About Dr. Troy Hicks
Digital Writing, Digital Teaching is the homepage and blog written by Dr. Troy Hicks. I am both a professor of English and education at Central Michigan University (CMU), where I also serve as the Interim Associate Dean of the College of Education and Human Services.
Through my work, I explore the variety of issues related to teaching writing with new media for teachers and teacher educators across grade levels and subject areas. Since beginning my work in graduate school and through nearly two decades at CMU, I have led — and often co-led — programs through the National Writing Project (and our local site, the Chippewa River Writing Project), the National Council of Teachers of English, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Library of Congress’ Teaching with Primary Sources program, NEA Learning and Leadership Grants, internal CMU funding, Title II professional development grants, and other philanthropic funding, earning well over half a million dollars of outside funding across my career.
In short, I have facilitated tens of thousands of hours of professional learning for thousands of educators — from one-hour events to four-week summer institutes to year-long learning communities — as well as having experience teaching dozens of undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral courses.
While I do try to update my ORCID, Academia, and Research Gate sites periodically, my Google Scholar page likely offers the most current updates on my research. If you need them, please find many versions of my bio, from super short to quite lengthy. I also offer a number of workshops, keynotes, and other professional learning sessions, and have been featured in many media outlets, podcasts, and webinars.
A few recent, openly-available items include the ELATE Position Statement “Exploring, Incorporating, and Questioning Generative Artificial Intelligence in English Teacher Education,” “The Importance of Digital Media Literacy,” and the book Better Practices: Exploring the Teaching of Writing in Online and Hybrid Spaces.
To get in touch, please contact me via email at hickstro at gmail.com, or fill out the contact form.
For more on the origin of my blog, please see my first “hello world” blog post from the summer of 2006.
This page was last updated on January 17, 2026.
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