Bio
Dr. Melanie Blanton is the Assistant Director for the STEM Center at The Citadel. Dr. Blanton started her teaching career in Metro Nashville Public Schools and most recently served in Beaufort County Public Schools. She has classroom teacher experience with middle and secondary English and Social Studies Education, gifted and talented education, interdisciplinary curriculum design (STEAM), and teacher mentoring. She recently received her Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction with a focus on Language, Diversity, and Literacy Studies from Texas Tech University.
Degrees
- Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction: Language Diversity, and Literacy Studies
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX - M.A.T. in Secondary Education
Trevecca Nazarene University, Nashville, TN - M.A. in English
Belmont University, Nashville, TN - B.A. in English with a concentration in Creative Writing
College of Charleston, Charleston, SC