P. L. Thomas
Furman University
A Professor of Education at Furman University since 2002, Dr. P. L. Thomas taught high school English in rural South Carolina before moving to teacher education. He is a column editor for English Journal (National Council of Teachers of English) and series editor for Critical Literacy Teaching Series: Challenging Authors and Genres (Sense Publishers), in which he authored the first volume—Comics and Graphic Novels: Challenging Genres (2010)—edited Science Fiction and Speculative Fiction: Challenging Genres (2013), and co-edited with A. Scott Henderson James Baldwin: Challenging Authors (2014). He has served on major committees with NCTE, and has been named Council Historian (2013-2015), and formerly served as co-editor for The South Carolina English Teacher for SCCTE. Recent books include Beware the Roadbuilders (Garn Press), Ignoring Poverty in the U.S.: The Corporate Takeover of Public Education (Information Age Publishing, 2012) and Parental Choice?: A Critical Reconsideration of Choice and the Debate about Choice (Information Age Publishing, 2010). He has also published books on Barbara Kingsolver, Kurt Vonnegut, Margaret Atwood, and Ralph Ellison. His scholarly work includes dozens of works in major journals—English Journal, English Education, Souls, Notes on American Literature, Journal of Educational Controversy, Journal of Teaching Writing, and others. His commentaries have been included in Room for Debate (The New York Times), The Answer Sheet (Washington Post), The Guardian (UK), truthout, Education Week, The Daily Censored, OpEdNews, The State (Columbia, SC), The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, NC), The Post and Courier (Charleston, SC) and The Greenville News (Greenville, SC). His work can be followed at the becoming radical (blog) and @plthomasEdD on twitter.
BOOKS:
How to End the Reading War and Serve the Literacy Needs of All Students
A Primer for Parents, Policy Makers, and People Who Care 2nd Edition
2022P. L. Thomas, Furman University
How to End the Reading War and Serve the Literacy Needs of All Students
A Primer for Parents, Policy Makers, and People Who Care
2020P. L. Thomas, Furman University
Teaching Writing as Journey, Not Destination
Essays Exploring What “Teaching Writing” Means
2019P. L. Thomas, Furman University
Democracy and Decency
What Does Education Have to Do With It?
2016Paul R. Carr, Université du Québec en Outaouais; P. L. Thomas, Furman University; Brad J. Porfilio, Seattle University; Julie A. Gorlewski, SUNY New Paltz
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