Tynisha D. Meidl

Tynisha D. Meidl, Ph.D. is associate professor of teacher education at St. Norbert College in De Pere, WI where she also serves as the co-chair of the teacher education program. She earned her Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction from Pennsylvania State University. Meidl teaches literacy courses aimed at assisting pre-service teachers enter the classroom as proficient literacy teachers. Her research expertise includes curriculum planning for linguistically and culturally diverse student populations, service-learning as pedagogy, as well as Freirean-based approaches in literacy classrooms. Prior to joining the faculty at St. Norbert, she taught in the Baltimore City Public Schools and in the Rio Grande Valley in Texas. Meidl is a Teach for America Almuni and current co-editor of the Literacy and Social Responsibility ejournal.