Education and Professional Experiences

Education

• 1994 Ph. D. in Department of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Wisconsin–Madison.  Dissertation title: Developing Readers: Teaching Engaged and Reflective Reading with Middle Schoolers
• 1990 Reading Certificate, University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh
• 1983 M.A.T. in English from Brown University, special studies in the teaching of writing
• 1982 B.A. in English, B.A. in German from Baldwin-Wallace College; German Prize winner and Presidential Scholar
• 1980–81 Rotary International Scholar at The Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken, Germany

Professional Experience

• 2003–present Associate Professor of English Education, Boise State University, Boise, ID
• 1995–2003  Associate Professor of Literacy Education, The University of Maine, Orono, ME—Promotion with tenure granted March 22, 1999
• 1989–1995  Teacher of Reading and Language Arts, Beaver Dam Middle School, WI
• 1987–1989  Teacher of 10–11th grade English and Speech, Beaver Dam Wayland Academy, WI
• 1986–1987  Teacher of 10–12th grade English and TOEFL, TASIS in Montagnola, Switzerland
• 1983–1986  Teacher of 9–10th grade English, German, St. Paul's School, Brooklandville, MD