Peggy taught middle and high school English, drama and speech for 15 years before becoming an associate professor of English and Literacy Education at Georgia State University in Atlanta. Peggy has published widely in professional literacy journals, and also has co-authored a book entitled
Telling Pieces: Art as Literacy in Middle Grades Classes with Sharon Murphy. Her forthcoming book,
The Visual Arts as Inquiry in English Language Arts Classes (IRA), focuses on the integration of the visual arts and technology into English language arts instruction. She is a well-known writer, past editor of
Talking Points, and presenter and researcher in literacy and English education. Peggy is available to present to K-16 audiences on integration of technology into instruction, working with the dramatic, oral and visual arts into ELA instruction, multimodality and curriculum development, critical literacy, and content area literacy.
Content Area Literacy: Reading for Meaning (Grades 3-12)