Michele Myers

Michele Myers, PhD. is an assistant professor in elementary literacy education in the Department of Education at Wake Forest University in North Carolina. As a holistic, social justice educator, Dr. Myers has a strong commitment to ensure that ALL children receive a humanizing education in which their histories, heritages, literacies, languages, cultures, family structures, and communities are recognized as assets for learning. She has a deep passion for affecting change which pushes her work beyond the walls of her university into the schools and communities in which children work, live, and learn. Dr. Myers’ work draws on the rich funds of knowledge that children have as she creates curriculum to support each child’s literacy development. Her research focuses on culturally sustaining pedagogy and familial networks of support in children’s literacy development. She is the co-author of Revolutionary Love: Creating a Culturally Inclusive Literacy Classroom (2022) Scholastic and The Educator’s Guide to Building Child & Family Resilience (2023) Scholastic. She is also the owner of Michele Myers’ Consulting Company, LLC.