Angelo J. Letizia

Angelo J. Letizia serves as Associate Professor and Chair of Initial Licensure Programs at the School of Education, Notre Dame of Maryland University. He teaches across doctoral, master's, and undergraduate programs, covering courses like History of Higher Education, Educational Philosophy, and Graphic Novels as Citizenship Pedagogy.

• Education:
  • PhD in Educational Policy Planning and Leadership, College of William and Mary
  • MA in European History, Old Dominion University
  • BA in Secondary Social Studies, SUNY Cortland

Letizia's research merges civic education with arts-based methodologies, focusing on how poetic inquiry and graphic narratives can reimagine democratic citizenship and leadership. His work challenges neoliberal educational frameworks while advocating for metamodernist approaches that transcend static democratic models through creative questioning.

His publications span poetic research monographs, graphic novel pedagogy studies, and innovative teaching strategies. He actively chairs dissertation committees and co-developed post-internship support structures for teacher candidates.

Key themes across his 2020–2024 publications include:

• Civic identity formation through visual storytelling
• Metamodernist educational reform
• Deconstructive poetic epistemology
• Neoliberal policy critiques in educational funding
• Interdisciplinary approaches to leadership
• Existential educational narratives