Ernest Morrell Associate Professor Urban Schooling 2022A Moore Hall (310) 825 7548 morrell@gseis.ucla.edu personal page

Education

Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley 2001

Research Interests

Morrell examines the possible intersections between indigenous urban adolescent literacies and the ìsanctionedî literacies of dominant institutions such as schools. Particularly, he is interested in the discourse of popular culture; adolescent literacy practices in non-school settings; critical literacy education; and urban teacher development.

Teaching Interests

Morrell teaches courses on literacy theory and research, critical pedagogy, cultural studies, urban education, and ethnic studies.

Recent Publications

Morrell, E. (Forthcoming). Critical Literacy and Urban Youth Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Earlbaum.

Morrell, E. (2004). Linking Literacy and Popular Culture: Finding Connections for Lifelong Learning. Norwood, MA: Christopher-Gordon.

Morrell, E. (2004). Becoming Critical Researchers: Literacy and Empowerment for Urban Youth. New York: Peter Lang.

Burns, L., and Morrell, E. (2005). Critical Discourse Analysis in Literacy Research. 2004 Annual Yearbook of the National Reading Conference.

Morrell, E. (2005). Toward a Critical English Education: Reflections on and Projections for the Discipline. English Education, 37, 4, 312-322.

Morrell, E. (2005). Urban Students as Critical Ethnographers: Critical Textual Production through Community-Based Research. In J. Kincheloe & K. Hayes (Eds.), Students in the City. New York: Peter Lang.

Duncan-Andrade, J. and Morrell, E. (2005). Turn Up That Radio, Teacher: Popular Cultural Pedagogy in New Century Urban Schools. Journal of School Leadership, 15, 284-308.

Morrell, E. (2004). Bahktinís Dialogic Pedagogy: Implications for Critical Pedagogy, Teacher Research, and Literacy Education in the United States. Journal of Russian and Eastern European Psychology, 42, 6, 90-95.

Collatos, A., Morrell, E., Lara, R., and Nuno, A. (2004). Critical Sociology in K-16 Early Intervention: Remaking Latino Pathways to Higher Education. Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 3, 2, 164-180.

Morrell, E., & Duncan-Andrade, J. (2004) What Youth Do Learn in School: Using Hip-Hop as a Bridge to Canonical Poetry. In J. Mahiri (Ed.), What They Don't Learn in School: Literacy in the Lives of Urban Youth. New York: Peter Lang, 247-268.

Morrell, E., & Collatos, A. (2003). Toward a Critical Teacher Pedagogy: Utilizing Student Sociologists as Teacher Educators. Social Justice, 29, 4, 60-71.

Morrell, E. (2003). Legitimate Peripheral Participation as Professional Development: Lessons from a Summer Research Seminar. Teacher Education Quarterly 30, 2, 89-99.

Morrell, E. (2002). Toward a Critical Pedagogy of Popular Culture: Literacy Development among Urban Youth. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 46, 1, 72-77

Morrell, E., & Duncan-Andrade, J. (2002). Toward a Critical Classroom Discourse: Promoting Academic Literacy through Engaging Hip-hop Culture with Urban Youth. English Journal, 91, 6, 88-94.

Current Research Projects

Six Summers of Critical Research with Urban Youth

The Urban Adolescent Literacies Project

Becoming Critical Urban English Educators

Toward 21st Century Culturally Relevant Critical Pedagogy: Multimedia Tools for the Development of Effective Teaching in Urban Schools

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