About Mary Powell

Mary Powell lives in Phoenix, Arizona. She has taught English at North High school for nine years. She is currently earning her Ph.D. in English Education at Arizona State University, and hopes to teach new English teachers at the collegiate level. She is working on two research studies at Arizona State University; one involves interviewing English teachers who work in urban districts, who are in their first five years of service. The other involves using student book choice in her Language Arts classroom in order to promote student literacy. Mary has written an autobiography entitled A Taste of Memories. She hopes to work on a book this summer on the results from her book choice program.