Summer Clark

Summer Clark is an Associate Professor at Lesley University's Graduate School of Education, specializing in literacy education and equity-focused pedagogy. With 13 years of prior teaching experience across K-12 settings in Mississippi, Atlanta, Morocco, DC, and Baltimore, her work integrates classroom practice with academic research.

• M.Ed. University of Mississippi
• Ed.S. University of Georgia
• Ph.D. University of Maryland, College Park

Her research emphasizes transformative literacy teaching through collaborative action research, equity in education, and critical engagement with children's media. Publications span topics from feminist parenting frameworks to interdisciplinary math-literacy pedagogy, often using graphic novels and young adult literature as tools for social change.

Recent work trends show focus on:

• Equity-centered assessment practices
• Integrating growth mindset concepts into literacy instruction
• Family-school partnerships in learning processes
• Gender representation in children's media
• Visual literacy through graphic novels
• Interdisciplinary teaching approaches