Teaching in a 'Post-Truth' World

National Conference Presentations

Lathrop, B.N. (Accepted). Teaching with hope and criticality for the world to come: Digital media literacies in English teacher education. [Roundtable]. National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention. Boston, MA

Lathrop, B.N. (Accepted). Confronting post-truth with hope and heart: Integrating critical media literacy into the ELA curriculum. [Panel presentation]. National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention. Boston, MA.

Young, C., and Lathrop, B.N. (Accepted). In conversation about GenAI in ELA education: Initial insights and experiences from ELA teachers and ELA teacher educators. [Paper presentation]. National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention. Boston, MA.

Lathrop, B.N. (2024, April 13). Constructing possibilities for critical media literacy instruction: A case study. [Symposium]. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, PA.

Lathrop, B.N. (2023, November 19). Artificial intelligence and the post-truth problem: The possible affordances of ChatGPT for teaching about mis- and disinformation [Roundtable]. National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention. Columbus, OH.

Lathrop, B.N. (2023, November 17). Centering antiracism: How two white teachers collaborated to overhaul a literature methods course, and what we learned [Paper presentation]. National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention. Columbus, OH.

Lathrop, B.N. (2023, November 17). Teaching about climate change in Trump country: A collaborative inquiry unit on critical media literacy [Paper presentation]. National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention. Columbus, OH.

Lathrop, B.N. (2023, November 17). Teaching critical media literacy in Trump country: A practitioner inquiry [L. Ramon Veal Research Seminar].National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention. Columbus, OH.

Lathrop, B.N. (2023, July 8). Teaching through drama: Theater-based activities for methods and ELA classrooms. [Workshop.] English Language Arts Teacher Educators Summer Conference. Atlanta, GA.

Lathrop, B.N. (2023, July 8). Justice and hope in a small-town school: Confronting climate change misinformation through critical media literacy [Paper presentation]. English Language Arts Teacher Educators Summer Conference. Atlanta, GA.

Lathrop, B.N. (2023, July 7). “I would get canceled for speaking like this”: Balancing justice, academic freedom, and compassion in the antiracist methods class [Paper presentation]. English Language Arts Teacher Educators Summer Conference. Atlanta, GA.

Lathrop, B.N. & Wessel Powell, C. (2023, April 13). Dismantling disinformation: Toward a theory of critical engagement with post-truth discourses [Roundtable paper presentation]. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL.

Lathrop, B.N. & Nash, B. (2023, February 11). Confronting colonizing propaganda: Humanizing practices for dealing with disinformation [Paper presentation]. Journal of Language and Literacy Winter Conference. Virtual.

Lathrop, B.N. (2022, November 17). Shining a light on disinformation: A critical media literacy unit for the post-truth classroom [Roundtable talk]. National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention. Anaheim, CA.

Lathrop, B.N. (2022, November 17). A healing light: Integrating trauma-informed instruction into the student teaching experience. [Paper presentation]. National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention. Anaheim, CA.

Lathrop, B.N., Irvin, J., Spinner, B., & Robillard, S. (2022, July 30). Between homeplaces: Real talk on the transition from teacher to teacher educator [Problems of practice presentation]. National Council of Teachers of English Homecoming, English Language Arts Teacher Educators track. Louisville, KY.

Hendrix, A., Nash, B., & Lathrop, B.N. (2022, July 30). Critical media literacy education in a complex and shifting information terrain [Problems of practice presentation]. National Council of Teachers of English Homecoming, English Language Arts Teacher Educators track. Louisville, KY.

Lathrop, B.N. (2022, July 29). A homeplace for healing. [Roundtable talk]. National Council of Teachers of English Homecoming, English Language Arts Teacher Educators track. Louisville, KY.

Lathrop, B.N. (2022, July 29). When ‘homeplace’ and ‘schoolplace’ collide: Navigating race and post-truth discourse [Panel discussion]. National Council of Teachers of English Homecoming, English Language Arts Teacher Educators track. Louisville, KY.

Lathrop, B.N. (2022, April 7). Post-truth or critical literacy? A discourse analysis of a “parent advocacy” group [Poster presentation]. Graduate Student Research Day. University of California, Berkeley, CA (Virtual).

Lathrop, B.N.(2020, October 22-24; 2016, October 20-23; 2015, October 28-November 1). But we don’t have a journalism program [Breakout session]. National College Media Convention, virtual (2020); Washington, D.C. (2016); Austin, TX (2015).

Local/Regional Conference Presentations

Lathrop, B.N., Aubuchon, C., and Stockdell, K. Integrating critical media literacy into English language arts: Some practical suggestions for different instructional contexts [Panel presentation]. Indiana Council of Teachers of English Spring Conference. Arsenal Technical High School, Indianapolis, IN.

Lathrop, B.N. (2024, March 1). The affordances and risks of using AI to teach about mis- and disinformation: A review of the literature [Paper presentation]. College of Education Graduate Student Conference. University of Illinois, Champaign, IL.

Lathrop, B.N. (2023, March 30). Cosmetic criticality and virtue epistemology: A theoretical framework for responding to the post-truth phenomenon. [Paper presentation]. Annual Graduate Student Education Research Symposium. Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.

Lathrop, B.N. & Thiel, E.A. (2023, March 30). Climate change, media literacy, and evidentiary reasoning: A practitioner inquiry multiple case study. [Poster presentation]. Annual Graduate Student Education Research Symposium. Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.

Lathrop, B.N. & Thiel, E.A. (2023, March 3). Should we reduce our use of plastics? A climate change inquiry unit to support and assess students’ use of evidentiary reasoning [Poster presentation]. College of Education Graduate Student Conference. University of Illinois, Champaign, IL.

Lathrop, B.N. (2022, March 24). Resisting disinformation: Parent groups, social emotional learning, and critical literacy in a post-truth world [Poster presentation]. Annual Graduate Student Education Research Symposium. Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.

Lathrop, B.N. (2022, March 24). Preparing preservice teachers to build resilience through trauma-informed instruction [3-minute thesis]. Annual Graduate Student Education Research Symposium. Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.

Lathrop, B.N. & Dooley, A.M. (2022, March 24). Epistemologies in conflict: Funds of knowledge and ways of knowing in the multicultural classroom [Roundtable]. Annual Graduate Student Education Research Symposium. Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.

Invited Presentations

Lathrop, B.N. (2024, April 10). Who am I and why am I here? Notes from an outsider. Attica-Williamsport Rotary Club. Presented at Maggie’s Grill, Attica, IN.

Lathrop, B.N. (2024, March 22). Artificial intelligence, misinformation, and K-16 classroom practices: A review of emerging literature. Governance and Responsible Artificial Intelligence Lab (GRAIL). Presented at Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.

Lathrop, B.N. (2022, January 12). Trauma-informed instruction: Introducing a culturally responsive approach. Supervised Teaching of English. Presented at Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.

Lathrop, B.N.(2019, September 26). Remarks on the future of education. National Governor’s Association. Presented at Governor’s Education Policy Advisers Institute, Minneapolis, MN.

Lathrop, B.N. (2019, August 7). National Board certification: Are you ready for the challenge? Education Minnesota. Presented at EdMN Summer Seminar, St. Cloud, MN.

Invited Podcast Guest

Anderson, A.M. (Host). 2023, November 1. Teaching Monkey King (S04 E02) [Audio podcast episode]. In The Purdue English Big Read Podcast by Purdue University’s English Department. https://rss.com/podcasts/purdue-english-big-read/1195962/

Invited Panel Participation

Lathrop. B.N. (2020, July 29). Kicking off your National Board certification: Get a summer start. National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. Virtual.

Lathrop, B.N. (2020, March 6). Advice from new National Board-certified teachers. Minnesota NBCT Network. Presented at annual candidate retreat.

Lathrop. B.N. (2020, February 24; 2020, January 27; 2019, December 9; 2019, September 23). Pursuing National Board certification. National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. Virtual.

Lathrop. B.N. (2020, February 21). National Board certification: Supporting teachers across the career continuum. Minnesota Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. Presented at MACTE Winter Conference, Plymouth, MN.

Lathrop. B.N. (2019, July 8). Why pursue National Board certification? National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.Virtual.

Research Experience (IRB-Approved Studies)

Lead Researcher. Integrating critical media literacy into the secondary English language arts curriculum: A multi-site case study. | 2023—2024.

• Facilitated tri-weekly meetings with three classroom teachers and two student teachers with the goal of integrating critical media literacy into existing curriculum.
• Conducted practitioner inquiry research within a nested case study design.

Lead Researcher. Centering race in the literature methods class. | 2023

• Facilitated restructuring of methods class to center antiracist pedagogy.
• Conducted focus group research.

Lead Researcher. Supporting evidentiary reasoning in epistemic cognition. | 2022—2023

• Co-planned and co-taught inquiry unit on media literacy in a high school English classroom.
• Conducted practitioner inquiry, case study research.

Lead Researcher. Parent advocacy groups’ public action. | 2021—2022

• Monitored and analyzed public engagement of a right-wing parent group.
• Conducted discourse analysis research.

Lead Researcher. Epistemologies in conflict: Funds of knowledge and ways of knowing in the multicultural classroom. | 2022

• Conducted survey research of teachers working in multicultural spaces.

Lead Researcher. | Integrating trauma-informed instruction into the student teaching experience. 2021—2022

• Facilitated a workshop and four book discussions on trauma-informed instruction for student teachers.
• Conducted mixed methods research.