Elizabeth Birr Moje

Elizabeth Birr Moje is an American scholar of literacy and language education and dean of the Marsal Family School of Education at the University of Michigan, where she also holds the titles George Herbert Mead Collegiate Professor of Education and Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Literacy, Language, and Culture. A former high school history and biology teacher, her research focuses on adolescents’ culture, identity, and literacy learning in and out of school, particularly in Detroit, Michigan. She is also a faculty associate in the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research and in Latino/a Studies.

Moje earned her B.A. from Concordia University Ann Arbor, her M.A. from Eastern Michigan University, and her Ph.D. in Literacy and Language with a focus on research methodology from Purdue University. She has published multiple books and numerous articles in leading journals in education, literacy, and science education, and coauthored No More Telling as Teaching: Less Lecture, More Engaged Learning (NOT THIS, BUT THAT) with Cris Tovani. Her work has been recognized through election to the National Academy of Education, the Reading Hall of Fame, and honors such as the Oscar Causey Award for Distinguished Contributions in Literacy Research, a Senior Career Distinguished Scholar Award from the National Council of Research on Language