Department of English

Courses
ENG 307 Teaching Writing: Elementary
ENG 308 Teaching Reading: The Necessary Skills
ENG 231/335: Faculty-led Study Abroad, Ghana
ENG 392 Language and Power
ENG 400 Language Arts for Teaching

Research Interests
School and Home Languages and Literacies
Urban Education
Critical Race Theory
Intersection of Race and Schooling
Poverty and Schooling
International Comparative Education

Recent Publications

Masko, A. L. & Otu, N. (April  September 2012). The Asafo of Ghana: A life history of an Asafo flag dancer: An ethnographic photography exhibit. Red Wall Gallery, Grand Valley State University. Research Exhibition.

Masko, A. L. & Bosiwah, L. (2012). Teacher Accountability & Student Responsibility: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of American & Ghanaian Schooling Practices, Policies and a Reflection on NCLB. Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue, (in press). 

Masko, A.L. Resistance at city middle school: Critical race theorizing in educational research. Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue, 10, 177-192.

Masko, A. L. (2007). Education. In Bowman, V. (Ed.). Scholarly resources for children and childhood studies: A research guide and annotated. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press.

Masko, A. (2005)."I think about it all the time": A 12-year-old-girl's internal crisis with racism and its effects on her mental health. The Urban Review, 37, 329-350.

Masko, A. (2005). Urban children's experiences and teacher pedagogical practices: When it's about race, do adults care? Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue, 7, 175-194.

Education
B.S., Eastern Michigan University
M.Ed., Lesley University
Ph.D., University of Denver