Division of Curriculum and Teaching

Kristen Hawley Turner, Ph.D.

Graduate School of Education
Fordham University
Division of Curriculum and Teaching
113 West 60th Street, Room 1120A
New York, New York 10023

Phone: 646-312-8766
Email: krturner@fordham.edu


Dr. Turner is an assistant professor of English education in the Division of Curriculum and Teaching at Fordham University.

A certified teacher of secondary English and social studies, she taught high school in New Jersey for six years before shifting focus to teacher education.

She has taught pre-service and in-service education courses at Rutgers University and Rider University, and she is a consultant for the National Writing Project.

Academic Background

Ph.D., Rutgers University
M.A., Columbia University
B.A., Bucknell University

Research Interests

Dr. Turner is interested in improving the quality of students’ writing at all levels and in all contents. Her work focuses on the teaching of argument and using reflective practice to help students learn content and process. Most recently, she is researching the nature of digital language and the choices students make in their digital writing.

Courses Taught

• Foundations of Adolescent Language and Literacy
• Interdisciplinary Research (CLAIR program)
• Introduction to Qualitative Research
• Literacy in the Content Areas
• Media Literacy and Technology
• Research and Reflective Practice
• Research in the Teaching Process
• Psycholinguistics
• Teachers as Writers
• Teaching Composition in the 21st Century
• Writing Across the Curriculum

Recent Publications

Turner, K. H. (in press). Error or strength? Competencies developed in adolescent digitalk. In Pytash, K. E. & Ferdig, R. E., Eds. Exploring Technology for Writing and Writing Instruction. IGI Global.

Turner, K. H. (in press). The challenge of acceptance: Digitalk and language as conformity and resistance. In Spielhagen, F. & Schwarz, P., Eds. Adolescence in the 21st Century: Constants and Challenge. Information Age.

Turner, K. H. & Hicks, T. (2012). That’s not writing: Exploring the intersection of digital writing, community literacy, and social justice. Community Literacy Journal.

Turner, K. H. (2012). Competency vs. achievement: Why connections are important in writing teacher education. Journal of Writing Teacher Education, 1, 22-23.

Turner, K. H. (2012). Digitalk as community. English Journal, 101 (4), 37-42.

Turner, K. H. (2011). Pajamas or Tuxedo? Digitalk and formality in adolescent writing. Educational Horizons, 90 (2), 7-9.

Turner, K. H. (2011). Debate: The stuff of learning. Enarratio, Fall 2011, 3.

Turner, K. H. (2011). Digitalk: Community, convention, and self expression. In S. Abrams & J. Rowsell (Eds.), Rethinking Identity and Literacy Education in the 21st Century (pp. ). National Society for the Study of Education Yearbook, 110 (1).

Turner, K. H. (2010).  Digitalk: A new literacy for a digital generation. Phi Delta Kappan, 92(1), 41-46.

Turner, K.H. (2010). Fighting the fear of failure: Resisting the effects of THE TEST in a thinking-based writing class. In Resistance in Education Moss, D.M. & Osborn T.A. (Eds.), New York: Peter Lang Publishing.

Ness, M.K., George, M.A. Turner, K.H., & Bolgatz, J. (2010). The growth of teacher educators for social justice: Collaborative professional development in higher education. Insight: A Journal of Scholarly Teaching, 5, 86-105.

Turner, K. & Katic, E. (2009). The influence of technological literacy on students' writing. Educational Computing Research, 41 (3), 253-270.

Turner, K. (2009). Flipping the switch: Teaching students to code-switch from text speak to standard English. English Journal, 98 (5).

Turner, K. H. (2005). The one-stop shop: Addressing all five strands of language arts literacy with the practice of debate. New Jersey English Journal.

Turner, K. H. (2004). Leap of faith.  The Voice, 9 (1), 15.

Recent National Presentations

Turner, K. (2012). Teens, language, and digital resources. To be presented at the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English, Las Vegas, NV.

Turner, K. & Donovan, M. J. (2012). Collaborating across the desk: Mentoring and authoring among faculty and doctoral students. To be presented at the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English, Las Vegas, NV.

Turner, K. (2012). Digitalk and identity. Adolescence in the 21st Century: Emerging Adulthood. Center for Adolescence Research and Development, Newburgh, NY.

Bolgatz, J. & Turner, K. H. (2012, author only). Conflicting expectations and developing relationships in moving toward a clinically-rich teacher education program. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Vancouver, BC.

Turner, K. H. (2011). Digital spaces, digital writing: My journey of what writing is. Presented at the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English, Chicago, IL.

Turner, K. H., Shoaf, R., Jones, H., & Silva, N. (2011). The grammar project: How do we help students “get it right?” Presented at the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English, Chicago, IL.

Donovan, M. & Turner, K. H. (2011). Linguistic dimensions: Helping teachers think about primary and secondary Discourses. Presented at the conference of the Conference on English Education, NYC.

Turner, K. H., Richmond, K., & Rinkol, S. (2011). Recharging the batteries: Personal journeys to classroom transformations. Presented at the conference of the Conference on English Education, NYC.

Turner, K. H., Katic, E., Abrams, S. & Donovan, M. E. (2011). Digitalk: The digital writing of adolescents. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Education Research Association, New Orleans, LA.

Turner, K. H. & George, M. (2011). Hybrid instruction in English teacher education. Presented at the annual conference of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education, Nashville, TN.

Turner, K. H. (2010). Digitalk in the classroom. Invited lecture, CELL, Indianapolis, IN.

Turner, K. H. (2010). Digitalk: A new literacy of the digital generation. Invited lecture, CELL, Indianapolis, IN.

Turner, K. H., & Bush, J. (2010). Writing the World and Inquiry. Presented as part of the CEE Colloquium, Mulitcultural, Multiliterate: Writing the World, Orlando, FL.

Turner, K. H., George, M., Gunnink, B., & Van Owen, G. (2010). Hybrid instruction: A new literacy in English Teacher Education. Presented at the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English, Orlando, FL.

Turner, K. H. (2009). Digital writing and code-switching. Presented at the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English, Philadelphia, PA.

Turner, K. H., Donovan, M. E., & Apter, E. (2009, author only). DigiTalk: The digital writing of adolescents. Presented at the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English, Philadelphia, PA.

Turner, K. H. (2009). Beyond the “methods” course: Teacher as writer in the methods class. Presented at the bi-annual conference of the Conference on English Education, Chicago, IL.

Grants and Fellowship Section

CEE Research Initiative Grant. (2012 – 2013). What difference does a decade make? Digital writing as social justice in teacher education. Conference on English Education, National Council of Teachers of English.

Fordham Research Grant. (2011-2012). Digitalk: Language and identity in the digital writing of adolescents. Fordham University, NYC.

Fordham Faculty Summer Fellowship. (2010). An examination of the digital writing of adolescents. Fordham University, NYC.