Dannie Leigh Chalk
- Visiting Lecturer
Dr. C has spent the last two decades roving the country and world as a teacher-for-hire, developing a teaching practice centered in joy, experimentation, and agency. Her areas of passion include gender and 2SLGBTQIA+ experiences and expressions; critical disability theory and advocacy; anti-positivist teaching methods; and anti-positivist qualitative research in education and the social sciences. She is a devotee of Star Trek (ask her about the conventions) and classic Gen-X alt rock (be prepared for Chris Cornell-centric playlists), and her hobbies include taking her 76-year-old mother to Kennywood for the roller coasters. Dr. C lives with her partner, Dr. John Rodrigue, and her four cats - Circe ("Fatty McDrama Pants"), Benji ("Big Baby Boy"), Minnie ("Little House Panther"), and Phoebe ("Tumble Bug").
Courses Taugth
ENGCMP 0200 (Seminar in Comp)
0203 (Seminar in Comp: Gender)
0207 (Seminar in Comp: Education)
0450 (Research Writing)
1112 (Prof. Uses of Social Media)
Education & Training
- PhD, Educational Theory & Practice (2022, University of Georgia)
- PhD, English (2009, Penn State)
Research Interests
Anti-positivist teaching methods and curriculum development; critical theories in education (esp. gender, queer, critical disability, and crip theories); qualitative research
