Melanie

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Gender	Female
Industry	Education
Occupation	Teacher / Professor
Location	Logan, UT, United States
Introduction	Committed to learning and living life to its very fullest, we are a very busy family. I'm the mom to two wonderful, intelligent, clever children: Oliver (7) and Henry (17 months) and I'm married to Ben who is a wonderful father. I'm finishing my PhD in Education with an emphasis in Adolescent Literacy. I like to study writing instruction, specifically, and am especially curious about finding ways to support teachers in their writing instruction so that they can do their job more effectively and efficiently.
Interests	Reading, writing, knitting, painting, collecting small plastic toys, playing with Oliver and Henry, listening to music, gardening
Favorite Movies	Amelie, Raising Arizona, Pride and Prejudice (the long version), anything with suspense and espionage (a guilty pleasure), Harold and Maude, The Royal Tennenbaums, too many to list!
Favorite Music	The Clash, Billy Bragg, Fugazi, The Blow, Jason Anderson, New Order, Radiohead, Mumford and Sons, Iron and Wine, Florence and the Machine, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Spoon
Favorite Books	White Teeth, Nine Stories, Seymour an Introduction, Raise High the Roofbeams Carpenters, Animal Vegetable Miracle, To Kill a Mockingbird, High Fidelity, About a Boy, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius