Dr. Lawrence Baines
Professor, English Education
University of Toledo
GH 2015-D, Mailstop 924
Toledo, Ohio  43606
lawrence.baines@utoledo.edu
www.secondaryenglish.com

Publications
Books
Teacher Preparation in the United States (forthcoming)
A Teacher's Guide to Multisensory Learning (forthcoming)
How to Get a Life: Empowering Wisdom from Writers and Thinkers (Humanics, 2004).
How to Get a Life: Empowering Wisdom for the Heart and Soul (Humanics, 2003).
Teaching Writing to Adolescents: The Unsubtle Art of Naked Teaching (Allyn & Bacon, 2003).
Going Bohemian: Engaging Adolescents in the Art of Writing Well.  (International Reading Association, 2000).  
Language Study in Middle School, High School, and Beyond  (International Reading Association, 1998).

Other Publications 
80 articles and chapters
4 short stories
3 standards-related documents
1 poem
1 monograph
1 photograph
1 very obscure novel

Experience
University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio		
2008-		Judith Daso Herb Endowed Chair in English Education

2006-2008	Associate Dean for Graduate Studies

2004-2006	Professor
2003-2004	Associate Professor

Mesa State College, Grand Junction, Colorado	
2002-2003	Associate Vice-President for Academic Affairs
		Director, Center for Teacher Preparation
		Professor

Texas Tech University, Lubbock Texas 
2001-2002	Professor, Chair
		
Berry College, Rome, Georgia	
1997-2001	Holder of the J. Leland Green Chair in Education

		Associate Professor, Chair

The Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida	
1993-1997	Assistant professor
		Director of The North Florida Writing Project  

Friendswood Independent School District, Houston, Texas

1985-1990	Taught English language arts, reading, yearbook, gifted and talented, world history, and physical education

Corpus Christi Independent School District, Corpus Christi, Texas

1978-1981	Taught English and reading

Courses
Graduate and undergraduate courses in writing, technology, secondary English methods, research, and adolescent reading.

Education
1993 	The University of Texas at Austin, Ph.D. in English Education
1984	The University of North Texas, Masters Degree in Computer Information Systems
1978	The University of Texas at Austin, B.S. in English Education

Recognitions
Research cited in congressional reports on teacher education
Research noted in UNESCO bulletins on teacher education
Research highlighted in research on "least restrictive environment"
Best Book in Education, Going Bohemian,  Independent Publisher
Best Policy Paper, Society for Information Technology in Teacher Education
Top 100 education websites,  Suite 101,  www.secondaryenglish.com 
President, Georgia Council of Teachers of English
Aspen Institute Leadership Seminar
G. Leland Green Endowed Chair in Education, Berry College
Judith Daso Herb Endowed Chair in English Education, University of Toledo
Former students well represented in print (more than 100 articles/chapters/books).