Limor Pinhasi-Vittorio

Limor Pinhasi-Vittorio, Ph.D., is associate professor of Literacy. She is the Department Chair of Counseling, Leadership, Literacy and Special Education and the Coordinator of the graduate Literacy program at Lehman College, Bronx NY. Her research has focused on using critical literacy and the arts to promote social justice and empowerment for marginalized populations. Her recent works deal with using literacy as a healing process for women recovering from substance abuse and focuses on the interplay of literacy, specifically poetry slam, in creating safe spaces for learning and for gaining academic success. Her work continuously re-examines and re-defines literacy in current times and aims to foster change and advancement. She is an active researcher and believes that literacy is a human right.

Publications

Using Innovative Literacies to Develop Leadership and Agency: Inspiring Transformation and Hope
Using Innovative Literacies to Develop Leadership and Agency: Inspiring Transformation and Hope
Limor Pinhasi-Vittorio, Elite Ben-Yosef. © 2023. 287 pages.
The global pandemic has caused devastating social and economic disruptions worldwide. These circumstances have widened and deepened the inequalities of access to socio-economic...
Literacy and Photography as Tools to Propel Stories of Self-Leadership and Change
Literacy and Photography as Tools to Propel Stories of Self-Leadership and Change
Limor Pinhasi-Vittorio, Yael Ben-Zion. © 2023. 25 pages.
The chapter describes the authors' year-long workshop with undergraduate first-generation students from underserved urban communities in NY. The workshop integrated...