Rate My Professor Ginni Fair

Fair's career includes ten years teaching middle school English/language arts at Model Laboratory School (2001-2007) and Lexington Traditional Magnet School (1997-2001). At Eastern Kentucky University, she served as Professor (2017-2020) and Chair (2016-2020) of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, managing accreditation, curriculum development, faculty supervision, and school partnerships; earlier roles included Interim Chair (2015-2016), Associate Professor (2012-2017), Assistant Professor (2007-2012), and Director of Thinking and Communicating Across the Curriculum (2010-2012). Her research focuses on literacy, adolescent development, disciplinary content literacy, community partnerships, diversity initiatives, and teacher education innovations. Key publications include the co-authored book 'Meet Me at the Commons: A Field Guide to the Common Core Standards in Higher Education' (2014), 'Bullying, Bystanders, and Books' (Middle School Journal, 2019, with D. Florell), 'Trumping Tradition: The Effectiveness of Writing Workshop in Contextualizing Grammar Instruction' (Kentucky Reading Journal, 2016), and 'Hammer and Nails: Questions as Part of Students’ Comprehension Tool-Kits' (Journal of Content Area Reading, 2013). An early article in Middle Ground (2012) remains among the top 15 most-read for the Association of Middle Level Education. She serves on the Board of the Kentucky Association of Colleges of Teacher Education, contributed to Kentucky ELA standards development, and reviews for organizations including the International Reading Association and Association for Middle Level Education.