LCI Research Products

Lee, C. C., Picart, J.A., & Mann, J.C. (2024). Amplifying Youth Voices through Critical Literacy and Positive Youth Development: The Potential of University-Community Partnerships. Routledge/Taylor & Francis.

Lee, C. C., Mann, J.C., Manns, L., & Barber. J. (2024). Hope against hope: Dialoguing through Critical poetic inquiry with adolescents from urban communities. Critical Departures in Qualitative Research. 13(3), 70–100. https://doi.org/10.1525/dcqr.2024.13.3.70

Lee, C. C., Donovan, C. & Mann, J.C. (2023).  The potential of community-based partnerships for English Language Arts pre-service teacher education. English Education. 55(2), 136-144.

Peachey, K. & Lee, C.C. (2023). Writing to grieve: Solidarity in times of loss in educational community spaces. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy. Online First publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaal.1313

Lee, C.C., Jacobs, L., Mann, J.C. (2022). Writing with dignity among youth in urban communities: Using mentor texts as a reflective tool for transformation. Urban Education. 59(5), 1365–1395. https://doi.org/10.1177/00420859221081765

Mann, J. C. & Lee, C. C. (2022). “They just go by making their own hate story”: Interrogating stereotypes with refugee students in community-based spaces. Language Arts. 99(6), 417-422.

Lee, C.C., Dufresne, K.V., & Relyea, J. (2021). “They are Doers”: Writing to advocate with immigrant youth in community-based organizations. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy. 64(5), 497-509. http://doi.org/10.1002/jaal.1131

Lee, C. C., Falter, M. M., & Schoonover, N. R. (2021). Encountering the affective in Latino immigrant youth narratives. Reading Research Quarterly. 56(2), 273-292. https://doi.org/10.1002/rrq.316

Cervantes, A., Cruz, B., Dufresne, K., Garcia-Galindo, K., Hernandez, A., Lee, C. C., Schoonover, N. & Zavala, L. (2020). Justice poets and proponents: Creating safe spaces for minorities. Fringes: North Carolina English Language Arts Teachers’ Association Journal. 2(1), 37-47. (with student participants)

Lee, C. C. & Schoonover N. (2019). “My Life’s Blueprint”: Publishing critical youth narratives in community-based organizations. English Teaching: Practice & Critique, 19(1), 107-120. https://doi.org/10.1108/ETPC-05-2019-0069

Carrillo, M. & Lee, C. C. (in press). Navigating Borders: A Qualitative Case Study on Latine Students’ Use of Border Pedagogy Practices in the New Latine South.  

Lee, C.C. & Mann, J.C. (in press). Naming Our Truths: The diasporic tellings of Black African youth from refugee backgrounds. Research in the Teaching of English.

Lee, C. C., Dufresne, K.V., Jacobs, L., Donovan, C., & Mann, J. (2022). Voicing Vulnerability: Narratives of healing among adolescent girls in a community-based organization. In B.J. Guzzetti (Ed.). In Genders, Cultures, and Literacies: Understanding Intersecting Identities Routledge/Taylor & Francis.

Lee, C. C., Picart, J.A., Schoonover, N.*, & Dufresne K.V. (2020). The power of literacy for community engagement: Partnering with youth community-based organizations. In N. Stahl & L. Henry (Eds.). In Literacy Across the Community: A Handbook of Research and Praxis. Routledge/Taylor & Francis.

Peachey, K., Donovan, C., Mann, J., Carrillo, M., & Lee, C.C. (in press). Connecting through emotional solidarity: Learning from youth’s stories of hope and sorrow. In M. Feifer, M. Butler, and J. Davis-McElligatt. (Eds).  bell hooks’ Radical Pedagogy: New Visions of Feminism, Justice, Love, and Resistance in the Classroom. Bloomsbury Publishing.

Lee, C.C., Picart, J. Schoonover, N. & Dufresne, K.V. (2020). The power of youth voices: Bringing a publishing curriculum to your classroom. Friday Institute Education Brief. Friday Institute of Educational Innovation: North Carolina State University.

https://fi.ncsu.edu/resource-library/the-power-of-youth-voices-bringing-a-publishing-curriculum-to-your-classroom/

Donovan, C., Miller, J. & Lee, C.C. (2024, November). Writing with confidence and knowing your dream: Heart, hope,and humanity with young men in community-based spaces. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English Association, Boston, MA.

Lee, C.C. & Mann, J.C. (2024, April). Naming Our Truths: The diasporic tellings of Black African youth from refugee backgrounds. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Education Research Association, Philadelphia, PA.

Lee, C.C., Peachey, K., Turner, J. & Wiseman, A. (2024, April). “So I painted it to have the meaning”: Exploring critical multimodal literacy practices with youth. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Education Research Association, Philadelphia, PA.

Donovan, C., Peachey, K., Lee, C.C., & Picart, J. (2023, April). Pursuing our truths: Critical literacy and positive youth development within community-based spaces. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Education Research Association, Chicago, IL.

Peachey, K. & Lee, C.C. (2023, March). Writing to Grieve: Solidarity in times of loss in educational community spaces. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English Association of Research, Davis, CA.

Lee, C.C., Picart, J., & Mann, J. (2022, November). Amplifying the voices of underserved students in community-based organizations. Invited presentation for the NCTE Grant Foundation Award Winners at annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English. 

Mann, J., Donovan, C., Peachey, K. & Lee, C.C. (2022, November). Grappling and growing through stories of hope and sorrow. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Literacy Research Association, Phoenix, AZ.

Lee, C. C., Mann, J., Manns, L., & Barber, J. (2022, April). Hope against hope: A critical poetic inquiry with youth of color in a community-based organization. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Education Research Association. [Virtual].

Lee, C. C., Donovan, C. & Mann, J. (2022, February). Humanizing stories: The potential of community-based partnerships for English Language Arts pre-service teacher education. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English Assembly of Research. [Virtual].

Mann, J.C., Lowery, A.N., Manns, L.D., Peachey, K. (2022, February). Centering Participant Voices in Research. Presented at the annual Equity Research Symposium. North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.

Lee, C. C., Jacobs, L., & Mann, J. (2021, December). Writing with dignity among urban youth: Using mentor texts as a reflective tool for transformation. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Literacy Research Association. [Virtual].

Lee, C. C., Dufresne, K.V., Jacobs, L., Donovan, C., & Mann, J. (2021, December). Writing girlhood: Narratives of healing among adolescent girls in a community-based organization. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Literacy Research Association. [Virtual].

Dufresne, K. & Lee C.C. (2021, January) “I Still Believe in Myself”: Amplifying the Voices of Marginalized and Underserved Youth. Modern Language Association, #OwnVoices in Children’s and Adolescent Literature. Toronto, Canada.

Lee, C.C., Marciano, J., VanDerHeide, J., and Watson, V. (2020, November) “Amplifying Youth Voices and Songs in University-Community Partnerships.” Panel will be presented at the National Council for Teachers of English Annual Conference, Denver, CO.

Dufresne, K., Watts-Offret, P., Lee, C., & Picart, J. (2020, March). Empowering the Voices of North Carolina’s Youth: Publishing and Coding Student-Crafted Literature. NC State University Gender & Equity Research Symposium. Raleigh, NC.

Dufresne, K., Schoonover, N., and Lee, C.C. (2020 – not received). “‘We Need to be the Difference in the Community’: Student and Youth Activism through Writing and Sharing.” National Council for Teachers of English Annual Conference. Denver, CO.

Lee, C. C. & Schoonover N. (2019, December). “What was, What is, What will be”: Centering Youth Narratives in Community-Based Organizations. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Literacy Research Association, Tampa, FL.

Lee, C. C., Falter, M. & Schoonover N. (2019, December). Embracing the Tingles and Tensions: Tracing the Ordinary Affects in Latino/a Immigrant Youth Narratives. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Literacy Research Association, Tampa, FL.

Schoonover, N., Downs, K.V., & Lee, C. C. (2019, November ). Empowering Student Exploration in Community-Based Organizations: Guiding Youth in Advocating, Writing, and Sharing their Journeys through a Publishing Curriculum. Presentation submitted for the annual meeting of the National Council for Teachers of English Conference, Baltimore, MD.

Schoonover, N., Dufresne, K., & Lee, C. C. (2019, November). “Bringing a Publishing Curriculum to your Classroom with The Literacy and Community Initiative.” American Education Week at NC State University, Raleigh, NC.

Lee, C.C. (2018, October). The Roots of Our People: Examining the Narratives and Literacy Practices of Immigrant and First-Generation Latino/a Adolescents in Community Organizations. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Education and Social Justice Conference, Honolulu, HI.

Wiseman, A., Lee, C.C. & Atkinson, A. (2018. February). Engaging the Voices of the Margins: Using a Critical Lens to Hear the Narratives of the Community. Paper presented at the Annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English Assembly for Research, Towson, MD.

Lee, C.C. (2024, February). When Stories Matter. Invited keynote speaker for National Council of Teachers of English Association of Research Annual Conference. Austin, TX.

Lee, C. C. (2023, July). Amplifying youth voices. Invited virtual panelist for Smithsonian’s Asian Pacific American Center: Co-Creation Convening. Washington, DC. [Virtual]

Lee, C.C. (2023, March). Writing with dignity: Using mentor texts with youth in urban communities.  Invited virtual class speaker for University of Maryland-College Park, College Park, MD. [Virtual].  

Lee, C. C. (2021, October). Humanizing Stories: Amplifying Youth Voices through Critical Literacy. Invited speaker for English Education Field Workshop. Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY. [Virtual].

Lee, C. C. (2021, April). Building community-based research with university-community partnerships. Invited class speaker for Baylor University, Waco, TX. [Virtual].

Lee, C. C. (2020, October). Writing with Adolescent Girls at CORRAL Riding Academy to Support Transformational Change. Engaged Scholarship Grant Award Winner Presentation. Engaged Scholarship Consortium. [Virtual]

Lee, C. C. & Picart, J. (2020, October). Amplifying Youth Voices in University-Community Partnerships. Catalyst Grant Symposium. Friday Institute of Educational Innovation. [Virtual]

Byrd, C.M.., & Lee, C.C. (2020, August). Activating youth voices: Promoting activism and advocacy in teens and young adults. Webinar. North Carolina State University. https://go.ncsu.edu/studentactivism

Lee, C. C., Picart, J., Dufresne, K., & Watts-Offret, P. (cancelled due to COVID-19). “The Literacy and Community Initiative.” Outreach and Engagement: Spotlights on Engagement, NC State University, Raleigh, NC.

Dufresne, K., & Watts-Offret. (March 2020-canceled due to COVID-19) “A Collaborative Found Poem: The Visions of Juntos.” Juntos Convening, NC State University, Raleigh, NC.

Lee, C. C., Dufresne, K., & Schoonover, N. (November 2019). “Dessert with Democracy: Youth Empowerment and Advocacy through Writing.” The Friday Institute, Raleigh, NC.

Dufresne, K., & Schoonover, N. (July 2019) “We Are: Finding and Expressing the Self with Blackout Poetry.” Juntos Summer Academy, NC State University.

Picart, J., Lee, C. C., & Schoonover, N. (March 22 2019). The Literacy and Community Engagement Initiative. Friday-Institute Cross-Talk. NC State University.

Peachey, K. 2022 (March 8). Voicing Vulnerability: CORRAL Students and Staff. CORRAL Riding Academy. https://corralriding.org/voicing-vulnerability-corral-students-and-staff-featured-in-book-chapter/

Mann, J.C. 2020 (November 27). A night of stories: Power and vulnerability through blackout poetry. CORRAL Riding Academy. https://corralriding.org/a-night-of-stories-power-and-vulnerability-through-blackout-poetry/