简介

Dr. Amy Price Azano is an Assistant Professor of Adolescent Literacy in the School of Education. Her scholarship focuses on rural literacies, place-based pedagogy, and the literacy needs of special populations. She is the co-Principal Investigator of Promoting PLACE (Place, Literacy, Achievement, Community, and Engagement) in Rural Schools, a five-year, 1.9 million dollar U.S. Department of Education grant designed to support gifted education programs in high-poverty rural communities. Dr. Azano has several book chapters, a newly released curriculum series with Prufrock Press, and regularly publishes in national and international peer-reviewed journals, such as Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, Journal of Research in Rural Education, Journal of Advanced Academics, English Education, and American Educational Research Journal. Dr. Azano is also an affiliate faculty with the Virginia Tech Center for Autism Research, serves on the steering committee, leads the education research core, and founded and coordinates “SAFE: Supporting Autism Friendly Environments,” a community outreach program designed to support community inclusion and access for individuals with autism. As part of this work, she was recently awarded a 2016 SEED Award for Research Development. Dr. Azano has also received a research grant and teaching award from Virginia Tech, was recognized as Scholar of the Week, and won a curriculum award from the National Association for Gifted Children. In addition to research and teaching, Dr. Azano is active in professional activities, reviews for the Journal of Research in Rural Education and other journals, presents at national and international conferences, and was recently the invited keynote at the Power of Place Summit in Jackson, Wyoming. She also does extensive community service, professional development, and advocacy work in the field of autism. She received her Ph.D. in English Education from the University of Virginia. Prior to becoming a teacher educator, Dr. Azano taught high school English and creative writing in Virginia public schools. Her previous academic appointment was at the University of Virginia’s National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented where she worked as a research scientist and project manager on two federally funded grants.