“Be yourself, everyone else is already taken.” Oscar Wilde

Stefanie McKoy (Ph.D.) earned her degree from the University of Arkansas’ Curriculum and Instruction doctoral program. Her program of research comprises three interconnected lines: gifted education, teacher education, and digital ethnography. Stefanie has an extensive presentation record, and multiple manuscripts in development and under review. Her recent book chapter “Moving inside, online, and onto the streets: Isomorphism of online social movements and real life” was published in The Social Media Handbook Volume 2 (2024) and “The rise of social media methodology: A closer look at netnography as a method for studying online cultures” was published in Project Designs and Methods (expected August 2022).  Stefanie has experience teaching undergraduate and graduate-level courses in special education, gifted and talented education, and teacher preparedness. In addition to her research interests, Stefanie is an author with Kagan Publishing, with twelve books currently in distribution. Stefanie has over fourteen years of public school experience including elementary, gifted, special education, and secondary teaching positions.