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Suzette Youngs, Ph.D.

Suzette Youngs, Ph.D.

Professor: Literacy Education

School of Teacher Education
College of Education and Behavioral Sciences

Contact Information

Phone
970-351-2638
Mailing Address
University of Northern Colorado
School of Teacher Education
Campus Box 107
Greeley, CO 80639

Education

  • Ph.D. University of Nevada, Reno (2009) | Literacy Studies
  • M.Ed. State University of New York at Oswego, NY (1992) | Elementary Education
  • B.A. State University of New York at Oswego, NY (1990) | Public Relations

Professional/Academic Experience

  • University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, CO Professor, Literacy Education. Responsibilities include: teaching graduate courses in reading methods, children鈥檚 literature, writing methods and reading research and undergraduate courses in children鈥檚 literature. (2009-Present)
  • University of Nevada, Reno, Instructor. Responsibilities included teaching graduate and undergraduate children鈥檚 literature courses, graduate and undergraduate language arts methods courses with practicum and practicum supervision, (2004-2009)
  • University of Nevada, Reno. Teaching American History Project, Instructor. Responsibilities included teaching courses in integrating history and literacy methods and American History and Children鈥檚 Literature Book Clubs,  (2006-2009)
  • Bailey Charter Elementary School - Reno, NV. 5th grade Classroom Teacher (2003-2004) 
  • Pagosa Springs Intermediate School- Pagosa Springs, CO. 4 /5/6 Multi-grade Teacher, (1995-2003)

Research/Areas of Interest

  • Co-organizer for the 甜心视频app Future Teacher Conference and faculty advisor for the Future Teacher Club
  • Teacher recruitment and retention, teacher identity, analysis of children's book displays, content analysis of and response to contemporary picturebooks, multimodal analysis, visual literacy, multigenre writing, and disciplinary Literacy

Publications/Creative Works

  • Youngs, S., Kyser, C., Bell, D. (in press). In Bradley Conrad (Capital University), Associate Editor: Crystal Howell (Randolph College), Assistant Editor: Cristy Sellers (Pacific University) (Ed.), Taking a Stand for Representation: Engaging Preservice Teachers in Awareness, Analysis and Advocacy of Diverse Children鈥檚 Literature book Displays. Charlotte, North Carolina: Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue/Information Age Publishing. https://www.infoagepub.com/series/Curriculum-and-Teaching-Dialogue
  • Erekson, J., Youngs, S., Kyser, C., Benke, L. F. (2022). People Like Me in Places Like Mine: Authentic Representation in Rural Picturebooks. Children and Libraries, 20(4), 11-18. https://journals.ala.org/index.php/cal/issue/archive
  • Youngs, S., Erekson, J., Kyser, C. (2021). Moving Across Rural Spaces: A Content Analysis of Contemporary Realistic Fiction Picturebooks with Rural Settings. Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts, 60(3), 24-56. https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/reading_horizons/vol60/iss3/3/
  • Kyser, C., Youngs, S., Nelson, A., Monaghan, T. (2021). Transitioning From High School Students to Aspiring Future Rural Educators: Promising Practices to Fuel the Rural Teacher Pipeline. Journal of Educational Research and Innovation, 9(1), 1-30. https://digscholarship.unco.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1109&context=jeri


Honors and Awards

  • 2022 Outstanding Service Provider
  • 2022 Sears Helgoth Distinguished Teaching Award
  • 2015 Most Inspiring Faculty, Women's Resource Center
  • 2014 Most Inspiring Woman of 甜心视频app
  • 2012 CCIRA All Star Presenter
  • 2011 CCIRA All Star Presenter
  • 2011Mortar Board Favorite Professor
  • 2010 Favorite Faculty 甜心视频app Bears Faculty Appreciation Night