Dr. Ann D. David

Dr. Ann D. David is a teacher educator who prepares students to teach in middle and high school. She is serving the university as the Director of QEP Faculty Development, which is focused on improving undergraduate reading comprehension across disciplines.

Prior to becoming a teacher educator, Dr. David taught high school English and theatre in public and private schools in the Midwest. Her research focuses on the impacts of censorship and teaching writing. She co-edits a column, Teaching in a Time of Censorship, for the English Journal and co-edited the book When Teaching Writing Gets Tough.

Dr. David is involved in her professional organizations. She is Chair of the Standing Committee Against Censorship for the National Council of Teachers of English. She is also Chair of the Preservice Teacher Development Section of the Texas Council of Teachers of English Language Arts and the co-director of the San Antonio Writing Project.

Ph.D., Curriculum and Instruction
Specialization: Language and Literacy Studies
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas

M.A., Curriculum and Instruction
Specialization: Language and Literacy Studies
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas

B.A., English
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, Indiana

• English Language Arts and Reading 7-12, Texas
• English 9-12, Illinois

• Curriculum Design and Assessment
• Culturally Responsive Teaching
• Disciplinary Literacy
• Educational Technology
• Instructional Design and Classroom Management
• Learning Theories
• Philosophical Foundations of Education

Recent Publications:

Consalvo, A. and David, A. (Eds.) (2024). When teaching writing gets tough: Challenges and possibilities in secondary writing instruction. Teachers College Press.

Dobbs, C., Consalvo, A., Covino, K., David, A., Emeran, C., and Mason, P. (2024). Lots of ways to be brave”: A teacher’s guide to facing censorship challenges. English Journal, 113(3), 22-28.

Song, K., Consalvo, A., Stefanski, A., David, A., and Hitchens, C. (2023). Multiple pathways to perspectival learning: Children’s literature in preservice teacher education. Journal of Language and Literacy Education, 19(2), 1-19.

David, A. (NCTE), Miller, T. (PEN America), Petland, C. (American Association of School Librarians). (2023). The current landscape of book-banning and censorship, and what we can do about it.  Invited panelist, 2023 Equity Summit - In Pursuit of Equity: Book-Banning and Censorship, National Council of Social Studies and Council for Historical Education.

David, A., Grote-Garcia, S., Yilmalzi Trout, I., Hall, S., and Harding, L. (2022). Learning to teach writing by becoming a writer: An examination of preservice teachers’ engagement with the writing process. English Education, 55(1), 27-48.

David, A. and Kharod, D. (2022). Care and Accreditation: The intersection of sacred and secular in teacher education. In M. Schoffner and A. Webb (Eds.), Reconstructing care in teacher education after Covid-19: Caring enough to Change (pp.16-24). Routledge.

Vetter, A., Lambert, C., LeJeune, M., Consalvo, A., David, A., and McDaniel, D. (2021). Asking teens about writing: The writing identity work of youth. Literacy Research and Instruction, 61(4), 315-338.

Research and Grants:

Dr. David has been awarded multiple Faculty Endowment Research Awards, individually and with colleagues.

From 2016-2020, Dr. David served as the Curriculum Coordinator for Called and Consecrated, an online curriculum available in English and Spanish that explores the lives of women religious. The project was funded by the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation. The online curriculum is free and available at calledandconsecrated.org.

Leadership Roles:

National Council of Teachers of English
- Chair, Standing Committee Against Censorship

Texas Council of Teachers of English Language Arts
- Chair, Preservice Teacher Development Section

Active Memberships:

American Educational Research Association

• Division K: Teaching and Teacher Education
• Arts-Based Research SIG
• Catholic Education SIG
• Writing and Literacies SIG

• 2022 University Teacher of the Year, Texas Council of Teachers of English Language Arts
• 2022 UIW Piper Professor
• 2022 UIW Mission Continues Award for Faith

Service to the Community:

President, Mules Cycling Nonprofit Board, a National Interscholastic Cycling League (NICA) team supporting student-riders in grades 6-12.