Erick Gordon
Erick Gordon is the Founding Director of the Student Press Initiative (SPI)[1] at Teachers College, Columbia University, a professional development program for teachers whose mission is to turn writing instruction into inquiry-driven projects that culminate in student publication.
Biography
Education
Gordon received his B.A. in Writing and Literature from the New College of California and his Ed.M. in English Education from Teachers College, Columbia University. As a full-time instructor at Teachers College, some of his scholarly interests include the teaching of writing and composing processes, as well as teacher preparation, and the professional education of teachers.[2]
Career
Prior to attending Teachers College for his Masters Degree in English Education, Gordon founded the prose and poetry serial Underhouse, in San Francisco’s independent zine scene in the early 1990s. He continued building self-publishing efforts as a teacher at the New York City Lab School, where he built Bag of Bees Press[3] as a way to further the writing efforts of his students.
Over the last 15 years, Gordon has worked on student press literacy projects and has helped support thousands of young authors into print.
Student Press Initiative
With lessons gained from his work with the NYC Lab School about rhetorical purpose and the importance of the writer’s audience, Gordon founded the Student Press Initiative (SPI), in 2002. SPI is a non-profit, professional development organization that provides resources for teachers to take their students' work public. Some 10,000 students and 500 teachers have worked with SPI to publish 100 books within the last seven years.[4]
Selected publications
Books
- Ruth Vinz with Erick Gordon, et al. (2000).Becoming (Other)wise: Enhancing critical reading perspectives. Portland, Me: Calendar Island.[5][6]
Articles
- (2007) Gordon, E., McKibbin, K., Vasudevan, L., & Vinz, R. "Writing Out of the Unexpected: Narrative Inquiry and The Weight of Small Moments". English Education. 39(4), 326-351.[7]
- (2007). "Raising the bar for classroom publication: Building a student press initiative." English Journal.[8]
- (2006). "Speaking writing: Publishing oral histories with incarcerated students." Teachers & Writers Magazine. 37(5).[2]
- (2005). "A growing sense of audience: The power of curriculum-based publication." Teachers & Writers Magazine. 37(2).[2]
- (2004). "Getting fired up!" English Journal. 96(3).94(1).[9]
References
- ↑ "Student Press Initiative (SPI) | Q & A With Erick Gordon, Founding Director of SPI". Publishspi.org. Retrieved 2010-02-26.
- 1 2 3 Teachers College Columbia University Faculty Page Erick Gordon http://www.tc.columbia.edu/faculty/index.htm?facid=epg10
- ↑ NINA SIEGAL. "NEIGHBORHOOD REPORT: CHELSEA; The Best of New York: The Eighth-Grade Edition", The New York Times, 2000-04-16.
- ↑ "Student Press Initiative (SPI) | Home". Publishspi.org. Retrieved 2010-02-26.
- ↑ Ruth Vinz with Erick Gordon, Bill Lundgren, Juliette LaMontagne, Greg Hamilton (2000). Becoming (Other)wise: Enhancing critical reading perspectives. Portland, Maine: Calendar Island. ISBN 978-1-893056-07-7. Retrieved 2010-02-26.
- ↑ Louie, Belinda Y. (2000). "Review of Becoming (Other)wise". Adolescent & Adult Literacy 44: 293–295. JSTOR 40012189.
- ↑ Gordon, Erick; McKibbin, Kerry; Vasudevan, Lalitha; Vinz, Ruth "Writing Out of the Unexpected: Narrative Inquiry and the Weight of Small Moments"
- ↑ Erick Gordon. "Raising the Bar for Classroom Publication: Building a Student Press Initiative", English Journal, 2007-01
- ↑ Erick Gordon. "English in the City", English Journal, 2004-09.