Benjamin N Lathrop
Biographic Data
| ID | 7528298 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Benjamin N Lathrop |
| GIVEN NAMES | Benjamin N |
| FAMILY NAME | Lathrop |
| SIGNATURE | LATHROP B N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Purdue University West Lafayette Indiana USA |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9720-6624 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Teaching Literature in a Post-Truth World
In a ‘post-truth’ international media landscape increasingly shaped by misinformation and propaganda, English teachers face new and growing challenges in teaching critical literacy. This article reports selected findings from a six-month multiple case study examining how secondary English teachers integrated critical media epistemology (CME) – a new framework synthesising critical media literacy and epistemic cognition – into literature instructi…
Parents’ Rights and the “Dangers of Critical Race Theory” for Children
Critical Race Theory (CRT), an academic framework for understanding systems of racial oppression, has entered the mainstream vernacular, alongside efforts by lawmakers and parental rights groups like Moms for Liberty to ban “divisive concepts” in classrooms, including DEI, race, gender identity, and histories of oppression. This article examines definitions of CRT used by lawmakers and parental rights groups compared with its original meaning in …
Confronting the post‐truth phenomenon in literacy education
The 2016 presidential election marked the beginning of a so‐called “post‐truth era” in which mis‐ and disinformation have contributed to political polarization and violence, the acceleration of global warming, and thousands of preventable deaths. In this paper, I draw on the results of a 2‐week, practitioner inquiry‐informed case study in an 11th‐grade English language arts (ELA) classroom situated in a small, conservative Midwest town to explore…
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Parents’ Rights and the “Dangers of Critical Race Theory” for Children
Critical Race Theory (CRT), an academic framework for understanding systems of racial oppression, has entered the mainstream vernacular, alongside efforts by lawmakers and parental rights groups like Moms for Liberty to ban “divisive concepts” in classrooms, including DEI, race, gender identity, and histories of oppression. This article examines definitions of CRT used by lawmakers and parental rights groups compared with its original meaning in …
Confronting the post‐truth phenomenon in literacy education
The 2016 presidential election marked the beginning of a so‐called “post‐truth era” in which mis‐ and disinformation have contributed to political polarization and violence, the acceleration of global warming, and thousands of preventable deaths. In this paper, I draw on the results of a 2‐week, practitioner inquiry‐informed case study in an 11th‐grade English language arts (ELA) classroom situated in a small, conservative Midwest town to explore…
Teaching Literature in a Post-Truth World
In a ‘post-truth’ international media landscape increasingly shaped by misinformation and propaganda, English teachers face new and growing challenges in teaching critical literacy. This article reports selected findings from a six-month multiple case study examining how secondary English teachers integrated critical media epistemology (CME) – a new framework synthesising critical media literacy and epistemic cognition – into literature instructi…
Critical theory (2 works) · Critical thinking (2 works) · Literacy, Media, and Education (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Criminology (1 work) · Critical literacy (1 work) · Critical race theory (1 work) · Critical Race Theory in Education (1 work)