Kathleen Riley

Literacy (Reading)

Address:
35 W. Rosedale Ave
108B Recitation Hall
West Chester, PA 19383

Office Hours: Mon–Fri: 8:00AM–4:30PM
Summer Hours: Mon–Fri: 8:00AM–4:00PM

Phone: 610-436-2877
Fax: 610-436-3102

Department Chairperson:
Dr. Carol A. Smith
108B Recitation Hall
610-430-5601
csmith3@wcupa.edu

Graduate Coordinator:
Dr. Kevin Flanigan
107C Recitation Hall
610-430-5642
kflanigan@wcupa.edu

Kathleen Riley

Kathleen Riley, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
KRiley@wcupa.edu
610-436-2988

Office Hours:
Mon: 2:00pm - 4:00pm, and 7:10pm - 7:40pm
Thu: 1:45pm - 3:00pm

Kathleen Riley earned her bachelors in English at Colby College, her master's in teaching at American University, and her PhD from the University of Pennsylvania's Reading, Writing, and Literacy program. Her teaching and scholarship interests include adolescent literacy, critical literacy education, teacher inquiry and activism, gender and sexuality in education, and teaching for social justice. Before joining the faculty at West Chester, Dr. Riley taught in the public schools in Washington DC, Fairfax County, VA, Newton, MA, and Boston, MA, in the Upward Bound program for high school students in Philadelphia, and in various master's and doctoral programs at the University of Pennsylvania.