Department of
Educational Studies

Education:

Ed.D. Curriculum and Instruction - University of Virginia, May, 1985

Major: English Education
Minors: English, Supervision

Dissertation - The Development of a Conceptual Framework for Using Journal Writing in Teacher Education

M.A.T. English/Education - University of Vermont, March, 1979

B.A. English - College of William and Mary, May, 1977

Curriculum Vitae

Accomplishments

Professional Achievements

• Member of the National Council for the Accreditation of Colleges of Teacher Education’s Board of Examiners (completing at least two accreditation visits per year). 2006-2011.
• Member - Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award Committee for selecting the best y.a. novel in any given year that has broad appeal to adolscents, outstanding literary merit, and a message of hope.
• Chair of NCTE’s Standing Committee on the Preparation of Teachers of English Language Arts, 2002-2006. Published The Guidelines for the Preparation of Teachers of English Language Arts, the document on which NCTE’s/NCATE standards are based, 2007.
• Grant through U.S. Department of Education written with Ed Kobrinski Phyllis Keen, “Preparing Tomorrow’s Teachers to Use Technology.” Grant author and faculty participant 2001-2003; Project Director 2003-2004. $270,000.00 for each of three years.

Publications of Note:

• Teaching the Selected Works of Katherine Paterson. Heinemann, 2007.
• Jacquelyn Woodson: “The Real Thing”. Scarecrow Press, 2003
• Young Adult Literature: The Heart of the Middle School Curriculum. Published by Heinemann/Boynton Cook in November, 1996.
• Presenting Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. Published by Twayne/Macmillan, spring, 1997.
• Books for You: An Annotated Booklist for Senior High Students. Co-editor with Stephanie Zenker. Published by National Council of Teachers of English, 1997.
• “Young Adult Literature” column editor for The English Journal (NCTE journal) 1994-1996

Honors And Awards:

At University of Virginia:

1. Outstanding Doctoral Student, School of Education, University of Virginia, May, 1985.
2. Richard Meade Award for Outstanding Student in English Education, University of Virginia, May, 1985

At William and Mary:

1. Phi Beta Kappa

Nilsen-Donelson Award

Winner, with Dr. Connie Zitlow, of the 2011 Nilsen-Donelson Award for best article in *The ALAN Review* for "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Adult: Who is the Real Me?"