Kari Winters, née Moore (born 1969) is a Canadian

Canada

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 children's author and literacy researcher. She taught children's literature and drama at the University of British Columbia

University of British Columbia

The University of British Columbia is a public research university. UBC’s two main campuses are situated in Vancouver and in Kelowna in the Okanagan Valley...

 from 2004-2009. In January 2010 Winters assumed the post of Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Education at Brock University

Brock University

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 (Ontario).

Biography

Born in St. Thomas

St. Thomas, Ontario

St. Thomas is a city in southern , Ontario, Canada. It is the seat for Elgin County and gained its city charter on March 4, 1881.-History:...

, Ontario

Ontario

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, Winters has studied or taught in schools across North America

North America

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. Her master's thesis "Developing an Arts-Integrated Narrative Reading Comprehension Program for Less Proficient Grade 3 and 4 Students," on exploring the efficacy of using the arts to strengthen less proficient students' reading comprehension, was selected as best Master's Thesis in Literacy in Canada, 2005. Winters completed her PhD in 2009 with a dissertation entitled "Authorship as Assemblage: Multimodal Literacies of Play, Literature, and Drama." She holds a teaching degree from the University of Toronto

University of Toronto

The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...

, in regular and special education for children ages 3–13. She is also a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada

National Theatre School of Canada

The National Theatre School of Canada is a private college located in Montreal, Quebec.Established in Montreal in 1960, the National Theatre School of Canada offers professional training in English and French in a setting that unites all the theatre arts: acting, playwriting, directing, set and...

, where she earned a certificate in technical theatre. Her dramatic work included writing scripts for and performing with Vancouver's

Vancouver

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 theatre-for-literacy troupe Tickle Trunk Players.

Winters has published award-winning children's books, children's non-fiction articles, and academic articles. She says she didn't always consider herself a writer; many of her elementary school years were spent either resisting composition or struggling to write. Much of her current work explores how she came to appreciate storytelling and children's literature and eventually became a writer herself, and ways to effect a similar transformation in her students. Winters has been featured in radio and newspaper interviews and her academic work has been cited by other literacy researchers.

Books

• Jeffrey and Sloth
  Jeffrey and Sloth
  Jeffrey and Sloth is a children's book by Kari-Lynn Winters and Ben Hodson. It was published in March 2007 by Orca Book Publishers.Jeffrey and Sloth first appeared in a 2004 issue of Chameleon, a children's magazine published by the University of British Columbia, as "Jeffrey's Words Meet Sloth"...
  
  (Orca Book Publishers, 2007)
• aRHYTHMetic: A book and a half of poetry about math, by K. Winters, T. Stone, and L. Sherritt-Fleming, ill by S. Ritchie
  Scot Ritchie
  Scot Ritchie is a Canadian author and illustrator. He specializes in children's literature and has published in advertising, editorial, map, and educational material. His work can be found in publications including Wall St...
  
   (Gumboot Books, 2009)
• aRYTHMétique, adapted by Christine Jutras-Tarakdjian (Gumboot, 2009)
• Runaway Alphabet (Simply Read Books, 2009)
• When Chickens Fly (Gumboot Books, 2009)
• On My Walk
  On My Walk
  On My Walk is a young children's book by Kari-Lynn Winters and Christina Leist. It was published in 2009 by Tradewind Books.-Awards:* Finalist: and...
  
  (Tradewind Books, 2009)
• Stinky Skunk Mel (Simply Read Books, 2011)

Anthology contributions

• "Rumors," in Stephen Rogers (ed.), My First Year in the Classroom: 50 Stories That Celebrate the Good, the Bad, and the Most Unforgettable Moments (Cincinnati: Adams Media, 2009)
• "Rhyme or Reason," ill. by S. Ritchie
  Scot Ritchie
  Scot Ritchie is a Canadian author and illustrator. He specializes in children's literature and has published in advertising, editorial, map, and educational material. His work can be found in publications including Wall St...
  
  , in World of Stories (Gumboot Books, 2008)

Journal articles (selected)

• Winters, K. et al. (2010). “From image to ideology: analysing shifting identity positions of marginalized youth across the cultural sites of video production” In Pedagogies: An International Journal, 5(4), 298–312.
• Winters, K. (2010). “Quilts of authorship: A literature review of multimodal assemblage in the field of literacy education.” In Canadian Journal for New Scholars in Education, 3(1).
• Winters, Kari-Lynn, Belliveau, George, & Sherritt-Fleming, Lori. (Spring, 2009). "Shifting identities, literacy, and a/r/t/ography: Exploring an educational theatre company." Language and Literacy, 11(1).
• Rogers, Theresa, Winters, Kari-Lynn, Bryan, G., Price, J., McCormick, F., House, L., Mezzarobba, D., & Sinclaire, C. (March, 2009). "Developing the IRIS: Toward Situated and Valid Assessment Measures in Collaborative Professional Development and School Reform in Literacy." The Reading Teacher, 59(6), 544–553.
• Winters, K. "Letting Arnold Lobel Pack My Luggage". (Spring 2006) The Dragon Lode: Journal of the Children's Literature and Reading Special Interest Group, International Reading Association, 24(2) 46–50.

Children's non-fiction articles (selected)

• "Honey, I Shrunk My Liver." Know Magazine, 6 (Nov/Dec 2006), p. 4.
• "A Scientist Lives in Our Kitchen." Know Magazine, 9 (May/June, 2007), p. 18.
• "Monkeying Around with Perfume." Know Magazine, 9 (May/June, 2007), p. 3.
• "Measure Me A Measurement." Know Magazine, 11 (September/October, 2007), p. 18.
• "Colorful Mistakes." Fandangle Magazine for Children, (September, 2007).

Children's fiction articles (selected)

• "Jeffrey's Wor(l)ds Meet Sloth," illustrated by Oana Capota. Chameleon Magazine, 2:1, 24-28 (2004).
• "Esper's Dream," illustrated by Tami Thirlwell. Chameleon Magazine, 3:1, 24-28 (2006).
• "Extreme Rollers." ChickaDEE Magazine, (January, 2008)
• "The Mightiest of All." Know Magazine, ( January, 2008)

Academic Books

• Winters, K. (2010). Beyond Words: Using the Arts to Enhance Early Reading Comprehension. Birmingham, AL: Look Again Press. Available online.

Academic book articles (selected)

• Winters, K. Rogers, T., Schofield, A (2006). "The Antigone Project: Exploring the Imaginative, Active, and Social Dimensions of Drama, Print Literacy, and Media." In Crumpler T., Schneider, J., and Rogers, T. (eds.). Process Drama: an Educational Tool for Developing Multiple Literacies. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
• Winters, K. and Rogers, T. (2010). "Textual Play, Satire, and Counter Discourses of Street Youth Zining Practices." In Alvermann, D. (ed.) Adolescents' Online Literacies: Connecting Classrooms, Digital Media, and Popular Culture (New Literacies and Digital Epistemologies), pp. 91–108. New York: Peter Lang Publishing.

Conference papers cited in third-party publications

• Rogers, T. and Winters, K. (2008). "Within 14 blocks: Zining with street youth in the YouthCLAIM project." Presented at the National Reading Conference. Orlando, FL.
• Rogers, T., Winters, K., Perry, M., & LaMonde, A. (2009). "The YouthCLAIM project: Researching critical literacies and arts-integrated media production among youth in classroom and community sites." Presented at the annual meeting of American Educational Research Association. San Diego, CA.

Education

• 1992: Honours Bachelor of Arts, Theatre, Brock University, St. Catharines Ontario
• 1994: Theatre Technician Certificate, National Theatre School, Montreal
• 1998: Diploma in Child Study (Master's equivalent), Institute of Child Study, University of Toronto (OISE/UT)
• 1998: Ontario Certificate of Qualification (Primary/Junior)
• 2004: Master of Arts, Language and Literacy Education, University of British Columbia
• 2009: Doctor of Philosophy, Language and Literacy Education, UBC

External links

• Kari-Lynn Winters personal website
• "Developing the IRIS: Toward Situated and Valid Assessment Measures in Collaborative Professional Development and School Reform in Literacy"
• "Esper's Dream"
• "Jeffrey's Wor(l)ds Meet Sloth"
• Orca Book Publishers' Jeffrey and Sloth page
• Tickle Trunk Players literacy drama troupe