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

Thu Apr 6 13:20:47 BST 2017

Naomi provided the impetus, imagination, and the personal/professional
skills necessary for making so much of the work in our field possible.
Let's do it: Naomi's name on the ballot and  a large dinner at AERA in her
hometown next year!  Donna A.

On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 7:06 AM, Hoffman, James V <jhoffman at austin.utexas.edu
> wrote:

> 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> 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> 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 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> 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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> -------- Original message --------
> From: "P. David PEARSON" <ppearson at berkeley.edu>
> Date: 4/5/17 9:49 PM (GMT-07:00)
> To: Yetta Goodman <ygoodman at u.arizona.edu>
> Cc: 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>
> 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> 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
>>>
>>>
>>> best to all,
>>>
>>>
>>> Allan
>>>
>>>
>>> Allan Luke
>>>
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