Kristine E. Pytash

Kristine E. Pytash is a Professor of Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Studies in the College of Education, Health and Human Services at Kent State University, where she directs the Secondary Integrated Language Arts Teacher Preparation program. She is a former high school English teacher whose research focuses on the literacy practices of youth in juvenile detention facilities, disciplinary writing, and preparing teachers to teach writing, with a particular emphasis on how technology shapes adolescents’ literacy practices and instruction. She holds a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction with a concentration in Literacy Education from Kent State University.

Pytash is the coauthor of Digital Source Evaluation: Guiding Secondary Students in a Deepfake World, published by NCTE, which offers instructional approaches for helping secondary students critically evaluate digital information. Her scholarship has appeared in venues such as English Journal, Voices from the Middle, Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, and Middle School Journal, and she has written on topics including disciplinary literacy, digital source evaluation, and literacy education for incarcerated and alternative-school youth.