Scott Ritchie
Biography
Scott Ritchie, Ph.D., is Professor of Language and Literacy Education in the Department of Elementary and Early Childhood Education at Kennesaw State University and Affiliate in the Gender and Women's Studies Program. A former grassroots community organizer, P-5 classroom teacher/administrator, literacy coach, Dismantling Racism trainer, and Professional Liaison for Diversity for the Bagwell College of Education, Dr. Ritchie teaches courses in undergraduate and graduate literacy education, educational equity and social justice, gender and women's studies, and qualitative research methods.
Dr. Ritchie's research interests include critical literacies, masculinity studies, critical disability studies, historical materialism, and teacher education for social justice. Ritchie's work has been published in the Journal of Teacher Education, Journal of Language and Literacy Education, Teachers College Record, and Current Issues in Comparative Education, and he serves on editorial boards including Language Arts journal and the Journal of Children's Literature. Dr. Ritchie has served on the Elementary Section Steering Committee of the National Council of Teachers of English and the board of the Center for Expansion of Language and Thinking.
Education
Graduate Certificate, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Georgia State University, 2015
Ph.D., Language and Literacy Education, University of Georgia, 2010
M.Ed., Antioch University New England, 2000
A.B., Philosophy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1994
Awards and Honors
Spencer Foundation Research Grant, $50,000, Spencer Foundation, Chicago, IL, 2021-2023
Outstanding Teaching Award, Bagwell College of Education, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, 2021
Dean’s Speaker Series Award, Bagwell College of Education, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, 2014
Bagwell College of Education Research/Scholarship Award, Kennesaw State University, 2013-2014
Leadership and Service Award, Critical Educators for Social Justice SIG, American Educational Research Association, 2011
Distinguished Dissertation Award Nominee, Division D, American Educational Research Association, 2010
Distinguished Dissertation Award Nominee, Critical Educators for Social Justice SIG, American Educational Research Association, 2010
Carl Glickman Award, University of Georgia, 2009
Alpha Upsilon Alpha International Honor Society Inductee, International Reading Association, 2006
Georgia State Normal School Memorial Award, University of Georgia, 2006
Demonstration Classroom Model Teacher, Northeast Georgia RESA, 2002-2003
CNN Hero Award, Cable News Network (CNN), 2001
Action Education Initiative, Applied Research Center/Race Forward, 1997-1998
