Dr. Domine is an associate professor in the Department of Curriculum and Teaching in the College of Education at Montclair State University. She earned her BA and MA in Communication Studies from the California State University system and her PhD in Media Ecology from New York University. Her research and scholarship of pedagogy focus on the uses of technology to renew schooling and promote democratic practices, particularly through media literacy education. She coordinates, teaches (and publishes on) the undergraduate course "Public Purposes of Education: Democracy and Schooling" (CURR 210) prerequisite to admission into the secondary teacher education program. Dr. D. also coordinates, teaches (and publishes on) the course module "Integrating Technology Across the Curriculum" (CUR 316/518) for both undergrad and graduate secondary teacher education candidates. She currently serves as the First Vice President of the Board of Directors for the National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE) and (as of February 2012) the new co-editor of the Journal of Media Literacy Education (jmle.org). You can follow her on Twitter @vanessadomine.

Dr. D.'s current research intersects the fields of communication, education and technology with a particular emphasis on media literacy education. More specifically, she is interested in how media technologies can support communicative and communal experiences among teachers and students and ultimately lead to more democratic approaches to schooling and education in the United States. She is currently exploring (through research and praxis) online learning (PLCs) and the intersection of health and media literacy. She is the author of "Rethinking Technology in Schools" (Peter Lang Publishing, 2009) and is currently working on a second book, "Healthy Teens, Healthy Schools: How Media Literacy will Save Education in the United States."

Project Literacy Among Youth (PLAY)

PLAY is an online collective of my research in the areas of media literacy education and technology in schools. You'll also find Twitter Updates and links to workshops and other collaborative efforts. Come follow me on Twitter @vanessadomine