Beyond Stories

Susan J. Britsch is associate professor of Literacy and Language Education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at Purdue University. A former preschool teacher, her interests include the development of children's original storytelling, children's writing in nonfiction genres, and the integration of science and literacy curricula in elementary schools. She has published numerous academic articles about children's language and literacy development and about the ways in which teachers can take a research perspective to young children's literate behavior in classrooms.