Doda, Nancy M.

Nancy Doda has always been passionate about the middle school concept. Her career began in 1974 as a middle school Language Arts teacher at Lincoln Middle School in Gainesville, Florida. Next, she completed her Master’s degree and PhD at the University of Florida, both in Middle School Teacher Education (Teacher to Teacher, 2013).

Doda wanted to share her passion, so in 1977, she delivered a keynote address at the North Carolina Middle School Association annual state conference. Since her first keynote address, Doda has spoken at middle school conferences in every U.S. state, every Canadian province, Europe, and the Far East (Teacher to Teacher, 2013). Her current work focuses on advocating for middle school students through being a workshop leader, author, and keynote speaker.