Megan Mericle

Brittain Fellow

Member Of:
  • Writing and Communication Program
  • School of Literature, Media, and Communication
Office Phone:
Office Location: Skiles 323
Office Hours: Mondays 1-3pm (In-Person) & Thursdays 11am-1pm (Online, email for link)
Related Links:
Email Address: mmericle3@gatech.edu

Overview

Personal Pronouns:
she/her

Megan Mericle's research explores how norms of expertise and citizenship impact science communication practices in community settings. She received her PhD from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where she contributed to Writing Across Engineering and Science (WAES), a transdisciplinary Writing Across the Curriculum effort focused on integrating writing instruction in engineering curricula. Drawing on her writing program administration experience, Megan is currently investigating the impacts of alternative assessment (or "ungrading") systems on student writers.

Education:
  • PhD in Writing Studies - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • MFA/MA in Creative Writing & Literary Studies - University of Alaska Fairbanks
  • BA/BS in English & Psychology - Western Carolina University

Interests

Teaching Interests:
First-year writing, technical communication, science communication, multimodal composition, community-based learning, alternative assessment
Research Interests:
Community science, Writing Across the Curriculum, community-based learning, expertise, citizenship studies, multimodal composition pedagogy, queer feminist science studies, science communication, technical communicaiton, alternative assessment
Research Fields:
  • Digital Humanities
  • Literacy Studies
  • Science and Technology Studies
Issues:
  • Citizenship Studies
  • Community engagement
  • Digital Communication
  • Feminism
  • Inequality, Inequity, and Social Justice
  • Queer Studies
  • Science and Technology

Courses

  • ENGL-1101: English Composition I
  • ENGL-1102: English Composition II
  • LMC-3403: Tech Communication

Publications

Updated:  Jan 11th, 2026 at 6:05 PM