Dr. Sonia Kline

Assistant Professor

Teaching and Learning

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Biography

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

Current Courses

224.001Developing Readers Through Writing

208.003Reading and Language Development

208.008Reading and Language Development

208.010Reading and Language Development

208.011Reading and Language Development

224.001Developing Readers Through Writing

452.001Writing In The K-12 Classroom

Book, Chapter

Roozen, K., Woodard, R., Kline, S., & Prior, P. (2015). Trajectories of pedagogical practice: A transformative perspective of three teachers’ developing practices and identities. In T. Lillis, K. Harrington, M. Lea, and S. Mitchell (Eds.), Working with Academic Literacies: Research, theory, and design. Parlor Press & WAC Clearinghouse.

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/

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

Kline, S., & McCarthey , S. Mediators of inequity: Online literate activity in two eighth grade English Language Arts classes. Middle Grades Review (2018)