Alecia Marie Magnifico

Alecia Marie Magnifico is an Assistant Professor of English teaching at the University of New Hampshire, where she teaches courses on English instruction, digital literacies, and research methods. Her professional background includes roles as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Illinois (Scholar Project), lecturer at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (Games, Learning, and Society team), and secondary school teacher.

Education:

• Ph.D., Educational Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• M.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison
• B.A., Economics, Swarthmore College
• B.A., Education, Swarthmore College

Her research examines how writing for authentic audiences enhances adolescent literacy development across formal and informal contexts. She investigates digital writing practices, designs curricula integrating multimedia literacy, and develops methodologies to analyze social learning in online affinity spaces like fanfiction communities. Key themes include audience engagement, anti-racist pedagogies, and multimodal composition.

Her publications (2010-2025) demonstrate sustained focus on digital literacies, writing motivation, and educational technology applications. Recent work explores playful multiliteracies, anti-racist writing workshops, and fan-based learning, predominantly using qualitative approaches to study literacy ecosystems.

She has collaborated with research teams including the Games, Learning, and Society group and the Scholar Project, studying technology-mediated learning environments.