Casey M. Pennington Assistant Professor of Literacy · SUNY Cortland

Curriculum vitae

Curriculum vitae

A summary of education, appointments, and honors. The full CV lists every publication, presentation, and service role.

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Education

  • 2023Ph.D., Literacy, Culture, and Language Education, minor in Learning Science
    Indiana University, Bloomington
    Dissertation: Narrating Neighborhoods: Children Restorying Historically Segregated Places
  • 2017M.S. in Education
    Indiana University, Bloomington
  • 2011B.A., cum laude
    University of Indianapolis

Appointments

  • 2023–Assistant Professor, Literacy Department
    State University of New York at Cortland
  • 2017–2023Research and Teaching Assistant, Literacy, Culture, and Language Education
    School of Education, Indiana University, Bloomington
  • 2010–2015Classroom teacher, English language arts and English as a New Language
    Indianapolis, Indiana

Honors and awards

  • 2025Apple Awards, LIT 693 (Summer 2025) and LIT 371 (Fall 2025), SUNY Cortland
  • 2023Graduate Student Research Award, American Reading Forum
  • 2019Outstanding Associate Instructor Award for Teaching, Literacy, Culture, and Language Education, Indiana University Bloomington

Grants and fellowships

  • 2021–2022Michael McMullen Photography Dissertation Fund
  • 2020Literacy, Culture, and Language Education Travel Award, Indiana University
  • 2018–2021Literacy, Culture, and Language Education Doctoral Faculty Fellowship, Indiana University
  • 2017Proffitt Fellowship, School of Education, Indiana University

Certification

  •  State of Indiana Professional Educator's Five-Year License, Middle School