ADVISING

Graduate Students

Caitlin M. Donovan- cdonova@ncsu.edu

Caitlin M. Donovan is a graduate student and research assistant in the Teacher Education and Learning Sciences program at NC State, focusing on writing as advocacy, new media literacies, and humanities teacher preparation. She is a National Board Certified educator, teaching middle and high school in Durham Public Schools where her curriculum spanned English/Language Arts, creative writing, and social studies. She is a graduate of UNC Chapel Hill’s English Department & Teaching Fellows Program and Duke University’s M.A. in Teaching Program. She is an alumna of Fulbright Korea.

Jennifer Mann- jmann3@ncsu.edu

Jennifer Mann is a doctoral student in the Literacy and English Language Arts Education program at NC State, focusing on funds of knowledge, student voice, and refugee student education. She received her M.A. in Reading Education from East Carolina University and her B.A. in English Education and Biblical Studies from Southeastern College at Wake Forest.  As a National Board Certified teacher, she spent 13 years teaching students ranging from kindergarten to college spending the majority of that time as a high school English Language Arts teacher, specializing in instruction to diverse learners.