Chu Ly, Ed.D.
Chu Ly is an Associate Professor of Education and Child and Family Studies. Dr. Ly’s research interests include the intersection of transformative social emotional learning, play and community, multimodal literacy, critical pedagogies, and Asian American studies through stories. Dr. Ly has worked as an early childhood and elementary school teacher in an inquiry-based program and as an administrator for Boston Public Schools.
Education
Ed.D., Human Development, (Literacy and Language), Boston University
M.Ed., Education, University of Massachusetts Boston
BA, English, Philosophy Minor, Northeastern University
Selected Publications
Soutter, M., Ward, A. W, & Ly, C. N. (2025). Transformative social and emotional learning: Centering equity and social justice in PreK-6 classrooms. Teachers College Press.
Shinas, H.V., Ly, C.N., Ozden, S.Y. (Eds.) (2022). Cases on practical applications for remote, hybrid, and hyflex teaching. IGI Global.
Ly, C. N., Forzani, E. (2023). Let’s learn from them: Using integrative multimodal literacy assessment tool to support instruction for young children. The Reading Teacher, 77 (3), 407-413.
Forzani, E. & Ly, C. N. (2022). Beyond Multimodality to Multiplicity: Developing More Equitable and Relevant Literacy Learning Spaces for Young Children. The Reading Teacher, 75 (5), 611-620.
Ly, C. N., Soutter, M. (February, 2022). Technological Pedagogical, and Content Knowledge as a Lens for
Transformative Social-Emotional Learning. Cases on Practical Applications for Remote, Hybrid, and Hyflex Teaching. IGI Global.
Özden, S.Y., Shinas, H.V., & Ly, C. N. (2022). Remote Learning in First Grade: Technology-Mediated Learning in Turkey and the United States in a Pandemic. Cases on Practical Applications for Remote, Hybrid, and Hyflex Teaching. (Özden, S.Y., Shinas, H.V., Ly, C. N., Eds.) IGI Global.
Paratore, J. R., O’ Brien, L. M., Jiménez, L., Salinas, A., Ly, C. (2016). Engaging preservice teachers in integrated study and use of educational media and technology in teaching reading. Teaching and Teacher Education, 59, 247-260.
Salinas, A., & Ly, C. (2015). Mathematics gaming in early childhood: Describing teacher moves for effective and appropriate implementation. (Ed. Drew Polly). Cases on technology integration in mathematics education. IGI Global. 353-364.
Selected Presentations
Ly, C. N., Kim, J., (2023, November) Reclaiming Ourselves Through Stories: A Critical Multimodal Analysis of Asian American Texts paper, Reclaiming Our Stories, Reclaiming Ourselves: Asian Americans Storying Symposium. [Symposium] Literacy Research Association, Atlanta, GA.
Ly, C. N., Forzani, E., (2023, November). Assessing the multimodal skills preschoolers bring into the classroom. [Paper presentation] Literacy Research Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA.
Ly, C.N. & Forzani, E. (2022, December). “Where’s the learning loss here?”: Assessing the multimodal skills preschoolers bring into the classroom from home [Paper presentation]. Literacy Research Association Annual Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona, United States.
Ly, C. N., & Soutter, M. (2022, April). Transformative Social Emotional Learning Online: Experiences of Children, Parents, and Teachers. Roundtable paper presented at American Educational Research Association, Virtual
Ozden, S.Y., Shinas, H.V., & Ly, C. N. (2021, April). Remote Learning in First Grade: Technology-Mediated Learning in Turkey and the United States in a Pandemic. Roundtable paper presented at American Education Research Association, Virtual.
Ly, C., (2016, July). Reading 2.0: Transforming Literacy Instruction Through e-Books, e-Textbooks, Audiobooks, and Digital Texts. Workshop presented at the International Literacy Association, Boston, MA.
Paratore, J. R., O’Brien, L. M., Jiménez L., Salinas, A., & Ly, C. (2015, December). Preservice Teachers’ Use of Educational Media and Teaching Reading: A Design-based Study. Annual Meeting of the Literacy Research Association, Carlsbad, CA.
Kuhn, M.R., Groff, C., Gregory, M., & Ly, C. (2015, July). Best Practices for Children in All Areas of Early Literacy Instruction. Paper presented at the International Reading Association Preconference Institute #12, St. Louis, MO.