James Marshall

James Marshall is Professor of English and English Education at The University of Iowa, where he currently serves as Associate Dean for Teacher Education. Having taught high school English for six years, Marshall is especially interested in the relationships between writing and literary understanding and in the ways that literature is discussed in English classrooms. His books include Ways of Knowing: Research and Practice in the Teaching of Writing, with James Davis; Teaching Literature in the Secondary School, with Richard Beach; and The Language of Interpretation: Patterns of Discourse in Discussions of Literature, with Peter Smagorinsky and Michael Smith. He is immediate past-chair of National Council of Teachers of English Standing Committee for Research, a former Trustee of NCTE's Research Foundation, and Chair of the English Language Arts Assessment for the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards. He has won the James N. Murray Award for Teaching, the Outstanding Teaching Award, and the Regents' Award for Faculty Excellence, and the Hancher-Finkbine Medallion for Faculty Leadership from The University of Iowa.

Link to course 7S:193/8P:198 Teaching Literature to Adolescents