Yolanda
J. Majors, Ph.D
Assistant Professor
College of Education, The University of Illinois, at Chicago
olanda
J. Majors is an Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction in
the College of Education at the University of Illinois, at Chicago (UIC),
where she focuses her research on adult/adolescent literacy, and curriculum
instruction. She has been with the University since 2004 in a tenure-track
position with her first review in spring 2005. Prior to UIC, she was
an Assistant Professor of Language Education at the University of Georgia
(2001–2003).
Dr. Majors was awarded her Ph.D. in 2002 in Language, Literacy and Culture, from the University of Iowa, and earned her B.A. in English Literature from the University of Illinois in 1988. She also holds an M.A.T in English Education (1992) from the University of Iowa. She was a Holmes Fellow in 1996 and a Spencer Foundation Dissertation Fellow in 2000. She was granted the Promising Researcher Award from the National Council of Teachers of English in 2002. In 2004, Dr. Majors was awarded the National Academy of Education and Spencer Foundation Postdoctorial Fellowship Award.
Majors has published several articles in peer-reviewed journals, including Pedagogy, Culture and Society; Anthropology and Education Quarterly; Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy; and Mind, Culture and Activity. She is the author of chapters in two forthcoming books, published by Lawrence Erlbaum and the National Society for the Study of Education.
YOLANDA J. MAJORS, Ph.D
The University of
Illinois, Chicago
College of Education
Curriculum and Instruction & Language, Literacy and Culture
1040 W. Harrison
Chicago, IL, 60607-7133
Office: (312) 996-5629
Fax: (312) 996-8134
Email: ymajors@uic.edu
Education:
2002: PH.D. Language, Literacy and Culture, The University of Iowa
1998: M.A.T English Education, The University of Iowa
1992: B.A. English Literature, The University of Illinois