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I am an assistant professor of English education at Utah State University.  My scholarly work focuses on digital literacies, young adult literature, teacher education, and secondary curriculum and pedagogy.  I examine the ways digital technologies and contemporary young adult texts enable a more expansive view of literacy and literacy education.  I have the good fortune to collaborate with fellow scholars through the Initiative for Literacy in a Digital Age.  I have taught middle school English Language Arts, high school English, college composition, teacher education courses, and graduate courses in literacy education.  I hold a B.A. in English with Liberal Arts Honors from the University of Texas at Austin, a M.A. in English from Middlebury College's Bread Loaf School of English, and a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction, English Education from Florida State University.