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Kathleen C Colantonio-Yurko , Ph.D

Associate Professor

(585) 395-5468
kyurko@brockport.edu
Office: Brown Building 206

Education

• PhD, University of Florida
• MA,Clemson University
• BA, Virginia Tech

Areas of Specialty

• Children’s Literature
• Literacy
• English Language Arts (Teacher Education)

Research Interests

• Children’s Literature
• Young Adult Literature
• Critical Literacy
• Adolescent Literacy
• Third Culture Kids

• Recent Publications

  Colantonio-Yurko, K., Boehm, S., & Olmstead, K. (2021). There Are No Rewards for Girls Who Are Too Spirited’: Schools as Gaslighting Mechanisms in Girls with Sharp Sticks. Research on Diversity in Youth Literature, 4(1), 8.

  Colantonio-Yurko, K., Miller, H. C., & Cheveallier, J. (2018). ” But she didn’t scream”: Teaching about sexual assault in young adult literature. Journal of Language and Literacy Education, 14(1), 1-16.

  Boehm, S., Colantonio-Yurko, K., Olmstead, K. & Miller, H.C. (2020). Athlete as agitator, assaulter, and armor: sports, identity, and sexual assault in young adult literature. Study and Scrutiny: Research on Young Adult Literature, 4(2), 31-56.

  Boehm, S., Colantonio-Yurko, K., Olmstead, K., & Miller, H.C. (2021). When princesses become dragons: Critical literacy, Damsel, and confronting rape culture in English classrooms. Girlhood Studies, 14(3), 72-89.

  Miller, H., Colantonio-Yurko, K., Boehm, S. (2020) Confronting concerns, navigating politics: Teaching young adult literature in high school English departments. English Leadership Quarterly. 42(4) 1-10.

• Presentations

  Lowery, R. M., Oslick, M. E.,Worlds, M.,and Yurko, K. (2016, July). “The art of fostering deep discussions: Expanding the school-home-community dialogue.” Panel presentation delivered at the annual conference of the International Literacy Association (ILA), Boston, MA.

  Fu, D., Yurko, K.C.C.,Park, J.(April 2016). “Culturally Responsive Teaching in a Tenth Grade Classroom.” Panel Presentation at American Association of Applied Linguistics Conference in Orlando, Fl.

  Fu, D. Miller, C., Yurko, K.C.C., Dong, R., Park, J., Cheveallier, J., Deng, L. (Febuary 2016). “Developing Adolescents’ Awareness of Social Justice Issues through Literature.” Panel Presentation at the JoLLE Conference in Athens, GA.

  Yurko, K.C.C. (November 2015). “A Seat at the Table: African American Students’ Perceptions of Multicultural Literature.” Panel Presentation at National Council of Teachers of English Annual Conference. Minneapolis, MN.

  Miller, C., Yurko, K.C.C. (November 2015). “Finding Our Voices: Teachers’ Reflections on the teaching of Gender, Human Trafficking, Feminism, and Women in Contemporary Society through YAL.” Presentation at National Council of Teachers of English Annual Conference. Minneapolis, MN.

  Yurko, K.C.C., Miller, C. (October 2015). “We’re Always Reading about Discrimination”: Marginalized Perspectives in Secondary ELA.” Presentation at National Association of Multicultural Education’s 25th Annual International Conference. New Orleans, LA.

  Krell,D.& Yurko, K.C.C. (April 2014). Beneath the Surface: YAL Novel Covers and Gender. Presented at AERA, Philadelphia, PA.

  Yurko, K.C.C. & Krell, D. (February 2013). Cover Me?: Representations of Gender in Students’ Reading Choices. Presented at the JoLLE Conference. Athens, GA

  Oslick, M. E., Lowery, R. M., Lee, L. T., & Yurko, K. C. C. (October 2013). 2013 Orbis Pictus Award & More: Balancing Children’s Literacy with Nonfiction Books. Presented at the Southeastern Regional Association of Teacher Educators (SRATE) Conference, Sarasota, FL.

  Townsend,J., Cheveallier,J., Wilde, N.O.,Yurko, K.C.C. (October 2012). The Dialogical Self: Animating and Animated by Text and Image. Interactive Symbposia presented at The International Conference on the Dialogical Self, Athens, GA.

  Oslick, M. E., Lowery, R. M., Lee, L. T., & Yurko, K. C.C. (December 2012). Jane Addams children’s book award: Threading the history, critical literacy strategies, & student responses. Presented at the American Reading Forum (ARF) Conference, Sanibel, FL.