Publications

Howard, C.M, Overstreet, M., & Ticknor, A.S., (proposal accepted for 2023) Texts, Language, and Assessments (Oh My!): Practical Steps Toward Culturally Responsive K-12 Literacy Instruction. Rowman & Littlefield.         

Overstreet, M., Ticknor, A.S., & Howard, C.M. (2022). Recognizing children’s brilliance through affirming literacy instruction. Literacy Today.

Ticknor, A.S., Howard, C.M, & Overstreet, M. (2021) It’s Not “One More Thing”: Culturally Responsive and Affirming Strategies in K-12 Literacy Classrooms. Rowman & Littlefield.         

Overstreet, M., Avent-Harris, J., Crumb, L., & Howard, C.M. (2021) Facing the storm: Our first annual faculty of color writing retreat as a microcosm for being a black woman in the academy. Journal of Contemporary Ethnography.

Overstreet, M. & Id-Deen, L. (in press) I want to teach: Aligning pre-service teachers' motivations to teach with recruitment and retention. The Journal of Negro Education.

Ticknor, A.S, Overstreet, M., and Howard, C. (2020). Disruptive teaching: Centering equity and diversity in literacy pedagogical practices. Reading Horizons.

Overstreet, M. & Norton-Meier, L.(Eds.) (2020). Clinical partnerships in urban elementary settings: An honest celebration of the messy realities of doing this work.  Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill Sense.

Overstreet, M. (2020). Bartering and building community. In Overstreet, M. & Norton-Meier, L.  (Eds.), Clinical partnerships in urban elementary settings: An honest celebration of the messy realities of doing this work (pp. 47-59). Brill Sense.

Overstreet, M. (2020). Strategies for effectively building community in short online courses. College Teaching, 68(1), 45-48.

Overstreet, M. (2019) My first year in academia or the mythical black female superhero takes on the ivory tower. NASPA Journal About Women in Higher Education.

Overstreet, M. (2019) Kids, content, culture and other /k/ words: The role of early literacy instruction in disrupting racism and educational inequity. Ann Arbor, MI: TeachingWorks, University of Michigan School of Education.

Howard, C. M., Overstreet, M., & Ticknor, A. S. (2018) Engaging preservice teachers with culturally responsive pedagogy: Three model lessons for teacher educators. Journal of Language and Literacy Education.

Overstreet, M. (2018). All work and no play makes jack a dull boy: The case for play at all educational levels. Reading Psychology, 39(2), 216–226.

Overstreet, M. (2017). Culture at the core: Moving from professional development to professional learning. Journal of Ethnographic and Qualitative Research, 11, 199-214.

Overstreet, M. (2014). From at-risk to advocate: One teacher’s journey. Journal of Family Diversity in Education, 1(2), 1-23.

Professional Resources

Co-author. Addressing Three Modes of Writing in the Kentucky Core Academic Standards, 2012. (available: http://education.ky.gov/curriculum/lit/wri/Documents/Three%20Modes%20of%20Writing%20in%20KCAS.pdf

Editor. KDE Literacy Link newsletter, 2011-2015. (available: http://education.ky.gov/curriculum/lit/Pages/Literacy-Link-Newsletter.aspx)

Presentations

Overstreet, M. (2019, April). Drawn and Quartered: Examining the Teaching Life of a First Grade Teacher. Poster session accepted for presentation at the 2019 AERA Annual Meeting. Toronto, Canada.

Overstreet, M. (2019, March). Invited Panelist. Emerging Research on Women and Gender in Higher Education: A Journal on Women and Gender in Higher Education Author Panel. NASPA Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education (NASPA) Annual Conference. March 9-13, 2019 Los Angeles, CA.

Norton-Meier, L., Overstreet, M., Id-Deen, L., Davis, T., Nightengale-Lee, B., Zuccaro, E., & Swanson, A. (2019, February). Clinical Partnerships in Urban Elementary Settings: An Honest Celebration of the Messy Realities of Doing this Work. A paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. Louisville, KY.

Overstreet, M. (2019, February). Kids, content, culture and other /k/ words: The role of early literacy instruction in disrupting racism and educational inequity. Invited Presentation. American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE). February 22-24, 2019 Louisville, KY.

Howard, C. M., Overstreet, M. H., & Ticknor, A. S. (2018, November). Centering Culturally Affirming Language in Literacy Courses. Paper presentation at the Literacy Research Association’s 68th Annual Conference. Indian Wells, CA.

Howard, C. M., Overstreet, M. H., & Ticknor, A. S. (2018, October). Centering Culturally Responsive Teaching in Literacy Courses. Paper presentation at the North Carolina Association for Colleges and Teacher Educators (NCACTE) Fall Forum 2018. Raleigh, NC.

Overstreet, M. & Id-Deen, L. (2018, March 2) Aligning Self-Reported Motivations and University Efforts to Recruit and Retain Diverse Teacher Candidates. Individual Paper Session presented at the 70th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education.

Overstreet, M. (2018, February 18). Invited Panel Chair. Association of Teacher Educators Conference. February 18, 2018 Las Vegas, NV. Increasing Access and Equity in Teacher Education.

Overstreet, M. (2017, November 29). Culture at the Core: Reality Andragogy in Preservice Teacher Education. Roundtable presented at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the Literacy Research Association in Tampa, Florida.

Overstreet, M. (2017, March 11). Invited Presentation. Race, Community, and School. Educators Rising State Conference, Frankfort, KY.

Overstreet, M. (2017, March 1). Invited Panelist. AACTE Diversified Teaching Workforce (DTW) Institute, March 1, 2017, Tampa, FL. High School to College Pipeline. (Margarita Bianco, University of Colorado Denver, panel chair)

Nightengale-Lee, B. & Overstreet, M. (2017, March 2-4). A Critical Critique of Methods Curriculum in Supporting Teacher Candidates' Inquiry, Action, and Agency. Roundtable presented at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education in Tampa, Florida.

Nightengale-Lee, B. & Overstreet, M. (2016, November 20). Hello from the Other Side: Professors of Color Promoting Cultural Proficiency Through Literacy Methods Curriculum. Roundtable to be presented at the 2016 National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention in Atlanta, Georgia.

Nightengale-Lee, B. & Overstreet, M. (2016, August 1). Hello from the Other Side: Professors of Color Promoting Cultural Proficiency Through Literacy Methods Curriculum. Lecture presented at the 2016 Association of Teacher Educators Summer Conference at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Louisville, Kentucky.

Overstreet, M. (2016, February 1). Culture at the core: Moving from professional development to professional learning. Lecture presented at 28th Annual Ethnographic & Qualitative Research Conference in The Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Whitmore, K., Chisholm, J., Andris, J. & Overstreet, M. (2014, January 11) Parents as Researchers and Storytellers: The Composing Stories Project. Roundtable presented at the National Conference for Teachers of English Assembly for Research Conference at Elmhurst College.

Overstreet, M. (2013, February 17). Shifting Schooling: A Critical Review of Family Literacy Scholarship. Lecture presented at the National Conference for Teachers of English Assembly for Research Conference at the Ohio State University.

Professional Experience & Service

Professional Experience

2017-present  Assistant Professor

Literacy Studies, English Education and History Education, East Carolina University

Duties: Teaches courses in elementary and reading program areas. Assist in program enhancement. Serve the profession at the college, university, and national level and contribute to the field through research and scholarship.

2015-2017   Clinical Faculty and Director, Minority Teacher Recruitment Project

Early Childhood and Elementary Education Department, University of Louisville

Duties: As clinical faculty, taught courses in elementary education, served on college committees, and advised undergraduate and graduate students, including serving on two dissertation committees. In addition to faculty duties in the department of early childhood and elementary education, as the director of the Minority Teacher Recruitment Project (MTRP), oversaw the daily operations of the MTRP office and staff, managed the program budget and worked with various partners to recruit students of color into teacher education programs.

2014- 2015 Part-time Instructor

Literacy Education Department, University of Louisville 

Duties: Plan/teach courses in the graduate and undergraduate literacy program.                        

2011- 2015 Literacy Consultant

Kentucky Department of Education, Division of Program Standards

Office of Next Generation Learners, Frankfort, KY    

Duties: Implement literacy program goals; assist Kentucky teachers with implementation of ELA standards- providing guidance, professional development and creating/sharing resources regularly; edit, publish and distribute KDE’s Literacy Link newsletter; provide consultative services to contracted testing companies; seek continual professional growth in literacy education

2006- 2011 Teacher

Jefferson County Public Schools, Louisville, KY    

Duties: full-time 2nd grade teacher 2006-2009; full-time Arts and Humanities teacher 2009-present     

2004-2006 Teaching Assistant

Blue Apple Players Theater Education Company, Louisville, KY        

Duties: Teaching Theatre Workshops, Storytelling, Office Duties                        

Service to the Institution and the Profession

2017-2019    Member, Outstanding Book Award Committee of the American Educational Research Association (AERA)

2017-present   Facilitator, QTPOC (Queer and Trans* People of Color student organization)

2016-2017       Member, Kentucky Department of Education Educator Diversity Task Force

2016-2017       Faculty Advisor, Black Graduate Student Association

2015-2017       Member, College of Education Diversity Committee

2015-2017       Member, College of Education Teaching & Learning Leadership Team

2015-2017       Member, College of Education Initial Teacher Certification Committee

2015-2017       Faculty Advisor, Minority Future Educators Association

2015-2017       Reviewer, Journal of Family Diversity in Education

2014                Literacy Research Association (LRA) Annual Conference Proposal Reviewer

Service to the Community

Unpaid Service

Overstreet, M. (2018, August 13). Invited Panelist. Highly Successful (Recent) First Year Faculty Panel. East Carolina University New Faculty Orientation, Greenville, NC.

Overstreet, M. (2018, April 18). Invited Presentation. Culturally Relevant Reading Instruction: An Introduction. Aycock Middle School Faculty Meeting, Greenville, NC.

Overstreet, M. (2018, March 27). Invited Presentation. Culture at the Core: Culturally Relevant Reading Instruction. Beginning Teacher Professional Development, Greenville, NC.

Overstreet, M. (2018, February 1). Invited Presentation. Culture at the Core: Culturally Relevant Reading Instruction. Tar River Reading Council, Greenville, NC.

Paid Service

Summer 2018   Curriculum Development for the ECU Community School

Overstreet, M. (2018, July 26). Invited Presentation. For the Love of Reading. Warren County Literacy Leadership Team Retreat, Raleigh, NC.