"...essential reading for those in the education field that want to transform their classrooms to spaces where inequity and oppression can be disrupted and where both teachers and students are agents for social change."
— Education Review / Reseñas Educativas
“Boyd's writing makes for a highly enjoyable read... an accessible resource to inform practices and being discussions. This text is a valuable read for those who are interested in implementing a critical lens with social justice literacies in their classroom”
—Journal of Language and Literacy Education (JOLLE)
"This brief, 119-page book...is packed with specific suggestions and examples immediately applicable to college–particularly community college–English instructors, too. . . with examples from middle and high schools, Social Justice Literacies offers timely applications to instructors of college English classes."
— RaiderCats Comp (blog)
"This is an appealing vision for the future, for it bears much promise—for our classrooms, and also for the future our students will both shape and inhabit."
—From the Foreword by Deborah Appleman, Carleton College
"Through the careful observation and analysis of three teachers with different approaches to teaching critical literacy, Ashley Boyd provides a repertoire of practices rich with detail. By taking seriously the institutional, policy, and parental obstacles that teachers may face, as well as the dangers of self-censorship, she is able to provide both theory and strategies for a way forward."
—Hilary Janks, Wits University, South Africa
“In this important book, Dr. Boyd shows English teachers how to be ‘literate’ in social justice ideas so they are able to enact these practices in their classrooms. This counters the belief of so many teacher educators who think that social justice asks too much of teachers. This book demonstrates that too many teacher educators underestimate the capabilities and intellect of today’s teachers.”
—George W. Noblit, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
