Troy Hicks is Professor of English and Education at Central Michigan University, where he currently serves as Chair of the Department of Teacher and Special Education. He has won numerous awards and honors, including the Divergent Award for Excellence for Initiative for 21st Century Literacies Research, Teacher Educator of the Year from the Michigan Reading Association, and CMU’s Excellence in Teaching Award. His books on digital teaching and learning include Mindful Teaching with Technology (Guilford Press), Creating Confident Writers (W. W. Norton), and Ask, Explore, Write! (Routledge). His research is also available in journals such as Michigan Reading Journal, The Journal of Writing Teacher Education, and Journal of Language and Literacy Education as well as in a number of edited collections.
