Thanks for tuning into another episode of Tell Me More!, a podcast for amplifying the work of graduate students. This time, we're visited by Khadeidra Billingsley, a third-year PhD student in the Department of English at The University of Alabama focusing on Composition, Rhetoric, and English Studies. Khadeidra talks to us about her dissertation project, which seeks to amplify the professional expertise and knowledge of high school English teachers who are oftentimes blamed for the inadequate writing skills of college-bound student writers. Khadeidra also talks a bit about the historical context behind her project, the impetus for K-16 collaborations, and setting up a long-term research agenda.

Also, before Khadeidra recorded this episode, she had recently won the NCTE Early Career Educator of Color Leadership Award for 2020! You can congratulate her and follow her over at her Twitter at @MsK_at_UA. If you'd like to learn more about the show, find links to things we talked about, find transcripts, or sign up to be a guest, please check out tellmemorepod.com. Feel free to follow us on Twitter at @TMM_Pod, too. Until next time!

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