Areas of Expertise:
- Teacher Education
- Curriculum and Instruction
- Media Literacy/Education
Education:
- PhD – Education, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- MA – Education, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- BA – Communications and Political Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Dissertation:
- Graphic Novels in the Advanced English/Language Arts Classrooms: A Phenomenological Case Study
Research Areas of Interest:
- Adjunct life
- Creative thinking
Certifications and /or licenses:
- North Carolina Middle Grades Language Arts teaching certification (grades 6-9)
- North Carolina Secondary English teaching certification (grades 9-12)
Select 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/.
Select Professional Experience:
- Content Expert, DIP courses, NorthCentral University, 2018-2019
- Ph.D. Five Year Review Committee, NorthCentral University, 2018
- School of Education Adjunct Council, NorthCentral University, 2017
- Senior Educational Consultant, LearningStone, 2014-2015
- MAT Instructor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2010-2011
- Middle school Language Arts teacher, 2001-2006
- AERA member
