Friday, February 16 2024, 12:40pm MLC 250 Ryan Schey Friday Speaker Series Language and Literacy Education Dr. Schey will be giving a talk titled "(Im)Possible Futures in K-12 Schools: Working for Queer and Trans Liberation Through Queering Time." Ryan Schey is Assistant Professor of English Education in the Department of Language and Literacy Education in the Mary Frances Early College of Education at the University of Georgia. Drawing on ethnography and teacher inquiry, his research examines literacy and language practices and social change in schools, focusing on queer and trans youth and the educators who work with them. Before completing his Ph.D. in Education at The Ohio State University, he taught high school in central Ohio. Host: Cecilia Herles