Monday, May 30, 2022
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To Barbara's family, many friends, and colleagues, I offer my sincere condolences and share your loss. Barbara was a generous, supportive, and enthusiastic academic colleague and friend to so many people. She championed the non formal literacy practices of young people, and was always ready to support others in their research and teaching in areas where she had expertise to offer. It was always a joy to catch up at conferences and mix serious academic conversation with quirky humor, catch up on the latest with The Fur Kids and share in her distinctive sense of proportion. Michele and I shared a magical afternoon poring over her hard copy zines collection -- the point of shared interest around which we first met. That memory will never fade, not least because of the way it consolidated our shared sense that some of the "most fun things in life" could and should become foci for serious literacy research. Above all, however, for me Barbara was a serious force for good in the world, and we have lost her at a time when we need as much of that as we can possibly get. Rest in peace, Barbara, and thank you so much for being you.
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