Dominique McDaniel
Dr. Dominique Skye McDaniel (she/her/hers) is an assistant professor of 
English Education in the Department of English at Kennesaw State University’s College
of Humanities and Social Sciences. She received her Ph.D. in Educational Studies with
a concentration in Teacher Education, and cognates in Literacy and English Education
from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 2022 and is a former teacher
in North Carolina. Dominique taught for ten years, most recently in middle grades
language arts, and holds licensure certifications in Elementary Education, Middle
Grades Language Arts, High School English, and Reading. Dominique’s research focuses
on adolescents' activism on social media, critical approaches to digital literacies,
and justice-oriented teacher education. Her dissertation, #OnlineLiteraciesMatter: A multi-case study approach of Black and Brown youths' literacy
practices in social media spaces was awarded the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) College Composition
and Communication (CCC) 2023 James Berlin Memorial Outstanding Dissertation Award.
She is also the recipient of the 2024 Richard A. Meade Award for Research in English
Education from English Language Arts Teacher Educators (ELATE), a constituent group
of NCTE. Dominique's recent peer-reviewed scholarship can be found in Journal of Literacy Research, Reading Research Quarterly, Written Communication, English Teaching: Practice & Critique, English Education, Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, Journal of Language and Literacy Education, English Journal, among other leading journals in the field. She also has published public-facing scholarly
work in The Conversation, republished in the Chicago Sun-Times.
Research Interests:
- Adolescents' activism on social media
- Critical approaches to digital literacies
- Culturally Digitized Pedagogy
- Justice-oriented teacher education; English Education
