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Michael J. Young, Ph. D.

@suupermichael.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor, Elementary Literacy Education, Illinois State University. Critical Educator/Scholar. Queer. Dog Dad. Views are my own. Unless you share them. Then they're ours. In dialogue, of course.

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Michael J. Young, Ph. D. @suupermichael.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
I’m excited to share that I’m guest editing a special issue of Thresholds in Education about the state of literacy education. You can check out the full call for papers at tinyurl.com/Literacy-2027. #academicsky #iteavhenglish #edusky
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Thresholds in Education: Theme Issue Calls for Proposals
Critical Quantitative Methods in EducationGuest Edited by Benjamin Brumley, David Sul, & Thao Vo The State of Literacy EducationGuest Edited by Michael J. Young
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Michael J. Young, Ph. D. @suupermichael.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
🚨New Publication Alert! 🚨 Excavation, Emotionality, and Evasion: Examining Racial Literacy Development in Elementary Teacher Education in the Journal of Equity and Social Justice in Education. equity-ed.org/archives/985 #edusky #academicsky #iteachenglish
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Michael J. Young, Ph. D. @suupermichael.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
To participate, visit: tinyurl.com/3jk8tjs9. Please share widely.
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Michael J. Young, Ph. D. @suupermichael.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
The study will involve one brief survey and a 30-60-minute one-on-one interview with the research team. Participants who complete the survey and are selected for and complete the interview will be eligible to receive a $150 electronic gift card.
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Qualtrics Survey | Qualtrics Experience Management
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Michael J. Young, Ph. D. @suupermichael.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Are you an Illinois teacher or school leader? Do you have experience with literacy teaching and/or literacy leadership? We invite you to participate in a study examining educators experiences in teaching literacy and/or leading literacy programming in Illinois. #academicsky #edusky #iteachenglish
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Whippoorwill Book Award @whippoorwillaward.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Announcing the 2025 Whippoorwill Book Award Winner and Honor Books! #iteachenglish #edusky #academicsky
Image announcing the 2025 Whippoorwill Book Award winner and honor books. 

This year, we announce one (1) winner and nine (9) honor books:

2025 Award Winner:
-John Cochran, Breaking into Sunlight, Little Brown

Honor Books (listed in alphabetical order by author last name):
-Tom Birdseye, There is No Map for This, Groundwood Books
-K.A. Cobell, Looking for Smoke, Heartdrum
-Mike Deas & Nancy Deas, Crystal Cave, Orca
-Erin Hahn, Even if it Breaks Your Heart, Wednesday Books
-Trina Rathgeber, Alina Pete, & Jillian Dolan, Lost at Windy River, Orca
-Mason Stokes, All the Truth I Can Stand, Calkins Creek/Astra Books
-Jennifer Torres, Vega’s Piece of the Sky, Little Brown
-Jenna Voris, Every Time You Hear That Song, Viking/Penguin
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Michael J. Young, Ph. D. @suupermichael.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
We're searching for an Assistant/Associate Professor of Bilingual-BiCultural Education. Come work with us! #edusky #academicsky jobsearch.illinoisstate.edu/en-us/job/52...
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Assistant/Associate Professor of Bilingual-Bicultural Education | Jobs | Illinois State
Search Illinois State job listings and apply for open positions that match your skills and career goals.
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Michael J. Young, Ph. D. @suupermichael.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
🚨🚨 New Publication Alert: Structured, Scripted, and Erased: An Invitation to Recast the Science to Cultivate a Humanity of Readers. 🚨🚨 doi.org/10.33600/IRC... #academicsky #edusky #iteachEnglish
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Michael J. Young, Ph. D. @suupermichael.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Illinois Teachers! Join us for the 2025 Illinois State Literacy Conference at Illinois State University. Register at tinyurl.com/ROE17PD. #edusky #academicsky #iteachenglish
Poster for the 2025 Illinois State Literacy Conference. For more information, please visit tinyurl.com/ROE17PD.
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Michael J. Young, Ph. D. @suupermichael.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Today is the day. #literacyresearch #academicsky #edusky #iteachenglish
Image of presentation title: “Structured, Scripted, and Erased: Realizing Literacies of Humanity through Trust and Joy.”Image of poster promoting the 2025 Wisconsin Literacy Research Symposium.
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Michael J. Young, Ph. D. @suupermichael.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
I believe some may be, but not all.
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Michael J. Young, Ph. D. @suupermichael.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Join us for the 2025 Wisconsin Literacy Research Symposium this summer as we look at shifting the power to humanize literacy policy and practice. Keynote speakers: Drs. Elena Aydarova, Crystal Wise, and Michael Young. bit.ly/4iNXwQN #literacy #literacyresearch #academicsky #edusky #iteachEnglish
Promotional flyer for the 2025 Wisconsin Literacy Research Symposium with keynote speakers: Drs. Elena Aydarova, Crystal Wise, and Michael Young. The event to be held at UW-Eau Claire. Please visit: https://bit.ly/4iNXwQN for additional information.
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Michael J. Young, Ph. D. @suupermichael.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Join us for the 2025 Wisconsin Literacy Research Symposium this summer as we look at shifting the power to humanize literacy policy and practice. Keynote speakers: Drs. Elena Aydarova, Crystal Wise, and Michael Young. bit.ly/4iNXwQN #literacy #literacyresearch #academicsky #edusky #iteachEnglish
Promotional flyer for the 2025 Wisconsin Literacy Research Symposium with keynote speakers: Drs. Elena Aydarova, Crystal Wise, and Michael Young. The event to be held at UW-Eau Claire. Please visit: https://bit.ly/4iNXwQN for additional information.
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Michael J. Young, Ph. D. @suupermichael.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
I 🫶 my governor. Most days.
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Congratulations to 650 faculty from United Faculty of Illinois State/University Professionals of Illinois who have their first contract today! This contract will bring transformative change for faculty, students, and community at ISU.✊🎉 www.wglt.org/local-news/2...
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ISU and faculty union reach tentative deal, averting strike
Illinois State University and its faculty union reached a tentative agreement Friday that will avert a strike that could have begun at any moment. Terms of the deal were not immediately clear.
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Michael J. Young, Ph. D. @suupermichael.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Behold the power of collective action! Strike avoided with a tentative agreement between the faculty union and #IllinoisStateUniversity admin. #edusky #academicsky
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Michael J. Young, Ph. D. @suupermichael.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Faculty standing up for students. Students standing up for faculty. Standing together to hold a university administration accountable to its community. This is the power of organizing. This is teaching and learning in community. #academicsky #edusky comradefranson.substack.com/p/students-m...
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Students must stand in solidarity with United Faculty of ISU
Students are a crucial part to Illinois State University. UFISU fights for us, so we must fight for them, too.
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Michael J. Young, Ph. D. @suupermichael.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
It has been many years since I signed my first #union card. Today, I am a proud member of the ISU union as we continue to stand up to a university administration that must be held accountable to the community it serves. #strongertogether #academicsky #edusky #unionstrong jacobin.com/2025/03/illi...
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Illinois State University Is Facing a Potential Faculty Strike
Elite institutions of higher education tend to grab most headlines. But non-elite public colleges have dealt with relentless austerity for decades — which is why Illinois State University faculty just...
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Michael J. Young, Ph. D. @suupermichael.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Centering Readers Means Centering Equity Catherine Compton-Lilly, Ed.D. - College of Education | University of South Carolina Register in advance for this free webinar: minnstate.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #edusky #academicsky #iteachenglish
Poster describing webinar: Centering Readers Means Centering Equity, Catherine Compton-Lilly, Ed.D. - College of Education | University of South
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Michael J. Young, Ph. D. @suupermichael.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
United Faculty of ISU members voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike, and our union officially filed the required Intent to Strike notice with the IL Educational Labor Relations Board. With the legally required 10-day notice filed, members may go on strike as early as April 4. www.ufisu-upi.org
United Faculty of ISU (UFISU) members voted overwhelmingly last week to authorize a strike, and our union officially filed the required Intent to Strike notice today with the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board. With the legally required 10-day notice filed, members may go on strike as early as April 4. 

The filing does not mean that the 650 members represented by UFISU will definitely go on strike, but allows the union to do so, if needed. The parties are scheduled to bargain again with the assistance of a federal mediator on March 28, April 2, and April 4. Critical items still to be resolved include workloads that allow for adequate time to interact with students, fair compensation, leave policies for new parents and caregivers, and university commitments for student mental health support.

“As faculty, we are dedicated to ensuring that our students get the high-quality education and services they deserve," said Dr. Derek M. Sparby, Associate Professor of English. "To continue to attract and retain world-class educators at ISU, this administration must bargain a fair agreement that shows they value our faculty and recognize what our students need to reach their potentials here at ISU. If President Tarhule and his team want to avoid a strike, they need to fulfill their responsibilities to this university and its students immediately."I support the UGISU faculty image with logo.
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Ansley Erickson @ansleyerickson.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Twiddling your thumbs while waiting to hear whether Columbia will negotiate with a higher-ed kidnapper? Give this a read. Several wonderful Teachers College faculty and I wrote about how we see this moment in Us education across the life span. docs.google.com/document/d/e...
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A Statement by Teachers College, Columbia University Faculty
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Michael J. Young, Ph. D. @suupermichael.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
This is the way.
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Michael J. Young, Ph. D. @suupermichael.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
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Steve Cicala @stevecicala.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
This one’s for all the university admins complying in advance: there is another way.
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Michael J. Young, Ph. D. @suupermichael.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
🚨New Publication Alert!🚨 'When the State looks at you’: Administering whiteness through surveillance, affect, and efficiency in elementary literacy teaching. Published (open access) in Whiteness and Education: doi.org/10.1080/2379... #academicsky #edusky #iteachenglish @tandfresearch.bsky.social
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‘When the state looks at you’: administering whiteness through surveillance, affect, and efficiency in elementary literacy teaching
Elementary literacy education policy continues to centre intensified use of standardised testing in the early elementary grades across the United States. The increase of datafication in schooling w...
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Michael J. Young, Ph. D. @suupermichael.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
#edusky #academicsky
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Michael J. Young, Ph. D. @suupermichael.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
I conclude by considering how these influences work to administer whiteness in the name of literacy.
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Michael J. Young, Ph. D. @suupermichael.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
the findings highlight the ways white teachers responded to networks of surveillance, the salience of whiteness in these responses, and how literacy teaching was then shaped through the polic(y)ing of literacy and literacy teaching as something to be administered.
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Michael J. Young, Ph. D. @suupermichael.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
In this article, I examine the influences of high stakes testing, education policy, surveillance, and whiteness on literacy teaching. Informed by Foucault’s disciplinary power, critical race theory in education, and critical whiteness studies,
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Michael J. Young, Ph. D. @suupermichael.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
🚨New Publication Alert!🚨 'When the State looks at you’: Administering whiteness through surveillance, affect, and efficiency in elementary literacy teaching. Published in Whiteness and Education: dx.doi.org/10.1080/2379... (Open Access).
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Michael J. Young, Ph. D. @suupermichael.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
New Rule: When you receive a peer-reviewed article acceptance you’ve labored over for years, you must Ted Lasso Carlton. ✅
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 20/02/2025
Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage.
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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
A source stationed in Germany has sent me emails showing the principal at a Department of Defense school, Weisbaden Middle, telling teachers they can no longer allow books to be checked out until someone has reviewed them for compliance with Trump’s anti-trans, anti-diversity ex orders.
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Michael J. Young, Ph. D. @suupermichael.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
🤬🤬🤬
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Michael J. Young, Ph. D. @suupermichael.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
That I just submitted a new manuscript feeling.
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Michael J. Young, Ph. D. @suupermichael.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
🚨🚨New Publication Alert🚨🚨: The 2024 Whippoorwill Award: Gathering Stories of Indigeneity, Connection, and Belonging. @whippoorwillaward.bsky.social #edusky #academicsky #IteachEnglish #booksky
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Michael J. Young, Ph. D. @suupermichael.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
I mean, have they met the other parts of speech?! Adverbs are definitely terrifying.
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California Department of Education @cadepted.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
President Trump issued an executive order to find out what education funds he can legally rescind based on curriculum he doesn’t like. Existing law already answers that question —nothing.
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Michael J. Young, Ph. D. @suupermichael.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Manuscript acceptance emails, even implied or explicitly conditional ones, are nice to receive. They help.
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Michael J. Young, Ph. D. @suupermichael.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
“Book bans are real…While a parent has the right to guide their own children’s reading, their beliefs and prejudices should not dictate what another parent chooses for their own children.”
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Michael J. Young, Ph. D. @suupermichael.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Be sure to check out our YA Wednesday post celebrating the "Intersections of Indigeneity and Rurality in the 2024 Whippoorwill Award Books." #booksky #librarysky #Academicsky #edusky #iteachEnglish @whippoorwillaward.bsky.social www.drbickmoresyawednesday.com/weekly-posts...
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Intersections of Indigeneity and Rurality in 2024 Whippoorwill Award Books
​Erika L. Bass is an Assistant Professor of English Education at the University of Northern Iowa. Her research focuses on writing instruction, rural education, and teacher preparation; often those...
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Michael J. Young, Ph. D. @suupermichael.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Same. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🩷🩵🤍🖤🤎
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Kate Messner @katemessner.com · 12/01/2025
Teachers & librarians! Want an author or illustrator to Zoom into your classroom for World Read Aloud Day? Here's a list of 300+ volunteers who will celebrate with your readers next month! katemessner.com/zoom-with-an...
Cartoon animals - elephant, panda, giraffe, etc.  with text: FEBRUARY 5, 2025 World Read Aloud Day
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Michael J. Young, Ph. D. @suupermichael.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
A country where we hire sports coaches and tell them to cover the white supremacist social studies textbook before practice and where we think test scores are more important than kids so we cut social studies and science so we can fit in more test prep and call it reading, math, and intervention.
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Michael J. Young, Ph. D. @suupermichael.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
As a former Iowan and uiowa grad, this makes me sick, angry, and sad.
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Dr. Tiffany A. Flowers @drtiffanyaflowers.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
As Chair of the Social Policy and Legislative Committee of ALER, we put together a research brief to help teachers, librarians, and parents track this legislation by state. I hope this helps. 2024 Special Policy Brief on Book Banning... cdn.ymaws.com/www.aleronli...
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Michael J. Young, Ph. D. @suupermichael.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Preach, Samwise.
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Michael J. Young, Ph. D. @suupermichael.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Recognizing Inclusivity in Rural Spaces through Young Adult Literature
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Recognizing inclusivity in rural spaces in young adult literature: Dr. Michael Young serves as juror for the Whippoorwill Award
The whippoorwill is a bird known for its distinct song in many remote spaces. The Whippoorwill Award shares this bird’s name to honor young adult and middle-grade literature that brings diversity, …
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Michael J. Young, Ph. D. @suupermichael.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Ready to discuss Influential Literacy Tactics: Shaping Opinions and Beliefs through Language and Discourse at #LRA2024.
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Michael J. Young, Ph. D. @suupermichael.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
#LRA2024 presentation a success. Great conversations about engaging in racial literacy development with teacher candidates.
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