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.

Recent Publications

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

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

Turner, K. (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.

Bolgatz, J., George, M., Ness, M., & Turner, K. H. (2009, author only). Growing as Social Justice Teacher Educators through Self-Initiated Professional Development. Presented at Transforming the World and Being Transformed, Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT. 

Turner, K. H. (2008). Making it her own: Collaboration, Reflection, and Context in One Teacher’s Professional Growth.  Presented at the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English, San Antonio, TX.

Turner, K. H. & Crane, C. (2008). Whose response matters: From social practice to automated scoring.  Presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, NYC, NY.

Turner, K. H. & Katic, E. (2008). The influence of technological literacy on students’ writing.  Presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, NYC, NY.

Turner, K. H., Barra, A., & Conroy, J. (2007). Talk, text, and technology: Reflection in the writing classroom.  Presented at the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English, NYC, NY.

Turner, K. H. (2006) Whose Response Matters? Presented at the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English, Nashville, TN.

Turner, K. H., Connolly, B., & Bauer S. (2005). Argument is everywhere.  Presented at the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English, Pittsburgh, PA.

Turner, K. H. (2005). Toulmin and transfer.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Canada.

Turner, K. H. (2004). Toulmin and transfer: The impact of teaching argument to high school students on writing across disciplines. Paper presented at the National Council of Teachers of English conference, Indianapolis, IN.

Turner, K. H. (2004). There’s nothing like a good argument. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA

Courses Taught
Foundations of Adolescent Language and Literacy
Literacy in the Content Areas
Writing Across the Curriculum
Research in the Teaching Process
Psycholinguistics
Teachers as Writers
Introduction to Qualitative Research
Research and Reflective Practice