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Janet K. Outlaw

Area coordinaTOR, LITERACY STUDIES
PROGRAM COORDINATOR, M.A. IN READING EDUCATION Assistant Professor of Instruction, Literacy Studies

Email: jkoutlaw@usf.edu
Office: USF Tampa Campus, EDU 207
Phone Number: (813) 396-9328
CV available upon request

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Dr. Janet Kim Outlaw is an Assistant Professor of Instruction, Program Area Coordinator for Literacy Studies, and Program Coordinator for the Master of Arts in Reading Education. She is a three-time alumna of North Carolina State University, where she received her Ph.D. in Teacher Education and Learning Sciences with a concentration in Literacy and Language Arts.

As a former elementary and high school teacher in high-need rural and urban schools, Dr. Outlaw is dedicated to early literacy teacher education. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in reading and writing methods and leads the reading practicum internship, mentoring teacher candidates in practitioner research to design differentiated and joyful literacy interventions.

Dr. Outlaw collaborates with school-university partners to facilitate communities of practice that enhance elementary literacy and teacher development. Her research investigates how participatory approaches to teacher education 鈥攑articularly through communities of practice and practitioner inquiry鈥攊mpact classroom dialogue, early literacy, and language arts instruction. She also examines the integration of generative artificial intelligence in elementary writing instruction to support innovative literacy teacher education. 

Her work has been published in Literacy Research & Instruction, Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice, and Language Arts. She is committed to advancing elementary literacy instruction that empowers teachers and students.