She earned her B.A. in English from Agnes Scott College, M.Ed. in secondary English from Georgia College and State University, and Ph.D. in language and literacy education from the University of Georgia. She is the director of graduate studies in Macon and teaches a variety of literacy, theory and writing courses in the undergraduate, master’s and doctoral programs. Dr. Augustine has been in higher education for 12 years and taught high school English for nine years. Her research interests include poststructural and socio-cultural theories of teaching and learning, adolescent literacy, writing pedagogy, qualitative research methods and gender in education. She has published in the Journal of Teacher Education, English Education, English in Australia, The Teacher Educator and Qualitative Inquiry.