Adjunct Instructional Faculty
Department of STEM Education & Professional Studies

Megan Britt

757-683-3384

1207 STUDENT RECREATION CENTER
NORFOLK, 23529

Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction, °¼Í¹ÊÓƵ, (2011)

M.A. in Teaching English, Union College, (1996)

B.A. in Speech Communication and Theater, Boston College, (1992)

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Britt, M. "NCTE presentation" $1,000. °¼Í¹ÊÓƵ. - 2011
Britt, M. "AERA presentation" $1,000. °¼Í¹ÊÓƵ. - 2010
Britt, M. "NCTE presentation" $325. °¼Í¹ÊÓƵ. - 2010
Britt, M. "NCTE presentation" $900. °¼Í¹ÊÓƵ. - 2010

Expertise

Teacher Quality

Research Interests

teacher preparation, residency models, teacher retention, mindfulness practices, stress and coping in education, writing instruction

Articles

Britt, M., Pribesh, S. L., Hinton (Johnson), K. and Gupta, A. (2017). Effects of a mindfulness intervention on community college students’ writing apprehension. Community College Journal of Research and Practice.

Presentations

Britt, M., Judge, S. and Donohue, T. (April , 2016). Strengthening Public Education through Research: Closing the Teacher Quality Gap via a Residency Model Paper Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association Washington DC.
Britt, M., Judge, S. and Donohue, T. (April , 2015). Quality Educators for All: An Urban Teacher Residency Program That Prepares and Retains Highly Effective Educators Paper Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association Chicago.
Britt, M. and Fleener, C. E. (February , 2014). Advancing Teacher Education that Matters: A Yearlong Student Teaching Residency Model that Works Paper Annual meeting of the Association of Teacher Educators St. Louis.
Britt, M. (April , 2012). Stress and Coping in Education Paper Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association Vancouver.
Britt, M. (November , 2011). Dorothy Parker and Katherine Anne Porter Annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English Chicago, IL.
Britt, M. (April , 2011). Practicing Mindfulness of the Bodies and Beings of Teachers and Students. Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association New Orleans.
Britt, M. (November , 2010). Teaching and Learning from Great American Poets Annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English Orlando, FL.
Britt, M. (November , 2010). Well Teachers Teach Well: Renewing Our Teaching Selves Annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English Orlando, FL.
  • 2011: Shining Star Award, °¼Í¹ÊÓƵ
  • 2010: Shining Star Award, °¼Í¹ÊÓƵ
  • 2007: Permanent Professor Appointment, Horry Georgetown Technical College

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