Xenia Hadjioannou

Xenia Hadjioannou is assistant professor of Language and Literacy Education at the Lehigh Valley Campus of Penn State University, where she teaches reading methods, writing methods and children’s literature courses. Her research focuses on observing, describing, understanding and supporting practices that nurture literacy development. Much of her work involves the study of language-in-use: examinations of individuals and groups as they are interacting within and outside classroom settings. Another significant aspect of her research concerns the educational and social implications of specific linguistic and other semiotic choices made in the context of diverse interactions. Within this research strand fall her examination of non-standard dialect use in educational settings and her study of authentic classroom discussions. She has also conducted studies on context-sensitive implementations of exemplary instructional practices.