- Interim Associate Director & Associate Teaching Professor
- Office of Strategic Initiatives
- Phone: 401.874.4998
- Email: fromanelli@uri.edu
- Office Location:
Edwards Hall, Room 206
64 Upper College Road
Kingston, RI 02881
Biography
Frank Romanelli teaches live, blended, and online, coordinating the concurrent enrollment program for professional and public writing. He is a member of The National Association of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships (NACEP) and an executive board member of the New England Association of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships (NEACEP). Frank is a board member of the Dual Enrollment Composition Collective Standing Group, presenting annually at the CCCC/NCTE national conference.
Frank has served as the director and Digital Pedagogy Specialist for the Writing Production Lab (now the Digital Writing and Research Studio) and as coordinator of UnClassroom, a project-based learning initiative for the Harrington School of Communication and Media. He is a member of the leadership team of the Summer Institute in Digital Literacy and the Assistant Director at the Media Education Lab.
Frank has taught extensively, written, and coordinated project-based learning in higher education.
Research
Frank’s research and pedagogy span four areas: digital literacy in writing, project-based learning, early college pedagogy, and social-emotional learning.
Education
B.A. and M.A., Education and English, University of Rhode Island
Post graduate work in Educational Leadership, Rhode Island College
Selected Publications
2023, April 11. ChatGPT helpful or harmful teaching rhetoric? https://youtu.be/9Qz_U9jvz1s.
2023, November 8, Navigating AI in dual/concurrent enrollment composition instruction. https://youtu.be/qPj0ULcT-nI.
2018, February 1. CE instructor community webbyte (video file). https://youtu.be/5thhhx6lqVQ.
2017, October 10. Advanced placement, international baccalaureate, and dual and concurrent enrollment (video file). https://youtu.be/Blvr_eIsTtw
2017, August 26. Frank M. Romanelli Jr. Media education (video file). https://youtu.be/2_giEqEDKOo.
2016, August 9. PBL in higher ed not. pbl blog. Retrieved from https://fromanelli.wordpress.com/2016/06/22/highered-pbl/
2011, March 22. A new literacy: making connections in digital environments (video file). https://youtu.be/15K8F7PHoSo.