Saal’s research agenda focuses on the intersectionality of literacy and social justice within community literacies and includes: 1) assessment of text complexity, comprehension, and metacognition using authentic texts, 2) New Literacies’ socio-cultural and political implications, and 3) ethics and critical theory in literacy teaching and learning. In addition to her own scholarship, Leah Katherine serves on the Loyola Engaged Scholarship Committee and Clinical Centers Research Committee, as well as several international and national editorial review boards for adult and adolescent literacy/learning journals. She is also the co-editor of Literacy & Social Responsibility eJournal, a journal of the International Literacy Association.
