Dr. Sonia Kline

Associate Professor

Teaching and Learning

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Biography

Dr. Sonia Kline is an associate professor in elementary education and literacy. She received her Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, with an emphasis in Language and Literacy education and a Writing Studies specialization.

Current Courses

224.001Developing Readers Through Writing

260.017Elementary Education Clinical II

264.005Language Arts Instruction Strategies

208.003Reading and Language Development

208.008Reading and Language Development

208.010Reading and Language Development

208.011Reading and Language Development

Teaching Interests & Areas

Dr. Kline advocates for approaches to teaching that involve valuing the social, cultural, and linguistic resources of students and that highlight issues of power, equity, and social justice. She strives to engage learners in critical inquiry, deep reflection, and collaborative learning, and she strives to make visible for learners the complex processes involved in literacy teaching and learning.

Research Interests & Areas

The overarching purpose of Dr. Kline's research is to illuminate broad and disrupt narrow understanding of literacy. Her current scholarship centers on literacy in teacher education with an emphasis on writing as a sociocultural and sociopolitical activity.

Journal Article

Kaczorowski, T. L., & Kline, S. (2021) Teachers’ perceptions of preparedness to teach students with disabilities. Mid-Western Educational Researcher, 33(1), 36-58. Retrieved from https://www.mwera.org/MWER/

Kline, S., Kang, G., Ikpeze, C., Smetana, L., Myers, J., Raskauskas, J., Scales, R., Tracy, K., Wall, A. (2021). A Multi-State Study of the Dominant Discourses in Teacher Candidates' Memories of Writing. Teacher Education Quarterly.

Kang, G. Y., & Kline, S. (2020). Critical literacy as a tool for social change: Negotiating tensions in a pre-service teacher education writing course. Journal of Language and Literacy Education.

Kline, S., & MacPhee, D. (2019). A Multidimensional model of teacher education: Designing and implementing pedagogical innovation. Critical Issues in Teacher Education, Volume XXVI. https://www.iate1.org/uploads/1/1/5/5/11556349/cite2019_pdf_for_website.pdf

Vaughn, M., Scales, R. Q., Stevens, E. Y., Kline, S., Barrett-Tatum, J., Van Wig, A., Yoder, K., & Wellman, D. (2019). Understanding literacy adoption policies across contexts: a multi-state examination of literacy curriculum decision-making. Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1-20.