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Scholarly Works and Writing for K-12 Educators
"Reaching for the Moon: Class, Race, and (Im)Possibility in Antwan Eady's NIGEL AND THE MOON" (ENGLISH TEACHING: PRACTICE & CRITIQUE, 2026)"The (In)Visibilization of Urban San Diego: A City Storied for Young Readers" (URBAN EDUCATION, 2026)"From 'Write What You Know' to 'Write What is Relevant': Deepening Connections with Students' Worlds through The Writing Fortune Teller" (READING IS FUNDAMENTAL BLOG, 2026)"Banning Spanish-Inclusive Picturebooks: An Obstruction to Teachers’ Abilities to Engage in Authentic Cariño for Latine Students and their Peers" (THE URBAN REVIEW, 2026)"Mermaids, Abuelas, and Fairy Wings: Jessica Love's Julian and the Making of a Queertopia" (CHILDREN'S LITERATURE IN EDUCATION, 2022)"Textual Relevance, Ten Years Later: Young Black Men Reflect on a Decade of Reading Experiences" (RTE, 2022)"Paper Selfies: Centering Students' Identities and the Arts in Baseline Writing Assessment" (THE READING TEACHER, 2021)

katie sciurba in the media!

Dr. Sciurba receives 2026 Outstanding Book Honorable Mention from the Society of Professors of Education

Dr. Sciurba's Reading and Relevance, Reimagined: Celebrating the Literacy Lives of Young Men of Color was recognized with a 2026 Outstanding Book Honorable Mention from the Society of Professors of Education at the American Educational Research Association's annual conference in Los Angeles

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READING INSPIRES podcast features Dr. Katie Sciurba

Dr. Katie Sciurba discusses her research on reading and relevance and her trajectory as a literacy educator on READING INSPIRES, a podcast by Reading is Fundamental (RIF)

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Dr. Sciurba wins 2025 Philip C. Chinn Book Award from the National Association for Multicultural Education

Presented at the NAME gala in New Orleans 

for Reading and Relevance, Reimagined

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Dr. Sciurba Facilitates Webinar and Writes Guest Blog for Reading is Fundamental

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Dr. Sciurba Joins the University of Georgia

Brief Overview of Dr. Sciurba's Research

Cal Coast Credit Union Funds WRITE TO RISE

Feature on LOCAList SD, sharing our work and encouraging teachers to apply for funding

Harry Potter Panel at San Diego Comic Con

Katie Sciurba and Naim Martin discuss readers' responses to the famous wizard at San Diego Comic Con

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