Heather Pule, Ed.D.

Biography

Heather Pule specializes in English language arts education and secondary literacy. Her research focuses on how preservice teachers' identities as literacy educators are shaped through authentic literacy experiences and engagement with middle grade and young adult literature.

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Areas of Expertise

• English language arts education
• Secondary literacy instruction and assessment
• K–12 preservice teacher preparation
• Middle grade and young adult literature
• Content area and disciplinary literacy

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Publications

• Pule, H. & Kerbs, M. (January 2024). Supporting preservice teachers to explore school censorship and teacher advocacy. In Sachdeva, D. E., Hul, S. L., Kimmel, S. C., & Whitaker, W. A. (Eds.), Supporting student's intellectual freedom in school: The right to read (1st ed., pp. tbd). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-9655-8
• Pule, Heather (2024). Young adult literature as a catalyst for preservice teachers to challenge norms of the secondary ELA classroom, The Reading Professor, 47(1), Article 9. Available at: https://scholar.stjohns.edu/thereadingprofessor/vol47/iss1/9
• Kerbs, M., & Pule, H. (2023). Transformation of Preservice Teacher Identities: The Effects of Authentic Reading Experiences. Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts, 62 (1). Retrieved from https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/reading_horizons/vol62/iss1/2
• Pule, H. (2023). Exploring young adult texts within the Historically Responsive Literacy Framework with preservice teachers. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 67(2), 85–98. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaal.1304
• Pule, H. (2020) "Content Area Literacy: The Effects of Focusing on Preservice Teachers' Literacy Identities," Northwest Journal of Teacher Education: Vol. 15: Iss. 1, Article 5.  DOI: 10.15760/nwjte.2020.15.1.5  Available at: https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/nwjte/vol15/iss1/5
• Pule, H. (2019). Using Choice to Support an Authentic Experience for Middle School Readers. The California Reader, 52(4), 29-33. 
• Pule, H., & Mountain, L. (2016). A State Mandated Summer Programs’ Effect on High School English Test Scores. International Journal of Education and Human Developments, 2(4), 4-13. Available at https://ijehd.cgrd.org/images/vol2no4/2.pdf
• Jones, H. (2013). Two Simple Words: Who Really Deserves the Gratitude?. Affective Reading Education Journal, 33, 1-2. 
• Jones, H. (2012). The Power of Letting Go: Student Success through Creative Freedom using The Book Thief. The Leaflet Journal of New England Association of Teachers of English, 111(2), 15-19. 

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Courses (Current Academic Year)

• LLLS 4311 Survey of Reading
• LLLS 4344 Literacy Methods for EC-6
• LLLS 4345 Survey of Children’s Literature
• LLLS 4346 Teaching Language Arts in the 4-8 Classroom
• LLLS 4351 Reading in Content Subjects
• LLLS 4352 Young Adult Literature & Reading
• LLLS 4364 Methods in Secondary English/Language Arts
• LLLS 6332 Foundations of Literacy
• EDLS 7034 Professional Writing and Communication
• EDCI 7034 Professional Writing and Communication

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