Corrine Wickens, Ph.D.

Professor, Literacy Education

Department

Curriculum and Instruction

Education

• Ph.D., Texas A & M University
• M.Ed., Texas A & M University
• B.A., Indiana University

Research Interests

Professor Wickens teaches courses and conducts research in the intersecting areas of gender and sexualities, curriculum and adolescent literacy.

Recent Publications

• Wickens, C. and Parker, J. (2024). "It’s like coming out of the cave into the light": The role of literacy integration in physical education. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 43(1), 171-178.
• Cappeart, G. B. and Wickens, C. M. (2023). "I am Kichwa": The multiple layers of identity construction of an Indigenous Ecuadoran NNES teacher. TESOL Quarterly, 57(2), 433-455. 
• Wickens, C. M. and Junco, E. (2021). "Every person is a possibility": A post- postmodern analysis of LGBTQ young adult novel Every Day. Children’s Literature Association Quarterly, 46(2), 160-177.
• Wickens, C. M. and Miller, T. (2021). Gender, digital literacies, and higher education: Examinations of Equity. In N. Niemi & M. Hightower-Weaver (Eds.), Handbook of Gender Equity in Higher Education (pp. 53-68). Wiley.
• Manderino, M. A., Wickens, C. M., and Glover, E. A. (2015). Classroom blogging to develop disciplinary literacy. Pytash, K., Ferdig, R., and Rasinski, T. (Eds.), Using Technology to Enhance Reading: Innovative Approaches to Literacy Instruction. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
• Wickens, C. M., Manderino, M., and Glover, E. A. (2015, March). Developing disciplinary literacy through classroom blogging. Voices from the Middle, 22(3), 24-32.
• Cohen, J.A, and Wickens, C. M. (2015, February). Speaking English and the loss of heritage language. TESL-EJ: Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language, 18(4).
• Manderino, M., and Wickens, C. M. (2014). Addressing disciplinary literacy in the Common Core standards. Illinois Council of Reading Journal, 42(2), 28-39.

Awards

• College of Education Faculty Fellow (2024-2026). Northern Illinois University. Project title: Dreams of Justice: Shifts in LGBTQ Young Adult Literature in the 21^st Century.
• Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Faculty Fellow (Inaugural year, 2022-2023).
• Northern Illinois University. Project title: Dreams of Justice: Shifts in LGBTQ Young Adult Literature in the 21^st Century.
• College of Education. (2019). Exceptional Contributions in Diversity/ Social Justice Award.
• Northern Illinois University.
• 2008 Qualitative Research SIG (AERA) Dissertation of the Year Award
• Texas Center for the Advancement of Literacy and Learning Fellowship 2006-2007- $25,000

Courses Taught

• LTCY 536 Literacy Research
• LTLA 541 Young Adult Literature
• LTRE 311 Content Area Literacy Instruction
• LTRE 511 Teaching Reading in the Content Areas
• LTRE 712 Correlates of Reading