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Executive Committee (EC)

Dr Navan Govender (he/they) (SFHEA) is a scholar-activist whose interdisciplinary research and teaching explores the relationship between multimodal meaning-making, power, identity, and ideology in English

Rebecca Simpson-Hargreaves is a Senior Lecturer in Education at the University of Manchester, where they lead across multiple courses in the field of Early

Hannah is a Primary Literacy Consultant at Literacy Tree and is based in West Yorkshire. She is hugely passionate about text-based approaches to teaching

Dr Lucy Rodriguez Leon is a Senior Lecturer in Education (Early Childhood) at the Open University. Her research focuses on early childhood literacies; her

Jo Tregenza, President of the United Kingdom Literacy Association, Founding Fellow of the Chartered College of Teacher, SFHEA (Senior Fellow of the Higher Education

Debra Myhill is Professor Emerita of Language and Literacy Education at the University of Exeter, UK, and a Fellow of the British Academy. Her

Joy Court is co – founder of All Around Reading, having previously managed the Schools Library Service in Coventry, where she established the Coventry

‘David Reedy is a past President and former Hon. Secretary of the U.K. Literacy Association (UKLA). Currently he is a trustee and EC member

Teresa Cremin is Professor of Education (Literacy) at The Open University, UK, and co-Director of the Literacy and Social Justice Centre. On UKLA EC, she