
Mike Cook profile and information
Learn more about Mike Cook
- Professor, English/Language Arts Education
- Program Coordinator
- Assistant Department Head, Curriculum & Teaching
Short Bio
Mike P. Cook is Professor of English Language Arts Education. Dr. Cookâs research and teaching draw on justice, equity, and antiracism in English Language Arts teacher education and utilize a critical lens to explore teachers as agents of change. Specifically his work explores the ways ELA teacher educators prepare antiracist 6-12 grade ELA teachers and how activism is taken up as part of ELA teaching and learning at all levels. Dr. Cookâs work is published in the Journal of Teacher Education, English Education, Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, and other scholarly outlets.
Professional Experience
- PhD in Curriculum & Instruction, English Education, 2014, Clemson University
- M.ED. in Curriculum & Instruction, English Education, 2010, North Carolina State University
- B.S. in Secondary English Education, 2006, Appalachian State University
Professional Experience
- 2025 - Present, Professor, Auburn University
- 2020 - 2025 Associate Professor, Auburn University
- 2016 - 2020, Assistant Professor, Auburn University
- 2014 - 2016, Assistant Professor, Millikin University
Engagement
2023 - Present,Director, Village Writing Project