Advisory Board Member
Sarah Lupo
Dr. Sarah Lupo is an Assistant Professor in the Early, Elementary, and Literacy Department at James Madison University. She has extensive teaching experience as an ESL teacher, English teacher, reading specialist, and literacy coach in grades K-12 in Washington D.C., Istanbul, Turkey, Phoenix, AZ, and Charlottesville, VA. Dr. Lupo’s has published dozens of articles and chapters in publications such as Reading Research Quarterly, Reading Teacher, Journal of Adult and Adolescent Literacy, and Literacy Today. Her research focuses on exploring the influence of various aspects of text complexity on readers’ comprehension, such as knowledge, and how instruction can be differentiated to support all readers’ understanding of challenging texts across the content areas. Her work strives to position all learners’ as capable and bringing cultural and linguistic assets to the reading experience. Dr. Lupo strives to put theory into practice to find practical ways teachers can improve comprehension for K-12 students in order to enhance literacy instruction for all students, especially those from nondominant backgrounds.
- Lupo, S. M., Hardigree, C., Thacker, E., Sawyer, A., & Merritt, J. (in press). Teaching disciplinary literacy in grades K-6: Infusing content with reading, writing, and language. New York: Routledge.
- Tortorelli, L., Lupo, S. M., Wheatley, B., (2021). Examining teacher preparation for code-related reading instruction: An integrated literature review. Reading Research Quarterly, second special issue on the science of reading.
- Hwang, H., Lupo, S. M., Cabell, S., & Wen, S. (2020). Leveraging the literacy block for knowledge building: What the research says about teaching content during literacy. Reading in Virginia.
- Hattan, C., & Lupo, S. M. (2020). Rethinking the Role of Knowledge in the K-12 Literacy Classroom. Reading Research Quarterly (S2), 83-98. doi:10.1002/rrq.350