Faculty Profile
Alfred Tatum, Associate Professor and Director of UIC Reading Clinic
Curriculum & Instruction
Mailing Address: 1040 W. Harrison M/C 147 Chicago IL 60607
Email: atatum1@uic.edu
Office Phone: 312-413-3883
EDUCATION
- Ph.D., University of Illinois at ChicagoRESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS
Dr. Tatum's research foci are adolescent literacy, teacher professional development, and the literacy development of African American males.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (more)
- Tatum, A. W. (2008). Toward a more anatomically complete model of literacy instruction: A focus on African male adolescents and texts. Harvard Educational Review, 78(1), 155-180.
- Tatum, A. W. (2008). African American Males at Risk: A Researcherﾒs Study of Endangered Males and Literature that Works. In S. Lehr (Ed.), Shattering the looking glass:Issues, Controversy, and Trends in Childrenﾒs Literature (pp. 137-153). Norwood, MA: Christopher Gordon Publishers.
- Tatum, A.W. & Fisher, T. A. (2008). Nurturing resilience among adolescent readers. In S. Lenski & J. Lewis (Eds.), Addressing the Needs of Struggling Middle Level and High School Readers (pp. 58-73). New York: Guilford.
- Tatum, A. W. (2007) Literacy Development of African American Males. In A. Berger, L. Rush, & J. Eakle (Eds.), Secondary School Reading and Writing: What Research Reveals. Urbana, IL: NCTE.
- Tatum, A. W. (2007). Building the Textual Lineages of African American Male Adolescents. In K. Beers, R. Probst, & L. Rief (Eds.), Adolescent Literacy, (pp. 81-85). Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
- Tatum, A. W. (2006). Adolescentsﾒ multiple identities and teacher professional development: In D. Alvermann, K. Hinchman, D.Moore, S. Phelps, and D. Waff (Eds.), Reconceptualizing the Literacies in Adolescentsﾒ Lives II, (pp. 65-79). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.