Erin S. Drulis
Erin S. Drulis is a Service Assistant Professor and Coordinator of the English Secondary Education Program at West Virginia University. Her scholarship explores collaborative teacher-researcher partnerships, practitioner inquiry, instructional coaching, and secondary writing instruction.
Her doctoral research, Amplifying Student Voices: A Case Study on the Writing Workshop in a 10th Grade English Classroom, examined how a culturally affirming Writing Workshop instructional model fostered student voice, critical consciousness, relational trust, and meaningful classroom communities through a year-long teacher-researcher partnership.
Before joining WVU, Erin worked as a high school English teacher, academic advisor, instructional coach, and teacher educator. She is committed to preparing reflective English educators through intentional advising, clinical supervision, collaborative partnerships, and inclusive, student-centered teaching.
Erin earned a B.A. in English Secondary Education from The College of New Jersey, an M.Ed. in Higher Education Administration from the University of Pennsylvania, and a Ph.D. in Education with a concentration in Curriculum, Culture, and Change from Virginia Commonwealth University.