University of Southern Maine

Margo Wood is Associate Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies and professor of Literacy Education at the University of Southern Maine. She is author of Essentials of Elementary Language Arts and co-author of Becoming a Reader: a Developmental Approach to Reading Instruction. She is also co-author of In the Know, a four book reading series for Adult Basic Literacy students.

Dr. Wood received her B.A. from Vassar College, her master’s degree from the University of Southern Maine, and her Ed.D. from Boston University. As a classroom teacher and literacy specialist, and later as a faculty member at the University of Southern Maine, Dr. Wood was extensively involved in inservice and staff development in Maine schools. Since her appointment as Associate Provost/Dean of Graduate Studies, she has continued to teach one course per semester in Literacy Education. She is the initiator and Principal Investigator of Project Story Boost, an early literacy intervention that focuses on kindergarten children who lack literacy experiences or who are limited in their English language proficiency.