Douglas J. Loveless

Douglas J. Loveless is an Assistant Professor in the Early, Elementary and Reading Education Department at James Madison University where he teaches literacy education. Previously, he has taught in public dual-language schools, college-readiness programs for at-risk students and supplementary literacy programs for students of all ages. As an elementary teacher, he specialized in science education in Texas public schools as well as in Costa Rica. His research interests include polymodal narratives, curriculum issues, critical and situated literacies/pedagogies, and digital literacies.

Publications

Academic Knowledge Construction and Multimodal Curriculum Development
Academic Knowledge Construction and Multimodal Curriculum Development
Douglas J. Loveless, Bryant Griffith, Margaret E. Bérci, Evan Ortlieb, Pamela M. Sullivan. © 2014. 487 pages.
While incorporating digital technologies into the classroom has offered new ways of teaching and learning into educational processes, it is essential to take a look at how the...
Cyborgs and Cyberpunks: Implications of Digital Literacies in Schooling
Cyborgs and Cyberpunks: Implications of Digital Literacies in Schooling
Douglas J. Loveless. © 2014. 14 pages.
This conceptual chapter introduces theoretical issues to consider when reflecting on digital technologies in educational processes. Rather than beginning this book with a...
Framing Complexity: Digital Animation as Participatory Research
Framing Complexity: Digital Animation as Participatory Research
Douglas J. Loveless, Aaron Bodle. © 2014. 12 pages.
This chapter introduces digital animation as an arts-based research medium by laying a theoretical foundation for its use and describing how it can become a participatory...