Rebecca Black

Biography

Rebecca Black (PhD, University of Wisconsin–Madison) is an Assistant Professor of Language, Literacy, and Technology in the Department of Education at the University of California, Irvine. Her research interests center on how youth are using new technologies to learn, create, and communicate. Her publications include a recent book, Adolescents and Online Fan Fiction (Black, 2008) and articles in Research in the Teaching of English (Black, 2009) and the International Journal of Learning and Media (Lewis, Black & Tomlinson, 2009).

Sessions

• Early Childhood Literacy in Virtual Worlds for Tweens
  Thursday, June 10

  2:00–3:00

  Beefeater
• Discussant, Presentation on Fandom Production
  
  Friday, June 11
  11:00–12:30
  Beefeater