Alyssa Christine Magee Lowery - NTNU

About

CV

I am an Associate Professor of Children's Literature and Young Learners in the Section for English and Foreigh Languages in NTNU's Department of Teacher Education.

My research interests are primarily related to children's engagements with popular and literary texts, both inside and outside the classroom. I work closely with children's film and television, and I have a particular interest in the use of compelling literature in the English language classroom.

After taking an undergraduate education in childhood and special education in New York State, I taught at the early childhood and primary school levels before and during my work on an MA in English. My 4-year PhD program at The Ohio State University in Teaching and Learning- Literature for Children and Young Adults ended with dissertation research conducted over the course of a year in Oslo, Norway.

I bring a strong foundation in pedagogy and student-centered practice to my teaching and research, grounding all of my research in a framework that emphasizes children's experiences with stories.

A current project of which I am especially proud is eBLINK, a digital English children's book library funded by grants and awards here at NTNU that is already in use in primary school and university classrooms. My ambitions are to support future and in-service teachers of English as they re-imagine the teaching of English as an additional language in an era marked by large-scale engagement with English-language media by children of all ages.

Research

Children's Literature in Education and Research

eBLINK: engelske Bildebøker for Lærere i Norske Klasserom

The purpose of this research project is to explore guided use of expert-curated digital English children's book libraries into Norwegian classrooms where students are learning English

CLEAR: Children's Literature Education and Research

CLEAR works within the broad discipline of literature for children and young adults by researching children's multimedia texts, their uses in classrooms, and their places in the daily lived realities of children and adults across the globe.

Publications

2024

Lowery, Alyssa Christine Magee. (2024) Why S.P.E.W. Was Doomed to Fail: Exploring Systemic Inequity through Rowling's Racialized House Elves.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Lowery, Alyssa Christine Magee. (2024) Mighty Children and the Transformation of Authoritative Adults in Andrea Beaty's The Questioneers: A Discussion of Age-Based Power as Theme in Literature for Children. Bookbird: A Journal of International Children's Literature
Academic article

2014

Lowery, Alyssa; Hayes, William. (2014) The Heart and Mind in Teaching: Pedagogical Styles Through the Ages. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Academic monograph

Journal publications

Lowery, Alyssa Christine Magee. (2024) Mighty Children and the Transformation of Authoritative Adults in Andrea Beaty's The Questioneers: A Discussion of Age-Based Power as Theme in Literature for Children. Bookbird: A Journal of International Children's Literature
Academic article

Books

Lowery, Alyssa; Hayes, William. (2014) The Heart and Mind in Teaching: Pedagogical Styles Through the Ages. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Academic monograph

Part of book/report

Lowery, Alyssa Christine Magee. (2024) Why S.P.E.W. Was Doomed to Fail: Exploring Systemic Inequity through Rowling's Racialized House Elves.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

Teaching

Courses