[Reading-hall-of-fame] Re: retirement of Naomi Silverman, Routledge

Thu Apr 6 12:06:44 BST 2017

Based on this description I look forward to seeing Naomi’s name on the HOF ballot next year. And I also agree with David that a dinner at AERA would be really nice.  jim
On Apr 6, 2017, at 2:46 AM, Leu, Donald <donald.leu at uconn.edu<mailto:donald.leu at uconn.edu>> wrote:

I support recognition for this wonderful colleague and her work with us on several important projects.

Here are the criteria for nomination from our website:

"When nominated, members must have been actively involved in work in literacy for a minimum of at least twenty-five years. Their reputation is to be widely known and respected by people in the profession. Their contributions will be within the following: authorship of publications on literacy, including reports of significant research; performance in positions of responsibility in the field of literacy; and preparation of leaders in the literacy field through his/her teaching.
Those nominated for membership may be living or deceased."

Cheers,

Don

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On Apr 6, 2017, at 3:32 AM, Brian Cambourne <bcambrn at uow.edu.au<mailto:bcambrn at uow.edu.au>> wrote:

Is there a class or category of the RHF she could be nominated for? Her contribution to our profession has certainly been significant.
 Brian Cambourne
On 6 Apr 2017, at 3:56 PM, judith.green at gmail.com<mailto:judith.green at gmail.com> wrote:

What about creating a Certificate of Accomplishment or Recognition from the RHoF?  We could award this to her at AERA, if she will be there at the end of this month?  If not, we could arrange to provide her with a formal plaque and to write up a profile of her as an editor with the books recognized that she has work on.  Perhaps someone could go to her office to surprise her with this official recognition or invite her to lunch in NY or wherever.

We might also have a ZOOM event where many of us could recognize her work.  Someone would need to be with her but ZOOM allows 1-40 links and is stable and can be recorded on a desktop and then linked to the website or other?

Thoughts?

Judith
On Apr 6, 2017, at 1:00 AM, Anders, Patricia L - (planders) <planders at email.arizona.edu<mailto:planders at email.arizona.edu>> wrote:

I totally agree. Naomi is a very important person to me and to many of us. I would do anything to show my regard. What makes sense? Patty Anders

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From: "P. David PEARSON" <ppearson at berkeley.edu<mailto:ppearson at berkeley.edu>>
Date: 4/5/17 9:49 PM (GMT-07:00)
To: Yetta Goodman <ygoodman at u.arizona.edu<mailto:ygoodman at u.arizona.edu>>
Cc: reading-hall-of-fame at lists.nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:reading-hall-of-fame at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>
Subject: [Reading-hall-of-fame] Re: retirement of Naomi Silverman, Routledge

Amen!!!

I would love to do something like a dinner or a reception in her honor, not as a RHF event, but for any and all individuals who might want to honor her contributions.  The only reason we are using the RHF Listserv now is that we  know that many of you feel as Allan, Yetta, and I do.  If we do more, we will go off the Listserv to communicate.

pdp

On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 9:43 PM, Yetta Goodman <ygoodman at u.arizona.edu<mailto:ygoodman at u.arizona.edu>> wrote:
We add our voices to Allan's and P. David. 's.  Having Naomi Silverman in our academic lives has been important to our own knowledge expansion and given us opportunities to contribute to others.  Naomi has always been both personal and professional.  Indeed let each of us honor her personally and perhaps together we can find additional ways to honor her collectively.      Yetta and Ken

On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 7:52 PM, Allan Luke <a2.luke at qut.edu.au<mailto:a2.luke at qut.edu.au>> wrote:

Dear Colleagues

This next week Naomi Silverman will retire from her position as Commissioning Editor for Routledge.  Naomi has worked with many of us during her time at St. Martins Press. She built the language and literacy list at Lawrence Erlbaum, before moving with Erlbaum staff as it was purchased by Routledge several years ago.

As you know - finding editors who know the field, actually read and offer substantive comment and engagement with our manuscripts, and who see the work through to press is increasingly rare in the corporate world of publishing.

Through this - Naomi has had a powerful effect on the field, bringing colleagues together on projects, taking risks and breaking new editorial ground, and linking language/literacy research with work in TESOL, applied linguistics, curriculum studies and other areas. I - for one - want to thank her for her shaping influence on the field.

No need to respond to me or this list - but If you'd like to drop her a line - her work email is still online for the next few weeks -

naomi.silverman at taylorandfrancis.com<mailto:naomi.silverman at taylorandfrancis.com>

best to all,

Allan

Allan Luke

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