James Erekson

Faculty

Associate Professor of Literacy

Email james.erekson@unco.edu
Phone 970-351-1756
Location McKee 314
A portrait of James Erekson.

Education

  • Ph.D. Michigan State University. Educational Psychology: Learning and Development
  • B.A. Brigham Young University. German Literature (major), Asian Studies (minor)

Professional Experience & Affiliations

  • Associate Professor, University of Northern Colorado. (2011 – Present)
  • Assistant Professor, University of Northern Colorado. (2007 – 2011)
  • Associate Professor, Western State College of Colorado. (2004 – 2007)
  • Assistant Professor, Western State College of Colorado. (1999 – 2004)
  • Teaching Assistant, Research Assistant, Michigan State University. (1993 – 1999)

Research Expertise & Interests

  • Children’s literature interpretation
  • Community and family literacy
  • Literacy assessment

Publications

  • Farber, M., Erekson, J. (2023). Going Beyond the Page: Pairing Children’s Literature with Video Games. Children and Libraries, 21(1), 6-13. https://journals.ala.org/index.php/cal/article/view/8002/11126. DOI:https://doi.org/10.5860/cal.21.1.7
  • Erekson, J., Youngs, S., Kyser, C., Benke, L. F. (2022). People Like Me in Places Like Mine: Authentic Representation in Rural Picturebooks. Children and Libraries, 20(4),11-18. https://journals.ala.org/index.php/cal/issue/archive
  • Erekson, J., Benke, L. F. (2022). Making Too Much of Estimates: Levels, Readability Formulas, and Decodability in Helping Readers Find the “Right Book”. New Review of Children’s Literature and Librarianship, 28(2), 26. https://doi.org/10.1080/13614541.2022.2151867. DOI:10.1080/13614541.2022.2151867
  • Youngs, S., Erekson, J., Kyser, C. (2021). Moving Across Rural Spaces: A Content Analysis of Contemporary Realistic Fiction Picturebooks with Rural Settings. Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts, 60(3), 24-56. https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/reading_horizons/vol60/iss3/3/
  • Erekson, J. (2015). Why RtI got left behind: Response from practitioners. Colorado
    Reading Journal, 26(Winter 2014-2015), 42–45.
  • Kim, Y., Erekson, J., Bunten, B. A., Hinchey, P. (2014). Toward Sustainable Educational Changes through School-Based Professional Development on ELL Assessment for New Teachers. Theory Into Practice, 53(3), 228–235. https://doi.org/10.1080/00405841.2014.916966. DOI:10.1080/00405841.2014.916966