Research

Research Experience:

Kennesaw State University

Project CULTURE (Cultural Understanding and Learning of Teachers 2023 - current
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
Selected Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles:

McDaniel, D. (2023). Supporting Justice-Oriented English Instruction through Teens’ Digital Activist Literacies. English Journal. 113(1), 49-57. https://doi.org/10.58680/ej202332630

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. (in progress). Toward Culturally Digitized Pedagogy: A concept, context, and practice disregarded far too long.

McDaniel, D. (in progress). Teen activism and civic participation: A cross-case analysis of critical social media literacies.

McDaniel, D. (in progress). “Bold of them to assume I want to wait until I'm older to do what I love:" One Teens' Activism and Civic Engagement Online.
Grant Activity:

Kennesaw State University Radow College of Humanities and Social Sciences Extramural Funding Seed Grant Program
Project Culture (Cultural Understanding and Learning of Teachers Uniting to Reimagine
Education)
Primary Investigator
Awarded $7,500 December 2022

Kennesaw State University Division of Diverse and Inclusive Excellence of Diversity Research Grant Mentoring Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Preservice English Teachers through Project CULTURE Primary Investigator
Division of Diverse and Inclusive Excellence Diversity Research Grant
Awarded $8,000 April 2023

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
Selected International, National, and Local Presentations:

INVITED PRESENTATIONS:

Invited panelist. "Digital Methods: Conducting Critical Literacy Research in the Post-ChatGPT World". Doctoral Student Innovative Community Group Study Group: The Digital!, Literacy Research Association (LRA), Atlanta, GA, 12/2023.

Invited panelist. “Building Your Academic Online Presence,” Office of Research’s Research Development and Strategic Initiatives (RDSI) Event, Kennesaw State University, 10/19/2023.

Invited presentation. “Project CULTURE: Highlighting Phase 1 of a Professional Learning Community,” Lunch-n-Learn Research Presentation Series, Radow College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Kennesaw State University, 9/13/2023.

Invited speaker (webinar), “Facilitating Inclusive Classrooms: English Education Students’ Experiences of DEI Pedagogy”, DEI Maymester Panel Presentation, Department of English Diversity and Inclusion Committee, Kennesaw State University, 5/12/2023

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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