Recent Interviews/Press

Mercado, M. (2021, October 30). Waukee School Board PAC ties critical race theory to district's equity, masking policies. Des Moines Register.

Mercado, M. (2021, October 1). Ankeny students get applause after forum calling for more diverse curriculum. Des Moines Register.

Sitter, P. (2021, March 14). Communities, including in Ames, look for ways forward as schools seek more inclusivity, grapple with American history. Ames Tribune.

Recent Invited Lectures/Workshops/Seminars

2021 Seeking Truth in our Classrooms. Community Forum presentation developed and facilitated for Ankeny Community School District (September 29).

2021 Teaching for Social Justice through Required Curriculum/Available Materials. Semesterlong professional development series for Marshalltown Community School District (January-June).

2020 “Sick,” “Anti-American,” “Child Abuse”: What Trump’s Attacks on Critical Race Theory Reveal about the Politics of Curriculum. Invited lecture delivered virtually to White Privilege Symposium-Iowa (November).

2020 Resisting Racism in Institutions with Critical Race Theory. Invited lecture delivered virtually to Des Moines, IA Chapter of Showing Up for Racial Justice (October).

Recent & Upcoming National/International Conferences/Annual Meetings

*Published or presented with students. ∞Published or presented with teachers/community stakeholders.

Dr. Dyches will be co-chairing the 2021 American Reading Forum's annual conference, themed "Literacy as Power: Creating Socially Just Communities and Futures in Tumultuous Times," in Sanibel, FL from December 8-11, 2021.

Dyches, J., Howell, E., *∞Thomas, D., & *Updegraff, A. (April, 2021). Students’ Experiences Designing Critical Race Theory-Oriented Visual Essays. Paper presented at the 105th annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association.

Dyches, J., Howell, E., & *Schulz, J. (April, 2021). Social Justice-Oriented Content Experts: Examining ELA Teachers’ Critical Content Knowledges. Paper presented at the 105th annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association.

Dyches. J. & Sams, B. (December, 2020). Centering Antiracism in Literacy Teaching and Research. Invited book share/discussion lead at the annual meeting of the American Reading Forum.

Dyches, J., Howell, E., & *∞Thomas, D. (November, 2020). Developing Competence in Critical Literacies and Multimodality through Visual Essays. Paper accepted to the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English. Denver, CO. (virtual).

Dyches, J., & *∞Thomas, D. (November, 2020). Challenging the “Great American Novel”: Secondary Students’ Experiences Applying Critical Race Theory to Huck Finn. National Council of Teachers of English. Denver, CO. (virtual).

Dyches, J., & *∞Thomas, D. (November, 2020). Learning the Rules: Eleventh Graders’ Critical Disciplinary Literacy Experiences Analyzing Legal Decisions Issued by an All-White, All Male Supreme Court. National Council of Teachers of English. Denver, CO. (virtual).

Recent Media Publications on Research

n.n. (2019, March 29). Rereading the classics. Visions: Iowa State University Alumni Magazine, p. 7.

Woodbury, E. & Nebbe, C. (2019, February 5). Examining classic literature through a critical lens. Iowa Public Radio.

Hunt, A. (2019, January 29). Giving high school students the tools to question classic literature. Iowa State Daily.

Woodbury, E. & Kieffer. (2018, August 29). Race, Policy, Gender: Politics in the Classroom. Iowa Public Radio.

Riley, R. (2017, October 2). Jeanne Dyches: Faculty Focus. College of Human Sciences News.

Campbell, L. (2017, July 10). Research finds that all teachers bring politics to the classroom. Iowa State CHS News.

Davis, K. (2016, September 6). Bissonnette works to affirm diverse students, increase literacy with classical texts. Iowa State CHS News.