LeAnn A. Johnson
Session Saturday Presenter
Shepherd University/Associate Professor
Dr. LeAnn Johnson worked as a special education teacher in New York before moving to Maryland where she completed a MS in Reading Instruction and a Ph.D. in Learning Disabilities. While there, she took a year off to teach an Elementary ELL class in Poland the year after the Berlin wall came down. After teaching many years at UMD she is now the Master of Arts in Teaching Program Coordinator at Shepherd University. Her focus is on working with both in-service and preservice teachers in exploring new and innovative methods that will engage students of all ages in literacy development.