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Karis Jones Ph.D. @karismjones.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

New release: ETPC special issue "Advancing critical gaming literacies in language arts and literacy education”! Gather your teacher bffs, Discord server, or PSTs to play our *roleplaying game* for reading the issue together 🎮🎲👾 www.emerald.com/etpc/article... @virginiak.bsky.social

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Guest editorial: Advancing critical gaming literacies in language arts and literacy education

Games proliferate in our modern world, ranging from online video games to board games and table-top roleplaying games, each with their unique communities and practices. Accordingly, it can be difficul...

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Virginia Killian Lund @virginiak.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Check out our latest Roll for [Blank]! On our substack here: tinyurl.com/mr3z5vsz

Suzanne Ensmann smiles in front of a brick building, arms folded.

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Virginia Killian Lund @virginiak.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

The Critical Gaming Literacies Study Group is on substack! Check out our first installment of Roll for [Blank] featuring @nashb.bsky.social on rollforblank.substack.com #criticalgaming #literacies

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Virginia Killian Lund @virginiak.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Thrilled to share this new pub! In this article, my brilliant coauthors and I explore a framework for narrative activity in a variety of texts. It’s open access- please read, share, and tell me what you think! doi.org/10.1002/rrq....

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<em>Reading Research Quarterly</em> | ILA Literacy Journal | Wiley Online Library

The Reader–Player Interactivity Framework offers a cross-disciplinary model to understand narrative interactivity.

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Human Restoration Project @humanrestorationproject.org · 22/11/2025

Today's guests argue that the narratives & themes of English class are everywhere for those equipped to see them. 👇 @karismjones.bsky.social @mraleosays.bsky.social @virginiak.bsky.social @nashb.bsky.social www.humanrestorationproject.org/podcasts/are... #literacies #NCTE2025 #edchat

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Virginia Killian Lund @virginiak.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

“I wish Tums Chewables came in a Nerds Gummy Cluster form” is both a) an actual thought I just had and b) a perfect way to summarize my relationship to wellness at this particular moment in time.

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eve6 @eve6.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Nazi punks fuck off for sure but I'd love for nazis who like other types of music and ones who don't like music at all to also fuck off

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Karis Jones Ph.D. @karismjones.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Celebrating the start to the new year with a new publication from the Critical Gaming #Literacies Study Group investigating how teachers can build empathy through speculative #ttrpg storytelling. Please download & use! Free eprint here: lnkd.in/ejj5fAFE Game available here: lnkd.in/eN8MKYaa

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Virginia Killian Lund @virginiak.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

For those of us interested in gaming and interactivity as a way to invite learners to engage with narratives, this game and essay is a special kind of hotness: thelongcontext.com

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You Exist In The Long Context

Thoughts on the quiet revolution of long-context AI models, from NotebookLM's Editorial Director Steven Johnson.

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Virginia Killian Lund @virginiak.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

So excited to share our work and learn from other folks in this session! Please join us on Friday at #NCTE2024!

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Virginia Killian Lund @virginiak.bsky.social · 04/02/2024

I’m so happy that this article has made its way to the world: It’s got everything: libraries! Talented young folks! A call to consider how public institutions connect young adults to resource- and relationship-rich spaces! eprint link for folks who don’t have access to this journal:

urldefense.proofpoint.com

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Virginia Killian Lund @virginiak.bsky.social · 23/01/2024

I am reading this 18th century book about the nomenclature of colors and you guys sometimes I’m jealous of these back-in-the-day people who got to write stuff like “velvet black is the color of black velvet” and people would be like “excellent insight, no notes.”

Photo of a book page that reads “No. 23. velvet black, is the characteristic color of the blacks; it is the color of black velvet. W.”

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Karis Jones Ph.D. @karismjones.bsky.social · 03/12/2023

What happens when a panel of designers and expert game facilitators joins researchers from the Literacy Research Association's Critical Gaming Literacies Study Group? Join this webinar and learn how games can facilitate youth learning.

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