She has extensive experience working in urban areas with at risk students of all ages, in addition to pre-service and in-service teachers. Jeanine's scholarship uncovers the relationships that exist between literacies, media, adolescence, and teacher education. She also examines the role of the spirit in literacy acquisition, teaching, and learning. Using critical responsive interpretive frameworks, she examines the ways urban youth of color use and develop literacies over time and the ways their teachers support and facilitate that work.