Donna Alvermann

Donna Alvermann

Donna Alverman is a researcher and teacher educator whose work focuses on adolescents’ digital and media literacies and youth-initiated engagement with all kinds of texts both in and out of school. Currently she is University Appointed Distinguished Research Professor of Language and Literacy Education in the College of Education at the University of Georgia. Currently, she serves on the Adolescent Literacy Advisory Group of the Alliance for Excellent Education. Alvermann is a noteworthy researcher and teacher educator as she has published over 100 articles. She was elected to the board of the National Reading Conference and is currently the co-chair of the International Reading Association’s (IRA) Commission on Adolescent Literacy. She is currently an editor for Reading Research Quarterly, an IRA journal. Her research in the area of reading has been beneficial for educators working with struggling and adolescent readers and is regarded as a voice that speaks for these readers. She has encouraged teachers to rethink critical literacy and incorporate new technology and social practices in their instruction of Language Arts.