Leif Fearn lfearn@mail.sdsu.edu

Leif Fearn is Professor in the School of Teacher Education at San Diego State University.  In his thirty years at San Diego State, he has served in four departments and two colleges, teaching lower division and upper division undergraduates as well as credential candidates and graduate students.  He teaches courses in reading and writing, social studies, and liberal studies.  He also work widely with schools and districts in staff development that centers on literacy programs.  Professor Fearn writes widely in both short and long fiction as well as nonfiction.  With Nancy Farnan, he has written books on teaching capitalization and punctuation and on intentional writing instruction.  Also with Nancy Farnan, he has written the six-book series titled "Get Writing" at levels K-1-2-3-4-5. He works widely with school districts as they develop schoolwide writing instructional programs.