Amy Tondreau

Dr. Amy Tondreau is an Assistant Professor of Elementary Literacy in the Department of Education at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. She holds an Ed.D. in Curriculum & Teaching from Teachers College, Columbia University, an M.Ed. in Reading from Rhode Island College, and a B.A. in Elementary Education and Communications from Boston College. She previously worked as a staff developer and writer for the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project, as co-director of the Summer Literacy Clinic at Rhode Island College, and as an elementary classroom teacher. Her research focuses on teachers’ and students’ literacy identities, critical literacy, writing pedagogy, professional learning communities, critical teacher education, and the application of Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy and Disability Sustaining Pedagogy in elementary literacy teaching and learning. Her work has been published in forums such as the Journal of Teacher Education, The Reading Teacher, Language Arts, Studying Teacher Education, and Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education.