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Paul and Kate Farmer Writing Award

2025 Winner:

“Taking CARE to Integrate Disability Studies in the Secondary School English Classroom” (Vol. 114, No. 5, May 2025) by Claire Cothren

Dr. Claire Cothren has spent nine years teaching Upper School English at The Hockaday School, an all-girls’ school in Dallas, Texas, where she designs courses that invite students to explore identity, justice, and friendship through literature. Her classroom practice and scholarship are deeply intertwined, and they inform her English Journal publications on ways that teachers can integrate disability studies, feminist inquiry, and antiracist frameworks into secondary English classrooms. She is passionate about helping young women use reading and writing to cultivate empathy, embrace pride in who they are, and imagine more just and connected futures.

Honorable Mention:

“Writing in the Era of AI: ChatGPT in the Writing Workshop Model” (Vol. 114, No. 2, November 2024) by Kristina Peterson and Denis Magliozzi

Kristina Peterson and Dr. Dennis Magliozzi have been teaching high school English in Exeter, New Hampshire, since 2008. Peterson holds a master of arts in teaching and has served the educational community as the Secretary for NHCTE since 2017. Magliozzi has an MFA in poetry from Vermont College of Fine Arts and a PhD in education from the University of New Hampshire. Their first book, AI in the Writing Workshop: Finding the Write Balance, explores AI as a thought partner, research companion, and writing tool, while addressing the ethical complexities and instructional opportunities AI presents in today鈥檚 classrooms.

“Try This is a Small Town: Climate Change and Critical Media Literacy in a Rural High School” (Vol. 114, No. 2, November 2024) by Benjamin N. Lathrop and Kaylyn Stockdell

“When Would You Feel Like a Writer? Exploring Writing with Newcomer Students” (Vol. 114, No. 1, September 2024) by Sinelia Peixoto and Thea Williamson

Thea Williamson is an assistant professor of English education at Old Dominion University, where she teaches literacy pedagogy and composition courses. She has taught English and rhetoric at secondary and collegiate levels and worked with multilingual learners in Miami, New York City, Austin, Virginia, and the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Her research addresses language ideology in English classes, multilingual literacy, and critical perspectives on ELA curriculum. Ella es biling眉e y un advocate for multilingual writers across contexts.

The award will be presented at the Secondary Section Event during the .