Katie B. Loomis, Ph.D.

Contact

kloomis1@twu.edu
940-898-2614
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Biography

Katie's research interests include agency development in children, literature for children and young adults, library advocacy, and school libraries. Her research explores the enactments of agency in children’s literature specifically from school libraries. She has been involved in research surrounding social media use in schools, higher education discourse, and school library management. Katie was an elementary school librarian and classroom teacher. She obtained her Ph.D. in Curriculum Instruction: Language and Literacy.

Education

Ph.D., Curriculum & Instruction, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
M.Ed., Curriculum Instruction, Louisiana State University Shreveport, Shreveport, LA
M.A., Teaching, Centenary College of Louisiana, Shreveport, LA
B.A., Communication, Centenary College of Louisiana, Shreveport, LA

Expertise

School Libraries; Children's Literature; Agency Development In Children; Library Science; Critical Content Analysis; Qualitative Research; Elementary Education; Pre-service Teacher Education; Pre-service School Librarian Education

Latest Articles

Troop Esme
School Library Journal (2024)
Katie B. Loomis

Hellaween: Spellbent
School Library Journal (2024)
Katie B. Loomis

Cookie and Broccoli: Scariest Halloween Ever
School Library Journal (2024)
Katie B. Loomis Loomis

Dungeon Runners: Hero Trials
School Library Journal (2024)
Katie B. Loomis

Transitional (Chicken karaoke)
School Library Journal (2023)
Katie Loomis

The 156-Story treehouse: Holiday havoc
School Library Journal (2023)
Katie Loomis

Transitional Books (Interrupting cow and the horse of a different color)
School Library Journal (2023)
Katie Loomis

What does it mean to Engage for learning on Social Media?: An analysis of Global Read Aloud Twitter participation
Journal of Research on Technology in Education (2022)
Brett Stamm, Katie B. Loomis

We All Celebrate!
School Library Journal (2022)
Katie Loomis

The most haunted house in America
School Library Journal (2022)
Katie Loomis

Holidays (We're going on a sleigh ride: A lift-the-flap adventure)
School Library Journal (2022)
Katie Loomis

Middle Grade Graphic Novels (Red and Rover: Fun's never over)
School Library Journal (2022)
Katie Loomis

Holidays (Holly Holiday and the Christmas forest)
School Library Journal (2022)
Katie Loomis

Cutting School: The Privatization, Segregation, and the End of Public Education
Education and Urban Society: An Independent Quarterly Journal of Social Research (2020)
Kathryn Loomis, Lauren Martin, Jemimah L. Young

Review of social justice literacies in the English classroom: Teaching practice in action.
Journal f Language and Literacy Education (2019)
KB Loomis

You can't be what you can't see: the power of opportunity to change young lives (Review of the book).
Journal of Children and Poverty (2018)
L. Martin, Kathryn Loomis, J. Young

Recent Presentations

Depictions of Agency in Challenged Children's Literature from School Libraries
ALISE Annual Conference (2022)
Poster | Katie B. Loomis

Sharing Literature's Joy and Strength through International Scholarship: Examining 10 Years of Bookbird
13th IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People) Regional Conference. (2019)
Poster | Katie B. Loomis, Janelle Mathis

LEGOs in the classroom: Say goodbye to boring reader response activities.
Spicola Forum on Reading (2019)
Faculty Workshop | K. B. Loomis

They're not too old: Reading aloud in middle grades
Spicola Forum on Reading (2019)
Faculty Workshop | B. Stamm, K. B. Loomis

Let go of your boring library lesson plan!
Texas Library Association Annual Conference (2019)
Poster | Kathryn Loomis

School libraries- Agency making space or just a space?
Texas Library Association Annual Conference (2019)
Round Table | Kathryn Loomis

Examining 10 years of Bookbird for global representations and themes in academic articles
13th IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People) Regional Conference. (2019)
Poster | K. B. Loomis, J. Mathis

Teacher ~ Librarian Collaboration
Louisiana Library Association Annual Conference (2018)
Paper | Katie Loomis

Creating a Culturally Responsive Classroom Library
Spicola Forum on Reading (2018)
Paper | Kathryn Loomis

Learning for change: Individual, Group, and Staff Studies Towards Culturally Responsive Schools and Classrooms
National Association for Multicultural Education- Texas Chapter Annual Conference (2018)
Faculty Workshop | Kathryn Loomis, T. Larson, Brett Stamm, L. Martin

Professional Affiliations

• ALISE: Association for Library and Information Science Education
• American Association of School Libraries
• American Library Association
• Texas Association of School Libraries
• Texas Council of Teachers of English Language Arts
• Texas Library Association
• United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY)

Honors & Awards

• COPE Outstanding Faculty Service Award, College of Professional Education (2024)
• Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award, College of Professional Education (2022)