Gerald Campano

Gerald Campano is an associate professor and Chair of the Reading/Writing/Literacy Department at the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education. His research and teaching focuses on practitioner inquiry, literacy and identity, and community partnerships. Gerald was a full-time classroom teacher in Houston, Puerto Rico, and California and has worked with adult English language learners in North Philadelphia. He is a Carnegie Scholar and the recipient of the David H. Russell Award for Distinguished Research in the Teaching of English from NCTE. Throughout his scholarship and teaching, he has been committed to creating opportunities for students to mobilize their identities and rich cultural resources in the elementary literacy curriculum.