Assistant Professor of Education Melissa Wells
Assistant Professor of Education Melissa Wells presented at the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Conference in Boston. Her presentations were titled “Panels Full of Heart, Hope, andHumanity: The Power of Graphic Novels to Foster Critical Literacy and CriticalReading, Teaching with the 2024 Charlotte Huck and Orbis Pictus Award Books” and”Teaching with Heart, Hope, and Humanity: The Intersection of Students, Families,Children’s Literature, and Community Cultural Wealth”.
In addition, Wells presented at the Literacy Research Association’s Annual Conference. Her presentations included Creative Empowerment: Early-Career Teachers’ Use of Arts Integration, Community Cultural Wealth: Agency through Asset-Based Approaches in Early Childhood Settings, and Graphic Novels: “Non-Entities” with Potential for StudentEmpowerment and Agency.