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"Let Them Read Trash: The Power of Marginalized Text to Promote Imagination, Satisfaction, and Social Action"

 Morning Keynote Presentation

with additional breakout sessions

"Fresh Takes on Literary Elements" and "Action Strategies for Readers"

Dr. Jeffrey D. Wilhelm is an internationally-known teacher, author, and presenter. A classroom teacher for fifteen years, Dr. Wilhelm is currently Professor of English Education at Boise State University. He works in local schools as part of the Professional Development Site Network, and teaches middle and high school students each spring. He is the founding director of the Maine Writing Project and the Boise State Writing Project.

He has authored or co-authored 20 texts about literacy teaching. He has won the two top research awards in English Education: the NCTE Promising Research Award for “You Gotta BE the Book” (TC Press) and the NCTE Russell Award for Distinguished Research for “Reading Don’t Fix No Chevys”. One co-publication from NCTE and Scholastic is entitled Fresh Takes on Teaching Literary Elements. He has worked on numerous materials and software programs for students and has edited a series of 100 books for reluctant readers entitled The Ten. Most recently, Dr. Wilhelm is the program developer for Scholastic's E-21 reading program. Jeff enjoys speaking, presenting, working with students and schools.