Lina Leatherwood Owens

Background

Owens, Lina Leatherwood was born on March 7, 1951 in Jonesboro, Arkansas, United States. Daughter of William Edward and Johnie L. (Slaughter) Leatherwood.

Education

Bachelor, Harding U., 1973; Master of Education, U. Mississippi, 1977; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Mississippi, 1988.

Career

1st grade teacher, Corinth (Mississippi) Municipal Schools, 1973-1976; 1st grade teacher, reading teacher, Lafayette County Schools, Oxford, Mississippi, 1976-1985; graduate instructor, U. Mississippi, Oxford, 1985-1988; adjunct assistant professor, U. Mississippi, Oxford, 1988-1991; principal, University of Oxford School, 1988-1991; assistant professor education, Harding U., Searcy, Arkansas, since 1991; chair elementary education department, Harding U., Searcy, Arkansas, since 1992. Reading consultant Chocktow Indian Reservation, Philadelphia, Mississippi, summer 1987. Presenter workshops in field.

Instructor primary science Mississippi Assn.Colls. of Teacher Education, Jackson, summer 1988.

Achievements

• Lina Leatherwood Owens has been listed as a noteworthy Education educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member ASCD, National Science Teachers Association, National Council Teachers Mathematics Southern Assn.Children Under Six, Phi Delta Kappa.

Connections

Married Steve Owens, June 21, 1975.

Father:

William Edward Leatherwood

Mother:

Johnie L. (Slaughter) Leatherwood

Spouse:

Steve Owens