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Laney Bender-Slack
Professor, Reading/TESOL Program Director
Dr. Delane Bender-Slack is Professor of Literacy, Director of the School of Education, and the Program Director for Reading and TESOL at Xavier University. She has been published in a variety of journals and has published five books. She coordinated and implemented international experiences in Peru, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. She has been involved in planning and implementing Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) across the campus, also collaborating with various international colleagues in Peru, Mexico, Ireland, and Ecuador. She received a Global Teacher Education Fellowship and a Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad (GPA) Program Grant from the U.S. Department of Education. Her research interests include social justice teaching, global issues/perspectives, gender, critical literacy, curriculum studies, study abroad, and adolescent literacy.
UNSD Focus:
4 Quality Education, 5 Gender Equality, 3 Good Health and Wellbeing
- 513-745-3958
- 312 Hailstones Hall
- Fax: 513-745-3504
- ML HAL-3MR1
Dr. Delane Bender-Slack is Professor of Literacy, Director of the School of Education, and the Program Director for Reading and TESOL at Xavier University. She has been published in a variety of journals and has published five books. She coordinated and implemented international experiences in Peru, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. She has been involved in planning and implementing Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) across the campus, also collaborating with various international colleagues in Peru, Mexico, Ireland, and Ecuador. She received a Global Teacher Education Fellowship and a Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad (GPA) Program Grant from the U.S. Department of Education. Her research interests include social justice teaching, global issues/perspectives, gender, critical literacy, curriculum studies, study abroad, and adolescent literacy.
UNSD Focus:
4 Quality Education, 5 Gender Equality, 3 Good Health and Wellbeing
- Ed.D. Literacy, University of Cincinnati
- Graduate Certificate Women’s Studies, University of Cincinnati
- M.A.T. English, Miami University
- B.S. English, Bowling Green State University
- Global Engagement as Professional Development in Higher Education: A World of Growth (2025)
- Equity-oriented critical curricula: Envisioning hope with students (2023)
- Towards anti-racist educational research: Radical moments and movements (2022)
- The Nicaraguan Literacy Campaign: The power and politics of literacy (2020)
- Internationalization in the classroom: Going global (2019)