The Language Arts Journal of Michigan (LAJM) is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal that focuses on literacy and English language arts education at all instructional levels. Since 1985, the journal has been published biannually by the Michigan Council of Teachers of English (MCTE), a state affiliate of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). The LAJM publishes original articles in the following areas: English education methods, K-12 practice, classroom research, critical pedagogy, teacher narrative, literary criticism, review of professional works or young adult fiction, and essays, short fiction, or memoir. The contents of the LAJM do not necessarily reflect the views of MCTE or its members.
The LAJM is hosted by Scholarworks at Grand Valley State University. Please use this site as follows:
- Authors may read the current call, read our submission guidelines or submit an article.
- Interested reviewers may request to review for the LAJM or read our reviewing guidelines.
- Visitors may browse full text articles that have been in publication for six months.
- The LAJM is published digitally twice a year. If you have questions about the LAJM, please email the editors (see Contact Us). To become an MCTE member, please register for the annual conference or purchase an annual membership on our website.
Current Issue: Volume 40, Issue 1 (2026)
Table of Contents
Letter from the Editors
Raven L. Jones, Tanya Upthegrove Gregory, and Alexandra M. Sánchez
Letter from the Guest Editor
Ayah Issa
Letter from the MCTE President
Sara Hoeve
Letter from the MCTE Vice President
Kel Sassi
Learning about Land through Indigenous Storywork, Critical Information Literacy, and Archival Research at the Northern Shores Storywork Project Site
Kel Sassi, Morgan Raether, and April E. Lindala
Teaching for Liberation: Using Literature to Combat Oppression in Multilingual Classrooms
Gourika Sharma
Everyone on the Line: Your Journey Begins Here
Brandy N. Pass
In the Plenty
Claire Donohoe
King and the Dragonflies
Elizabeth Gonzales
Co-Editors’ Corner
Raven Jones, Tanya Upthegrove Gregory, and Alexandra Sánchez

