2026 Donna E. Alvermann: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	51	2532	2309	1237	1114	218	14419

Research.com Recognitions

2012 - Fellow of the American Educational Research Association

Overview

Donna E. Alvermann is affiliated with the University of Georgia in the United States. Their research spans across multiple disciplines within the social sciences and arts and humanities, with a significant focus on literacy, media, and education.

Their work covers a range of academic fields, including:

Social Sciences
Arts and Humanities

Within these broader fields, they engage in various subfields of study such as:

Literature and Literary Theory
Education
Communication
Linguistics and Language
Sociology and Political Science

Their main topics of research include:

Literacy, Media, and Education
Multilingual Education and Policy
Child Development and Digital Technology
Radio, Podcasts, and Digital Media
Social Media and Politics
Gender, Feminism, and Media
Impact of Technology on Adolescents

Donna E. Alvermann has published research in several academic venues, notably:

Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy
The International Journal of Critical Media Literacy
Literacy Research Theory Method and Practice
English Education
Journal of Media Literacy Education

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Donna E. Alvermann include:

"Creating Gaps in Understanding: How Gen Z Disrupts Gender Norms on TikTok" (2021) published in The International Journal of Critical Media Literacy
"How Can We Study Children's/Youth's Out of School Experiences to Inform Classroom Practices?" (2020) published in Literacy Research Theory Method and Practice
"Adolescent Literacies" (2021) published in Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education
"Issue Information" (2022) published in Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy
"Research: Archival Encounters via Podcasts: Diversity and Voice in Practice" (2022) published in English Education

Frequent collaborators include:

William Wright
Ronald Seidel
Sandra Schamroth Abrams
Peggy Albers
Patricia L. Anders

Donna E. Alvermann's contributions have been recognized with awards such as being named a Fellow of the American Educational Research Association in 2012.

Best Publications

Effective Literacy Instruction for Adolescents

Donna E. Alvermann

1097
Citations
Popular Culture in the Classroom: Teaching and Researching Critical Media Literacy

Donna E. Alvermann;Jennifer S. Moon;Margaret C. Hagood

752
Citations
Secondary School Reading

Donna E. Alvermann;David W. Moore

670
Citations
Critical Media Literacy: Research, Theory, and Practice in “New Times”

Donna E. Alvermann;Margaret C. Hagood

644
Citations
Reading Adolescents' Reading Identities: Looking Back To See Ahead.

Donna E. Alvermann

586
Citations
Adolescents and Literacies in a Digital World

Donna E. Alvermann

585
Citations
Role of epistemological beliefs and learned helplessness in secondary school students' learning science concepts from text.

Gaoyin Qian;Donna Alvermann

585
Citations
Popular Culture in the Classroom: Teaching and Researching Critical Media Literacy. Literacy Studies Series.

Donna E. Alvermann;Jennifer S. Moon;Margaret C. Hagood

546
Citations
Why Bother Theorizing Adolescents' Online Literacies for Classroom Practice and Research?

Donna E. Alvermann

482
Citations
Prior Knowledge Activation and the Comprehension of Compatible and Incompatible Text.

Donna E. Alvermann;Lynn C. Smith;John E. Readence

461
Citations
The reading–science learning–writing connection: Breakthroughs, barriers, and promises

William G. Holliday;Larry D. Yore;Donna E. Alvermann

425
Citations
Content Reading and Literacy: Succeeding in Today's Diverse Classrooms

Donna E. Alvermann;Stephen F. Phelps

413
Citations
What Teachers Do When They Say They're Having Discussions of Content Area Reading Assignments: A Qualitative Analysis.

Donna E. Alvermann;David G. O'Brien;Deborah R. Dillon

366
Citations
Reconceptualizing the literacies in adolescents' lives

D Alvermann;K Hinchman;D Moore;S Phelps

355
Citations
Middle and High School Students' Perceptions of How They Experience Text-Based Discussions: A Multicase Study

Donna E. Alvermann;Josephine Peyton Young;Dera Weaver;Kathleen A. Hinchman

287
Citations
Fandom and Critical Media Literacy.

Donna E. Alvermann;Margaret C. Hagood

286
Citations
The Compensatory Effect of Graphic Organizers on Descriptive Text

Donna E. Alvermann

281
Citations
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EPISTEMOLOGICAL BELIEFS AND CONCEPTUAL CHANGE LEARNING

Gaoyin Qian;Donna E. Alvermann

248
Citations
Classroom Discussion of Content Area Reading Assignments: An Intervention Study.

Donna E. Alvermann;David A. Hayes

232
Citations
Researching Libraries, Literacies, and Lives: A Rhizoanalysis

Donna E.Alvermann

224
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Elizabeth Birr Moje University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Larry D. Yore University of Victoria

Brian Hand University of Iowa

P. David Pearson University of California, Berkeley

Judith L. Green University of California, Santa Barbara

Vaughan Prain Deakin University

James Paul Gee Arizona State University

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