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Marie Putnam Havran, EdD, is an elementary literacy specialist in Greenville, South Carolina, and an adjunct professor at Furman University. Marie earned her bachelor’s degree at Indiana State University, her master’s at Furman University, and her doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction at The University of South Carolina.
Honors & Awards
- Teacher of the Year, Grove Elementary 2012
Education
- Ed.D., University of South Carolina
- M.A., Furman University; B.A., Indiana State University
Research Interests
Her research and interests are focused on issues relating to adolescent literacy education, instructional approaches, and critical literacy practices.
Publications
- Havran, M. (2023). Centering Neurodiversity: Building inclusive classroom libraries reflective of the world around us. Literacy Today.
- Havran, M. (2023, 16 February). Revisiting the power of independent reading. edCurcuit blog. https://edcircuit.com/revisiting-the-power-of-independent-reading/
- Havran, M. (2023, 24, January). Vocabulary comprehension: A love of words. edCurcuit blog. https://edcircuit.com/vocabulary-comprehension-a-love-of-words/
- Havran, M. (2022, 11 November). #Relationship goals with independent reading. edCurcuit blog. https://edcircuit.com/relationshipgoals-with-independent-reading/
- Havran, M. (2021). I don’t read at home anymore: Breaking down one students’ reading barriers created by COVID-19. Indiana Literacy Journal, 50 (2), 31-36.
- Havran, M. (2021). The right to write. Literacy Today. 4.
- Havran, M. (2020, 28 August). Encouraging independent reading remotely in the COVID-19 era. Literacy Now. https://www.literacyworldwide.org/blog%2fliteracy-now%2f2020%2f08%2f28%2fencouraging-independent-reading-remotely-in-the-covid-19-era
- Havran, M. (2020). Our rights as readers. Literacy Today, 38 - 39.
- Havran, M. (2020). Teaching the reading life: Making the invisible visible. Texas Journal of Literacy Education, 7(2), 13-23.
- Havran, M. (2019, 19 March). Build your stack: Spark her curiosity for STEAM. National Council of Teachers of English blog. https://ncte.org/blog/2019/03/build-stack-spark-curiosity-steam/
- Havran, M. (2018). Standardized testing: What cannot be measured. Perspectives and Provocations, 7(2), 1-7.
- Kelly, K.S. & Havran, M. (2018, March 21). National walkout day: Teaching for democracy. Literacy Now blog. https://www.literacyworldwide.org/blog/literacy-now/2018/03/21/national-walkout-day-teaching-for-democracy
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