Beverly Ann Chin, Ph. D., is Professor Emeritus of English, Former Chair of the English Department, Former Director of the English Teaching Program and Montana Writing Project, and Former Director of Composition at the University of Montana, Missoula. She currently serves as the Board Vice President of the Writing Coaches of Montana. Her national leadership roles have included President of the National Council of Teachers of English, Board Member of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, Senior Project Consultant for the 2011 Writing Framework of NAEP, Faculty Reviewer of Common Core State Standards, and Member of Instructional Design Team for Advanced Placement—English. Beverly has received numerous awards, including the 2023 James R. Squire Award, a special award given to an NCTE member who has had a transforming influence and has made a lasting intellectual contribution to the profession. Beverly was also honored with the NCTE Distinguished Service Award, the Richard W. Halle Award for an Outstanding Middle Level Educator, and the Rewey Belle Inglis Award for an Outstanding Woman in the Teaching of English. Beverly has extensive experience in curriculum development for Montana’s Indian Education for All. She also has worked with many schools on developing place-based education and teaching for social-emotional learning and social justice (diversity, equity, and inclusion). A frequent speaker at international and national conferences, Beverly is the author, consultant, and/or editor of several texts and instructional videos on the teaching of writing, grammar, reading, and literature. She is a Board Member of the Montana Association of Teachers of English Language Arts and the Writing Coaches of Montana. With over 40 years of teaching experience, Beverly has expertise in the areas of literacy across the curriculum, multicultural education, and English language arts standards, curriculum, pedagogy, and assessment. She is dedicated to teaching and mentoring for lifelong learning and to supporting professional development for all educators. Beverly was a lead developer of Literature Concepts and Grammar Concepts of the Concept Construxions system. She is an expert reviewer and collaborator on the literacy approaches utilized in the EduChange Integrated Science program.
