From the Editor

Let's Affirm and Celebrate Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Authors

  • Katherine Mason Cramer Wichita State University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.62704/

Keywords:

diversity, equity, inclusion, DEI, sociopolitical climate, writing for publication, KATE

Abstract

Kansas English Editor-in-Chief Katie Cramer is fed up with anti-DEI agendas at the state and national levels and urges readers to share their own efforts to uplift diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice. She also previews the 2025 issue; offers thanks to outgoing YA Book Review Editor John Franklin and a warm welcome to incoming YA Book Review Editor Kevin Kienholz; and provides an update on indexing Kansas English in ERIC. 

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Author Biography

  • Katherine Mason Cramer, Wichita State University

    Katherine (Katie) Mason Cramer, Ph.D. (she/her) is starting her 16th year as Program Chair and Professor of English Education in Wichita State University’s School of Education. Prior to earning her doctorate, Katie was a middle school English teacher in Kansas City, Kansas, Public Schools, and she has maintained her Kansas teaching licenses (ELA 5-9 and 7-12) so that a joyful return to the middle or high school ELA classroom is always possible. She has been a member of KATE and on the Executive Board since moving back to Kansas (from Arizona and Georgia) in 2010, and she has served as Editor of Kansas English since 2017. Under her leadership, Kansas English has been honored with NCTE’s Affiliate Journal of Excellence Award in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024. Katie’s research and publications center the use of young adult literature to recognize, affirm, and teach diverse genders and sexualities in ELA classrooms and curricula. She can be reached at Katie.Cramer@wichita.edu. 

Kansas English, vol. 106

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Published

2025-07-15

Issue

Vol. 106 (2025)

Section

From the Editor

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How to Cite

From the Editor: Let’s Affirm and Celebrate Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. (2025). Kansas English, 106. https://doi.org/10.62704/