Katharine Covino

Katharine Covino is an associate professor of Englishstudies and teaches writing, literature, and teacher-preparation classes atFitchburg State University. Her current scholarship explores critical pedagogy and action research with English teachers, and navigating AI bias. Recently, she served as a coeditor on two volumes focused on critical pedagogy: Challenging Bias and Promoting Transformative Education in Public Schooling through Critical Literacy and The Intersections of Critical Pedagogy, Critical Literacy, and Social Justice: Toward Empowerment, Equity, and Education for Liberation. The latter won a 2024 AESA Critics' Choice Award. Prior to university teaching, she taught middle school and high school English in Austin, Texas.