R. Joseph Rodríguez has taught English and Spanish language arts in public schools, community colleges, and universities. He has published books, research articles, and narrative poems. His areas of research include children’s and young adult literatures, language acquisition, and socially responsible biliteracies. Motivated by the art of teaching, learning, and writing, Joseph is a reader of diverse U.S., borderlands, and world literatures, including banned and challenged books. Currently, he is a secondary-level teacher of English language arts and reading at an early college high school and a teacher educator at local universities in Austin, Texas.
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