Amanda Godley

Amanda Godley is an associate professor of English Education at the University of Pittsburgh.

She teaches courses on teaching writing, classroom discourse, theories of literacy, professional teaching portfolios, and action research.

Before earning her PhD., she taught middle and high school English in the US and in South America.

Her research interests include teaching grammar as critical literacy, classroom discourse, issues of power and equity in secondary English classes, identity and literacy, and the practice of gender through literacy.

She is currently researching the teaching of grammar and usage in urban high schools.