Jannell McConnell Parsons

Brittain Fellow

Member Of:
  • Writing and Communication Program
Office Phone: 404-894-9842
Office Location: Stephen C. Hall 009
Related Links:
Email Address: jparsons60@gatech.edu

Overview

Jannell McConnell Parsons is a Marion L. Brittain Postdoctoral Fellow in the Writing and Communication Program at Georgia Tech. Her disciplinary research centers around narratives of power in popular and social media, and her pedagogical research currently focuses on course-based undergraduate research experiences in first-year humanities classrooms. She has most recently published SoTL research in Composition Studies and Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research. She earned her PhD in English from the University of Kentucky and also holds an MA in English and Creative Writing from Mississippi State University and an MFA in poetry from Boston University.

Education:
  • Ph.D., English, University of Kentucky
  • M.F.A., Poetry, Boston University
  • M.A., English, Mississippi State University
Areas of
Expertise:
  • Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences
  • First-year Writing

Interests

Teaching Interests:
Scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL)
Course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs)
First-year writing
Research Interests:
20th-21th century American literature
New media
Popular culture
Research Fields:
  • Communication
  • Digital Media
  • Literary and Cultural Studies
  • Media Studies
Geographic
Focuses:
  • United States
  • United States - Southeast

Courses

  • ENGL-1102: English Composition II

Publications

Updated:  Feb 10th, 2026 at 2:28 PM