Marsha Savage, Ph.D.
Professor of Education, Coordinator of Single Subject Programs
Marsha Savage was born in Texas where she was an English teacher for 17 years and received the Teacher of the Year Award in 1974. She received both her M.S. and Ph.D. from Texas A&M University. From 1989 until 2000, she was Chair of the Division of Education at California Baptist University in Riverside, CA, where her peers and the Board of Trustees honored her in 1993 with the Distinguished Faculty Award. Professor Savage's professional interests include English education, literacy, and teacher assessment and supervision.
Dr. Savage is a co-author of Teaching in the Secondary School now in its 6th edition and has authored and co-authored numerous articles in professional journals. Her most recent journal articles focus on literacy across the curriculum, particularly in regards to using multicultural children's and young adult literature. Her current research interests are related to reader response to literature, particularly readers' response to multiethnic literature.
A frequent speaker at state and national conferences, Dr. Savage served for three years on the Carter Woodson Book Award Committee. This committee recognizes children's and young adult books that deal with issues of equity and social justice sensitively and accurately. During the final year of her term, Professor Savage was selected to chair this committee. In 1997 Professor Savage was one of five scholars (and the only female) from the United States invited to participate in the KOSSA Annual Conference at Kyungsang National University in Korea. She served as the critic at one of the research sessions.
In addition to her teaching and research, Professor Savage directed the Middle School Institute at Santa Clara for 3 years. She serves on the Board of Institutional Reviewers for the State of California Commission on Teacher Credentialing, the body that reviews teacher preparation programs across the state and is a member of several committees for the California Council of Teacher Educators.
She lives in San Jose with her husband, Tom, and their Yorkie Sam. She enjoys travel, reading, sports, and quilting.
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