Biography

Dr. Kristi Amatucci has been at Georgia Gwinnett College since 2010. She currently teaches Advanced Reading Skills for the School of Transitional Studies. Before completing her Ph.D., Amatucci was a high school literature and composition teacher for six years in Athens, Ga. She is a lifelong reader and a published author.

Amatucci has presented her work at regional, national and international conferences. She has published in English Education, English Teaching: Practice and Critique, Qualitative Inquiry, and the International Review of Qualitative Research, and she has an article forthcoming in Cultural Studies<=>Critical Methodologies.

Amatucci also enjoys travel, photography, movies, music and yoga.

Education

• Doctorate – language and literacy education – University of Georgia
• Master’s – English education – University of Georgia
• Bachelor’s – comparative literature – University of Georgia

Academic Interests

• Reading and writing pedagogies
• Digital literacies
• Teacher education
• Qualitative methodologies

Distinctions

• Distinguished Qualitative Dissertation Award (2011), The International Center for Qualitative Inquiry
• Genelle Morain Award for Outstanding Doctoral Teaching (2010), Language and Literacy Education, University of Georgia
• Teacher Consultant, Red Clay Writing Project

Professional Affiliations

• American Educational Research Association
• National Council of Teachers of English