations from the links below: