Megan Guise

Megan Guise is a doctoral candidate and Teaching Fellow in the Department of Instruction and Learning in English Education at the University of Pittsburgh. She teaches a course on the teaching of writing as well as a seminar for student teachers. She also is a research assistant for Dr. Kevin Crowley at the University of Pittsburgh Center for Learning in Out-of-School Environments (UPCLOSE). Before beginning graduate work at the University of Pittsburgh, Megan taught high school English in Manchester, Pennsylvania. Her research focuses on understanding how English Language Arts teachers' beliefs about teaching, learning, and their students interact with specific school, curricular, and policy contexts to shape their instructional practice. This research examines the negotiations that occur when teachers are faced with a tension between their beliefs, instructional practice, and/or educational contexts. In addition, Megan's research focuses on social-class specific interpretive practices in students' responses to literature, students' interpretive practices across texts and contexts, and the learning of adolescents in out-of-school environments. Megan is a recipient of the 2008 Alumni Doctoral Fellowship.