Hi, I’m Lindsay McHolme.
I am a postdoctoral research fellow in adult literacy at Georgia State University’s Adult Literacy Research Center within the College of Education and Department of Learning Sciences. My fellowship is funded by the Institute of Education Sciences.
Education
Michigan State University
Doctor of Philosophy in Curriculum, Instruction and Teacher Education
Dissertation: (Un)Patterning of Adult Education from a Critical Multilingual Literacies Perspective
Committee: Dr. Lucía Cárdenas Curiel (Chair), Dr. Laura Apol, Dr. Janine Certo, Dr. Peter De Costa, Dr. Alyssa Dunn
Grand Valley State University
Master of Education in Literacy Studies and TESOL, cum laude
Thesis: Measuring the Adult Literacy Rate: The Case of the West Hope Zone.
Committee: Dr. Nagnon Diarrassouba (Chair), Dr. Chasity Bailey-Fakhoury, Dr. Julien Kouame
Calvin University
Bachelor of Arts in English and Secondary Education, Minor in Sociology
Awards
Georgia State University
Research Fellowship in Adult Literacy, Institute of Education Sciences, 2023
Michigan State University
Dissertation Completion Fellowship, 2023
Teacher Education Summer Research Fellowship, 2022
Summer Research Development Fellowship, 2019
Grand Valley State University
Graduate Dean’s Citation for Academic Excellence 2015
Education Dean’s Award for Outstanding Thesis, Honorable Mention 2015
I am committed to social justice, and I actively seek to disrupt the systemic patterns of oppression and white supremacy in myself, my family, society, and the education system.
As a symbol of my commitment, I hand-dyed and sewed a quilt made from muslin fabric, fruits, and vegetables from my grandma’s basement.
To explore my family’s bilingual, immigrant roots, I created a Finnish/English dye catalogue.
Through the act of creating this quilt, I acknowledge harmful patterns of oppression, and seek to transform them into something new, outside of traditional patterns.
“Those who authentically commit themselves to the people must re-examine themselves constantly”
