Elaine MacDougall successfully presents

The Language, Literacy, and Culture Program is pleased to announce that Elaine MacDougall of LLC Cohort 22 successfully and skillfully presented her dissertation research proposal on February 12, 2025.

Elaine's project is titled, Examining Inclusive, Interdisciplinary, and Community-Based Definitions and Practices of Literacy to Understand, Define, and Re-Define the Social Literacies of Incarcerated People in Prison Education Programs.

After her presentation, Elaine had a substantive discussion with her committee about the next stages of her work. The committee agreed that the project is worthy of doctoral research and helped Elaine consider some key issues as she moves forward into the research and writing.

Many thanks to Elaine's committee members:

     Nicole Morse, Language, Literacy, and Culture

     Amy Tondreau, Education

     Tamara Bhalla, American Studies

 

Please join us in congratulating Elaine on reaching this significant milestone!