Josephine Marsh

Josephine Peyton Marsh is an associate professor of literacy education in the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State University (ASU) and chair of the Leadership and Innovation Ed.D. program. She received her doctorate from the University of Georgia in Reading Education after teaching literacy to students in grades 5-12 for more than 10 years. Dr. Marsh came to ASU in 1998 where she teaches literacy education courses, mentors doctoral students, and consults with local school districts about infusing literacy instruction into content-area teaching. She was the Professor in Residence at Arizona State University Preparatory Academy for six years (2010-2016). In this role, she was embedded in the school and worked with teachers, administrators, and students to develop and refine a school culture and curriculum.  She also engaged with teachers to solve urgent problems of practice related to literacy instruction and engagement.  She used qualitative and action research methods to build knowledge about literacy instructional methods and the school transformation process. Dr. Marsh's recent and upcoming publications and presentations focus on her work at ASU Prep including literacy professional development and peer coaching, sustaining literacy communities of practice for professional growth, adolescent literacy engagement and learning, and the impact of practitioner research in and on local educational settings.   

Her past research projects include critical discourse analyses of gender and qualitative research on adolescent literacy practices. She was recognized for her integration of scholarship and teaching by Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College in 2014 and received the 2016 Founders' Day Award for Faculty Achievement Service Award from the ASU Alumni Association.