#MakersintheMiddle - Problems and Practices: Engaging Middle Level Community in Reading, Writing, and Creating around Issues That Matter
2026 NCTE Annual Convention · 20 November 2026 · 15:30–16:45 · 122-B (100 Level)
#MakersintheMiddle - Problems and Practices: Engaging Middle Level Community in Reading, Writing, and Creating around Issues That Matter was a session at 2026 NCTE Annual Convention on 20 November 2026 in Philadelphia, with 13 speakers on record.
Speakers
- Vanee Smith-Matsalia — Chair Curtis Middle School, SBCUSD
- Alex Corbitt — Chair Syracuse University
- Anna Osborn — Speaker University of MO-Columbia
- Eva Goins — Speaker Northwest Independent School District/TCTELA
- Shuling Yang — Speaker University of Maryland, Baltimore County
- Karen McLaughlin — Speaker Stockton University
- Jacquay Durant — Speaker San Bernardino City Unified School District
- Jayna Ashlock-Huston — Speaker Spokane Public Schools
- Michelle Yang-Kaczmarek — Speaker Dobbs Ferry School District
- Tanisca M Wilson — Speaker Southern University at New Orleans (SUNO)
- Alexis Molina — Speaker Bailey Middle School / Clark County School District
- Maria Halkias — Speaker Stockton University
- Kristie Smith — Chair Kennesaw State University