Jeannie Votypka

Dr. Jeannie Votypka taught reading at the elementary school level for 16 years before coming to Baldwin Wallace as an assistant professor of literacy. Earning a Ph.D. in literacy studies from St. John’s University in 2019, Votypka served as a literacy lecturer and director of field placements at Ashland University. She also served as literacy lecturer at John Carroll University.

Her research interests and publications include work on reading engagement and motivation, social emotional literacy practices and digital literacies. Votypka is currently working on replication studies of a reading engagement program, PREP, which she developed while a reading specialist in elementary schools. She conducts research on PREP within local school districts each semester with the goal of motivating more young children to read daily.