Erin Spring
Biographic Data
| ID | 4414582 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Erin Spring |
| GIVEN NAMES | Erin |
| FAMILY NAME | Spring |
| SIGNATURE | SPRING E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Calgary |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8507-7853 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Communal Rereading and the Afterlives of Childhood Reading in Beverly Cleary’s Ramona the Pest
We Are Looking to Each Other, Waiting to Understand
Research has underlined the importance of communicative competence in order for newcomers to succeed and build resilience in their adopted homeland. Studies on this topic, however, have generally assumed the primacy of linguistic competence as the principal locus of investigation without paying due attention to the nuances of how new immigrants use “spatial repertoires” – interactive assemblages of people, objects, language, and environment – in …
Changing the Story
This article describes a collaboration between an urban school board and a faculty of education aimed at supporting Indigenous youth transitions to post-secondary education. Drawing upon strengths-based approaches including wise practices, we offer a model for how postsecondary transition events can illuminate pathways for young people to see that they belong in higher education. We highlight the importance of connecting with Elders, hearing from…
Mobility and immobility during Covid-19
Through the conceptual and analytical lens of intersectionality, this article explores the wellness of international high school students (IHSS) in Canada during COVID-19. Two research questions guided this study: 1) What does wellness mean to IHSS? and 2) How did the pandemic impact their wellness? We employed narrative inquiry as our methodology and the three commonplaces of narrative inquiry—temporality, sociality, and place—set dimensions for…
Representing Evolutionary Theory in Nonfiction Picturebooks
This article asks how the theory of evolution is represented within nonfiction picturebooks. Twenty-eight picturebooks were originally identified through a series of online searches and crowdsourcing exercises. In this article we look closely at a handful of examples that lend themselves to discussing how nonfiction picturebooks manage readers’ expectations, translate science through their use of metaphors, and encourage readers to engage with al…
“Everyone Has Their Own Places”
This article highlights part of my work with ten 16 and 17-year-olds at two Canadian secondary schools. My multiple case study sought to make visible my participants’ stories of place: how did they construe the role of place within their own lives? How did they record their journeys within, through, and between places? I share how my participants articulated their place-identities as dynamic encounters rather than fixed surfaces (Massey, 2005; In…
Introduction to Special Section—Youngsters 2
Find information about UTP Journals. University of Toronto Press is Canada’s leading academic publisher and one of the largest university presses in North America, with particular strengths in the social sciences, humanities, and business. The Book Publishing Division is widely recognized in Canada for its strength in history, political science, sociology, Indigenous studies, and cultural studies. Internationally, UTP is a leading publisher of me…
Where are you from
This article explores the interconnections between young adult (YA) fiction and three YA readers’ constructions of place within and beyond the text. It employs a qualitative, multiple case study design, and utilizes discussion groups, semi-structured interviews, and the creation of place-journals to interpret some of the ways in which three YA readers, from two contrasting Canadian communities, respond to how place and place-identity are construe…
Mobility and immobility during Covid-19
Through the conceptual and analytical lens of intersectionality, this article explores the wellness of international high school students (IHSS) in Canada during COVID-19. Two research questions guided this study: 1) What does wellness mean to IHSS? and 2) How did the pandemic impact their wellness? We employed narrative inquiry as our methodology and the three commonplaces of narrative inquiry—temporality, sociality, and place—set dimensions for…
Where are you from
This article explores the interconnections between young adult (YA) fiction and three YA readers’ constructions of place within and beyond the text. It employs a qualitative, multiple case study design, and utilizes discussion groups, semi-structured interviews, and the creation of place-journals to interpret some of the ways in which three YA readers, from two contrasting Canadian communities, respond to how place and place-identity are construe…
Where are you from
This article explores the interconnections between young adult (YA) fiction and three YA readers’ constructions of place within and beyond the text. It employs a qualitative, multiple case study design, and utilizes discussion groups, semi-structured interviews, and the creation of place-journals to interpret some of the ways in which three YA readers, from two contrasting Canadian communities, respond to how place and place-identity are construe…
Introduction to Special Section—Youngsters 2
Find information about UTP Journals. University of Toronto Press is Canada’s leading academic publisher and one of the largest university presses in North America, with particular strengths in the social sciences, humanities, and business. The Book Publishing Division is widely recognized in Canada for its strength in history, political science, sociology, Indigenous studies, and cultural studies. Internationally, UTP is a leading publisher of me…
“Everyone Has Their Own Places”
This article highlights part of my work with ten 16 and 17-year-olds at two Canadian secondary schools. My multiple case study sought to make visible my participants’ stories of place: how did they construe the role of place within their own lives? How did they record their journeys within, through, and between places? I share how my participants articulated their place-identities as dynamic encounters rather than fixed surfaces (Massey, 2005; In…
Representing Evolutionary Theory in Nonfiction Picturebooks
This article asks how the theory of evolution is represented within nonfiction picturebooks. Twenty-eight picturebooks were originally identified through a series of online searches and crowdsourcing exercises. In this article we look closely at a handful of examples that lend themselves to discussing how nonfiction picturebooks manage readers’ expectations, translate science through their use of metaphors, and encourage readers to engage with al…
Mobility and immobility during Covid-19
Through the conceptual and analytical lens of intersectionality, this article explores the wellness of international high school students (IHSS) in Canada during COVID-19. Two research questions guided this study: 1) What does wellness mean to IHSS? and 2) How did the pandemic impact their wellness? We employed narrative inquiry as our methodology and the three commonplaces of narrative inquiry—temporality, sociality, and place—set dimensions for…
Changing the Story
This article describes a collaboration between an urban school board and a faculty of education aimed at supporting Indigenous youth transitions to post-secondary education. Drawing upon strengths-based approaches including wise practices, we offer a model for how postsecondary transition events can illuminate pathways for young people to see that they belong in higher education. We highlight the importance of connecting with Elders, hearing from…
We Are Looking to Each Other, Waiting to Understand
Research has underlined the importance of communicative competence in order for newcomers to succeed and build resilience in their adopted homeland. Studies on this topic, however, have generally assumed the primacy of linguistic competence as the principal locus of investigation without paying due attention to the nuances of how new immigrants use “spatial repertoires” – interactive assemblages of people, objects, language, and environment – in …
Communal Rereading and the Afterlives of Childhood Reading in Beverly Cleary’s Ramona the Pest
Sociology (6 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Pedagogy (3 works) · Themes in Literature Analysis (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Indigenous and Place-Based Education (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Narrative (2 works)