Writing Can Change Everything

Dr. Shelbie Witte is the Kim and Chuck Watson Chair in Education and professor of adolescent literacy and English Education at Oklahoma State University. She is proud to serve as site director of the Oklahoma State University Writing Project and founding director of the Initiative for 21st Century Literacies Research, which recognizes the annual recipients of the Divergent Award for 21st Century Literacies Research as well as provides theory to practice resources for classroom teachers and students interested in implementing 21st century literacies in the classroom.