Sarah Jerasa

Assistant Professor, Literacy

Office: 401-C Old Main
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Email: sjerasa@clemson.edu
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Website: https://www.sarahjerasa.com/

Educational Background

Ph.D. Curriculum and Instruction
University of Houston 2023

M.A.T. Elementary Education
University of Virginia 2006

BA History
University of Virginia 2006

Profile

Selected Publications

Jerasa, S., Mitchell, M., Dokes, R., & Anagnostopoulos, J. (2024). Contemporary
Issues in Technology and Teacher Education, 24(4). https://citejournal.org/volume-24/issue-4-24/english-language-arts/tiktok-to-booktok-preservice-teachers-navigating-situating-and-transferring-their-digital-literacy-practices-for-teacher-preparation

Aleo, T., Jerasa, S., & Nash, B. (2024). “What Would Other Swifties Think?”:
Multimodal Composing with Communities in Mind. English Journal, 113(4), 26-37. https://doi.org/10.58680/ej2024113427

Hutchison, L., Jerasa, S., Ahmmed, R., & Holcomb, E. (2024). Reexamining the
Dolch Basic Sight Word List: Contemporary Considerations for Culturally Sustaining
Approaches to Assess Sight Word Development. Literacy Research and Instruction Journal, https://doi.org/10.1080/19388071.2024.2321209

Jerasa, S. & Burriss, S. K. (2024). Writing With, For, and Against the
Algorithm: TikTokers' Relationships with AI as Audience, Co-Author, and Censor.
English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 23(1), 118-134. https://doi.org/10.1108/ETPC-08-2023-0100

Jerasa, S., Ely, L. & Hutchison, L. (2024). Examining Our Roles of Literacy
Sponsorship for Students’ Equitable Book Access. English Journal, 113 (3), 65-72. https://doi.org/10.58680/ej2024113365

Courses Taught

Graduate Level Courses
EDLT 9220 Home, Family, and Community Literacies
EDLT 9220 Research in the Early Literacy Development
EDLT 8120 Assessment Strategies for Reading and Writing
EDLT 8170 Content Area Reading and Writing for Early Childhood and
Elementary Classroom Teachers.

Teacher Education Courses
EDLT 4610 Content Area Reading and Writing
EDLT 4590 Teaching Reading in the Early Grades (K-3)

Research Interests

digital literacies
motivation
literacy access
reading and writing instruction