Areas of Expertise
- Teacher education
- Curriculum & instruction
- Media literacy and media education
- Visual literacy
Education
- PhD in Education, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Dissertation
- Graphic Novels in Advanced English/Language Arts Classrooms: A Phenomenological Case Study
Research Areas of Interest
- Teacher education
- Diversity
- Media
Selected Publications
- Gillenwater, C. (2014). Reading images: The phenomenon of intertextuality and how it may contribute to developing visual literacy with Advanced Placement English/language arts students. Journal of Ethnographic & Qualitative Research, 8, 251-263.
- Gillenwater, C. (2009). Lost literacy: How graphic novels can recover visual literacy in the literacy classroom. Afterimage, 37(2), 33-36.
- Gillenwater, C., Kumar, A., Moynihan, B.T., & Vandrimmelen, J. (2007). Use of Haptics to Augment Presence in an Experiential HCI Environment. https://www.semanticscholar.org/.
Selected Professional Experience
- Associate Professor; Northcentral University; 2018-present
- Adjunct professor; Northcentral University; 2015-2018
- Senior Educational Consultant; LearningStone, an eLearning company; 2014-2015
- Subject Matter Expert; Northcentral University; 2013-present
- Student teacher supervisor; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; 2008-2010
- Instructor; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; 2007-2011