2 PhD Programmes in Life Skills 2024

The Literacy Studies Ph.D. Program at Middle Tennessee State University is designed to address one of education's most pressing needs—the shortage of scholars, practitioners, administrators, and policy-makers equipped to bridge the gap between the rapidly expanding body of scientific research on the development of literacy and educational practice, policy, and professional preparation. Drawing on the faculty from the College of Education, the College of Behavioral and Health Sciences, and the College of Liberal Arts, this interdisciplinary program offers a flexible framework of courses, field experiences, teaching, and research opportunities designed to provide professionals in various spheres of influence with the essential knowledge, skills, and abilities to effectively address the literacy crisis in the United States and beyond.

The main objective of the Language and Literacy Education concentration is to develop educators with an understanding of language and literacy education and to achieve an epistemological ground in this field as well as a comprehensive understanding of the interconnectedness of language and literacy education in teaching and learning that will prepare them to work as an academic professional, researchers or policy professionals.