Brian Kissel

Brian Kissel is a professor of literacy and elementary education at Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College and the author of When Writers Drive the Workshop: Honoring Young Voices and Bold Choices (2017). He earned a Ph.D. in Elementary Education from the University of Virginia, an M.Ed. in Educational Leadership from the University of North Florida, and a B.S. in Elementary Education from Loyola University New Orleans.

Before entering higher education, Kissel worked as an elementary school teacher; his university materials and published author pages also describe him as a former literacy coach and note that his research and teaching focus on writing instruction, early literacy, digital literacy, and literacy coaching. He has also been described as the author of four books and as having published widely in literacy-related fields.