Education
Ph. D., Education-Reading Education, University of Virginia, 2006
M. Ed., English Secondary Education, University of Florida, 1997
B.A., English, University of Florida, 1996
Montana McCormick
Associate Professor
Contact Info
Areas of Expertise
Reading Education, Adolescent Literacy, Disciplinary Literacy, Critical Media Literacy
Biography
Dr. Montana McCormick is an Associate Professor in the Department of Secondary Middle Education. She is a former middle school and high school teacher. Dr. McCormick finds anything related to literacy riveting, particularly adolescent literacy. Her current passions center on critical media literacy, the intersection of literacy and social justice and anti-racist literacy instruction. Dr. McCormick is also passionate about exploring digital teaching applications for virtual instruction.
Research Interests
Dr. McCormick's research focuses on disciplinary literacy and young adult literature and she has written about science literacy, math literacy, social studies literacy and sports literacy education.
in the media
- Dr. McCormick was recently highlighted in a podcast in the Faculty Success: Higher Ed Conversations by Faculty Academic Center of Excellence at Towson (FACET). This episode, “Considerations when Shifting your Classroom Practice Online,” Dr. McCormick discusses the challenges of permanently shifting her practices online after years of being a classroom practitioner.
Publications
Scott, C. E., McCormick, M. K., Benge, C., & Lane, M. (2023). Virtual literature circles: Providing a conduit for discourse among teacher candidates and practitioners. In S. Finley, P. Correll, C. Pearman, & S. Huffman (Eds.), Cultivating Critical Discourse in the Classroom (pp. 109-134). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-8296-4.ch007
McCormick, M. K., & Segal, P. (2023). Chapter 13: Analyze this: Metacognitive connections between the movement disciplines and the K-12 classroom. In S. Mogge, S. Huggins, J. Knutson, E. Lobel, & P. Segal (Eds.), Springer Texts in Education, (pp. 211–220). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-20117-2_13
Segal, P., & McCormick, M. K. (2023). Chapter 10: Intersection of sports and academics: College women’s perspectives of literacy on and off the Court. In S. Mooge, S. Huggins, J.Knutson, E. Lobel, &P. Segal (Eds.), Springer Texts in Education, 169–178. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-20117-2_10
Croce, K.A., & McCormick, M. K. (2020). Developing disciplinary literacy in mathematics : Learning from professionals who use mathematics in their jobs. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 63(4), 415–423. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaal.1013
Segal, P., & McCormick, M.K. (2019). So many words, so little time: Concepts sorts as a performance task across the learning cycle. Science Scope, 42(7), 90-93.