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Kerry H Alexander
@languageartist.bsky.social
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Artist, writer, teacher, mom 🧡 Elementary literacy pedagogy and practice; Assistant Professor of Literacy Education at the University of Maryland College Park. ✨ www.languageartistry.com ✨
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Jane has always been an inspiration to me—unwavering in her scholarly discernment, relational ethics, and advocacy. May she rest in peace. 💗
Kerry holds a picture of Jane Goodall.
October 1, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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Hey hey #literacies we’re trending again!
A screenshot of a BlueSky post noting the trending hashtags over the last 15 minutes. The #literacies hashtag is highlighted and circled to emphasize the notification.
February 26, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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✨Reading teachers! ✨The UMD Reading Specialist program aligns with Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) certification and is approved by the Association for Advancing Quality in Educator Preparation. Earn yourMaster of Education (M.Ed.) degree. ❤️🐢🖤 #EduSky #literacy #reading
See this website: https://academiccatalog.umd.edu/graduate/programs/curriculum-instruction-edci/reading-specialist-cert-med/
February 8, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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#watercolor morning
Abstract watercolor painting, warm colors, and an ink lined and leafing branch in the left center.
January 23, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Waking up to new moon, fresh sunshine, wide-open writing possibilities. Not bad #Monday.
Image of a small melting snowman. The sun is bright in the background.
January 13, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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On writing & research: "At such a time more conceptual creativity is necessary, & more theoretical courage is needed in order to bring about the leap across inertia, nostalgia, aporia & the other forms of critical stasis induced by our historical condition." -Braidotti, Writing as a Nomadic Subject
An abstract watercolor painting. The colors are muted but natural, blues and oranges. The paint colors the whole canvas.
December 18, 2024 at 6:43 PM
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Bye #LRA2024; bye Atlanta. The conversation and tea were tops. Stay warm.
Picture of a hot toddy from Bread and Butterfly restaurant.
December 7, 2024 at 4:37 PM
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Thankful.
Booted feet at the bottom of steps. Lots of colorful leaves.
November 27, 2024 at 1:24 PM
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The coffee warmer.
I had no idea.
#writing
Image shows a coffee mug on top of a coffee warmer on a desk.
November 22, 2024 at 1:14 PM
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Or, as Mary says: “To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work” ✍️ #AlwaysWriting #WriterQuotes #TeachingWriters #EduSky
A hand holds a tiny paper with a quote by Susan Sontag. It reads: A writer, I think, is someone who pays attention to the world.”
November 21, 2024 at 9:15 PM
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✨ Are you an elementary literacy educator interested in pursuing a PhD? ✨ Apply to the University of Maryland! Apps due Dec. 3rd. 🐢 education.umd.edu/academics/pr...
The Teaching and Learning, Policy and Leadership - Language, Literacy, and Social Inquiry Specialization, Ph.D. program is focused on the study of language and literacy learning in pre-kindergarten through high school. Our program offers two areas of focus, Applied Linguistics and Language Education, and Literacy Education, that will prepare you for roles as researchers, curriculum specialists, teacher educators and educational leaders. Students have research interests ranging from bi/multilingualism, bilingual/dual language education and code switching to culturally responsive approaches to elementary reading instruction, research comprehension strategies and vocabulary for literacy learning.
November 20, 2024 at 10:40 PM
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… I wouldn’t say unnecessary 🤷‍♀️
Image shows screenshot of grammarly’s notification of my top five grammar mistakes: Unnecessary ellipses, Incorrect noun form, missing article, missing period, and missing comma in a series
November 18, 2024 at 6:43 PM
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New climate = new treasure ✨ #americansycamore #fall #maryland
November 16, 2024 at 4:51 PM
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@lrtmp.bsky.social we love a new pub! ✨🧡✨
November 15, 2024 at 3:12 PM
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New here! Hoping to follow artists, writers, academics, educators. 🧡 Not sure how it all works yet… watercolor painting to brighten the feed ✨
November 13, 2024 at 1:07 AM