For a generation of literacy educators, Donna Alvermann gave them permission to explore media and popular culture as a literacy practice. Donna is an American educator and researcher in the field of language and literacy education whose work focuses on adolescent literature in and out of the classroom, including multiliteracies, interaction with new media, and digital literacy. She is currently the appointed Omar Clyde and Elizabeth Parr Aderhold Professor in Education (an endowed faculty research position at the University of Georgia), and an appointed University of Georgia distinguished research professor (most recent reappointment 2018–2023). She is a tenured professor of Language and Literacy Education at the University of Georgia. Some publications include: 
Alvermann, D. E. (2015). Being in the moment: Implications for teaching and young people's digital literacies. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 58(8), 625–631).

Alvermann, D. E., Marshall, J. D., McLean, C. A., Huddleston, A. P., Joaquin, J., & Bishop, J. (2012). Adolescents' web-based literacies, identity construction, and skill development. Literacy Research and Instruction, 51(3), 179–195.

Alvermann, D. E., & Moore, D. W. (2011). Questioning the separation of in-school and out-of-school contexts for literacy learning: An interview with Donna E. Alvermann. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 55(2), 156–158.

Alvermann, D. E. (2011). Moving on, keeping pace: Youth's literate identities and multimodal digital texts. In S. Abrams & J. Rowsell (Eds.), Rethinking identity and literacy education in the 21st century. National Society for the Study of Education Yearbook (vol. 110, part I, pp. 109–128). New York: Columbia University, Teachers College.