Dr. Danielle Lillge
Associate Professor
Office
STV Stevenson Hall 340
Office Hours
Fall 2025 | ENG 194: Wed., 9:30 - 11 AM; or by appointment
| ENG 437: Mon., 7:30-8:30 PM (Zoom); or by appointment
| ENG 437: Mon., 7:30-8:30 PM (Zoom); or by appointment
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- About
- Education
- Awards & Honors
- Selected Research
Current Courses
ENG 438.001 Assessing and Analyzing Diverse Student Literacy Data
ENG 435.001 Critical Conversations in the Teaching of English
ENG 435.004 Critical Conversations in the Teaching of English
ENG 499.009 Independent Research For The Master's Thesis
ENG 287.001 Independent Study
ENG 194.001 Introduction to English Education
Teaching Interests & Areas
pedagogy, methods, teacher research
Research Interests & Areas
professional development, secondary English teacher education, literacy, facilitation, interactional ethnography, qualitative methods
PhD English and Education
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
MA English Education
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
BA English
St. Norbert College
DePere, WI
Outstanding College Service Award in the Humanities Division
College of Arts & Sciences, Illinois State University
2023
Exceptional Teacher of the Year Award - Assistant Professor
Department of English, Illinois State University
2020
Outstanding New Faculty Academic Advising Award
National Academic Advising Association
2018
Book, Authored
Pursuing social justice in ELA: A framework for negotiating the challenges of teaching
Danielle Lillge.
(2022), Routledge
Supporting students in a time of Core Standards: English language arts, grades 9-12
Lillge Lillge.
(2011)
Presentations
Overcoming the negative effects of evaluation in teaching: Teacher-researchers’ learning to assess as inquiry
Danielle Lillge.
American Educational Research Association, Denver, CO, April, 2025
Coming Together in Solidarity During Contentious Times: Teacher Action Research, a Pathway for Sustainable Change in Teaching for Justice
Danielle Lillge, Raquel Armas, Kelly Adkins, Jenny Magee, Mark Dziedzic, Bryn Orum, Robin Atwood.
National Council of Teachers of English, Boston, MA, November, 2024
Locally Developed and Responsive Asset-Based Assessment: Tools for Strategically Working Within and Against the Status Quo
Danielle Lillge, Kelly Adkins.
National Council of Teachers of English, Boston, MA, November, 2024
Nurturing Field-Based, Community Partnerships: Exploring Equitable, Generative Dissonance as Sites of Learning for All
Danielle Lillge, Shannon Maney-Magnuson, Brooklyn Vogel.
National Council of Teachers of English, Boston, MA, November, 2024
“Radical Listening: Humanizing Pedagogies that Nurture Equitable Classroom Instruction.”
Danielle Lillge, Maggie Morris Davis, Shannon Maney-Magnuson.
National Council of Teachers of English, Anaheim, CA., November, 2022
“Taking Stock and Naming Frameworks at Play: Teaching Pre-Service Teachers to Negotiate the Challenges of Sticking Points in Fieldwork.”
Danielle Lillge, Maggie Morris Davis, Abigail Byrnside.
National Council of Teachers of English, Anaheim, CA., November, 2022
“Beyond Lip Service: Socially Just Methods for Developing Pre-Service Teacher Listening and Equitable Instruction.”
Danielle Lillge, Maggie Morris Davis, Abigail Byrnside.
American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA., April, 2022
“Re-reading and Re-writing Rural Narratives and Communities: Socially Just Possibilities for Teacher and Student Critical Literacy Learning and Inquiry.”
Danielle Lillge, Maggie Morris Davis, Brooklyn Vogel, Destiny Dungey, Abigail Byrnside, Aunshree Rayarikar.
National Council of Teachers of English, Virtual., November, 2021