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Adult Literacy and American Identity does important historical and theoretical work to inform our understanding of literacy, its history and changing definition, and its importance in relation to a variety of communities. NeCamp's research is especially significant in light of immigrant and English Only debates. Her examination of the response to the Moonlight Schools amidst the Appalachian literacy crisis is important for its uncovering of a significant response to unmet literacy needs in Appalachian Kentucky and to its important lessons for today. --Carol Mattingly, author of Appropriate[ing] Dress: Women's Rhetorical Style in Nineteenth-Century America

Adult Literacy and American Identity does important historical and theoretical work to inform our understanding of literacy, its history and changing definition, and its importance in relation to a variety of communities. NeCamp s research is especially significant in light of immigrant and English Only debates. Her examination of the response to the Moonlight Schools amidst the Appalachian literacy crisis is important for its uncovering of a significant response to unmet literacy needs in Appalachian Kentucky and to its important lessons for today. Carol Mattingly, author of Appropriate[ing] Dress: Women s Rhetorical Style in Nineteenth-Century America Adult Literacy and American Identity does important historical and theoretical work to inform our understanding of literacy, its history and changing definition, and its importance in relation to a variety of communities. NeCamp's research is especially significant in light of immigrant and English Only debates. Her examination of the response to the Moonlight Schools amidst the Appalachian literacy crisis is important for its uncovering of a significant response to unmet literacy needs in Appalachian Kentucky and to its important lessons for today. --Carol Mattingly, author of Appropriate[ing] Dress: Women's Rhetorical Style in Nineteenth-Century America Adult Literacy and American Identity does important historical and theoretical work to inform our understanding of literacy, its history and changing definition, and its importance in relation to a variety of communities. NeCamp s research is especially significant in light of immigrant and English Only debates. Her examination of the response to the Moonlight Schools amidst the Appalachian literacy crisis is important for its uncovering of a significant response to unmet literacy needs in Appalachian Kentucky and to its important lessons for today. Carol Mattingly, author of Appropriate[ing] Dress: Women s Rhetorical Style in Nineteenth-Century America Adult Literacy and American Identity does important historical and theoretical work to inform our understanding of literacy, its history and changing definition, and its importance in relation to a variety of communities. NeCamp's research is especially significant in light of immigrant and English Only debates. Her examination of the response to the Moonlight Schools amidst the Appalachian literacy crisis is important for its uncovering of a significant response to unmet literacy needs in Appalachian Kentucky and to its important lessons for today. --Carol Mattingly, author of Appropriate[ing] Dress: Women's Rhetorical Style in Nineteenth-Century America

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Samantha NeCamp teaches English at Midway College in Kentucky. She has published articles in the Journal of Appalachian Studies, College Composition and Communication, and other journals.

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