Marcus Croom
Biographic Data
| ID | 6006627 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marcus Croom |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marcus |
| FAMILY NAME | Croom |
| SIGNATURE | CROOM M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Indiana University Bloomington |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2513-8108 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Critical Theories and Literacy Research
Racial literacies are demonstrated by questioning Critical Theory and Literacy in the 21st century relative to, for example, the biosphere, history, religion, language, race, and schooling. This approach responds to the challenges discussed by Comber specifically “critical theory [as] exclusive and abstract” as well as the need for “critical approaches to multiliteracies [to] invent new frames, vocabularies, and pedagogies” in the 21st century. R…
Post-White Excursuses
The Black Holiness Pentecostal Christian (BHPC) tradition is a focal point through which I illustrate(ed) multiple excursuses beyond Westerly notions of religion. Just as the word “excursus” is usually defined as an appendix to or digression within a written text, this text is designed to nudge the field of literacy research to extend beyond or digress from Westerly desires and destinations where critical religious literacy is concerned. While di…
A Race Critical Peer Commentary With the Post‐White Orientation
If “Black Lives Matter in Literacy Research,” Then Take This Racial Turn
When I look back before 2020, before the murder of Mr. George Floyd in particular, and think about this special issue, “Black Lives Matter in Literacy Research,” a question comes to my mind: Are we, the field of literacy research, sure that we want to include literacy research among the incalculable responses (already in progress) to racist killings, anti-Blackness, Black living and dying, and ongoing injustices in the United States of America? I…
Meet Me at the Corner
This article focuses on some languaging that occurred during a race event within a literacy lesson involving a racially White, female adult and a racially Black, male child. I analyze an excerpt from this race event, illustrating an approach to race analysis which might be useful to the field of urban education. I ask, “What is the racial significance of this teacher’s language during literacy instruction?” In other words, I am pursuing what a pr…
Meet Me at the Corner
This article focuses on some languaging that occurred during a race event within a literacy lesson involving a racially White, female adult and a racially Black, male child. I analyze an excerpt from this race event, illustrating an approach to race analysis which might be useful to the field of urban education. I ask, “What is the racial significance of this teacher’s language during literacy instruction?” In other words, I am pursuing what a pr…
If “Black Lives Matter in Literacy Research,” Then Take This Racial Turn
When I look back before 2020, before the murder of Mr. George Floyd in particular, and think about this special issue, “Black Lives Matter in Literacy Research,” a question comes to my mind: Are we, the field of literacy research, sure that we want to include literacy research among the incalculable responses (already in progress) to racist killings, anti-Blackness, Black living and dying, and ongoing injustices in the United States of America? I…
Meet Me at the Corner
This article focuses on some languaging that occurred during a race event within a literacy lesson involving a racially White, female adult and a racially Black, male child. I analyze an excerpt from this race event, illustrating an approach to race analysis which might be useful to the field of urban education. I ask, “What is the racial significance of this teacher’s language during literacy instruction?” In other words, I am pursuing what a pr…
A Race Critical Peer Commentary With the Post‐White Orientation
Post-White Excursuses
The Black Holiness Pentecostal Christian (BHPC) tradition is a focal point through which I illustrate(ed) multiple excursuses beyond Westerly notions of religion. Just as the word “excursus” is usually defined as an appendix to or digression within a written text, this text is designed to nudge the field of literacy research to extend beyond or digress from Westerly desires and destinations where critical religious literacy is concerned. While di…
Critical Theories and Literacy Research
Racial literacies are demonstrated by questioning Critical Theory and Literacy in the 21st century relative to, for example, the biosphere, history, religion, language, race, and schooling. This approach responds to the challenges discussed by Comber specifically “critical theory [as] exclusive and abstract” as well as the need for “critical approaches to multiliteracies [to] invent new frames, vocabularies, and pedagogies” in the 21st century. R…
Literacy (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Pedagogy (3 works) · Critical literacy (2 works) · Critical race theory (2 works) · Critical Race Theory in Education (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Information literacy (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (2 works)