OLOR ReviewsFrom 2018-2020, Research in Online Literacy Education (ROLE), a peer-reviewed scholarly journal published by the GSOLE as part of its Online Literacies Open Resource (OLOR), also published reviews of books and technologies related to online literacy education. Newer reviews will be added under the OLOR Reviews series hosted on this page. |
Recent Additions to OLOR Reviews |
Dean, Learning Commons, Tarrant County College
Dr. Eric Camarillo is the Dean of the Learning Commons at Tarrant County College's Northwest campus, where he oversees the Library and Learning Support Services, including subject-area tutoring, the writing center, and supplemental instruction. He is formerly the Director of the Learning Commons at Harrisburg Area Community College where he oversaw testing, the library, user support, and tutoring services at all five campuses. His research agenda is currently focused on writing centers and best practices within these spaces, and how these practices change in asynchronous and synchronous online modalities. He has published in WLN: A Journal of Writing Center Scholarship, Praxis: A Writing Center Journal, and The Journal of Academic Support Programs. He has presented his research at numerous conferences including the International Writing Center Association and the Conference on College Composition and Communication; in 2024, he served as the keynote speaker for the Mid-Atlantic Writing Centers Association conference. He is currently the Vice President of the South Central Writing Centers Association and the Editor for OLOR Reviews; he is also the past President of the National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing and the former reviews editor for the Writing Center Journal.
Associate Professor in English at California State University
Angela Laflen, Associate Professor of English at California State University in Sacramento, has published extensively in topics relevant to digital literacy. Her work has appeared in several collections, including Multimodal Composition: Faculty Development Programs (Routledge, 2022) and Institutional Change and Literacy in an Age of Misinformation and Disinformation (Parlor, 2021). She is author of Confronting Visuality in Multi-Ethnic Women’s Literature (Palgrave Macmillan; 2014), which in the words of one reviewer “offers literary scholars and teachers alike the prospect of grappling with the power of visuality in the current and future digital ages.” Angela is also on the editorial board of WAC’s CompPile.
Associate Professor in English at Pellissippi State Community College
Moira Connelly, Associate Professor in English at Pellissippi State Community College in Knoxville, TN, has been teaching first-year college writing for more than a decade. She values teaching students skills, such as digital literacy, that allow them to have more control over their futures. She has written numerous book reviews for journals including Pedagogy, Teaching English in the Two-Year College, and Composition Studies.