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Candance Doerr-Stevens teaches courses on the theory and practice of reading, writing, and multimodal literacies as they occur in classrooms and online. Her scholarly interests focus on the digital literacy practices of adolescents and teachers involved in media production, in particular the multimodal composition processes of digital storytelling and documentary filmmaking. In addition, she explores the learning capacities of "offline" multimodal composition as it occurs via performance and art integration. She especially enjoys working alongside students and teachers as they experiment with the creative and analytical capacities of technology, media, and art for literacy learning.

Dr. Doerr-Stevens earned a PhD in curriculum and instruction with a focus on critical literacy and English education from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Before graduate studies, Candance taught middle and high school English. She is most energized by her collaborative work with teachers, especially in her current role as Director of the 51ÁÔÆæ Writing Project.

Selected Publications

Doerr-Stevens, C., (2025). Cultivating Complex Climate Understandings through Digital Video Response. In D. Bruce & S. Sullivan (Eds.). Digital Video Composing: Multimodal Teaching & Assessment. Emerald. 

Axelrod, Y., Brownson, J., Doerr-Stevens, C., & Ives, D. (2025). Representations of Hope for Climate Action: An Analysis of Environmental Narratives in Children’s Picturebooks. Language Arts, 103(4), 161-170.

Doerr-Stevens, C. (2024). Troubling the waters: Using stories to complicate and deepen our connections to water. Climate Literacy in Education, 2(2), 33-39. 

Rollag Yoon, S., Panos, A., Doerr-Stevens, C. (2024). Introduction to the Special Issue: Water as Conflict and Water as Commons. Climate Literacy in Education, 2(2), 1-4. 

Doerr-Stevens, C., Layden, T., & Goss, S. (2023). Collaboration beyond words: Using poetic collage to cultivate community with students and colleagues. LEARNing Landscapes Journal 16(1), 145-159.

Kundu Little, R. & Doerr-Stevens, C. (2023). Building Place-Consciousness: An Art Museum and Entangled Relations, Intl. Journal of Inclusive Museum, 16(1), 1-18.

Doerr-Stevens, C. & Gibson, M. L. (2021) Cultivating critical consciousness through digital video inquiry, Theory Into Practice, 60(4), 1-11. 

Doerr-Stevens, C. & Buckley-Marudas, M. (2019). Hearing knowledge into action: Mobilizing sound for multicultural imaginaries. International Journal of Multicultural Education, 21(1), 105-124. 

Doerr-Stevens, C., & Woywod, C. (2018). Stepping Onto Fertile Ground: Urban Teachers’ Preparation for Interdisciplinary Inquiry. Pedagogies, 13(2), 1-17.

Doerr-Stevens, C. (2017). Multimodal exploration of civic stance in the English language arts classroom. English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 16(1), 6-28.