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Contact Information

Education

• Ph. D, Literacy Studies, University of Nevada, Reno NV
• M. Ed. Elementary Education, State University of New York at Oswego, Oswego NY
• B.A. Public Relations, State University of New York at Oswego, Oswego NY

Professional/Academic Experience

• 2009-Present University of Northern Colorado, Greeley CO, Assistant Professor Reading Education 
• 2004-2009 University of Nevada, Reno NV, Instructor Children's Literature/Language Arts/Integrating History and Literacy Methods

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Multiliteracies, Multimodal Analysis, Visual Literacy, Children's Responses to Picture Books, Multigenre Writing, Disciplinary Literacy, Literature Study Groups and Reading Aloud.  

Publications/Creative Works

• Serafini, F. & Youngs, S. (In press). Reading workshop 2.0. Reading Teacher
• Youngs, S. (2012). Injustice and Irony: Students respond to Japanese-American internment picture books. Journal of Children's Literature
• Youngs, S. (2012). Understanding history through the visual: Readers respond to historical fiction. Language Arts (89)6.
• Barone, D., & Youngs, S. (2008). Your core reading program and children's literature: Effective strategies for using the best of both 4-6. New York: Scholastic.
• Serafini, F. & Youngs, S. (2008). More advanced lessons in comprehension: Expanding students' understanding of all types of text. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

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