Suzette Youngs
Professor
School of Teacher Education
College of Education and Behavioral Sciences
Contact Information
Mailing Address
University of Northern Colorado
School of Teacher Education
Campus Box 107
Greeley, CO 80639
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
Research/Areas of Interest
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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