Dr. Sanders became an English teacher after finishing a B.A. and M.A. in English at the University of Central Arkansas. She taught English and reading at both the middle school and high school level in Texas. While working as a teacher, she earned a M.E. in Educational Leadership at Stephen F. Austin State University. In 2004, she moved into an administrative position serving as a district testing coordinator and English language arts curriculum coordinator (K-12). As a curriculum coordinator, she was responsible for training K-12 teachers in English language arts strategies and developed and aligned curriculum. While at the University of North Texas, Dr. Sanders taught courses for pre-service teachers focusing on content-area literacy and language arts methods as well as coordinating student teacher interns in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area. She completed her Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction with a minor specialization in language and literacy studies at the University of North Texas. Currently, she teaches courses at Texas A&M Commerce for pre-service teachers and supervises student teacher interns in the local school districts. Research interests include the use of the New Literacies in the K-12 classroom and how pre-service teachers are prepared to teach in a modern classroom with the New Literacies.