Scott Ritchie
Biography
Scott Ritchie, Ph.D. (he/they) is Professor of Language and Literacy Education in the Department of Elementary and Early Childhood Education at Kennesaw State University and affiliate faculty in the Gender and Women's Studies Program. A former P-5 classroom teacher and administrator, literacy coach, Dismantling Racism trainer, and Professional Liaison for Diversity for the Bagwell College of Education, Scott teaches courses in undergraduate and graduate literacy education, educational equity and social justice, gender and women's studies, and qualitative research methods.
Scott's research interests include historical and dialectical materialism, critical literacy, anti-imperialism, teacher education for social justice, and an exploration of the relationship between the political economy and various forms of oppression such as gender, race, and ability.
Scott's current projects include an essay that engages in a historical materialist analysis of men's violence, an essay about racism and unequal exchange, and a research study on imperialist ideology in P-12 schools. He recently published an article about how Paulo Freire's work may have been deradicalized by Western Marxist followers.
Scott's scholarly writing has been published in International Critical Thought, Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, Journal of Teacher Education, Multicultural Perspectives, Journal of Language and Literacy Education, and Current Issues in Comparative Education.
Scott currently serves on the advisory committee for the Society of Peace, Internationalism and Ecology (SPINE), and in the past he served as an elected member of 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, as well as on editorial boards of journals such as Language Arts journal, Talking Points, and the Journal of Children's Literature.
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., Elementary Education, 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 Grantee, Applied Research Center/Race Forward, 1997-1998
