OJELA Editor

Stephanie Reid (she/her) is an Assistant Professor in the Literacy and Second Language Studies program in the School of Education at the University of Cincinnati. She is a first-generation college student from Rochester, England. Stephanie studied English Literature at the University of Cambridge and then secondary English education at the University of Oxford. She achieved her MA in Education and K-12 Reading Teacher endorsement at Hamline University (St. Paul, MN) and her doctoral degree at Arizona State University (2020). 

Before pursuing her doctoral degree, Stephanie taught grades 6-12 students English in England (3 years) and middle grade students Language Arts and/or Reading in Wisconsin (12 years). She has published her scholarship across various venues, including The Reading Teacher, Written Communication, the Journal of Language and Literacy, and Voices from the Middle. Much of her research takes her back into middle school ELA spaces! Stephanie is excited to contribute to the OCTELA community through the editorship of OJELA and looks forward to connecting with ELA teachers, literacy specialists, and researchers across Ohio!