Research

  • Research Experience:

    Kennesaw State University 
     
    Project Culture (Cultural Understanding and Learning of Teachers       IRB approved: 2023
    Uniting to Reimagine Education)                                                     
    Primary Investigator: Dr. Dominique McDaniel
     
    UNC Greensboro    
     
    #OnlineLiteraciesMatter: A Multi-case Study Approach of                        2021 - 2022
    Black and Brown Youths' Literacy Practices in Social Media Spaces      
    Primary Investigator: Dr. Dominique McDaniel
    Dissertation Advisor:  Dr. Amy M. Vetter
     
    I-PiE: Institute for Partnerships in Education                                               2021 - 2022
    Graduate Research Assistant
    Primary Investigator:  Dr. P. Holt Wilson
     
    Beyond “Doing it for the Culture:” Centering Marginalized Youth          2020
    Perspectives on their Literacy Experiences                                                    
    Primary Investigator
    Pilot Study Advisor:  Dr. Amy M. Vetter
     
    The Writing Identities of Teens: Longitudinal Study                                   2018 - 2021
    Research Assistant                             
    Primary Investigator:  Dr. Amy M. Vetter 
     
    UNCG Young Writers Camp: Community Voices                                          2018 - 2019 
    Research Assistant     
    Primary Investigators: Drs. Amy Vetter & Melody Zoch 

  • Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles:

    Zoch, M., Vetter, A., Faircloth, B., Marhatta, P., McDaniel, D. (2022). Community Voices: Resettled Youth Use Their Writing to Reposition Themselves. Literacy Research and Instruction.https://doi.org/10.1080/19388071.2022.2142173[DM1]

    Vetter, A., Lambert, C., LeJeune, M., Consalvo, A., David, A., & McDaniel, D. (2021). Asking Teens about Their Writing Lives: The Writing Identity Work of Youth. Literacy Research and Instruction, 61(4), 315-338.https://doi.org/10.1080/19388071.2021.2008559
     
    McDaniel, D. (2021). Beyond “Doing it for the Culture”: Centering Marginalized Youth Perspectives on their Literacy Experiences through Critical Race Counterstories. Fringes, The North Carolina English Teachers’ Association Journal, 3(1), 17-29. http://www.ncenglishteachersassociation.org/journalissues/
     
    Zoch, M., Marhatta, P., Vetter, A., Faircloth, B., & McDaniel, D. (2021). “Let Your Voice Lead You”: Critical Community-Building to Support the Writing of Recently Resettled Youth. Multicultural Perspectives, 23(4), 241–247. https://doi.org/10.1080/15210960.2021.1979404
     
    McDaniel, D. (2021, February, 15). Writing for the Culture: Centering Marginalized Youth Perspectives on Their Writing Experiences. Writers Who Care. https://writerswhocare.wordpress.com/2021/02/15/a-snapshot-of-a-virtual-writing-summer-camp/ 
    Peer-reviewed through the Writers Who Care blind peer-review process.
     
    McDaniel, D. (2018). Review of Rethinking the “Adolescent” in Adolescent Literacy. Journal of Language and Literacy Education, 14(2), 1-6.

  • Manuscripts In Progress:

    McDaniel, D. (under review). Culturally Digitized Pedagogy: A Concept, Context, and Practice Disregarded Far too Long. Invited Manuscript will be sent to Harvard Educational Review.
     
    McDaniel, D. (under review). #AmplifyYouthVoices: Teens Use of Social Media to Rewrite the Law of the Land. Manuscript will be sent to Journal of Language and Literacy Education.

  • Grant Activity:

    Kennesaw State University RCHSS Extramural Funding Seed Grant Program
    Project Culture (Cultural Understanding and Learning of Teachers Uniting to Reimagine
    Education)
    Primary Investigator: Dr. Dominique McDaniel
    Awarded $7,500 December 2022

    National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Research Foundation’s Cultivating New Voices Among Scholars of Color Grant
    Selected as an alternate for the 2022-2024 Cohort

  • International, National, and Local Presentations:

    INVITED PRESENTATIONS:
     
    McDaniel, D. (Invited guest speaker) Invited to participate as a guest speaker on youth social media activism in relationship to writing instruction (Fall 2022, September 12th). Kennesaw State University, ENGL 3310, Principles of Writing Instruction. 
     
    McDaniel, D. (Invited talk) #TrendingNow: Black and Latinx Youths’ Racialized Experiences in Social Media Spaces. Coalition for Diversity in Language and Culture Annual Conference (CDLC), Greensboro, NC. (January 2022).
    Invited to present virtually January 2022 
     
    McDaniel, D. (Invited speaker for panel) Culturally relevant classroom management in middle school classrooms. (2020). Invited to participate on a teacher panel on classroom management. University of North Carolina at Greensboro, TED 650, Establishing and Maintaining Responsive Classroom Environments.  
     
    REFERRED PRESENTATIONS AT NATIONAL CONFERENCES:
     
    McDaniel, D. (2022). Activism, Action, and Allyship Through Multimodal Literacy Practices. Accepted for the Literacy Research Association 72nd Annual Conference, Phoenix, AZ.
     
    McDaniel, D. (2022). Growing Advocacy Online: Bringing Together Teachers, Researchers, Families, and Communities to Advocate for Authentic Writing Instruction. Writers Who Care Panel Presentation. Accepted for the 2022 National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Annual Convention, Anaheim, CA.
     
    McDaniel, D. (2022). Reimagining literacy through transformative online spaces: Teens' advocacy and agency on social media platforms. In NCTE ELATE Social Justice Commission Roundtable Session: Sueña con Nosotros: Reimagining Educational Spaces as Beacons for Hope and Transformation. Accepted for the 2022 National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Annual Convention, Anaheim, CA.
     
    McDaniel, D. (2021). #WidenWhatCountsAsLiteracy: A Multi-case Study Approach of Black and Brown Youth Literacy Practices in Social Media Spaces. Accepted for the 2021 Literacy Research Association (LRA) 71st Annual Convention, Atlanta, GA.
     
    McDaniel, D. (2021). #OnlineLiteraciesMatter: Examining Minoritized Youths' Literacy Practices and Racialized Experiences in Social Media Spaces. Accepted for the 2021 National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Virtual Annual Convention, Previously scheduled at Louisville, KY.
     
    McDaniel, D. (2020). Beyond “Doing it for the Culture”: Centering Marginalized Youth Perspectives on Their Literacy Experiences. Presented at the Literacy Research Association’s (LRA) 70th Virtual Annual Conference, Previously scheduled at Houston, TX.
     
    McDaniel, D. (2020). Community Building to Strengthen the Writing of Recently Resettled Youth. Presented at the Literacy Research Association (LRA) 70th Virtual Annual Conference, Previously scheduled at Houston, TX.
     
    McDaniel, D. (2019). Learning from Youth: Inquiring into the Writing Lives of Teens. Presented at the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD.
     
    McDaniel, D. (2019). Inquiry into Refugee & Immigrant Experiences. Presented at the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD.
     
    McDaniel, D. (2019). Repositioning Youth in Literacy Education. Presented at the Literacy Research Association (LRA) 69th Annual Conference, Tampa, FL. 
     
    LOCAL CONFERENCES:
     
    McDaniel, D. (2023). Discovering Good Trouble in Social Media Spaces: BIPOC Teens’ Voice and Agency Through Digital Literacies. 2023 Georgia Council of Teachers of English (GCTE) Conference, Athens, GA.
     
    McDaniel, D. (2019). Supporting Refugee Youth’s Writing Lives and Identity Work.  Inaugural meeting of North Carolina Literacy Research Partnership (NCLRP), University of North Carolina at Greensboro. 
     
    McDaniel, D. (2013). Word Wizards: A Comprehensive Vocabulary Approach for Fifth Graders. The 4th Annual Triad Teacher Researcher Conference, University of North Carolina at Greensboro. 

 

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