{"id":341,"date":"2009-05-12T13:12:40","date_gmt":"2009-05-12T17:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.umaine.edu\/edhd\/?page_id=341"},"modified":"2024-08-21T17:20:37","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T21:20:37","slug":"rich-kent","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/facultystaff\/rich-kent\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard Kent"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Richard<\/a>Professor Emeritus of Literacy<\/strong>
\nrich.kent@maine.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Shibles Hall
\nUniversity of Maine
\n91르적 04469-5766<\/p>\n

Bio:<\/strong> Richard Kent, professor emeritus of literacy in the School of Learning and Teaching at the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development, retired in 2021. He is also director emeritus of the Maine Writing Project, a site of the National Writing Project. Throughout his career, Kent has focused on student-staffed writing centers (grades 6-12), athletes\u2019 writing, and literacy portfolios in the high school English classroom. He is the author of 19 books, including \u201cWriting on the Bus: Using Athletic Team Notebooks and Journals to Advance Learning and Performance in Sports,\u201d “Teaching the Neglected ‘R’: Rethinking Writing Instruction in Secondary Schools” (with Thomas Newkirk), “Room 109: The Promise of a Portfolio Classroom,” and \u201cA Guide to Creating Student-Staffed Writing Centers, Grades 6-12,\u201d the Book of the Year in 2006 for the International Writing Centers Association, an assembly of the National Council of Teachers of English.<\/p>\n

In January 2018, Kent helped launch the Secondary School Writing Centers Association and serves on the founding advisory board. He has served as a leading force in the high school writing center field, creating and managing three resource websites, including WCenters. His book, A Guide to Creating Student-Staffed Writing Centers, revised<\/i> (2017), is a primary text in the high school writing center field.<\/p>\n

Kent has studied athletes\u2019 writing and its affect on training and performance. As the leader in the field, he has collaborated with the National Writing Project and co-authored athletic team notebooks and journals with Olympic gold medalists, US Olympic and National Team coaches, NCAA coaches, and academics. He works with athletic teams, coaches, athletes, schools, and colleges; he created and manages the resource website, WritingAthletes.<\/p>\n

A former high school English teacher, athletic coach, and writing center director, Rich served as Maine\u2019s 1993 Teacher of the Year and in 1994 received the National Educator Award. He\u2019s been a high school administrator, the founding executive director of the Rumford Learning Center, and a teacher-educator in inner city Los Angeles. Along with his education books, he\u2019s the author of two young adult novels and a chapbook of poetry.<\/p>\n

Education<\/strong>
\nPh.D. in Education, Curriculum & Instruction (writing), 2002, Claremont Graduate University
\nM.A. Studies, Middlebury College
\nM.A. Studies, University of Maine
\nB.S., 1976, University of Southern Maine<\/p>\n

Courses taught at 91르적<\/strong><\/p>\n