Mollie Welsh Kruger has been an early childhood and elementary school teacher in New York City for over 20 years. While working on her doctorate, she deepened her engagement with literacy and children’s literature — a focus that continues to animate her work today. She is currently on the graduate faculty of Bank Street College of Education in the Reading and Literacy: All Grades Program within the Teaching and Learning Department. Her current areas of passion include studies of imagination and comprehension.
Educational Background
Qualifications
EdD, Curriculum and Teaching, Teachers College, Columbia University; MA, Curriculum and Teaching, Fordham University
Selected Publications & Presentations
Welsh Kruger, M., & Enriquez, G. (2023). Math and picture books: Story, math anxiety, and building joy. The Reading Teacher. https://doi.org/10.1002/trtr.2202
Welsh Kruger, M., Rolander, S., & Stires, S. (2020). Introduction: Facilitating conversations on difficult topics in the classroom: Teachers’ stories of opening spaces using children’s literature. Occasional Paper Series, (44). https://educate.bankstreet.edu/occasional-paper-series/vol2020/iss44/1
