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• Professional
  • Director of Research, Center for Climate Literacy, University of Minnesota(2023-present)
  • Founding & Associate Editor, Journal of Climate Literacy in Education (2022-present)
  • 51在线 Journal of Educational Research, Editorial Board
  • Literacy Practice & Research Journal, Editorial Board
  • Elected, Program Co-Chair, Qualitative Research Special Interest Group, American Educational Research Association (2019-2023)
  • Invited Program Chair, Working Conference on Discourse Analysis in Education,
    School of Education, Indiana University [Rotating Conference: Indiana University Bloomington, University of Wisconsin, Madison & The Ohio State University] (2016-2017)
• 51在线
  • Co-Chair, Qualitative Advisory Group (2021-present)
  • Secretary, Qualitative Advisory Group (2020-2021)
  • Member, Diversity Committee (2022-present)
  • Member, Dean鈥檚 Ad Hoc Committee STEM Department Development (2022-2023)
  • Alternate Representative, Graduate Policy Council (2022-present)
  • Alternate Representative, Undergraduate Policy Council (2022-present)
  • Chair, Institutional Review Board Committee (2022-present)
  • Member, Governance Committee (2022-present)
  • Elected Member, Institutional Review Board Committee (2021-present)
  • Elected Member, Digital Ecosystem Committee (2019-2022)

• College of Education Excellence in Undergraduate Education Award, University of South 51在线 (2020/2021/2022)
• Area 4 (Literacy Assessment, Evaluation, and Public Policy) Chair Award for Outstanding Paper, Literacy Research Association (2021)
• Spencer Dissertation Fellowship Semi-Finalist, National Academy of Education (2017)
   

• EDG 7931: Ecojustice Literacies (Doctoral/Hybrid) (2022-)
• EDG 7931: Qualitative Spatial Methodologies (Doctoral/Hybrid) (2021-)
• EDG 7931: Qualitative Methodologies for Literacy Research (Doctoral/Online) (2021-)
• IND Study: Inquiries for Critical Literacy (Doctoral/Online) (2020-)
• EDG 7938: Advanced Graduate Seminar: Writing Workshop (Doctoral/Hybrid) (2020-)
• RED 6699: Ecojustice Literacies (Masters/Online (2022-)
• RED 6068: Adolescent Literacy (Masters/Online) (2020-)
• RED 6365: Disciplinary Literacy (Masters/Online) (2020-)
• RED 4333: Content Area Reading (Undergraduate/Online) (2020-)
• RED 6749: History & Foundations of Literacy Studies (Masters/Hybrid) (2019-)
• LAE 6738: Teaching Reading in the English Curriculum (Masters/Online) (2019-)

• Understanding Literacy鈥檚 Role in Climate Change Education in 51在线 (funded, 2023). New Researcher Grant, 51在线. PI: Panos, A. ($19, 684.00).
• 51在线 Ecojustice Literacies Project: Teacher Orientations to Ecojustice Work (funded, 2022). COEDU Mini-Grant, 51在线. PI: Panos, A. Co-PIs: Boczar, A., Rosell贸, J., & Sherry, M. ($5,000).
• Eco-Literacies: Open Teaching and Learning Resources for Climate Justice (funded, 2022). The American Library Association Carnegie Whitney Grant. PI: Boczar, A.. Co-PIs: Panos, A. & Ariew, S. ($5,000)
• Using VR Immersive Technologies to Support Digital Literacy Composing (Funded, 2022). COEDU Mini-Grant, USF College of Education. PI: Schneider, J.J., Co-PIs: Panos, A., Persohn, L., Osvath, C. ($5,000)
• Developing Open-Access Media for K-16+ Classrooms to Support 51在线 Interdisciplinary Climate Justice Education. Faculty Learning Community Grant (funded, 2021). Center for Innovative Teaching & Learning, 51在线. PI: Panos, A. Co-PIs: Persohn, L., Boczar, A., Cook, M., VanBeynen, K., Rosengrant, D., Sherry, M, Ariew, S., Jasinski Schneider, J.  ($3,500)
• Assessment Mini-Grant (funded, 2018). University of Nebraska at Omaha. PI: Panos, A., CO-PI: Danielson, K. ($3,000)
• Dual Language Library Development in Coratei, Paraguay. Summer Field Research Grant (funded, 2015). Department of Caribbean and Latin American Studies, Indiana University. PI: Panos, A. ($1,250)

* indicates collaboration with student; ** indicates collaboration with community partner

• Special Issues
  • Interrogating (un)masking in qualitative inquiry at the intersections of critical geographies and spatial justice. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 34(9). Panos, A. & Lester, J.N., Editors.
• Journal Articles 

  • Wessel-Powell, C., Panos, A., & Weir, G.**. (accepted, July 2023). Advocacy stories: Equity literacy practices of white low income mothers navigating school reform. American Educational Research Journal. DOI: 10.3102/00028312231195805 (IF: 4.811)

  • Werthwine, K.** & Panos, A. Critical dialogue: Climate literacy in context. Climate Literacy in Education, 1(1), 31-33.
  • Editorial Collective. (2023). Climate literacy as resistance, hope, and activism. Climate Literacy in Education, 1(1), 1-3.
  • Damico, J., Baildon, M., & Panos, A. (2023). How can we confront climate denial? Expanding critical literacies with an inquiry model. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 66(4), 257-266. DOI: 10.1002/jaal.1276. 
  • Panos, A., Wessel-Powell, C., Weir, R., & Pennington, C. (2022). Waypoints for literacy researchers: boundary tracing, historicizing, and enacting critical equity literacies. International Studies in Sociology of Education, 31(1-2), 80-103. DOI: DOI: 10.1080/09620214.2021.1956995. 
  • Panos, A. (2021). Reading about geography and race in the rural rustbelt: Mobilizing dis/affiliation as a practice of whiteness. Linguistics and Education, 65, DOI: .
  • Panos, A. & Lester, J.N. (2021). Introduction to the special issue: Interrogating (un)masking in qualitative inquiry at the intersections of critical geographies and spatial justice. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 34(9), 783-789. DOI: 10.1080/09518398.2021.1975059. 
  • Panos, A. & Damico, J. (2021). Less than 1% is not enough: How leading literacy organizations engaged with climate change from 2009 to 2018. Journal of Literacy and Language Education. http://jolle.coe.uga.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Panos_JoLLE2021.pdf Paper awarded Outstanding Paper Award through Literacy Research Association Area 4.
  • Panos, A. (2021). The devil鈥檚 armpit and other tales from the rural rustbelt: Interrogating the process of un/masking in a postcritical ethnography about place.  International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 34(9), 800-811. DOI:
  • Panos, A., Uttamchandani, S., & Lester, J.N. (2021). Beyond 鈥渄oing no harm鈥�: Saddle points in anonymization and masking as socialized practices for new researchers. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education34(9), 871-885. DOI:
  • Wessel-Powell, C., Panos, A., & Weir, R.**. (2021). A year of equity literacy: Community actions and invitations. Literacy, 55(1), 62-76. DOI: .
  • Damico, J., Baildon, M. & Panos, A. (2020). Climate justice literacy: Stories-we-live-by, ecolinguistics, and classroom practice. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy 63(6), 683-691. DOI:
  • Beach, R., Boggs, G., Castek, J., Damico, J., Panos, A., & Wilson, N. (2020). Fostering preservice ELA teachers鈥� use of digital practices for addressing climate change. Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education. .
  • Panos, A. & Seelig, J. (2019). Discourses of the rural rustbelt: Schooling, poverty, rurality. Theory and Practice in Rural Education, 9(1), 22-43. DOI: .
  • Damico, J., Baildon, M., & Panos, A. (2018). Media literacy and climate change in a post-truth society. Journal of Media Literacy Education, 10(2), 11-32. DOI: .
  • Damico, J., Panos, A., & Baildon, M. (2018).  鈥淚鈥檓 not in the truth business鈥�: The politics of climate change with pre-service teachers. English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 17(2), 72-89. DOI: .
  • Damico, J. & Panos, A. (2018). Civic literacy as 21st century source work: Future social studies teachers examine web sources about climate change. The Journal of Social Studies Research, 42(4), 345-359. DOI:
  • Panos, A. (2017). Beyond sanctioned activism in Carl Hiaassen鈥檚 Flush: Sacrifice zones in realistic fiction. Journal of Children鈥檚 Literature, 43(1), 6-10. .
  • Panos, A. (2017). Toward translingual and transcultural practice: Explorations in a White-majority, rural, Midwestern classroom. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 38(5), 422-437. DOI:
  • Panos, A. & Damico, J. (2016). Coming to know about sacrifice zones and eco-activism. Ubiquity Journal of Literacy and the Arts. Online:
  • Damico, J. & Panos, A. (2016). Reading for reliability: Preservice teachers evaluate the reliability of web sources about climate change. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 60(3), 275-285. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/jaal.551. 
  • Damico, J., Honeyford, M., & Panos, A. (2016). Designing inquiries that matter: Significance, design, and fit. Voices from the Middle, 3(23), 25-32.
  • Panos, A., Park, H., Park, S*., Park, Y*., Sylvia, J*., & Damico, J. (2016). Taking aim at solutions: Teaching English through anthropogenic global warming. The English Connection, (19), 4.
  • Panos, A. (2015). Reflections from pre-service to novice teaching: One perspective on the role of ePortfolios. Theory into Practice, 4(54), 292-300. DOI:
  • Wise, J. B. & Panos, A. (2013). Using digital technology to foster historical argumentation. Reading Today, 31(3), 10-11.
• Book Chapters
  • Panos, A. & Sherry, M. B. (2023). Storying climate change: Discursive possibilities for teaching climate justice. In S. Kerkhoff & H. Spires (Eds) Critical Perspectives on Global Literacies: Bridging Research and Practice. Routledge. 
  • Panos, A., Hull, K.*, & Geren, K.* (2023). Critical equity literacies for moving beyond state and national standards. In A. Gunn & S. Bennet (Eds.), Teaching Multicultural Children鈥檚 Literature in a Diverse Society: From a Historical Perspective to Instructional Practice. New York, NY: Teachers College Press.
  • Bennet, S., Gunn, A., Panos, A., Hart, S. & Schneider, J. (2022). Culturally Sustaining Literacy Practices Enacted in K-12 Classrooms. In, (S. Chambers Cantrell, D. Walker-Dalhouse, & A. Lazar, Eds.)  Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy: Developing Socially Just Literacy Teaching Practices. Language & Literacy Series. New York, NY: Teachers College Press.
  • Panos, A. (2021, invited). Using Google Docs to write. In T. Paulus & J. N. Lester (Authors) Doing qualitative research in a digital world. SAGE Publications, Incorporated.
  • Lamb, D. & Panos, A. (2021, invited). Geographic narratives using ArcGIS Online. In T. Paulus & J. N. Lester (Authors) Doing qualitative research in a digital world. SAGE Publications, Incorporated.
  • Damico, J., Panos, A., & Myers, M*. (2018). Digital literacies and climate change: Exploring reliability and truth(s) with pre-service teacher educators. In E. Ortlieb, E. Cheek Jr., & P. Semingson (Eds) Best Practices in Teaching Digital Literacies, in (series) Literacy Research, Practice and Evaluation. West Yorkshire, UK: Emerald Publishing Ltd. ISBN: 978-1-78754-434-5.
  • Damico, J., Baildon, M. & Panos, A. (2017). This Changes Everything! Critical literacy and climate change in social studies. In S. Waters & R. William (Eds) Cinematic Social Studies: A Resource for Teaching and Learning Social Studies with Film, 347-367. Charlotte, NC: IAP.
  • Panos, A. (2014/2017, invited). Using children鈥檚 literature: Race, reading, and critical response. In M. Lewison, C. Leland, & J. Harste (Authors), Creating Critical Classrooms, 2nd Edition. New York, NY: Routledge.

• Charting Pathways from Climate Denial to Ecological Justice. Center for Climate Literacy,
  University of Minnesota.
• What鈥檚 the connection between literacy and climate change? How teachers can introduce eco-justice literacies into their classrooms. USF College of Education Blog. Retrieved from: /education/blog/2021/the-connection-between-literacy-climate-change-teachers-eco-justice-literacies.aspx
• A conversation with Alexandra Panos [Audio Podcast]. Classroom Caffeine. Podcast Link:
• Less than One Percent is not Enough: How Leading Literacy Organizations Engaged with Climate Change from 2008 to 2019 [Audio Podcast], JoLLE Podcast. Podcast Link: .
• Qualitative research in a digital world. Qualitative Conversations Podcast (Podcast by the Qualitative Research Special Interest Group of the American Educational Research Association). Podcast Link: .
• Children see and feel it, too: Reactions to breaking news. First Opinions, Second Reactions, 11(3), 12-14. https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1608&context=fosr.  (181 unique downloads)
• Critical media literacy for helping. Literacy Daily. International Literacy Association. .
• Reading online: An instructional model and ideas for the ELA classroom. Literacy Daily. International Literacy Association. .
• Relying on each other: Teacher study groups around digital technologies. Literacy Daily. International Literacy Association. .
• Community youth group鈥檚 conceptions of the role of a text-based, dual-language library in rural Paraguay.
• Digital tools for reflective practice. Literacy Daily. International Literacy Association. .
• Collaborating to support multimodal response and composition. Literacy Daily. International Literacy Association. .
• Emphasizing choice in multimodal, digital poetry: One teacher鈥檚 argument. Literacy Daily. International Literacy Association.  .
• Back to school with multimodality. Literacy Daily. International Literacy Association. 
  

International 

•  2023
  • Panos, A. (May 4, 2023). Positionalities as Practicing Place in Postcritical Ethnography, in Symposium, Reclaiming Positionality as Methodological Praxis for Truth-Telling in Education Research, American Educational Research Association, Virtual Conference.
• 2022
  • Panos, A. (May 21, 2022). Place as practiced positionalities in postcritical ethnography. Invited (M. Moses & F. Williamson, session organizers), More than Identity: Positionality as Relations in Qualitative Inquiry. Eighteenth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois (Virtual).
  • Panos, A., Lester, J.N., & Uttamchandani, S. (April 2022). Saddle Points for Anonymization and Masking: Stillness as a Social Practice for New Qualitative Researchers. Paper presented in Symposium at the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA.
  • Wessel-Powell, C., & Panos, A. (April 2022). Parents Advocating for an 鈥淔鈥� School in an 鈥淎鈥� District: Recognizing Low-Income Mothers鈥� Equity Literacies. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA.
• 2020
  • Panos, A. (April 21, 2020). Stories of Public, Stories of Good: Scaled Approaches to Educational Research in the Rural Rustbelt. In symposium at American Education Research Association Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA. https://convention2.allacademic.com/one/aera/aera20/index.php?&obf_var=5895840&PHPSESSID=vtnl9acrh5gmh8naalbb6g6sk3. (Conference cancelled)
  • Panos, A., Lester, J. & Uttamchandani, S.* (April 21, 2020). Socialization into serving public good in educational research: A dialogue around representation and masking.  In symposium at American Education Research Association Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA. https://convention2.allacademic.com/one/aera/aera20/index.php?&obf_var=5895840&PHPSESSID=vtnl9acrh5gmh8naalbb6g6sk3. (Conference cancelled)
  • Panos, A. (April 21, 2020). Food access stories III: Learning from teachers how to place equity literacy in the rural rustbelt. Paper presented at the American Education Research Association Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA. https://convention2.allacademic.com/one/aera/aera20/index.php?&obf_var=5895840&PHPSESSID=vtnl9acrh5gmh8naalbb6g6sk3. (Conference cancelled)
  • Panos, A., Wessel-Powell, C., Pennington, C.*, & Weir, R.*** (April 20, 2020). Routes, histories, maps: Spatial approaches to equity literacy across two longitudinal publicly engaged ethnographic studies. Paper presented at the American Education Research Association Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA. https://convention2.allacademic.com/one/aera/aera20/index.php?&obf_var=5895840&PHPSESSID=vtnl9acrh5gmh8naalbb6g6sk3. (Conference cancelled)
• 2019
  • Panos, A. (April, 9 2019). Productive confrontations: Food Access Stories, II. Paper presented in symposium at American Education Research Association Annual Convention, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  • Panos, A. (April, 8 2019). Useless narratives and an interrogation of practices of (un)masking in the rural rustbelt. Paper presented in symposium at American Education Research Association Annual Convention, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

National 

• 2023
  • Panos, A. (March 19, 2023). Bringing Climate Justice Literacies to School in Ecologically and Politically Vulnerable Places, in Special Invited Session, 鈥淔inding the Right Words...鈥�: Eco-literacies, Cross-Coastal Collaborations, and Climate Justice, American Association of Applied Linguistics, Portland, OR.
  • Panos, A. & Sherry, B. (February 25, 2023). Storying Climate Change. In, S. Kerkhoff & H. Spires (Organizers), Toward a Definition of Global Literacies, American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education, Indianapolis, IN.
• 2022
  • Panos, A. (December 1, 2022). Ecomedia analysis for climate justice literacy in 51在线, Caribbean and Gulf Region, in (A. Panos, chair) Symposium, Place-Resonant Explorations of Climate Justice Literacies. Literacy Research Association Annual Conference, Phoenix, AZ.
  • Panos, A., Boczar, A., Schneider, J.J., Hull, K.* & Geren, K.* (November 30, 2022). Placing and Developing an Open Educational Resource for Ecojustice Literacies, (A. Panos, chair & organizer) Alternative Format Session. Literacy Research Association Annual Conference, Phoenix, AZ.
  • Panos, A. & Geren, K.* (November 30, 2022). The Role of Geography and Mapping in Literacy Studies: An Integrative Critical Literature Review. Paper presented at Literacy Research Association Annual Conference, Phoenix, AZ.
• 2021
  • Panos, A. & Wessel-Powell, C. (December 3, 2021). Questioning Critical Spatial Analysis and Forming Careful, Thoughtful Connectivities for the Work of Public Scholarship in the LRA Community, in (C. Colvin, chair) Study Group, Public Engagement and Literacy Research. Literacy Research Association Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA.
  • Panos, A., Damico, J., Sherry, M., & Perry, E. (December 3, 2021). High Stakes Environmental Literacy Events: Dancing with an Intersectional and Transdisciplinary Climate Feminism, In (R. Beach, chair) Adopting Critical, Transdisciplinary Perspectives for Teaching About the Climate Crisis in Methods Courses and K-12 Schools. Literacy Research Association Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA.
  • Lund, V.K., Panos, A., Beymer, A.*, McClane, M.*, Colvin, C., & Phillips, N. (December 2, 2021). Geographies and Literacies, Intermingled and Illuminated, In Panos, A. (Discussant), Alternative Format Session presented at the Literacy Research Association Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA.
  • Valle, K.*, Hull, K.& & Panos, A. (December 1, 2021). Reading public facing school policy: Applying critical literacies and language analysis to public texts affecting teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Paper presented in roundtable at the Literacy Research Association Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA.
  • Beach, R., Damico, J. & Panos, A. (December 1, 2021). Integration of Transdisciplinary Sustainability Education into Teacher Education Curriculum and Instruction, in (R. Woodward, chair) Study Group, Science Literacies, Sustainability, and Climate Justice. Literacy Research Association Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA.
  • Panos, A. & Werthwine, K.* (November 3, 2021). Through the sea and the swamp: Navigating water narratives of 51在线, in (R. Mayo, chair) symposia, Water Is Life: Engaging Hydronarratives for Ecological Literacy and Environmental Justice. National Council of Teachers of English, hybrid conference.
  • Panos, A. & Sherry, M.B. (March 22, 2021). Social distancing: How teachers' instructional narratives story distance from and engagement with climate change, in (Mayo, R. & Everett, J., chairs) Ecocomposition in the anthropocene: Deepening engagement with the public and environmental contexts of writing. Conference on College Composition and Communication, Virtual.
• 2020
  • Panos, A. (December 3, 2020). Spatial positionalities: The wheres we bring with us and the wheres that make us. Paper presented in (Panos, A., organizer, discussant) Alternative Format Session, Let us all be from somewhere, let us tell each other everything we can: Spatial positionalities in literacy research at Literacy Research Association Annual Conference (virtual).
  • Panos, A., Wessel-Powell, C., Pennington, C.*, & Weir, R.*** (December 3, 2020). Forging new links: Routes, histories, and maps in literacy research. Paper presented at Literacy Research Association Annual Conference (virtual).
  • Panos, A. & Damico, J. (December 3, 2020). Transdisciplinary stories to live by: Climate justice literacy in teacher education. In Alternative Format Session,  Fostering preservice teachers critical literacies through transdisciplinary methods instruction for teaching about the climate crisis at Literacy Research Association Annual Conference (virtual).
  • Panos, A., Damico, J., & Hull, K.* (December 2, 2020). A troublesome reality in literacy research about climate change. Paper presented at Literacy Research Association Annual Conference (virtual). [Paper awarded the Area 4 Chair Outstanding Paper]
  • Panos, A., Werthwine, K.*, Goodson, J.*, & Rogers, A.* (November, 2020). Creating sustaining texts with disciplinary literacy inquiries: Climate crisis approaches to middle grade english language arts, In (Webb, A. & Beach, R., Organizers) Responding to the climate crisis in english language arts. National Council for Teachers of English Annual Convention (virtual).
  • Panos, A. (January 15, 2020). A postcritical spatial approach to interrogating un/masking: Practices of reading geography. Paper presented at The Qualitative Report Conference, Fort Lauderale, FL.
• 2019
  • Panos, A. (December 6, 2019). Tender, strategic, damaging? Discursive spatialities of public school and Christian church. Paper presented at Literacy Research Association Annual Conference, Tampa, FL.
  • Panos, A., Damico, J., & Baildon, M. (December 6, 2019). Conducting Research on Use of Digital Tools for Addressing Climate Change. Paper presented at Literacy Research Association Annual Conference, Tampa, FL.
  • Damico, J., Baildon, M., & Panos, A. (November 22, 2019). Can I teach about climate change? Let me count the ways. Paper presented at National Conference of Social Studies, Austin, TX.

• Education Committee, Friends of the Tampa Bay National Wildlife Refuges
• Communications Cohort, Innovation District, St. Petersburg, FL
• St. Pete Science Fest School Day Committee, St. Petersburg, FL
• Portland Audubon Society Education Consultant, Portland, OR
• Indiana Coalition for Public Education
• Library Development, J贸venes Unidos Coratei, Coratei, Paraguay
• Literacy Camp Organizer, J贸venes Unidos Coratei, Coratei, Paraguay

Exploring Ecojustice Literacies in Tampa Bay: Developing Community Engaged Immersive Educational Opportunities. (2023-). PI: A. Panos, Co-PI: K. Geren*. Study Staff: L. Burger*, D. Hunter*, E. McConnaughy*, C. Rivera*, & J. J. Schneider. Partners: Tampa Housing Authority, The Oaks at Riverview Community Center, United States Fish & Wildlife Service, Friends of the Tampa Bay National Wildlife Refuges, & University of South 51在线.
The purpose of this community-engaged collaborative educational and research project is to design and grow immersive, place-based ecojustice literacies curriculum and learning opportunities for the Tampa Bay region serving children living in urban environments, children who are historically and presently underrepresented in environmental education programs, and children who are living in high poverty contexts.

Panos, A. & Boczar, A. (2023). Ecoliteracies for Climate Action in 51在线. Freely accessible resource portal. 
This openly accessible resource portal has been developed in collaboration with USF Libraries. Its goal is to curate media, literature, and archival materials using geographic platforms to support a transdisciplinary, place-based, and justice-oriented understanding of climate and ecological crisis specific to 51在线.