Rate My Professor Darren Crovitz

Darren Crovitz is Professor of English and English Education at Kennesaw State University, where he serves as Coordinator of English Education Graduate Studies and Program Coordinator for the M.A.T. in Secondary English. He earned his B.A. in English Education from Flagler College in St. Augustine, Florida, his M.A. in Literature from the University of Central Florida, and his Ph.D. in English Education from Arizona State University. Crovitz directs English education programs and advises graduate students in MAT, M.Ed., Ed.S., and Ed.D. tracks within the Department of English and the Bagwell College of Education.

His scholarly interests encompass grammar and vocabulary instruction, writing assessment, digital memetics, and digital literacy in English classrooms. Crovitz promotes critical analysis of internet content, including memes, advertising targeted at youth, and emotionally charged online materials. He teaches Digital Media and Technology in English/Language Arts, equipping students with strategies to identify misinformation, troll content, and oversimplified digital texts, while fostering truth-seeking responses through media creation. Crovitz is co-author of Grammar to Get Things Done: A Practical Guide for Teachers Anchored in Real-World Usage (Routledge/NCTE, 2017, with Michelle D. Devereaux), More Grammar to Get Things Done: Daily Lessons for Teaching Grammar in Context (Routledge/NCTE, 2019, with Devereaux), and Next Level Grammar for a Digital Age: Teaching with Social Media and Online Tools for Rhetorical Understanding and Critical Creation (Routledge, 2022, with Devereaux and Clarice M. Morgan). He co-authored the article 'Reimagining Grammar Instruction' in mETAphor, the journal of Australia's English Teachers Association NSW, stemming from a conference keynote. His work supports preservice and in-service teachers in contextual grammar teaching and technology integration for rhetorical awareness.