Dr. Donna E. Alvermann is University of Georgia Appointed Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus. She is also The Omer Clyde and Elizabeth Parr Aderhold Professor in Education Emeritus. Formerly a public classroom teacher in Texas and New York for 12 years, her current research focuses on critical media literacy and young people’s uses of popular media. She is the author of numerous articles and several books in multiple editions.

She co-designed an interactive research website (https://www.becoming3lectric.com/) to learn how a community of researchers and researched objects can push boundaries associated with creating and disseminating “original” work that is remixed online using a Creative Commons license.

A key element in her career includes serving as principal researcher and co-director of the U.S. Department of Education’s National Reading Research Center located at the University of Georgia from 1992-1997. She is the recipient of numerous awards presented by major education organizations, including the Literacy Research Association’s Oscar Causey Award for Outstanding Contributions to Reading Research; ALER’s Laureate Award; and the International Literacy Association’s highest honor, the William S. Gray Citation of Merit. Elected early in her career to the Reading Hall of Fame, Dr. Alvermann was later elected to Fellow Status in the American Educational Research Association.