Mark D. McCarthy
Mark D. McCarthy
Assistant Professor of Literacy Education
- Ph.D., Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 2018
- M.A., Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 2011
- B.A., St. John's University, Jamaica, NY, 2005
Mark's research draws from poststructuralist approaches and qualitative methodologies to investigate teacher preparation for literacy instruction, including the teaching of children's literature. Interests bridging his research and teaching include language and discourse, complexity, and critical multicultural education.
Courses Taught
- Methods of Teaching Reading/Language Arts
- Foundations of Literacy
- Sheltered English Immersion
- Children's Literature
Research Interests
- Literacy Education
- Qualitative Research
- Critical Teacher Education
Certifications and Memberships
Interdisciplinary Qualitative Studies (Graduate Certificate)
Selected Works
Publications
- Stice, S. K., & McCarthy, M. D. (2024). Fiction-writing and wonder: Documenting a collaborative, creative writing process. Qualitative Research Journal. https://doi.org/10.1108/QRJ-12-2023-0189
- McCarthy, M. D., Domke, L., & Bian, Y. (2023). Multilingual implications for reading prosody assessment. Journal of Literacy Research, 55(3), (346-353). https://doi.org/10.1177/1086296X231200813
- McCarthy, M. D., & Scribner, S. (2023). Reframing K-12 students through asset-based collaboration around assessment practices with prospective teachers. MATSOL Currents, 46(1), 32-39.
- McCarthy, M. D., & Stice, S. K. (2023). Speculative futures and “found” artifacts: Using fiction for defamiliarization and analysis. Cultural Studies⇔Critical Methodologies, 23(3), 246-261. https://doi.org/10.1177/15327086221139454
- McCarthy, M. D. (2022). Considering collective motivation to read: A narrative, inquiry. Journal of Language and Literacy Education, 18(2).
- McCarthy, M. D. (2021). The paradox of authentic relationships in service-learning involving prospective teachers. Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship, 13(2), 4-15.
- McCarthy, M. D. (2020). Othering authors in the name of authenticity: Critiquing colonialism with The Arab of the Future. Bookbird: A Journal of International Children's Literature, 58(4), 22-30.
- McCarthy, M. D. (2018). Critically teaching criticality?: Modeling social and pedagogical inquiry with literary texts. Studying Teacher Education, 14(2), 174-193.
- McCarthy, M. D., Apol, L., & Roue, B. (2018). “But I’ve never been to Lebanon...” and other reflections on unrelatable texts. WOW Stories: Connections from the Classroom, V(4), 6-12.
