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7 unusual facts about E. Jennifer Monaghan


E. Jennifer Monaghan

This collection was originally the basis for the catalog Writing the Past, coauthored by Monaghan and Arlene L. Barry and published in conjunction with a historical display of literacy textbooks at the 1999 meeting of the International Reading Association in San Diego.

Additionally, she has published numerous book chapters, journal and encyclopedia articles, reviews, and a catalog, including several coauthored with Douglas K. Hartman.

In 1983 her dissertation, Noah Webster’s Speller, 1783-1843: Causes of Its Success as Reading Text, was a co-winner of the biennial Outstanding Dissertation Award offered by the Society for the Study of Curriculum.

In 1975 Monaghan founded the History of Reading Special Interest Group of the International Reading Association, and was for many years an active member of its executive board.

History of the Book in America

Among the contributing writers: Hugh Amory, Georgia B. Barnhill, Paul S. Boyer, Richard D. Brown, Scott E. Casper, Charles E. Clark, James P. Danky, Ann Fabian, James N. Green, Robert A. Gross, Jeffrey D. Groves, David D. Hall, Mary Kelley, E. Jennifer Monaghan, Janice Radway, James Raven, Elizabeth Carroll Reilly, Joan Shelley Rubin, Michael Schudson, David S. Shields, Wayne A. Wiegand, Michael Winship.

Stephen Perse Foundation

E. Jennifer Monaghan, reading educator and historian of literary education

William S. Gray

In Susan E. Israel and E. Jennifer Monaghan (Eds.), Shaping the reading field: The impact of early reading pioneers, scientific research, and progressive ideas. Newark, DE: International Reading Association.



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