The Virginia English Journal is a peer-reviewed journal of praxis for English language arts teacher candidates, practicing teachers, and teacher educators. The purpose of the journal is to provide a platform for sharing (a) research as well as scholarly interests and discoveries, to provide educators with theoretical understandings as well as practioner-friendly ideas; (b) pedagogical strategies, to focus on effective and innovative teaching practices; and (c) perspectives of teacher candidates and graduate students, to include the voice of English and English education majors interested in sharing their ideas with an audience of fellow educators.
Current Issue: Volume 72, Issue 1 (2024) Volume 72, Issue 1 (2024) Spring
Introduction from the Editor's Desk
Introduction From the Editor's Desk: Spring 2024
Cinde Wollenberg
Articles
“It's the Commonwealth's attempt to censor . . . what we teach”: Anti-LGBTQIA2S+ educational policy influences on rural secondary ELA teacher practices
Josh Thompson, Clint Whitten, and Karin Kaerwer
Engaging Students in Writing with Nonfiction Social Justice Texts
Tracy Spurlin-Saravanan
Lessons from The Bluest Eye: The Discovery of Self
Shanda D. Boone-Hurdle
The Learning Center: Changing Your Writing Center to a Learning Center
Kyle D. Trott Ph.D.
I Can... Will You?
Cheryl Golden
Book Review
Take a Risk: A Review of Expanding Literacy
Hollie M. Bergeron and Jenny M. Martin