Honor McElroy

Honor McElroy

Honor McElroy Writer Graduate Resource Center

hmcelroy@bowiestate.edu

Education

  • Ed.D. Contemporary Curriculum and Design: Literacy, Salisbury University, 2024

  • M.A.T. in Secondary English Methods, Western Carolina University, 2008

  • B.A. in English, Minor: Creative Writing, Washington College, 2003

Areas of Expertise

Dr. Honor McElroy’s expertise includes adult literacy, critical literacy, and feminist approaches to literacy research in addition to qualitative and mixed methods research designs. Her research projects focus on STEM education, creative writing, literacy studies, and general education. She has extensive experience as an academic editor, education researcher, writing consultant, and English education leader. In these roles, she worked with faculty and graduate students to develop academic manuscripts, presentations, grant applications, evaluation reports, IRB materials, conference proposals, and manuscripts moving through the peer review process. She has collaborated with students, education leaders, editorial teams, faculty, grant review panels, and researchers. She is skilled in using Qualtrics for survey administration as well as Microsoft Excel, SPSS, and NVIVO for data analysis. She is also skilled in using research management tools like Zotero, Mendeley, and RefWorks. Dr. McElroy is passionate about collaborating with faculty and supporting graduate students' development as researchers and writers.

Memberships & Affiliations

  • AERA

  • LRA

  • ICWA

  • MAWCA

Teaching Interests

Graduate writing, research ethics, qualitative research methods, socially just research methods 

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