Tanya Christ
Spangler Distinguished Professor of Early Child Literacy @East Carolina University
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WORK HISTORY
Spangler Distinguished Professor of Early Child Literacy @East Carolina University
Greensville, NC, US
Dr. Christ’s research focuses on early childhood literacy processes and teaching methods, and teacher preparation for early literacy instruction, including digital and non-digital contexts. Using mixed-method approaches, including grounded theory to identify fine-grained aspects of literacy processing and quantitative methods to explore how these predict literacy engagement and outcomes, has allowed her to expand current understandings about how to facilitate young children’s meaning-making processes with texts. Her work is equity-focused, and usually occurs with underserved and racially, ethnically, and linguistically diverse communities. Thus, a strand of her research also focuses on preparing teachers to use diverse and culturally relevant texts in early literacy teaching, and has shown the importance of using culturally relevant text to provide equitable opportunities for literacy success. She has published 57 peer-reviewed journal articles, 4 book chapters, and 8 invited publications. Christ’s research has been published in high-impact journals, such as AERA Open, Journal of Teacher Education, Early Childhood Research Quarterly, Journal of Literacy Research, Teaching and Teacher Education, and TESOL Quarterly. Christ has received research grants from the Spencer Foundation, International Literacy Association (ILA), and American Educational Research Association (AERA). Early in her career she taught in NYC Public Schools, and she has been teaching undergraduate courses embedded in local schools for over a decade.
EDUCATION
University at Buffalo
Ph.D., Reading and Language Arts Education
SKILLS
ABOUT TANYA CHRIST
Dr. Christ’s research focuses on early childhood literacy processes and teaching methods, and teacher preparation for early literacy instruction, including digital and non-digital contexts. Using mixed-method approaches, including grounded theory to identify fine-grained aspects of literacy processing and quantitative methods to explore how these predict literacy engagement and outcomes, has allowed her to expand current understandings about how to facilitate young children’s meaning-making processes with texts. Her work is equity-focused, and usually occurs with underserved and racially, ethnically, and linguistically diverse communities. Thus, a strand of her research also focuses on preparing teachers to use diverse and culturally relevant texts in early literacy teaching, and has shown the importance of using culturally relevant text to provide equitable opportunities for literacy success. She has published 57 peer-reviewed journal articles, 4 book chapters, and 8 invited publications. Christ’s research has been published in high-impact journals, such as AERA Open, Journal of Teacher Education, Early Childhood Research Quarterly, Journal of Literacy Research, Teaching and Teacher Education, and TESOL Quarterly. Christ has received research grants from the Spencer Foundation, International Literacy Association (ILA), and American Educational Research Association (AERA). Early in her career she taught in NYC Public Schools, and she has been teaching undergraduate courses embedded in local schools for over a decade. Contact: c••••••••@gmail.com OR c••••••••@ecu.edu
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