Dr. James D. Marshall University of Georgia

Dr. James D. Marshall is Professor of Language and Literacy Education at the University of Georgia. He received his PhD in Language, Literacy, and Culture from Stanford University. Previously he was Associate Dean for Teacher Education and Professor of English and English Education at The University of Iowa. .

Dr. 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.

Dr. Marshall is immediate past chair of the National Council of Teachers of English Standing Committee for Research 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, the Regents' Award for Faculty Excellence, and the Hancher-Finkbine Medallion for Faculty Leadership from The University of Iowa.