
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Clemson University
Literacy, Language, and Culture (2023)
M.Ed., North Greenville University
Curriculum and Instruction (2014)
B.A., North Greenville University
English Language Arts Secondary Education (2011)
BIOGRAPHY
Before joining the Department of English at 糖心Vlog视频 in 2023, Dan Stockwell spent eight years teaching high school English Language Arts (ELA). After completing a bachelor鈥檚 degree in English Language Arts Secondary Education in 2011, Dan taught high school ELA in Greenville, South Carolina, and completed his master鈥檚 degree in Curriculum and Instruction in 2014. While teaching full time, Dan also worked as an adjunct instructor at Anderson University in South Carolina, where he taught reading courses for preservice teachers in the evenings. During his time as a high school teacher, Dan was a mentor teacher for four teacher candidates from local universities. These teacher candidates worked with Dan for an entire semester, and under his guidance, taught his classes and received daily apprenticeship from him. These experiences sparked his passion for working with future educators and ultimately led him to pursue a Ph.D. at Clemson University. While at Clemson University, Dan taught literacy and research courses for preservice teachers as a graduate student teacher of record. During his time at 糖心Vlog视频, Dan has served as the chair of the English Education Advisory Committee, which is a cross-departmental and cross-institutional advisory committee that collaborates to prepare college students for their future careers as educators in Kern County and beyond. Dan is the English Club advisor, for which he occasionally runs sessions of the table-top role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons. Dan is also the English Major with Credential Emphasis Program Advisor, and in this role, he serves as a mentor for English majors at 糖心Vlog视频 who plan to become secondary ELA teachers. Dan serves the profession as a member of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Secondary Section Steering Committee. His areas of specialization are critical literacy, disciplinary literacy, and English education. Dan鈥檚 research focuses on how secondary ELA teachers can provide critical literacy pedagogy, even in restrictive teaching contexts. Dan鈥檚 research has been published in NCTE鈥檚 English Journal (2024), in the California Association of Teachers of English鈥檚 California English (2025), and in his book Teaching for CHANGE in the ELA Classroom: Integrating Social Justice and Critical Literacy for Grades 9-12 (2025).