Stephen Mogge

Biography

Prior to coming to Towson University in 2002, Dr. Mogge ran an alternative school for Chicago high school dropouts, worked in adult literacy and created a developmental reading program at Columbia College Chicago. At Towson University, Dr. Mogge has created and taught several courses, most in the master's reading education program and coordinated the development of graduate level teaching English learner courses. For 10 years, he has served as the M.Ed. in Reading Education program director and recently led the expansion of the Teaching English Learners Graduate Certificate Program. Dr. Mogge's scholarship includes multilingual learners and adolescent and adult literacy and literacy in movement-related disciplines including adventure sports, dance and physical education. 

Selected Publications

• Mogge, S., Huggins, S., Knutson, J. Lobel, E., & Segal, P. (Eds.) (2023). Multiple literacies for dance, physical education and sports. Springer. 
• Mogge, S. (2023). Adventure athletes and education. In Wolsey, T.D. & Lapp, D. (Eds.), Disciplinary literacy: A field guide. Guilford Press.  
• Mogge, S. (2022). Reflections from the margins: Learning and teaching among culturally and linguistically diverse learners. In Hong, H., & Doran, P. (Eds.), Using reflective narratives to prepare teachers for English learners, families, and communities. Springer.
• Mogge, S., Martinez-Alba, G., & Cruzado-Guerrero, J. (2017). A university-school partnership to promote school and immigrant community relationships. TESL-E, Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language, 20(4), 1- 10.
• Mogge, S. & Power, K. (2016). Showing up: Writing, reading and cross-cultural awareness in community literacy work. In Ayers, W., Heller, C. & Hurtig, J. (Eds.), Every person is a philosopher: emancipatory education and the radical teaching life of Hal Adams Reader. Peter Lang Publishers. 

Research

• Literacy in adventure sports, physical education and sports
• University/School community partnerships for multilingual learners
• Adult literacy

Professional Memberships / Affiliations

• Literacy Research Association
• International Literacy Association

Teaching

• EDUC 202: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on America’s Urban Schools
• EDUC 761: Educational Research
• EDUC 770: Qualitative Research I
• REED 365: Reading and Writing in the Content Areas (for Kinesiology and Dance)
• REED 601: Reading Theory and Practice
• REED 602: Teaching Reading, Theory and Practice
• REED 650: Social, Cultural and Curricular Contexts of Second Language Learning
• REED 665: Teaching Reading and Writing in the Content Areas
• REED 729: Seminar in Reading
• REED 752: Literacy Theory and Research