Recent books!
Student Agency in the Classroom 9780807765685 | Teachers College Press (tcpress.com)
Overcoming Reading Challenges – Peter Lang Verlag
Teaching with Children’s Literature: Theory to Practice (guilford.com)
Principles of Effective Literacy Instruction, Grades K-5 (guilford.com)
Some recent publications
Vaughn, M. (2025). Adaptive teaching: A critical tool to support readers. S. B. Neuman, & M. Kuhn (Eds.) 241- 254. Handbook on the science of literacy: Grades 3-8. Guilford Press.
Vaughn, M., & Masterson, J. (2025). Supporting foundational skills for adolescents with agency. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy. 68(4), 363-368. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaal.1409
Vaughn, M., Mameli, C., Grazia, V., Solheim, O.J., Kennedy, E., Lammert, C., Arlington, K., & Sæbø., J.U. (2024). A cross-cultural perspective of agency in primary contexts: Validation of the Student Agency Profile across multiple sites. International Journal of Educational Research. 124(1),102291 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijer.2023.102291
Vaughn, M., Lammert, C., Carrizales, & Arlington, K.A. (2025). Multilingual learners and possibilities for agency. Peabody Journal of Education. 100(4). 482-494. https://doi.org/10.1080/0161956X.2025.2535921
Hassani, S., Zupan, K., Vaughn, M., & Schwab, S. (2025). Teachers’ perspectives towards German language learning for multilingual pupils in pull-out classes. International Journal of Multilingualism, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/14790718.2025.2480797
Woltran, F., Garver, R., & Vaughn, M. (2025). Mapping multilingual futures: An introduction to the themed issue on forging inclusive schools for multilingual learners. Peabody Journal of Education, 100(4), 417-424.
Vaughn, M., Carbonneau, K.J., Mameli, C., Solheim, O.J., Lammert, C., Arlington, K., Sæbø, J.U., O’Toole, V., Arrow, A., Grazia, V. (2025). A cross-cultural study of school climate and student agency in literacy. Journal of Educational Research. 118( 3), 233-242. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220671.2025.2464001
Parsons, A.Q., Conradi, K.S., Vaughn, M., Klee, H., La Croix, L., & Yatzeck, J.L. (2025). Teacher autonomy in text choices for elementary reading. Reading Research Quarterly. 60(4) 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1002/rrq.70071
Vaughn, M., Carbonneau, K.J., Premo, J., Sotirovska, V. (2024). Exploring agency as a malleable factor related to literacy. Elementary School Journal. 124(4), 591-610. https://doi.org/10.1086/730113
Vaughn, M. Exploring an ethic of care as a way to enhance agency in early childhood. (2023). Early Childhood Education Journal. 52, 853-861. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10643-023-01474-y
La Croix, L., Ward Parsons, A., Klee, H.L., Vaughn, M., & Yun, S. (2023). A Snapshot of early childhood teachers’ read-aloud selections. Early Childhood Education Journal. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10643-023-01534-3
Vaughn, M. (2022). Making agency visible through picture books. The Reading Teacher, 76(2), 223-229. https://doi.org/10.1002/trtr.2141
Vaughn, M., Massey, D., Vitullo, A., Im, J., Rivas, E., Gause, D., Lopez., I.M., Alshubaith, I.F. (2022). Narratives of care: Portrayals of Care in Pura Belpré awarded texts for young readers. Early Childhood Education Journal. 53, 343-359 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10583-022-09504-w
Vaughn, M., Parsons, S.A., Gallagher, M.A. (2022). Challenging scripted curricula with adaptive teaching. Educational Researcher, 51(3), 186-196. https://doi.org/10.3102/0013189X211065752
Vaughn, M., Massey, D., Vitullo, A., Masterson, J., & Li, X. (2022). Critical depictions of agency in Pura Belpré awarded texts. Children’s Literature in Education, 53(3), 343-359. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10583-022-09504-w
Massey, D., Vaughn, M., Hiebert, F. (2022). Fostering hope with children’s literature. The Reading Teacher, 75(5), 575-582. https://doi.org/10.1002/trtr.2069 (Listed as one of the top 10 most cited articles in the journal)
Vaughn, M., Parsons, S.A., & Massey, D. (2020). Aligning the science of reading with adaptive teaching. Reading Research Quarterly, 55(1), 299-306. https://doi.org/10.1002/rrq.351
Vaughn, M. (2020).What is student agency and why is it needed now more than ever. Student agency: Theoretical implications for practice [themed journal issue]. Theory Into Practice, 59(2),109-118. https://doi.org/10.1080/00405841.2019.1702393 (#12 Most read article in the journal’s published history)