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Liz Nelson

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Biography

Dr. Liz Nelson earned her BA in English Teaching from Brigham Young University - Provo and her MA in English with a focus on writing pedagogy from Georgetown University in Washington, DC.

Prior to completing her doctoral degree in Educational Psychology with an emphasis in Reading and Literacy from the University of Utah, she taught high school English Language Arts courses in traditional and alternative schools in Utah and Virginia.

At UVU, Dr. Nelson teaches English Education courses and first-year writing. She also works with preservice teachers. Her research interests include critical writing pedagogy, culturally sustaining literacy pedagogy, methods for teaching writing, and diverse children's and young adult literature.

Teaching

ENGL 1010

Introduction to Academic Writing, Spring 2025

ENGL 1010

Introduction to Academic Writing, Spring 2025

EDSC 4850

Student Teaching Secondary, Spring 2025

EDSC 4850

Student Teaching Secondary, Spring 2025

EDSC 4850

Student Teaching Secondary, Spring 2025

ENGL 4230

Teaching Writing, Spring 2025

Presentations

Luszeck, Mandy (Presenter & Author), Nelson, Liz Thackeray (Presenter & Author), Young Adult Literature Summit, "Centering Social Justice Pedagogy with Nonfiction. Young Adult Literature", Oklahoma State University, Online. (March 1, 2024)

Optaz, Margaret Osgood (Presenter & Author), Nelson, Liz Thackeray (Presenter & Author), UCTE 2024 Annual Conference, "Mirrors, Windows, and Mentors_ Humanizing the Writing Curriculum through Critical Mentor Text Sets", UCTE, Sandy, Utah. (February 2, 2024)

Luszeck, Mandy (Presenter & Author), Nelson, Liz Thackeray (Presenter & Author), UCTE 2024 Annual Conference, "Nothing Textbook about this Nonfiction_ Finding and Using Engaging Nonfiction Texts", UCTE, Sandy, Utah. (February 2, 2024)

Nelson, Liz Thackeray (Presenter & Author), 2023 NCTE Annual Convention, "Examining the multifacets of text complexity with Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna. Presented at Conexiones in Teaching Young Adult Literature, ELATE Commission on Young Adult Literature sponsored roundtable", NCTE, Columbus, OH. (November 18, 2023)

Nelson, Liz Thackeray (Presenter & Author), Liang, Lauren Aimonette (Author Only), 2023 NCTE Annual Convention, "WRRESS - Don’t stress! A framework for scaffolding students’ reflections for reading, writing, and teaching. Presented at, Be the bridge_ Connecting reading, writing, and reflection for student success", NCTE, Columbus, OH. (November 16, 2023)

Teaching Writing, Fall 2022

Liang, Lauren Aimonette (Presenter & Author), Graff, Jennifer M. (Presenter & Author), Nelson, Liz Thackeray (Presenter & Author), Crossing Expertise Divides_ Co-Creation of Knowledge Across Institutions and Communities of Children’s Culture. International Online Conference, "When two colleges combine_ Building the foundation for future co-creation of knowledge across institutions and the field", , University of Wroclaw, Poland, Online. (September 28, 2023)

Liang, Lauren Aimonette (Presenter & Author), Nelson, Liz (Presenter & Author), UCTE 2023 Annual Conference, "WRRESS - Don’t stress! A framework for scaffolding students’ meaningful reflections", , UCTE, Sandy, UT. (February 3, 2023)

Optaz, Margaret Osgood (Presenter & Author), Nelson, Liz Thackeray (Presenter & Author), Literacy Research Association's 72nd Conference, "Crossing Linguistic Borders_ Culturally Sustaining Writing Practices with Preservice Teachers", , LRA, Phoenix, AZ. (December 2, 2022)

Nelson, Liz (Presenter & Author), Literacy Research Association's 72nd Conference, "Current practices in writing instruction_ The influence of stand-alone writing methods courses", , Literacy Research Association, Phoenix, AZ. (December 1, 2022)

Liang, Lauren Aimonette (Presenter & Author), Nelson, Liz (Presenter & Author), 2022 NCTE Annual Convention, "Reading with P-OWER: Selecting inclusive text sets that shed light on critical issues and spark social action", , NCTE, Anaheim, CA. (November 19, 2022)

Nelson, Liz Thackeray, Optaz, Margaret Osgood (Author Only), 2022 NCTE Annual Convention, "Mirrors, windows, and mentors_ Humanizing the writing curriculum through critical mentor text sets", , NCTE, Anaheim, CA. (November 17, 2022)

Nelson, Liz Thackeray (Presenter & Author), Optaz, Margaret Osgood (Author Only), 2022 NCTE Annual Convention, "Pursuing the Light through Culturally Sustaining Writing Pedagogy--EQUITY in Action", , NCTE, Anaheim, CA. (November 17, 2022)

Nelson, Liz Thackeray (Presenter & Author), Liang, Lauren Aimonette (Presenter & Author), For the Love of Reading Conference, "LitMakerSpaces: Literature + STEM + Writing", , UVU, Midway, UT. (November 4, 2022)