Academic specializing in language and literacy education
Elizabeth Birr Moje is an American academic specializing in language and literacy education. She is the George Herbert Mead Collegiate Professor of Education and the Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Literacy, Language, and Culture at the University of Michigan 
Education.
Moje received her B.A. from Concordia University Ann Arbor in 1983 and her M.A. from Eastern Michigan University in 1990. From 1990 until 1994 she taught at Lutheran High School in Denver, Colorado. Her high school teacher career centered on teaching science, history, and serving as the director of drama. She earned her Ph.D. from Purdue University in 1994.
Career.
From 1994 until 1997 Moje was an assistant professor at the University of Utah. She then moved to the University of Michigan where she was named the Arthur F. Thurnau Professor in 2004. In 2016 she was named the dean and George Herbert Mead Collegiate Professor of Education. In 2010 The National Writing Project conducted an annotated bibliography for Moje, recognizing her contributions to the field of content area literacy.
Honors and awards.
In 2012 Moje was elected as a fellow to the American Educational Research Association. In 2014 Moje was appointed to the National Academy of Education, and in 2018 she was inducted into the Reading Hall of Fame. Moje was the 2022 recipient of the Oscar S. Causey Award. 
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