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Dr. Danielle Lillge

Associate Professor
English
Office
STV Stevenson Hall 340
Office Hours
Spring 2025 | ENG 194: Wed., 8:00-9:30 AM; or by appointment
| ENG 436: Mon., 8-8:30 PM (Zoom); Tues., 8:30-9 PM (Zoom); or by appointment
  • About
  • Education
  • Awards & Honors
  • Research

Current Courses

409.091The Writing Project

499.009Independent Research For The Master's Thesis

400.004Independent Study

194.001Introduction to English Education

194.003Introduction to English Education

295.001Teaching Literature & Writing In The Middle School

436.001Theories of Socially Just ELA Instruction

436.091Theories of Socially Just ELA Instruction

Teaching Interests & Areas

pedagogy, methods, teacher research

Research Interests & Areas

professional development, secondary English teacher education, literacy, facilitation, interactional ethnography, qualitative methods

PhD English and Education

University of Michigan
Ann Arbor

MA English Education

University of Michigan
Ann Arbor

BA English

St. Norbert College
DePere, WI

Outstanding College Service Award in the Humanities Division

College of Arts & Sciences, Illinois State University
2023

Exceptional Teacher of the Year Award - Assistant Professor

Department of English, Illinois State University
2020

Outstanding New Faculty Academic Advising Award

National Academic Advising Association
2018

Book, Authored

Lillge, D. (2022). Pursuing social justice in ELA: A framework for negotiating the challenges of teaching. Routledge.
Wessling, S. B., Lillge, D., & VanKooten, C. (2011). Supporting students in a time of Core Standards: English language arts, grades 9-12. National Council of Teachers of English.

Journal Article

Lillge, D. (2021). Facilitation literacy: Circulating power in professional learning conversations with teacher colleagues. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 64(4), 399-407. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaal.1106
Lillge, D., & Knowles, A. (2020). Sticking points: Sites for developing capacity to enact socially just instruction. Teaching and Teacher Education, 94, Article 103098. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2020.103098
Lillge, D. (2019). Improving professional development relationships that support teacher learning. English Teaching: Practice & Critique, 18(3), 365-381. https://doi.org/10.1108/ETPC-12-2018-0121
Lillge, D. (2019). Uncovering conflict: Why teachers struggle to apply professional development learning about the teaching of writing. Research in the Teaching of English, 53(4), 340-362.
Lillge, D., & Crane, A. U. (2019). Embracing uncertainty: When inquiry drives the reading conference. Voices from the Middle, 26(3), 31-34.

Presentations

Lillge, D. (accepted for 2025, April). Overcoming the Negative Effects of Evaluation in Teaching: Teacher-Researchers’ Learning to Assess as Inquiry [Paper session]. American Educational Research Association, Denver, CO, United States.
Lillge, D., Adkins, K. (2024, November). Locally Developed and Responsive Asset-Based Assessment: Tools for Strategically Working Within and Against the Status Quo [Conference session]. National Council of Teachers of English, Boston, MA, United States.
Lillge, D., Armas, R., Adkins, K., Magee, J., Dziedzic, M., Orum, B., & Atwood, R. (2024, November). Coming Together in Solidarity During Contentious Times: Teacher Action Research, a Pathway for Sustainable Change in Teaching for Justice [Conference panel]. National Council of Teachers of English, Boston, MA, United States.
Lillge, D., Maney-Magnuson, S., & Vogel, B. (2024, November). Nurturing Field-Based, Community Partnerships: Exploring Equitable, Generative Dissonance as Sites of Learning for All [Conference panel]. National Council of Teachers of English, Boston, MA, United States.