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ABBREVIATED CURRICULUM VITA
Professor Thomas W. Bean (USA)
Thomas W. Bean is a Professor of Literacy/Reading in the Department of Curriculum and
Instruction, College of Education, at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA and CoCoordinator of the Doctoral Program. Tom is considered a leading scholar in content area
literacy. He is the co-author of 23 books, 31 book chapters, and over 100 articles in refereed
journals including Reading Research Quarterly and the Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy.
He is senior author of Content Area Literacy: An Integrated Approach (2011), now in its 10th
edition. Tom serves as Co-Editor of the International Reading Association’s Journal of Adolescent
& Adult Literacy. He also serves as Chair of the Literacy Research Association Publications
Committee. He has been twice honored with the University of Nevada, Las Vegas College of
Education Distinguished Research Award for his studies of reader responses to multicultural
young adult literature in content area classrooms. He is the co-author of the widely circulated
International Reading Association position paper, Adolescent Literacy: A Position Statement,
designed to guide policy decisions aimed at increasing literacy development efforts for
adolescents.
Education
Ph.D. (Secondary Education/Reading), Arizona State University, 1976.
M. A. (Reading & English Education), Southern Oregon State University, 1974.
Basic Teaching Credential (English), University of Hawaii at Hilo, 1973.
B. A. (English), University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1969.
Diploma, Punahou School, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1965.
Positions
Professor of Literacy/Reading, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 1995-present.
Professor of Education, University of Hawaii at Hilo, 1988-1995 (Graduate
Faculty, University of Hawaii at Manoa), Department Chair, 1988-1993.
Professor Reading and Graduate Coordinator, California State University,
Fullerton, 1979-1988.
Research Associate, University of California, Riverside (Co-Director, The
Learning from Text Project), 1982-1984.
(see full vita for other academic and teaching positions)
Selected Recent Publications & Sponsored Projects
Refereed Journal Articles:
Wimmer, J. J., Walker, N. T., & Bean, T. W. (2010). Exploring two content area teachers’
creativity and use of multiliteracies in science and history. 59th Yearbook of the
National Reading Conference, 329-339.
Walker, N. T., Wimmer, J., & Bean, T. W. (2009). Multiple texts, teacher craft knowledge, and
Principled practices in high school economics. Social Studies Research and Practice,
4, (3), 28-36.
Bean, T. W. (2008). The localization of young adult fiction in contemporary Hawai’i. The ALAN
Review, 35, (2), 27-35.
Bean, T. W., & Harper, H. J. (2006). Exploring notions of freedom in and through young adult
literature. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 50, 96-104.
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Walker, N., & Bean, T. W. (2005). Sociocultural influences in content teachers’ selection and
use of multiple texts. Reading Research and Instruction, 44, 61-77.
Bean, T. W., & Moni, K. (2003). Developing students’ critical literacy: Exploring
Identity construction in young adult fiction. Journal of Adolescent &
Adult Literacy, 46, 638-648.
Invited Journal Articles:
Harper, H. Bean, T. W., & Dunkerly, J. (Dec., 2010). Cosmopolitanism, globalization, and
the field of adolescent literacy. Canadian and International Education, 39, (3), 1-13.
Books:
Bean, T. W. (2010). Multimodal learning for the 21st Century adolescent. Huntington Beach, CA:
Shell Education.
Bean, T. W., Readence, J.E., & Baldwin, R. S. (2011). Content area literacy: An integrated
approach (10th ed.). Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt.
Bean, T. W., Readence, J. E., & Baldwin, R. S. (2011). Improving reading for 21st century
adolescents. Huntington Beach, CA: Shell Education.
Walker, N., Bean, T. W., & Dillard, B. (2010). When textbooks fall short: New ways, new
texts,new sources of information in the content areas. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Stevens, L. P., & Bean, T. W. (2007). Critical literacy: Context, research, and practice in K-12
classrooms. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE.
Bean, T. W., Readence, J. E., & Baldwin, R. S. (2008). Content area literacy:
An integrated approach (9th ed.). Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt.
Book Chapters:
Bean, T. W., & Harper, H. (2011). The context of English Language Arts learning: The high
school years. In D. Fisher & D. Lapp (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Teaching the
English Language Arts (3rd ed.), (pp. 60-68). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum/Taylor Francis.
Bean, T. W., & Harper, H. (2009). The “adolescent” in adolescent literacy. In K. Wood &
W. Blanton (Eds.), Literacy instruction for adolescents: Research-based practice.
(pp. 37-53). New York: Guilford.
Bean, T. W., Walker, N. T., Wimmer, J., & Dillard, B. (2009). How does creative content area
teaching work with adolescents?.In J. Lewis (Ed.), Essential questions in
Adolescent literacy (pp. 201-214). New York: Guilford.
Harper, H., & Bean, T. W. (2007). Literacy education in democratic life: The promise of
adolescent literacy. In J. Lewis & G. Moorman (Eds.), Adolescent literacy instruction:
Policies and promising practices (pp. 319-335). Newark, DE: International Reading
Association.
Harper, H. J., & Bean, T. W. (2006). Fallen angels: Finding adolescents and adolescent
literacies in a renewed project of democratic citizenship. In D. E. Alveramann, K. A.
Hinchman, D. W. Moore, S. F. Phelps, & D. R. Waff (Eds.), Reconceptualizing
the literacies in adolescents' lives (2nd ed.). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
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Bean, T. W., & Harper, H. J. (2004). Teacher education and adolescent
Literacy (pp. 392-411). In T. Jetton, & J. Dole (Eds.), Adolescent literacy research and
practice. New York: Guildford Publications.
Grants:
Principal Investigator, Intensive Content Area Literacy Professional Development Through
Teacher Learning Communities in Three Middle Schools. Nevada
System of Higher Education, Nevada Collaborative Teaching Improvement
Program (NeCoTIP), USDOE supported. The second year of this project
was funded at ($125,000).
Keynote and Invited Conference Presentations
Bean, T. W. (2010). Discussant-Symposium on Supporting discipline-specific literacies:
(Re) imagining content and literacy instruction. National Reading Conference/Literacy
Research Association, Fort Worth, TX, December, 2010.
Bean, T. & Harper, H. (2009). Featured Speakers: Presentation: Promoting World
Knowledge in Adolescents: Developing Cosmopolitan Readers.
International Reading Association: Minneapolis, Minn: May 2nd.
Conference Presentations
Bean,T., Harper, H. & Wimmer, J. (2009). JAAL: Analysis of Topics and Trends
In Adolescent Literacy. Albuquerque, N.M. National Reading Conference
(NRC): Dec. Paper presented by J.Wimmer.
Walker, N. T., Wimmer, J., & Bean, T. W. (2009). Creative content area teaching in
cyberspace and multimedia settings. Albuquerque, N.M. National Reading
Conference (NRC): Dec. Paper presented by J.Wimmer.
Bean, T. W., Wimmer, J., Skramstad, E., Hale, R., & Nebe, A. (2009, Dec.). Content
Area literacy in the middle school: Improving instruction, student engagement,
and comprehension through multiple texts and new literacies. International
Reading Association. Phoenix, AZ.
Walker, N. T., Bean, T. W., Wimmer, J., & Dillard, B. (2009, Feb.). Bringing creativity
back into the classroom: Integrating new literacies practices into content area
teaching and learning. International Reading Association, Phoenix, AZ.
Bean, T. & Harper, H. (2009). Adolescent Literacy in Cosmopolitan Times. American
Educational Research Association (AERA). San Diego: CA: April 17th
Harper, H., & Bean, T. W. (2009, May). Adolescent literacy in a cosmopolitan age.
Canada Society for the Study of Education (CSSE). University of Ottawa,
Ottawa, Canada.
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Please see the full vita for a complete listing of publications, presentation, grants, and service
activities.
Updated: 2-11