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  • Kelly Chandler-Olcott
    Associate Professor and Department Chair
    Director of Undergraduate and Master's Programs in English Education Grades 7-12
    English Education
    315-443-5183
    kpchandl@syr.edu
    Ed.D. University of Maine, 1998

    Kelly Chandler-Olcott is an associate professor and chair of Syracuse University’s Reading and Language Arts Center, where she directs the English Education program. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in content literacy, English methods, literacy and technology, and writing for professional publication. She was awarded a Meredith Recognition Award for excellence in university teaching in 2000.  A former secondary English and social studies teacher, Dr. Chandler-Olcott holds undergraduate and master’s degrees from Harvard University and a doctorate from the University of Maine. Her work has been published by such journals as English Education, Journal of Teacher Education, Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, and Reading Research Quarterly. She has also co-authored five books, the most recent being Tutoring Adolescent Literacy Learners: A Guide for Volunteers (Guilford, 2005) with Dr. Kathleen Hinchman and The Right to Read and Write: Literacy for Students with Autism (Paul Brookes, forthcoming) with Dr. Paula Kluth.   Dr. Chandler-Olcott’s research interests include adolescents’ technology-mediated literacy practices, classroom-based inquiry by teachers, and content literacy. With funding from the National Science Foundation, she and three colleagues—Dr. Kathleen Hinchman, Dr. Helen Doerr, and Dr. Joanna Masingila—are currently completing a three-year study of the literacy demands that reform-based mathematics curricula present for students in urban secondary classrooms.


  • Marcelle Haddix
    Assistant Professor
    English Education
    315-443-4755
    mhaddix@syr.edu
    Ph.D. Boston College, 2008

    Marcelle Haddix completed her PhD in Education with an emphasis in Literacy, Language, and Learning at Boston College. Her background includes work as a secondary English language arts teacher, college administrator, composition instructor, and teacher educator. She teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in literacy and English education. Her scholarly interests center on the study of literacy, language, and culture in the context of K-12 and teacher education. Her most recent research project involves the examination of the language practices of Black and Latino/a pre-service teachers. She has published in Language and Education and is a frequent presenter at conferences for the National Council for Teachers of English and the American Educational Research Association.


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