Meredith Sinclair

Meredith Sinclair is an Associate Professor of English Education at Southern Connecticut State University, specializing in critical pedagogical approaches. She serves as Faculty Director of Academic Advising and focuses on preparing secondary English educators through innovative curriculum frameworks.

• B.A. & M.A.T.: University of North Carolina
• Ph.D.: University of North Carolina (Education, Culture, Curriculum, and Change)

Her research explores critical, anti-racist pedagogy and critical literacy as tools for social justice education. She investigates secondary English curriculum development, phenomenological inquiry methodologies, and the pedagogical potential of young adult literature in fostering democratic educational practices.

Recent publications examine reader agency in spectacle culture, decolonizing textual spaces in ELA curriculum, and methodological innovations in phenomenological research. Her work emphasizes activist literacy instruction and problematizing reflection-action dynamics in teacher education.

Grant activities include collaborative projects like "The Art of Creating Course Proposals for the Liberal Education Program" and multiple Connecticut Department of Education-sponsored initiatives titled "Bridges A" focusing on educational innovation and curriculum reform.