Mission statement

To foster and support scholarship and research in the study of language and literacies.
To foster and support collaborative inquiry and innovative approaches to conducting research and disseminating findings.
To enrich the scholarly lives of affiliates, including the lives of graduate students and emerging scholars.
To provide an annual thematic study of current scholarship and research including:
- Visiting eminent scholars
  - Research presentations to the university community
  - Brown bag conversations with affiliates
  - Invited presentations by affiliates
  - Reading groups, scheduled regularly, open to faculty and graduate students
To maintain The Martha King Center seminar room, in 200 Ramseyer Hall
- A venue for seminars, presentations, and conversations
- A venue for classes to use the resources housed in the seminar room:
  - Scholarly publications by affiliates
  - Scholarly books and journals
  - The Bonnie Chambers Children's Literature Collection and Teaching Resource
To maintain a website to support the vision and mission of the Center

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