Katie DredgerKatie Shepherd Dredger , Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of education in the College of Education at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. A former public school middle and secondary teacher for thirteen years in Maryland, she works toexamine intersections of theory and practice in today’s classrooms. Her scholarship has appeared in Journal of Media Literacy in Education, English Journal, Language Arts, The ALAN Review, International Journal of ePortfolio, Reading in Virginia, Educational Practice and Reform, Writing & Pedagogy, English Leadership Quarterly and Contemporary Issues in Teacher Education, English Leadership Quarterly, and Writing & Pedagogy. Her research interests include teacher education, adolescent literacy, content literacy, and the effective integration of emerging digital literacies within K-12 education. Read More Read Less