Joseph Sanacore
Professor of EducationDoctoral Adviser
B.A., Adelphi UniversityM.A., New York University; M.S., C.W. Post Campus, Long Island University; P.D., Hofstra UniversityEd.D., Hofstra University
joseph.sanacore@liu.edu
Description
Dr. Joseph Sanacore is a journalist, researcher, and professor at Long Island University, Post Campus, Brookville, N.Y. He served as Literacy Program Director for the Annenberg and Rockefeller Foundations’ Comprehensive School Reform Collaboration among LIU Post, Yale University School Development Program, and ethnic minority school districts. He also has published more than 100 articles, essays, and book chapters. His publications have appeared in The New York Times, Newsday, Education Week, Advancing Women in Leadership, Truthout, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Diverse Issues in Higher Education, Encounter: Education for Meaning and Social Justice, The Educational Forum, The Clearing House, Childhood Education, High School Journal, NASSP Bulletin, Phi Delta Kappan, Educational Leadership, International Journal of Progressive Education, Preventing School Failure, Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, The Reading Teacher, Literacy Today, Language Arts, Reading Research and Instruction, Reading and Writing Quarterly, Journal of Clinical Reading, Intervention in School and Clinic, Reading Psychology, and Teacher Librarian. Dr. Sanacore also authored book chapters in Struggling Adolescent Readers: A Collection of Teaching Strategies, in Process Reading and Writing: A Literature-Based Approach, in More Teens’ Favorite Books, in PROTOTYPES: An Anthology of School Improvement Ideas That Work, in McGraw Hill Annual Editions, in Promising Practices for Urban Reading Instruction, and in American Reading Forum Yearbook. Furthermore, he coedited the second edition of the best-selling Handbook for the Volunteer Tutor. During the past decade, his major interests have focused on social justice issues.
Specialties
Dr. Sanacore’s interests include political rhetoric and critical thinking, content area literacy, children’s literature, literacy for children with disabilities, and first-generation immigrant students.
Publications
Dr. Sanacore’s articles include (but are not limited to):
Sanacore, J. (2019). Corporate model chipping away at essence of the academy: Five
issues. Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 36(12).
Sanacore, J. (2017). Will Obama’s My Brother’s Keeper and similar initiatives have a
positive impact on low-income students. The Clearing House, 90(4), 152-158.
Sanacore, J. (2017, January/February). The root of connection: Meaningful connections
with students come down to the simple act of caring. Literacy Today, 8-9.
Sanacore, J., &Palumbo, A. (2016). Graduating from college: The impossible dream for
most first-generation students. International Journal of Progressive Education, 12(2).
Sanacore, J., & Palumbo, A. (2016, March). The plight of most first-generation college
students. Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 33.
Sanacore, J., & Palumbo, A. (2015, April). A high school diploma doesn’t guarantee
college success. Commentary: Education Week, 34(28), 22-23, 25.
Sanacore, J., & Palumbo, A. (2015, May). Let’s help first-generation students succeed.
The Chronicle of Higher Education, LXI(36), A22-A23.
Sanacore, J., & Palumbo, A. (2015, October). The testing frenzy: Buyer beware.
Truthout.
Sanacore, J., & Palumbo, A. (2015, November). The impossible dream for most first-
generation college students. Truthout.
Sanacore, J., & Piro, J. (2014). Multimodalities, neuroenhancement, and literacy
learning. International Journal of Progressive Education, 10(2), 56-72.
Sanacore, J. (2014). Slow down, you move too fast: Literature circles as reflective
practice. The Clearing House.
Palumbo, A., & Sanacore, J. (2013). Serious ideas and middle school students. The
Educational Forum.
Sanacore, J. (2012). Showing children that we care about their literacy learning.
Preventing School Failure, 56(3), 188-195.
Sanacore, J. (2010). Connecting rimes to meaningful contexts. Childhood Education, 86, 241-248.
Sanacore, J., & Palumbo, A. ( 2010). Middle school students need more opportunities to
read across the curriculum. The Clearing House, 83.
Sanacore, J. (2009). Literacy education: The big picture. ENCOUNTER: Education for
Meaning and Social Justice, 22, 37-40.
Sanacore, J., & Palumbo, A. (2009). Understanding the fourth-grade Slump: Our point
of view. The Educational Forum, 73, 67-74.
Palumbo, A., & Sanacore, J. (2009). Helping struggling middle school literacy learners
achieve success. The Clearing House, 74, 275-280.
Sanacore, J. (2008). Turning reluctant learners into inspired learners. The Clearing
House, 82, 40-44.
Sanacore, J., & Alvermann, D. (2008). Fifteen guidelines for helping non-tenured
education faculty get published in peer-reviewed journals. American Reading
Forum Yearbook, 27.
Affiliations
- International Literacy Association
- National Council of Teachers of English
- Association for Childhood Education International
- ASCD
- Editorial Projects in Education
- American Reading Forum
- Hammill Institute on Disabilities
- Kappa Delta Pi
