Early Literacy

Phoebe and Jay and their cast of characters; inset: MELC faculty and Phoebe and Jay lead curriculum advisor Kelly Cartwright

Mebane Early Literacy Center to Screen New PBS Kids Show at Studio, Advised by Distinguished Faculty

Posted on January 22, 2026

Categories: General News, MELC Tags: Early childhood education, Early Literacy, Education, elementary education, Kelly Cartwright, Literacy, Mebane Early LIteracy Center, MELC, PBS Kids, Phoebe and Jay, Reading, REEL, Spangler Distinguished Professor of Early Child Literacy

A screening of the upcoming PBS Kids show Phoebe and Jay will be co-hosted by the UNC Charlotte Mebane Early Literacy Center this Valentine’s Day, February 14. The screening will take place in the PBS studio room of Charlotte’s PBS station and will last about ninety minutes, 10:00–11:30 a.m. The event will begin with an […]

Literacy and Neuroscience Researcher Kelly B. Cartwright Named Spangler Distinguished Professor of Early Child Literacy

Posted on January 23, 2024

Categories: Uncategorized Tags: C.D. Spangler Foundation, Early Literacy, Kelly B. Cartwright, Reading, Spangler Distinguished Professor of Early Child Literacy

The Cato College of Education has named Dr. Kelly B. Cartwright the Spangler Distinguished Professor of Early Child Literacy. The first to hold the position, Cartwright previously served as Professor of Psychology, Neuroscience, and Teacher Preparation at Christopher Newport University in Virginia, and directed the Reading, Executive Function, And Development Lab (READLab), while contrbuting to […]