Jennifer A Raskauskas

Jennifer A Raskauskas
  • Associate Professor
  • Department: Literacy
  • Institution: West Chester University of Pennsylvania
  • Email: JRaskauskas@wcupa.edu

Education

  • B.S in Education, Bucknell University in Lewisburg
  • M.A. in International and Transcultural Studies, Teachers College Columbia University
  • PhD in Curriculum and Instruction, The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Research Interests

international educationnew literacy studiessociocultural studieswriting studies

Opportunities

Work Study Positions Available: No

Grant Funded Positions Available: No

Course-Credit Research Opportunities Available: No

Volunteer Research Positions Available: No

Biography

Jenn Raskauskas earned her B.S in Education and B.A in English from Bucknell University in Lewisburg, PA; her M.A. in International and Transcultural Studies with a specialization in language, literacy, and technology from Teachers College Columbia University in New York, NY; and her PhD in Curriculum and Instruction with a specialization in Writing Studies from The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She has taught in Milton, Pennsylvania; Rome, Italy; Harlem, New York; and Urbana-Champaign, IL. Her research interests include children’s writing, with particular interests in linguistically and culturally diverse classrooms and children who work together to compose one text; sociocultural and new literacy studies perspectives; and international education.