Katherine ODaniels

Dr. Katherine O'Daniels is an Assistant Teaching Professor within the UMSL College of Education. She teaches courses in literacy assessment and instruction to students seeking initial teaching certification at both the graduate and undergraduate level in both face-to-face and online settings. Dr. O'Daniels also directs the Gateway Writing Project, a network of over 250 educators in schools across the St. Louis region who pride themselves in sharing expertise in writing across the curriculum; exploring new writing technology; promoting diversity, equity and social justice issues; building teacher leadership; and creating collaborative learning communities. Dr. O'Daniels' research focuses on understanding how multimodal composition can be used to narrate and reshape places and spaces, especially within a critical literacy framework. She is also interested in research related to teacher professionalism and teacher inquiry.

Phone: 314-516-5578