Gera Nelson

Degrees: Bachelor of Arts in Journalism; Master of Arts in Middle Grades Education; Ph.D. in Education in Curriculum and Instruction

Bio

Gera Nelson is a member of the faculty at Morehead State University’s Ernst & Sara Lane Volgenau College of Education as an assistant professor and coordinator of elementary education. She is originally from Brazil but has lived in the United States for 31 years. She holds a doctoral degree in Education in Curriculum and instruction (Literacy concentration) from Georgia Southern University (GSU), a master’s degree in Middle Grades Education (Language Arts and Social Studies) from Georgia Southwestern University (GSW), a BA in Journalism from FAFI University in Brazil; and an ESOL Endorsement from Valdosta State University (VSU).

In her previous higher education experience, she worked at Asbury University, where she taught graduate and undergraduate classes and engaged in relevant scholarly activity, among other duties.

Gera was also the director of the Education Graduate Program and an assistant professor at Lindsey Wilson College. Gera has also taught P-12 education in the US for 23 years. Gera enjoys spending time with her husband Wayne and their two sons Matthew & Nathan, gardening, exercising, listening to NPR, rooting for the UK Wildcats, and traveling to Europe and Brazil to visit family and friends.