About me
Ekaterina Midgette, Associate Professor of Literacy, St. John’s University, NYEkaterina Midgette earned a Ph.D. in Literacy from the University of Delaware where she specialized in researching planning and revision strategies for adolescent writers. She completed her graduate degree at Moscow State Linguistic University where she majored in Linguistics and Intercultural Communication. As a former English as a Foreign and New Language teacher, Dr. Midgette enjoys working with the adult and preschool–twelfth grade Multilingual Learner Refugee population. Her other research interests include the revision processes in argumentative writing, and the use of humor in persuasive writing and the reading-writing connection.