Alison Heron Hruby

Grant Awards

• Utah State University New Faculty Research Grant (2007-2008), Principal Investigator. Study Title: Moving Beyond the Five-Paragraph Theme: A Discourse Analysis of Exploratory Essays in High School English. (Amount Awarded: 13, 979.00).
• UNC-Charlotte Junior Faculty Grant (2003-2004), Co-Principal Investigator with Cheryl A. Young. Study Title: Effects of Corrective Reading on Reading Achievement Among English Language Learners in Middle School. (Amount Awarded: 3,000.00).

Publications

Refereed Articles

• Heron-Hruby, A. (2006). Essay structures in a college study strategies course: Analyzing multiple perspectives in history. Journal of College Literacy and Learning, 33, 36-61.
• Heron, A.H. (2003). A study of agency: Multiple constructions of choice and decision making in an inquiry-based summer school program for struggling readers. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 46(7), 568-580.

Refereed Articles In-Press

• Alvermann, D.E., Hagood, M.C., Heron-Hruby, A., Hughes, P., Williams, K.B., & Yoon, J. Telling themselves who they are: What one out-of-school time study revealed about underachieving readers. Reading Psychology.
• Heron-Hruby, A., Hagood, M.C., Alvernmann, D.E. Switching places and looking to adolescents for the formation of standardizing practices of school literacies. Reading Writing Quarterly

Invited Columns/Reviews

• Mraz, M., Heron, A.H, & Wood, K. (2003). Media literacy, popular culture, and the transfer of higher order thinking abilities. Middle School Journal, 34(3), 51-56.
• Alvermann, D.E., & Heron, A.H. (2001). Literacy identity work: Playing to learn with popular media. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 45(2), 118-122.
• Heron, A.H., with The University of Georgia Doctoral Seminar in Reading Education (2001). Reading reading research: A multi-vocal review. Reading Research Quarterly, 36(1), 74-85.

Book Chapters/Entries

• Heron, A.H. (2002). Media Literacy. In B. Guzetti (Ed.), The Encyclopedia of Literacy (pp. 340-344). Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO.
• Alvermann, D.E., Hagood, M.C., Heron, A.H., Young, J.P., & Ricks, B. After-school literacy clubs: A mix of media, books and desires (2002). In R. Garner (Ed.), Hanging out: Community-based after school programs for children. Greenwood Press (Bergin & Garvey imprint).

In Progress

• Heron-Hruby, A. Reader response and popular culture texts in high school English: Moving beyond the limitations of Rosenblatt’s theory of transaction. Manuscript to be submitted for publication to Journal of Literacy Research.

Refereed National Presentations

• Heron-Hruby, A. (2006, December). Addressing the limitations of Louise Rosenblatt: Reading Multimedia Texts Using Multiple Perspectives. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Reading Forum, Sanibel Island, FLA.
• Heron, A.H. (2002, December). Emotional Response and Intellectual Interpretation: Responding to Culturally-Relevant Texts in Senior English. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Reading Conference, Miami, FLA.
• Heron, A.H. (2002, December). The Integration of Diverse Viewpoints: An Analysis of Community in Two Critical Inquiry High School Classrooms. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Reading Conference, Miami, FLA.
• Heron, A.H. (2002, April). A social constructionist analysis of the theoretical underpinnings of inquiry-based instruction. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.
• Alvermann, D.E., Hagood, M.C., & Heron, A.H. (2002, April). Switching places and looking to adolescents for the formation of standardizing practices of school literacies. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.
• Francis, M.A., & Heron, A.H. (2002, January). Researcher-participant relationships: Reflections on mismatched expectations. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Qualitative Interest Group, Athens, GA.
• Heron, A.H. (2001, November). Locating Interpretations: The social construction of historical knowledge in a college reading class. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Reading Conference, San Antonio, TX.
• Heron, A.H. (2001, November). From teacher to teacher educator: Whose language am I speaking? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Reading Conference, San Antonio, TX.
• Alvermann, D.E., Hagood, M.C., & Heron, A.H. (2001, April). Looking at the “critical” in critical media literacy: Are adolescents critical? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Seattle, WA.
• Heron, A.H. (2001, April). A study of agency: Multiple constructions of choice and decision-making in an inquiry-based summer school program for ‘at-risk’ middle school students. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Seattle, WA.
• Alvermann, D.E., Hagood, M.C., & Heron, A.H. (2000, November) Changing understandings of popular culture and critical media literacy instruction. Paper presented at the National Reading Conference, for the 2000 annual meeting, Scottsdale, AZ.
• Heron, A. H. (2001, November). Doctoral student and faculty collaboration: How being pushed out of the nest affected my growth as a researcher and writer. Paper presented at the National Reading Conference, for the 2000 annual meeting, Scottsdale, AZ.
• Alvermann, D.E., Hagood, M.C., & Heron, A.H. (2000, November). Critical media literacy: Implications for teacher education. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the College Reading Association, St. Petersburg, FLA.
• Edwards, E.C., Heron, A.H., & Francis, M.A. (2000, May). Toward an ideological definition of literacy: How critical pedagogy shaped the literacy development of a fifth-grade social studies class. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.
• Heron, A.H., & Rush, L.S. (1999, November). How can we help high school students to become avid readers? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English, Denver, CO.
• Heron, A.H. (1999, November). What does it mean to be an avid reader? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English, Denver, CO.

National

• Co-Editor, American Reading Forum Yearbook 2007
• Co-Editor, Reading Writing Quarterly themed issue. Title: Possibilities For Using a Multiliteracies Approach With Struggling Readers. In Review.
• Managing Editor, American Reading Forum Yearbook 2006.

College

2006-2007

• Search Committee Member, clinical professor position in Instructional Leadership.

Departmental

2006-2007

• Clinical Experience Improvement: Initiated improvements to the clinical experience for Secondary Education students; worked with Secondary Education faculty, department head, and Office of Field Placement to implement improvements.

Local

2007-Present

• Logan City Schools K-12 Literacy Initiative: Working with faculty from Elementary Education Department and Dr. Marshal Garrett, superintendent, to improve reading and writing instruction K-12 in Logan City School District.