Her research interests focus on understanding how learning is mediated by students’ cultural identities and how ways of knowing and learning privileged in schools can be expanded to include and represent diverse youth more effectively, particularly through writing, multiliteracies, and critical inquiry. Dr. Honeyford taught English Language Arts in the middle and senior years in both the U.S. and Canada. She has conducted research on programs funded by the U.S. Department of Education, National Endowment for the Arts, Poetry Foundation, National Science Foundation, and MacArthur Foundation. Dr. Honeyford received her Ph.D. in Literacy, Culture, and Language Education from Indiana University, Bloomington.