Marcia Elizabeth Farr

Background

Farr, Marcia Elizabeth was born on March 25, 1944 in Berkeley, California, United States. Daughter of Richard Arthur and Margaret Mary (Bollinger) Farr.

Education

Bachelor in English, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1965. Master of Arts in Linguistics, American University, 1970. Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics, Georgetown University, 1976.

Career

Senior research associate National Institute Education, Washington, 1976—1982. Associate professor to professor English and linguistics University Illinois, Chicago, 1982—2002. Professor of education and English Ohio State University, Columbus, since 2002.

Advisory board Center for the Study of Writing, University California, Berkeley, 1986-1996.

Achievements

• Marcia Elizabeth Farr has been listed as a noteworthy English and Linguistics educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Language Diversity and Writing Instruction

Membership

Fellow American Anthropol. Association; member American Association for Applied Linguistics (executive committee, program chair 1981), International Assessment of Literacy (United States national committee), National Council of Teachers of English (commission on English language).

Interests

• Avocations: Mexican folkloric dance, nutritional cooking, mystery novels and films.

Connections

Married David Lee Whiteman, July 30, 1966 (divorced July 1981). 1 child, Julianna Downing. Married Michael David Maltz, December 2, 1984.

Stepchildren: David Selby, Robert Reeves.