Barbara H. Ash is an associate professor of English and Reading Education in the Department of Curriculum and Teaching in the College of Education. She currently serves as the coordinator for internship in Secondary English Language Arts Education. She has been at Auburn since September 1990. Prior to this, she taught in a drop-out prevention program in Bainbridge, Georgia, and at the laboratory school connected with the College of Education at The Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL. Her doctorate is in English Education from Florida State. Dr. Ash currently teaches three courses focusing on the "language" component of secondary English education and one course concerning reading in the content areas of the secondary school. Dr. Ash enjoys conducting action research with teachers in the public schools. She has been a participant-observer researcher in two middle school classrooms; in the first, the teacher was implementing writing workshop, and in the second, the teacher was implementing response-centered teaching of literature. Dr. Ash's main area of research interest is transactional, or response-centered, teaching.

Academic Degrees

Ph.D.	The Florida State University 1983	English Education
M.A.	SUNY College at Fredonia 1976	English
B.A.	Marshall University 1972	Education, English

Professional Experience

1990 to Present		Auburn University
1989-90		Teacher in Drop-Out Prevention Program, Decatur County, GA, Schools
1987		Visiting Assistant Professor, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, N.B., Canada
1986		Adjunct Assistant Professor, Panama City Campus of The Florida State University
1985-89		English teacher, Laboratory School of The Florida State University
1983-85		Program Specialist in Assessment, Department of Education, State of Florida
1980-81		Instructor, School of Business, The Florida State University
1976		Instructor, Lansing Community College, Lansing, MI
1975-76		Instructor, SUNY College at Fredonia
1972-74		English teacher, VVS Central School District, Verona, NY