Christina King (she, her)
Assistant Director, Center for K–12 Black History and Racial Literacy Education
Clinical Assistant Professor
LEARNING AND INSTRUCTION
Specialty/Research Focus
Racial Literacy; Diverse Literature for Children and Young Adolescents; Dialogic Space; Critical Literacy; Teaching Banned Books
Professional Summary:
Christina U. King, Ph.D. is the Assistant Director of the Center for K-12 Black History and Racial Literacy Education and a Clinical Assistant Professor of Literacy Education in the Graduate School of Education at SUNY University at Buffalo. Her teaching, research, and service interests lie in the exploration of critical literacy pedagogy with diverse children’s literature, especially literature created by Black, Indigenous, and persons of color (BIPOC) authors/illustrators. Additional interests lie in equitable and culturally informed teaching practice within early childhood and elementary contexts. Dr. King is a former teacher librarian and current teacher educator and researcher who has conducted, presented, and published research on critical content analysis and educational research with diverse children’s literature exploring how to select and teach children’s literature and literacy within critical literacy, dialogic, and culturally responsive/sustaining frameworks.
Education and Training:
- Ph.D. Learning, Teaching, & Curriculum, University of Missouri, Literacy Education (2022)
Recent Publications:
Journal Article:
- King, C. U., Boyd, M. P., & Reid, S. D. (2024). Creating dialogic space around purposeful selection for reading and teaching diverse children’s literature. Theory Into Practice, 63(2), 170–181.
Recent Presentations:
Conferences:
- King, C., Boyd, M., & Reid, S. (2024). Critical Inquiry, Dialogic Space, and Purposeful Selection of Diverse Children’s Literature. Scholarly conference presentation. Philadelphia, PA.;