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Dr. Terry Husband

Professor of Early Childhood Literacy
Teaching and Learning
Office
Degarmo Hall - DEG 211
Email
thusban@ilstu.eduemail
Website
www.drhusband.comwebsite
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Biography

Terry Husband is a Professor of Early Childhood Literacy at Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois. His research interests concern: Antiracist education in early childhood classrooms; Literacy development in Black boys in P-5 classrooms; and Multicultural children’s literature.

Current Courses

110.095Cross Cultural Teaching And Learning

294.001Early Childhood Education Clinical III

274.001Literacy and Language Assessment

274.002Literacy and Language Assessment

462.001Connecting Literacy Theory, Research & Practice

223.001Content Area Language And Literacy In Elementary Classrooms

223.002Content Area Language And Literacy In Elementary Classrooms

110.002Cross Cultural Teaching And Learning

110.092Cross Cultural Teaching And Learning

Teaching Interests & Areas

Early Childhood Literacy Assessment
Early Childhood Literacy Methods

Research Interests & Areas

1. Literacy Development in Black boys
2. Critical Literacies in Early Childhood Classrooms
3. Antiracist Education and Equity Issues

PhD

The Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio

Outstanding University Teaching

2020

Student Advocacy and Accommodations Award

Student Access and Accommodations Office
2019

Outstanding Teaching Award

College of Education
2019

Journal Article

Husband, T., & Kang, G. Identifying Promising Literacy Practices for Black Males in P-12 Classrooms: An Integrative Review.. Journal of Language and Literacy Education 16.1 (2020): n1.
Kang, G., & Husband, T. " We the Afro Club" Relationship Capital Established Between a White Male Teacher \& a Cadre of Black Boys in Literacy. Multicultural Education 27.3/4 (2020): 8--16.
Husband, T., & Hunt, C. A review of the empirical literature on No Child Left Behind from 2001 to 2010. Planning and Changing 46.1/2 (2015): 212.
Lycke, K., Hurd, E., & Husband, T. Rural Teachers’ Literacy Practices In and Out of the Classroom: Exploring Teacher Characteristics and Literacy Tools. The Rural Educator 36.3 (2015)

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