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Merideth Garcia

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Associate Professor
English
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

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Merideth Garcia Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Associate Professor

English

Specialty area(s)

Digital Literacies, Fan Studies, English Teaching Methods, Young Adult Literature, Qualitative Research, Rhetoric & Composition

Current courses at UWL

ENG 411: Capstone in English Education

ENG 451: Workshop in Curriculum & Assessment

ENG 455: Teaching and Learning English in the Secondary School

Education

Ph.D. in English and Education, University of Michigan (2018)

M.A in English Literature, Middlebury College (2011)

M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction, University of Texas at Austin (2004)

B.A. in English, University of Texas at Austin (1995)

Career

Teaching history

ENG 110: First Year Writing

ENG 200: Transformative Works

ENG 200: Detective Fiction

ENG 300: Intro to English Studies

ENG 341: Pedagogical Approaches to Young Adult Literature

ENG 351: Workshop in Classroom Management

ENG 355: Teaching English in the Middle Grades

ENG 411: Capstone in English Education

ENG 451: Workshop in Curriculum & Assessment

ENG 455: Teaching and Learning English in the Secondary School

EDS 492: Student Teaching Seminar

Professional history

Associate Professor of English (present)

Assistant Professor of English (2018-2022)

Graduate Student Instructor (2012-2018)

Secondary English and ESOL teacher (1998-2000, 2004-2012)

Research and publishing

Recent Publications

Nash, Brady et al. “Artificial Intelligence in English Education: Challenges and Opportunities for Teachers and Teacher Educators.” English Education. Vol. 55, no. 3, Apr 2023. 

Garcia, Merideth and Amy Piotrowski. “Humanizing Online Teacher Education Through Critical Digital Pedagogy.” English Education. Vol. 54, no. 2, Jan 2022. 

Felix, Shanna, and Merideth Garcia. “Classic Misdirection: Lesbian, Bisexual, and Queer Women Victims in True Crime.” (Mis)Representation of Queer Lives in True Crime. 2024

Recent Conference Presentations

“Sustainable Dissonance.” English Language Arts Teacher Educators Conference, 20 July 2023, Atlanta, GA.  

“Searching for the Stars in Online Teaching: Lessons Learned During the Darkness  of a Global Pandemic.”  National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention, 19 Nov 2022, Anaheim, CA. 

“Practice and Policy: Supporting ELA Teachers in a Polarized Environment.” English Language Arts Teacher Educators Conference, 20 July 2022, Louisville, KY.  

“Lurking Towards Advocacy.” Practicing Digital Activisms. Computers & Writing Conference. 21 May 2022, Greenville, NC. 

Kudos

published

Merideth Garcia, English, co-authored the article "Humanizing Online English Teacher Education through Critical Digital Pedagogy" in English Education published on March 31 by NCTE.

Submitted on: April 21, 2022

presented

Merideth Garcia, English, presented "Reframing Assessment" at Conference on College Composition and Communication on March 19 online.

Submitted on: April 5, 2022