Background
Anderson, Kaye West was born on April 3, 1944 in Salt Lake City. Daughter of John Alva and Ellen Jessie (Koskie) W.
Anderson, Kaye West was born on April 3, 1944 in Salt Lake City. Daughter of John Alva and Ellen Jessie (Koskie) W.
Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education, Phillips U., 1966; Master of Science in Education, Southern Illinois U., Edwardsville, 1970; Doctor of Philosophy in Reading and Language Arts, Southern Illinois U., Carbondale, 1980.
Teacher, Highland (Illinois) Community Schools, 1966-1969;
teacher, Edwardsville Community Schools, 1969-1970;
teacher, Chicago Board Education, 1971-1973;
staff member, The Ecumenical Institute, Chicago, 1971-1974;
instructor, coordinator field experience, University of Illinois, Chicago, 1974-1975;
assistant professor, center coordinator, Southern Illinois U., Carbondale, 1975-1981;
associate professor teacher education, S.E. Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, 1981-1989;
associate professor teacher education, California State University, Long Beach, since 1989. Consultant Chicago Board Education, 1974-1975. Coordinator of reading in-service program, training modules development Chicago Consortium of Colleges Universities, 1974-1975.
Member planning committee Southeast Missouri Children/Young Adults Literature Festival, Cape Girardeau, 1982-1989. Foreign expert Shanghai Teachers U., People's Republic of China, 1987.
Member International Reading Association (coordinator Missouri State county poster contest 1984-1986, program coordinator 18th annual conference 1985, secretary-treasurer children'slit. and reading group 1985-1988, board directors since 1985, editor newsletter 1983-1984, 1985-1987, editor The Missouri Reader 1985-1988, chair various committees 1983-1989, sponser Southeast Missouri county 1983-1989, Research in Reading award 1986), National Council Teachers of English (member committee 1981-1987, judge National Written and Illustrated By. contest since 1986), Crystal Cathedral Church Club Roll-A-Ways Square Dance (cuer 1985-1989), SEMO Rondoliers (teacher 1981-1989).
Married Ernest Allen Stephens, June 5, 1965 (divorced 1971). Married James Arthur Anderson, September 9, 1973 (divorced 1978). Married Don E. Anderson, April 7, 1990.
