Lauren+Goldberg

Lauren Goldberg

Email: lgoldberg9@fordham.edu Twitter: @LGreader



Hi, everyone! I'm thrilled to join the DLC this year, and am looking forward to our upcoming Hangouts.

I'm a third-year doctoral student in Fordham's CLAIR program, specializing in contemporary literacies. The program continually challenges me to redefine my understanding of literacies, both my own competencies and those I encourage my students to develop. I'm currently designing studying adolescents' motivation to read.

I'm an eighth-year high school English teacher at Northern Highlands Regional High School in Allendale, NJ. I teach students in grades 9-12 in literature and writing courses, and serve as assistant adviser to the school newspaper and adviser to the freshman literary and art magazine.

An article that I wrote about developing my own digital literacies and network, entitled [|"Contemporary Literacies Beyond the Classroom: A Teacher Seeks Out Participatory Culture,"] was recently featured as a National Writing Project (NWP) resource.

In my me-time, I enjoy the idea of reading for pleasure, practicing yoga and meditation, shopping at farmer's markets and hoping the food cooks itself.