Michele Knobel (21 March 1966 – 15 October 2021) was a Professor of Education in the Department of Teaching and Learning at Montclair State University and an internationally recognized researcher and scholar in the area of literacy education, new literacies and digital technologies.
She started her teaching career in 1986 working as a classroom teacher in grades 3 to 5 at Good Shepherd Lutheran Primary School in Noosa, Australia.
Since 1999 she has been working as an Adjunct Associate Professor in Central Queensland University in Rockhampton, Australia.
Knobel joined Montclair State University in 2003, where she worked as a professor in the Department of Early Childhood, Elementary and Literacy Education until her death in Glen Ridge, New Jersey in October 2021.
In Brazil, Knobel's work has influenced many literacy researchers, amongst which is Ana Paula Duboc, Patrícia da Silva Campelo Costa, Eliseo Berni Reategui and Daniel Mello Ferraz.