Laurie Rabinowitz

assistant Professor for Education Studies

Office: 214 Palamountain Hall
Telephone: (518) 580-5140
Email: lrabinowitz@skidmore.edu 

Laurie Rabinowitz, EdD, MSEd, MA, is an Assistant Professor of Education Studies at Skidmore College. Prior to working at Skidmore, she was a faculty member in Literacy and Reading at Bank Street College of Education. She has also taught courses at Teachers College, Columbia University, Barnard College, New York University, Hunter College, and LIU Brooklyn and has supervised student teachers at Teachers College, Columbia University. Previously, she was a special education teacher at a public school in New York City. She has also worked as a Director of Instruction at a New York City charter school.

She holds a doctoral degree in Curriculum and Teaching from Teachers College, Columbia University. Her research looks at inclusive practices and the intersections of literacy and inclusive pedagogy. Rabinowitz holds an MA in Education Leadership from New York University and an MS in Special Education from Hunter College. She earned her undergraduate degree in Art History from Barnard College.

Her work has been published in forums such as The Reading Teacher and Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education. She is currently co-authoring her first book, Universal Design for Learning and Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy in the Balanced Literacy Classroom, set to be published by Routledge in 2023.

EDUCATION

• EdD, Curriculum and Teaching, Teachers College Columbia University
• MA, School Building Leadership, New York University
• MS, Special Education, Hunter College
• BA, Art History, Barnard College

RESEARCH & TEACHING INTERESTS 

• Disability Studies in Education
• Inclusive Education
• Critical Special Education
• Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies
• Critical Perspectives on Reading Disabilities
• Critical Literacy

COURSES TAUGHT 

• ED 213, The Exceptional Child in Elementary School
• ED 200, Child Development and Learning
• ED 335, Teaching Elementary Literacy

PUBLICATIONS

• Tondreau, A. & Rabinowitz, L. (2022). The Intersection of Dysconscious Ableism and Niceness in Teachers’ Critical Readings of Characters with Disabilities in Picture Books. The Dragon Lode. [International Literacy Association], 41(1), 8-18.
• Tondreau, A., Rabinowitz, L., & Barnes, Z. (2022). Cross-Pollinating Teacher Education: Anti-racist Inclusive Lesson Planning in Writers Workshop. Anti-racist Teacher Education: Theory and Practice, Vol. 1, Rowman & Littlefield.
• Rabinowitz, L. (2022). Perspectives of in-service educators prepared in inclusive teacher education programs on enactments of inclusion. [Doctoral dissertation].
• Rabinowitz, L. & Tondreau, A. (2022). Fostering Culturally Sustaining Practice and Universal Design for Learning: Digital Lesson Annotation and Critical Book Clubs in Literacy Teacher Education. Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education– English, 22(1).
• Rabinowitz, L. & Tondreau, A. (2021). Teacher Meetings to Support Critically Reading Children’s Literature. Language Arts Journal of Michigan. 36(2), 6-13.
• Tondreau, A. & Rabinowitz, L.  (2020). Close Reading to Critically Read Disability Representation in Picture Books. The Reading Teacher. 75(1), 61-71. https://doi.org/10.1002/trtr.2017 
• Tondreau, A. & Rabinowitz, L. (2021). Curation as a Literacy Practice: Bringing a Critical Lens to Traditional Field Trip Spaces In A. Vandhei Carter & Clark Multicultural Curriculum Transformation in Literacy and Language Arts: Foundations of Multicultural Education Series.  Lexington Books.
• Rabinowitz, L. & Tondreau, A. (2021). Balancing Literacies: UDL/CSP-Infused Elementary Reading Instruction In C. McCray Multifaceted Strategies for Social-Emotional Learning and Whole Learner Education (86-120). IGI Global.

MANUSCRIPTS UNDER REVIEW

• Newhouse, K. & Rabinowitz, L. (2023). “Why did Devon Just Leave the Classroom?”: Reculturing Related Services. Excelsior. Revise and resubmit.  
• Rabinowitz, L., Tondreau, A., Maltby, C., Augustus, K., Lavine, T., & Walton, V.  (2023). Disability Sustaining Pedagogy: Literacy Instruction Informed by the Knowledge and Lived Experiences of Teachers with Disabilities. Language Arts. Revise and resubmit. 
• Rabinowitz, L. & Tondreau, A. (2022). Deconstructing Representations of Reading Disability: Critical literacy Book Clubs for Literacy Specialists. Teacher Education and Special Education. Manuscript under review.

RECENT PRESENTATIONS

• Rabinowitz, L. & Augustus, K. (April, 2023). Fifth-Graders as Disruptors: Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy in the Fantasy Writers Workshop. American Education Research Association, Chicago, Illinois.
• Rabinowitz, L., Tondreau, A., Augustus, K., Maltby, C., Lavine, T., & Walton, V., (March, 2023). Disability Sustaining Pedagogy: Lessons from Teachers with Disabilities for Teacher Educators. Association of Teacher Educators, Jacksonville, Florida.
• Rabinowitz, L. (March, 2023). Perspectives of In-Service Educators Prepared in Inclusive Teacher Education Programs on Enactments of Inclusion. Association of Teacher Educators, Jacksonville, Florida.
• Paddock, A., Rabinowitz, L. & Tondreau, A. (November, 2022). Representing Ourselves and Our Dreams: Remixing Visual Media with an Eye towards Criticality. National Council for Teachers of English Annual Convention, Anaheim, California.
• Tondreau, A., Rabinowitz, L. & Barnes, Z. (April, 2022). Cross-Pollination Through Collaboration: Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy/Universal Design for Learning Lesson Planning Across Methods Courses. American Education Research Association, San Diego, California.
• Rabinowitz, L. & Tondreau, A. (December, 2021). Deconstructing Representations of Reading Disability: Critical literacy Book Clubs for Literacy Specialists. Literacy Research Association, Atlanta, Georgia.
• Rabinowitz, L. & Augustus, K. (December, 2021). Using Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy to Modify Pre-existing Literacy Instructional Programs. Literacy Research Association, Atlanta, Georgia.
• Rabinowitz, L. & Tondreau, A. (October, 2021). Remixing Visual Art Using Critical Visual Literacy. Anti-Racist Language Teaching: Bank Street Graduate School of Education Language Series. (held online).
• Rabinowitz, L. & Tondreau, A. (April, 2021). Using Disability Studies to Critically Close Reading Children’s Literature. American Educational Research Association, Virtual.
• Tondreau, A. & Rabinowitz, L. (December, 2020). Balancing Literacies: A Universal Design for Learning Approach to Culturally Sustaining Elementary Reading Instruction. Literacy Research Association, Houston, TX (held online).
• Rabinowitz, L. & Tondreau, A. (November, 2020). A New Song of Inclusion: Culturally Sustaining Literacy Practices and UDL. National Council for the Teachers of English, Denver, CO (held online).
• Rabinowitz, L. & Tondreau, A. (October, 2020). Postmodern Picture Books as an Invitation to Critical Writing Pedagogy. Anti-Racist Language Teaching: Bank Street Graduate School of Education Language Series. (held online).