Alexandria Lockett has been a Faculty Member Since 2014 and is an Assistant Professor for English.
In the capacities of tutor, consultant, mentor, editor, career assistant, writing program administrator, and instructor, Dr. Alexandria Lockett has worked with diverse groups of college writers representing all classification levels (undergraduate and graduate students) from a range of ethnic, racial, economic, and able-bodied backgrounds, including multilingual (ESL) and first-generation students.
At Spelman College, she is privileged to serve the oldest historically Black college (HBCU) for women. Her research and pedagogy explore the relationship between new media technologies, emergence, and expression. More specifically, she focuses on how humans make meaning in the complex contexts of 'big data' and 'big brother.' This issue drives her dedication to the teaching and practice of the arts of rhetoric and composition. These subjects offer a space to cultivate meta-awareness, which is inextricably related to the quality of human life.
Many people may have access to unprecedented amounts of information, but knowledge is needed to comprehend its utility and to take novel risks to adapt to its implications. Meta-cognition brings individuals closer to the fundamental need to access and pursue a lifelong global, transdisciplinary education. Committed to curiosity and play, Dr. Lockett participates in netizenship and Free/Libre Open Source Software advocacy. She prefers GNU/Linux operating systems and enjoys the challenge of learning programming languages in her spare time.
Ph.D., English (Rhetoric and Composition), Pennsylvania State University
M.A., English (Composition, Rhetoric, and Literacy Studies), University of Oklahoma
B.A., English, French, Truman State University