Dr. Charles Elster, Professor
Department of Literacy Studies and Elementary Education

 

Stevenson 2013A
707.664.2350 tel
707.664.2483 fax

elster@sonoma.edu

 

Professional Memberships:

American Educational Research Association
National Reading Conference,
International Reading Association,
National Council of Teachers of English

Publications, Grants, Research:

Elster, C. (2000, September). Entering and opening the world of a poem. Language Arts, 78(1), 71-77.

Elster, C., & Hanauer, D. (2002). Voicing texts, voices around texts: Reading poems in elementary school classrooms. Research in the Teaching of English.37, 89-134.

Elster, C. (2003). Authority, performance and interpretation in religious reading: Critical issues of cross-cultural communication and multiple literacies. Journal of Literacy Research, 35, 663-692.

Elster, C. (2003). The seeker of secrets: Images of learning, knowing and schooling in the Harry Potter books. In E. Heilman (Ed.), Harry Potter's world: Multidisciplinary critical perspectives.(pp. 203-220. New York: Routledge Falmer.

Elster, C. (2005). Legends of the golem in popular culture and children's literature. In D. Henderson & J. P. May (Eds.), Exploring culturally diverse literature for children and adolescents: Learning to listen in new ways. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

Education and Degrees:

M. A. and Ph. D., Education in Literacy & Language, University of California, Berkeley

B. A., Literature, Yale University.